General Motors Corp.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Jul 9, 1942

42 N.L.R.B. 255 (N.L.R.B. 1942)

In the Matter of GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION , CHEVROLET TRANS-
MISSION DIVISION , and UNITED ORGANIZATION OF PLANT PROTECTION
EMPLOYEES
Case No R-4001 -Decided July 9, 1942
Investigation and Certification of Representatives stipulation fol certification
upon consent election
Mr. Frank H. Bowen. for the Board
Mr. Henry M Hogan, of Detroit, Mich, for the Company
Mr. Ernest Goodman, of Detroit, Mich, for the Union
Mr A. Sumner Lawrence, of counsel to the Board
DECISION
AND
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
STATEMENT OF THE CASE
On April 22, 1942, United Organization of Plant Protection Em-
ployees, herein called the Union, filed with the Regional Directoi
for the Seventh Region (Detioit, Michigan) a petition alleging that
a question affecting commeice had arisen concerning the icpresenta-
tion of employees of General Motors Corporation, Chevrolet Trans-
mission Division, Saginaw, Michigan, herein called the Company,
engaged in the manufacture of Pratt & Whitney engine paits and
gears, and requesting an investigation and certification of representa-
tives pursuant to Section 9 (c) of the National Labor Relations Act,
49 Stat 449, herein called the Act On June 12, 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 authorized the Regional Diector to
conduct it and to provide for an appropriate hear sng upon due notice
On June 12, 1942, the Company, the Union, and the Regional Direc-
tot entered into a "STIPUL ^TION FOR CLRIIFICAIION OF REPRESENTA-
TIVES UPON CONSENT ELECTIONS,"
Pursuant to the Stipulation, an election by secret ballot was con-
ducted on June 23, 1942, under the direction and supeivision of the
Regional Director among the following employees to determine
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whether or not they desn ed to be represented by the Union All
plant protection employees of General Motors Coiporation, Chevro-
let Transmission Division, Saginaw, Michigan, excluding sergeants,
lieutenants, captains, chiefs, and other supervisory employees On
June 24, 1942, 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 to the Election Repoit 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___________________________________ 19
Total ballots cast---------------------------------------- 18
Total ballots challenged---------------------------------- 0
Total blank ballots-------------------- ----------------------- 0
Total void ballots---------------------------------------- 0
Total valid votes counted---------------------------------
Votes cast for united Oiganization of Plant Protection
is
Employees -------------------------------------------- 13
Votes cast against United Organization of Plant Piotection
Employees -------------------------------------------- 5
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 rep-
resentation of employees of General Motors Corporation, Chevrolet
Transmission Division, Saginaw, Michigan, within the meaning of
Section 9 (c) and Section 2 (6) and (7) of the National Labor
Relations Act
2 All plant protection employees of Geneial Motois Corporation,
Chevrolet Transmission Division, Saginaw, Michigan, excluding
sergeants, lieutenants, captains, chiefs, and other supervisory em-
ployees, constitute a unit appropriate for the purposes of collective
haigainmg, within the meaning of Section 9 (b) of the National
Labor Relations Act
3 United Organization of Plant Protection Employees 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 representative of all employees in said unit with-
in the meaning 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 Re-
lations Act,
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IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that United Organization of Plant Pro-
tection Employees has been designated and selected by a majority
of all plant protection employees of General Motors Corporation,
Chevrolet Transmission Division,, 'Saginaw, Michigan; excludln`g
sergeants, lieutenants, captains, chiefs, and other supeivisory,"em-
ployees, as their representative for the purposes of collective bargain-
ing, and that, pursuant to the provisions of Section 9- (a) of the
Act, United Organization of Plant Protection Employees is the' ex-
clusive representative of all such employees for the purposes of col-
lective bargaining in respect to rates of pay, wages, hours of em-
ployment, and other conditions of employment.
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