Chase Brass & Copper Co., Inc.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Oct 13, 1942

44 N.L.R.B. 1134 (N.L.R.B. 1942)

In the Matter of CHASE BRASS & COPPER CO., INCORPORATED.andJINTER-
NATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS, LOCAL #660, ,
Case No. R-4113
SUPPLEMENTAL DECISION
AND
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
October 13, 1942
On August 31, 1942, the National Labor Relations Board issued a
Decision and Direction of Election in the above-entitled proceeding.,
Pursuant to the Direction of Election, an election by secret ballot
was conducted on September 28, 1942, under the direction and supervi-
sion of the Acting Regional Director for the Second Region (New
York City), among: all electrical workers of maintenance and con-
struction employed by the Company at its Waterville, Connecticut,
plant, including the crane oiler, the crane repairman, the janitor,
the telephone, clock, and signal men, the electric-motor oiler, the pyrom-
eter and control maintenance man, the electric motor or truck main-
tenance men, the spare man, and the switchboard operators, to deter-
mine whether they desired to be represented by International Union,
Mine, Mill & Smelter Workers, C. I. 0., or by International Brother-
hood of Electrical Workers, Local 4660, for the purposes of collective
bargaining, or by neither. On September 29, 1942, the Acting Re-
gional Director, acting pursuant to Article III, Section 9, of National
Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series 2, as amended,
issued and duly served upon the parties an Election Report on the
ballot. No objections to the conduct of the ballot or the Election
Report were filed by any of the parties.
As to the balloting and its results, the Acting Regional Director
reported as follows :
Total on eligibility list______________________________________ 76
Total ballots cast -------------------------------------------- 69
Total ballots challenged____________________________________ 4
Total blank ballots_________________________________________ 0
Total void ballots------------------------------------------ 0
143 N. L. It. B. 862.
44 N. L. R. B, No. 222.
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CHASE BRASS & COPPER CO., INCORPORATED 1135
Total valid votes counted ____________________________________ 65
Votes cast for International Union, Mine , Mill & Smelter
Workers, C. I. 0------------------------------------------ 21
Votes cast for International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers,
Local #660, A. F. -L -------------------------------------- 40
Votes cast for neither union--------------------------------- 4
Upon the entire record in the case , the Board_ makes the following:
SUPPLEMENTAL FINDINGS OF FACT
In its Decision and Direction of Election the Board made no final
determination as to the appropriate unit. In view of the results of
the election, and in accordance with our Decision and Direction of
Election, we find that all electrical workers of maintenance and con-
struction employed by the Company at its Waterville, Connecticut,
plant, including the crane oiler, the crane repairman, the janitor, the
telephone, clock, and signal men, the electric-motor oiler, the pyrom-
eter and control maintenance man, the electric motor or truck main-
tenance men, the spare man, and the switchboard operators, consti-
tute a unit appropriate for the purposes of collective bargaining,
within the meaning of Section 9 (b) of the National Labor Relations
Act.
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
By virtue of and pursuant to the power vested in the National
Labor Relations Board by Section 9 (c) of the National Labor Rela
tions Act, and pursuant to Article III, Sections 8 and 9, of National
Labor Relations Board Rules ''and Regulations-Series 2, as amended,
IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that International Brotherhood of Electrical.
Workers, Local, #660, has been designated and selected by a majority
of all electrical workers of maintenance and construction employed by
Chase Brass_& Copper Co., Incorporated, Waterbury, Connecticut,
at its Waterville plant, including the crane oiler, the crane repairman,
the janitor, the telephone, clock, and signal men , the electric-motor
oiler, the pyrometer and control maintenance man,-the electric motor
or truck maintenance men, the spare man, and the switchboard opera-
tors, as their representative for the purposes of collective bargaining,
and that, pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the National Labor Relations
Act; International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local #660,
is the exclusive representative of all such employees for the purposes
of collective bargaining with respect to rates of pay, wages, hours of
employment, and other conditions of employment.
CHAIRMAN MILLIS took n0 part in the consideration of the above
Supplemental Decision and Certification of Representatives.