General Electric Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Oct 28, 1966

161 N.L.R.B. 612 (N.L.R.B. 1966)

612 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD
4. The parties stipulated, and we find, that the following employees
constitute a unit appropriate for the purposes of collective bargain-
ing within the meaning of Section 9(b) of the Act:
All production and maintenance employees employed by the
Employer at its Plainville, Connecticut, plant, including group
leaders, but excluding all office clerical employees, salaried
employees, professional employees, guards, and all supervisors
as defined in the Act.
5. The Board has considered the Regional Director's report, and
the Petitioner's exceptions thereto, and briefs of the parties, and
hereby adopts the Regional Director's findings and recommenda-
tions.' See General Electric Company, 161 NLRB 615.
Accordingly, as we have overruled the objections and as the tally
of ballots shows that Petitioner has not received a majority of the
valid votes cast, we shall certify the results of the election.
[The Board certified that a majority of the valid votes was not
cast for the International Union of Electrical, Radio and Machine
Workers, IUE, AFL-CIO, and that the said labor organization is not
the exclusive representative of the employees in the unit found appro-
priate.]
MEMBER JENKINS took no part in the above Decision and Certifi-
cation of Results of Election.
1 The Petitioner's exceptions, in our opinion, raise no material or substantial issues of
fact or law which would warrant reversal of the Regional Director's findings and recom-
mendations with respect to the objections.
General Electric Company and International Union of E lectrical,
Radio and Machine Workers, AFL-CIO, Petitioner. Case
8-RC-6185. October 28, 1966
DECISION AND CERTIFICATION OF
RESULTS OF ELECTION
Pursuant to a stipulation for certification upon consent election
executed on January 25, 1966, an election by secret ballot was con-
ducted on February 10, 1966, under the direction and supervision of
the Regional Director for Region 8 among the employees in the
appropriate unit. At the conclusion of the election, the parties were
furnished with a tally of ballots which showed that of approximately
322 eligible voters, 307 cast ballots, of which 118 were for, and 189
against, the Petitioner. There were no challenged ballots. There-
161 NLRB No. 58.
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after, the Petitioner filed timely objections to conduct affecting the
results of the election.
In accordance with National Labor Relations Board Rules and
Regulations, Series 8, as amended, the Regional Director conducted
an investigation and, on March 22, 1966, issued and duly served upon
the parties his report on objections in which he recommended that
the objections be overruled in their entirety and that a certification
of results of election be issued. Thereafter, the Petitioner filed timely
exceptions to the Regional Director's report.
Upon the entire record in this case, the National Labor Relations
Board finds :
1. The Employer is engaged in commerce within the meaning of
the National Labor Relations Act, as amended, and it will effectuate
the purposes of the Act to assert jurisdiction herein.
2. The Petitioner is a labor organization claiming to represent cer-
tain employees of the Employer.
3. A question affecting commerce exists concerning the representa-
tion of the employees of the Employer within the meaning of Sec-
tions 9(c) (1) and 2(6) and (7) of the Act.
4. The parties stipulated, and we find, that the following employees
constitute a unit appropriate for the purposes of collective bargain-
ing within the meaning of Section 9(b) of the Act:
All production and maintenance employees in the Employer's
Trumbull'Lamp Plant, Warren, Ohio, including group leaders,
plant clerical employees and cafeteria employees, but excluding
office clerical employees, professional employees, guards, and
supervisors as defined in the Act.
5. The Board has considered the Regional Director's report, the
Petitioner's exceptions thereto, and briefs of the parties, and hereby
adopts the Regional Director's findings and recommendations.' See
General Electric Company, 161 NLRB 615.
Accordingly, as we have overruled the objections and as the tally
of ballots shows that Petitioner has not received a majority of the
valid votes cast, we shall certify the results of the election.
[The Board certified that a majority of the valid votes was not
cast for the International Union of Electrical, Radio and Machine
Workers, AFL-CIO, and that the said labor organization is not the
exclusive representative of the employees in the unit found appro-
priate.]
MEMBER JENKINS took no part in the above Decision and Certifi-
cation of Results of Election.
'The Petitioner's exceptions, in our opinion, raise no material or substantial issues of
fact or law which would warrant reversal of the Regional Director's findings and recom-
mendations with respect to the objections.