General Motors Corp.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Jun 1, 1942

41 N.L.R.B. 602 (N.L.R.B. 1942)

In the Matter of GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION, DELco PRODUcT^
DivISION and UNITED ELECTRICAL , RADIO & MACHINE WORKERS OF
AMERICA, LOCAL 755, AFFILIATED WITH C. I. O.
Case No. R3863.-Decided June 1, 1942
Investigation and Certification of Representatives : stipulation for certification
of representatives upon consent election.
Mr. Philip G. Phillips, for the Board.
Mr. Henry M. Hogan and Mr. Denton Jolly, of Detroit, Mich., for
the Company.
Mr. Arthur Garfield, of Dayton, Ohio, for the Union.
Mr. A. Sumrner Lawrence, of counsel to the Board.
DECISION
AND
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
STATEMENT OF THE CASE
On February 7, 1942, United Electrical, Radio & Machine Workers
of America, Local 755, affiliated with C. I. 0., herein called the Union,
filed with the Regional Director for the Ninth Region (Cincinnati,
Ohio) a petition alleging that a question affecting commerce had
arisen concerning the representation of employees of General Motors
Corporation, Delco Products Division, Dayton, Ohio, herein called
the Company, engaged in the manufacture of electric motors, shock,
absorbers, airplane struts, and other defense material, and requesting
an investigation and certification of representatives pursuant to Sec-
tion 9 (c) of the National Labor Relations Act, 49 Stat. 449, herein
called the Act.
On April 21, 1942, the National Labor Relations Board, herein
called the Board, acting pursuant to Section 9 (c) of the Act and
Article III, Section 3, of National Labor Relations Board Rules and
Regulations-Series 2, as amended, ordered an investigation and au-
thorized the Regional Director to conduct it and to provide for an
appropriate hearing upon due notice. On April 22, 1942, the Board,
acting pursuant to Section 9 (c) of the Act, and Article III, Section
10 (c) (2), of National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regula-
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tions-Series 2, as amended, ordered that this case (IX-8-707) be
consolidated with another case bearing the same title (IX-R-708).
On April 23, 1942, the Board, acting pursuant to Section 9 (c) of the
Act, issued a notice of hearing, copies' of ' which notice were duly
served upon the parties. On May 1, 1942, the Company, the Union,
and the Regional Director entered into ' a "STIPULATION FOR CERTI-
FICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES UPON CONSENT ELECTION."
Pursuant to the Stipulation, an election by secret ballot was con-
ducted on May 14, 1942, among the following employees to determine
whether or not they desired to be represented by the Union: all hourly
paid laundry employees, excluding` garage attendants and employees
land all foremen. On May 16,'194 21 1 the Regional Director issued
and duly served upon the parties his Election Report on the ballot.
No objections to the conduct of the ballot or the Election Report have
been filed by any of the parties.
In his Election Report, the Regional Director reported as follows
concerning the balloting and its results :
Total on eligibility list _____^-__ 8____________
Total ballots cast -------------------------------------------- 7
Total ballots challenged_____________________________________ 0
Total blank ballots_________________________________________ 0
Total void ballots -------------- ------ _--------- ---------- 0
Total valid votes counted____________________________________ 7
Votes cast for United Electrical, Radio & Machine Workers of
America, Local 755, affiliated with C. I. 0___________________ 7
Votes cast against United Electrical Radio & Machine Workers
of America, Local 755, affiliated with C. I. 0________________ 0
Upon the basis of the Stipulation, the Election Report, and the
entire record in the case, the Board makes the following :
FINDINGS OF FACT
1. A question affecting commerce has arisen concerning the repre-
sentation of employees of General Motors Corporation, Delco Prod-
ucts Division, Dayton, Ohio, within the meaning of Section 9 (c) and
Section 2 (6) and (7) of the National Labor Relations Act.
2. All hourly paid laundry employees of General Motors Corpo-
ration, Delco Products Division, excluding garage attendants and
employees and all foremen, constitute a unit appropriate for the pur-
poses of collective bargaining, within the meaning of Section 9 (b)
of the National Labor Relations Act.
3. United Electrical, Radio & Machine Workers of America, Local
755, affiliated with C. I. 0., has been designated and selected by a
majority of the employees in the above unit as their representative
for the purposes of collective bargaining and is the exclusive repre-
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sentative of all employees -in said unit , within -the 7nea-ning -of Section
9 (a) of the National Labor Relations Act.
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
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,
IT iseHEREBY CERTIFIEDLthatuxUnited Electrical, Radio &-Machine
Workers of America, Local 755, affiliated with C. I. 0., has been
designated and selected by a majority of all hourly paid laundry
employees of General Motors Corporation, Delco Products Division,
excluding garage attendants and employees and all foremen , as their
representative for the purposes of collective bargaining, and that, pur-
suant to the provisions of Section 9 (a) of the Act, United Electrical,
Radio & Machine Workers of America, Local 755; affiliated with
C. I. 0., 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.