C. A. Dunham Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Sep 29, 1944

58 N.L.R.B. 642 (N.L.R.B. 1944)

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In the Matter of C. A. DUNHAM COMPANY and INTERNATIONAL
ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS , DISTRICT 118 (A. F. L.)
Case No. 18-R-1046
SUPPLEMENTAL DECISION
AND
SECOND DIRECTION OF ELECTION
September 09, 1944
On August 22, 1944, the National Labor Relations Board, herein
called the Board, issued a Decision and Direction of Election in this
proceeding., On September 2, 1944, the I. "A. M. filed a "Motion to
Reconsider Unit Description in Board Decision." The Board duly
considered the motion on September 4, 1944, and on September 5, 1944,
issued an,order to stay the election and to show cause why the motion
should not be granted. Thereafter, the Company submitted a Brief
setting forth its objections to the motion of the I. A. M. The brief
also requested that the Decision and Direction of Election be amended
,so as to specifically include "semi-skilled" employees in the unit found
appropriate. On September 22, 1944, the Board duly considered the
motion and the objections thereto and denied the motion. ' The Board
is of the opinion that the exclusion of only the skilled molders and
coremakers and their apprentices sufficiently shows its intention of
including both unskilled and semi-skilled foundry workers in the unit
heretofore found appropriate. Accordingly, the request of the Com-
pany to amend the Decision and Direction of Election is hereby denied.
The date set in the Direction of Election having already passed, the
Board shall direct that a new election be held among the employees in
the appropriate unit who were employed during the pay-roll period
immediately preceding the date of the Second Direction of Election
set forth below, subject to the limitations and additions set forth in the
Directioli herein.
SECOND DIRECTION OF ELECTION
By virtue of and pursuant to the power vested in the National Labor
Relations Board by Section 9 (c) of the National Labor Relations Act,
1 57 N L. R. B. 1451.
58 N. L. R. B, No. 130.
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and pursuant to Article III, Section 9, of National Labor Relations
Board Rules and Regulations-Series 3, as amended, it is hereby
DIRECTED that, as part of the investigation to ascertain representa-
tives for the purposes of collective bargaining with C. A. Dunham
Company, Marshalltown, Iowa, an election by secret ballot shall be
conducted as early as possible, but not later than thirty (30) days
from the date of this Second Direction, under the direction and super-
vision of the Regional Director for the Eighteenth Region, acting in
this matter as agent for the National Labor Rehitions Board, and
subject to Article III, Sections 10 and 11, of said Rules and Regula-
tions, among the employees in the unit found appropriate in the Board's
DeQision of August 22, 1944, who were employed during the pay-roll
period immediately preceding the date of this Second Direction, in-
cluding employees who did not work during the said pay-roll period
because they were ill or on vacation or temporarily laid off, and in-
cluding employees in the armed forces of the United States who present
themselves in person at the polls, but excluding those employees who
have since quit or been discharged for cause and have not been rehired
or reinstated prior to the date of the election, to determine whether
or not they desire to be represented .by International Association of
Machinists, District 118, affiliated with the American Federation of
Labor, for the purposes of collective bargaining.
CHAIRMAN MHuas took no part in the consideration of the above
Supplemental Decision and Second Direction of Election.