General Electric Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Oct 28, 1966

161 N.L.R.B. 614 (N.L.R.B. 1966)

614 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD
General Electric Company and International Union of Electrical,
Radio and Machine Workers, AFL-CIO, Petitioner. Case
8-RC-62892. October 28, 1966
DECISION AND CERTIFICATION OF
RESULTS OF ELECTION
Pursuant to a stipulation for certification upon consent election
executed on April 7, 1966, an election by secret ballot was conducted
on April 28, 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 92 eligible
voters, 91 cast ballots, of which 27 were for, and 64 against, the
Petitioner. There were no challenged ballots. Thereafter, the Peti-
tioner 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 June 2, 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, 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 at the Employer's
Chemical Products Plant at 1099 Ivanhoe Road, Cleveland, Ohio,
excluding all office clerical employees, technical employees, and
all professional employees, guards, and supervisors as defined in
the Act.
161 NLRB No. 56.
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 615
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.
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, Oklahoma City Computer Operation
and International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, AFL-
CIO, Petitioner. Case 16-RC-4114. October 28, 1966
DECISION AND REMAND TO REGIONAL DIRECTOR
Pursuant to a stipulation for certification upon consent election
executed on November 23, 1965, an election by secret ballot was con-
ducted on December 16, 1965, under the direction and supervision of
the Regional Director for Region 16 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
657 eligible voters, 630 cast ballots, of which 42 were for the Peti-
tioner , 39 were for Intervenor, International Union of Electrical,
Radio and Machine Workers, AFL-CIO, 1 for Intervenor, Com-
munications Workers of America, AFL-CIO, and 548 for no union.
Thereafter, the Intervenor, International Union of Electrical, Radio
and Machine Workers, AFL-CIO, filed timely objections to conduct
affecting the results of the election.
In accordance with the National Labor Relations Board Rules and
Regulations , Series 8, as amended, the Regional Director conducted
an investigation and, on April 18, 1966, issued and duly served upon
the parties his report on objections in which he recommended that
161 NLRB No. 54.