Chrysler Corp.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Feb 28, 1941

29 N.L.R.B. 1164 (N.L.R.B. 1941)

In the Matter of CHRYSLER CORPORATION and INTERNATIONAL UNION,
UNITED AUTOMOBILE WORKERS OF AMERICA, AFFILIATED WITH THE
CONGRESS OF INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATIONS
Case No. R-2209
SUPPLEMENTAL DECISION
AND
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 28, 1941
On January 14, 1941, the National Labor Relations Board, herein
called the 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 January 28, 1941, under
the direction and supervision of the Regional Director for the
Eleventh Region (Indianapolis, Indiana). On January 29, 1941,
the Regional 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.
As to the balloting and its results, the Regional Director reported
as..follows :
Total number of employees alleged eligible to vote____________ 703
Total number voted ----------------------------------------- 684
Total number of valid votes cast____________________________ 681
Total number of votes for the UAWA-CIO------------------- 344
Total number of votes for the UAWA-AFL ------------------ 332
Total number of votes for neither organization_______________ 5
Total number of blank ballots_______________________________ 0
Total number of void ballots________________________________ 0
Total number of challenged ballots __________________________ 3
On February 5, 1941, United Automobile Workers of America,
affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, herein called the
UAW-AFL, filed with the Regional Director Objections to the Con-
duct of Secret Ballot and Election Report. On February 17, 1941,
the Regional Director, acting pursuant to Article III, Section 9, of
1 28 N. L. R. B. 1038.
29 N. L. R. B., No. 169.
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CHRYSLER CORPORATION 1165
National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations- Series 2,
as amended , issued a Report on Objections to the Conduct of Secret
Ballot and Election Report, finding that ' the objections raised no
substantial or material issues.
We have considered the objections of the UAW-AFL and the
Regional Director's report thereon. We are of the opinion that the
objections raise no substantial or material issues with respect to*the
conduct of the election. The objections are hereby overruled.
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, 49 Stat. 449, 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 Union, United Automo-
bile Workers of America, affiliated with the Congress of Industrial
Organizations, has been designated and selected by a majority of all
production and maintenance employees at the Evansville plant of
Chrysler Corporation, Evansville, Indiana, excluding foremen,
assistant foremen, timekeepers, plant-protection employees, office
employees, confidential salaried employees, and salaried engineers, as
their representative for the purposes of collective bargaining, and
that, pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the Act, International Union,
United Automobile Workers of America, affiliated with the Congress
of Industrial 'Organizations, is the exclusive representative of all
such employees for the purposes of collective bargaining in respect
to rates of pay, wages, hours of employment, and other conditions
of employment.