E.C. Atkins & Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Mar 26, 1943

48 N.L.R.B. 647 (N.L.R.B. 1943)

In the Matter of E. C. ATKINS & COMPANY and UNITED STEELWORKERS
of AMERICA, LOCAL 1543, AFFILIATED WITH THE C. I. O.
Case No. B-4820.-Decided March 26, 19413
AMENDMENT TO DECISION AND DIRECTION OF
ELECTION'
On. March 10, 1943, the National Labor Relations Board, herein
called the Board; issued a Decision and Direction of Election in the
above-entitled proceeding.' Thereafter, on March 20, 1943, United
Steelworkers of America,'Local 1543, affiliated with the C. I. 0., filed
a motion for amendment of said Decision and Direction of Election
and for postponement of the election.
Having considered the said motion, the Board hereby denies the
request for postponement of the election. However, that section of
the Decision and Direction of Election entitled "IV the appropriate
unit; the determination of representatives"' is amended by striking
therefrom the sixth paragraph of said section and substituting therefor
the following:
Under the circumstances of this case we are of the opinion that only
those employees who are classified as break press- operators and who
were employed by the Company at Indianapolis during its last pay-
roll period in- January 1943, shall be eligible to vote. There shall be
excluded from the classification of break press operators, as used
herein and in the Direction of Election, all employees who for the
purpose of wage rates or otherwise were classified by the Company
during said pay-roll period as sawsmitlis even though such employees
may have been actually engaged in the operation of break press ma-
chines, as well as employes classified by the Company' as break press
helpers. Employees classified as break press operators who during
said pay-roll period were employed by the Company at ' any of its
Indianapolis plants, including its Fall Creek plant, shall be eligible
to vote.
MR. JOHN M. HovsTON took no part in the consideration of the above,
Amendment to Decision and Direction of Election.
147 N. L. R. B. 1479.
48 N. L. R. B., No. 80.
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