Duplex Printing Press Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Dec 30, 1935

1 N.L.R.B. 82 (N.L.R.B. 1935)

In the'Matter of DUPLEX PRINTING PRESS COMPANY and LODGE No.
46, INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS
Case No. R-13.-Decided December 30, 1935
Printing Press Industry-Unit App? opriate for Collective Bargainvng. craft-
Certification of Representatives: by consent-Settlement : agreement to comply
with Act.
Mr. G. L. Patterson for the Board.
Mr. Marcus M. Farley, Mr. Burritt Hamilton and Mr. James
Cleary, of Battle Creek, Mich., for the Company.
Mr. David I. Persinger, of counsel to the Board.
STATEMENT OF CASE
On October 9, 1935, Lodge No. 46, International Association of
Machinists, filed a petition with the Regional Director for the
Seventh Region, alleging that a question affecting commerce has
arisen concerning the representation of employees of the Duplex
Printing Press Company, Battle Creek, Michigan, engaged in the
machinists' trade, and requesting that the National Labor Relations
Board, pursuant to Section 9 (c) of the National Labor Relations
Act, approved July 5, 1935, hereinafter called the Act, and Article
III of National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations-
Series 1, investigate such controversy and certify to the parties the
name or names of the representatives that have been designated or
selected by said employees. On October 28, 1935, this Board
ordered the Regional Director for the Seventh Region to conduct
an investigation and provide for an appropriate hearing upon due
notice, pursuant to Section 9 (c) of the Act and Article III of Na-
tional Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series 1, and
to report to the Board regarding such investigation and hearing.
Accordingly, a hearing was held on November 19, 1935, before
David V. Martin, duly designated as Trial Examiner, but recess
was taken until November 20. As a result of conferences held
during recess the following stipulations were agreed. upon by all
jjarties to the proceeding, and were offered in evidence and made a
part of the record in this matter without objection :
IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED by and between Grand Lodge
Representative, International Association of Machinists; Emil
Yohpe, President of Lodge No. 46, International Association of
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Machinists; the Duplex Printing Press Company; counsel for the
Duplex Printing Press Company; and the Regional Attorney for
the National Labor Relations Board for the Seventh Region, as
follows :
1. That a question under Section 9 ( c) of the National Labor Re-
lations Act has arisen, concerning the representation of employees,
between the Duplex Printing Press Company, of Battle Creek,
Michigan , and Lodge No. 46, International Association of Machinists.
2. That the "craft unit", consisting of those employees of the
Duplex Printing Press Company engaged in any branch of the
machinists ' trade, including specialists , apprentices and helpers, ag-
gregating about 175 employees , is the unit appropriate for purposes
of collective bargaining.
3. That Lodge No. 46, International Association of Machinists,
has been designated as the representative of a majority of the
employees of the Duplex Printing Press Company in said "craft
unit" described in Paragraph 2 hereof for the purposes of collective
bargaining in respect to rates-of pay, wages, hours of employment,
or other conditions of employment.
4. That the Duplex Printing Press Company hereby accepts
Lodge No. 46, International Association of Machinists, as the exclu-
sive representative of all the employees in such "craft unit" described
in Paragraph 2 hereof, for, the purposes of collective bargaining in
respect to rates of pay, wages, hours of employment, or other condi-
tions of employment.
5. That the National Labor Relations Board certify, in writing,
Lodge No. 46, International Association of Machinists , as the exclu-
sive representative of all employees of the Duplex Printing Press
Company in said "craft unit" for the purposes of collective
bargaining.
6. That such certification by the National Labor Relations Board
be operative for a period of one (1) year.
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
A petition having been filed with the Regional Director for the
Seventh Region by Lodge No. 46, International Association of Ma-
chinists, alleging that a question affecting commerce has arisen con-
cerning the representation of employees of the Duplex Printing
Press Company, Battle Creek, Michigan, engaged in the machinists'
trade, and requesting that, the National Labor Relations Board,
pursuant to Section 9(c) of the National Labor Relations Act,
approved July 5, 1935, and Article III of National Labor Relations
Board Rules and Regulations-Series 1, investigate such contro-
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versy and certify to the parties the name or names of the representa-
tives that have been designated or selected by said employees; and
An appropriate hearing upon due, notice having bee n ,, held pur-
suant to Section 9 (c) of said Act; and
It having been stipulated and agreed by and between all the
parties to this proceeding that a question within the meaning of
Section 9 ( c) of the Act has arisen concerning the representation of
employees of, the Duplex Printing Press Company engaged in any
branch of the machinists ' trade, including specialists , apprentices,
and helpers ; that said employees constitute a unit appropriate for
the purposes of collective bargaining ; that Lodge No. 46, -Inter-
national Association of Machinists , has been designated by a ma-
jority of said employees as their representative for the purposes of
collective bargaining in respect to rates of pay, wages , hours of
employment , or other conditions of employment ; that the Duplex
Printing Press Company accepts Lodge No. 46 , International Asso-
ciation of Machinists, as the exclusive representative of all the em-
ployees in said unit for the purposes of collective bargaining in
respect to rates of pay , wages, hours of employment , or other condi-
tions of employment ; and that the National Labor Relations Board
certify, in writing, Lodge No. 46, International Association of Ma-
chinists , as the exclusive representative of all said employees for the
purposes of collective bargaining;
The National Labor Relations Board, acting pursuant to Section
1 (c) of the Act, hereby certifies Lodge No. 46 , International Asso-
ciation of Machinists , as the exclusive representative of all the
employees of the Duplex Printing Press Company , Battle Creek,
Michigan , engaged in any branch of the machinists' trade, including
specialists , apprentices, and helpers, for the purposes of collective
bargaining in respect to rates of pay, wages , hours of employment,
and other conditions of employment, such certification to be opera-
tive for a period of one (1 ) year from the date hereof.