Bunker Hill

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

May 18, 1948

77 N.L.R.B. 740 (N.L.R.B. 1948)

In the Matter of BUNKER HILL AND SULLIVAN MINING AND CONCEN-
TRATING COMPANY, EMPLOYER and INTERNATION AL BROTI LLRHOOD OF
ELECTRICAL WORKERS , LOCAL B-73, AFL, PETITIONER
Case No. 19-R-.17 .Decided May 18, 1948
DECISION
AND
ORDER
Upon a petition duly filed, a hearing in this case was held before a
hearing officer of the National Labor Relations Board. The hearing
officer's rulings made at the hearing are free from prejudicial error
and are hereby affirmed.
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 3 (b) of the National Labor
Relations Act, the Board has delegated its powers in connection with
this case to be a three-man panel consisting of the undersigned Board
Members.
Upon the entire record in this case, the Board finds:
1. The Employer is engaged in commerce within the meaning of
the National Labor Relations Act.
2. The labor organization named below claims to represent
employees of the Employer.'
3. No question concerning representation exists concerning the rep-
resentation of employees of the Employer, within the meaning of
Section 9 (c) (1) and Section 2 (6) and (7) of the Act, for the fol-
lowing reasons:
The Employer's operations are divided into three parts : mine, mill,
and smelter, each of which employs electrical workers. The Peti-
tioner seeks a unit of electrical workers in the mine and mill. The
Employer contends that such a unit is not appropriate because (a)
the multi-employer collective bargaining pattern in the Coeur d'Alene
district,.of which it is a part, would be seriously impaired; and (b)
if craft severance should be granted, the unit should include the
electricians in all three of its operations.
*Houston, Murdock, and Gray.
'In addition, Inteinational Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers, Local 18, CIO, a
non-complying labor organization , appeared as an intervenor in this proceeding.
77 N L it. B., No. 123.
740
BUNKER HILL AND SULLIVAN MINING AND CONCENTRATING CO. 741
In view of our decision in Matter of Coeur d 'Alene Mines Corpora-
tion,2 in which the Board refused to establish a unit of electricians at
the operations of another employer in the Coeur d'Alene district be-
cause of the existing bargaining pattern in that district , we find the
requested unit inappropriate for the purposes of collective bargaining.
ORDER
Upon the basis of the above findings of fact and the entire record in
the case, the National Labor Relations Board hereby orders that the
petition filed herein by the International Brotherhood of Electrical
Workers, Local B-73, AFL, be, and it hereby is, dismissed.
2 77 N L It B 570
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