General Motors Corp.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Sep 21, 1949

86 N.L.R.B. 63 (N.L.R.B. 1949)

In the Matter of CHEVROLET GEAR & AXLE DIVISION OF GENERAL
MOTORS CORPORATION, EMPLOYER and GEORGE MIAKININ, PETITIONER
and INTERNATIONAL UNION, UNITED AUTOMOBILE, AIRCRAFT & AGRI-
CULTURAL IMPLEMENT WORKERS OF AMERICA (UAW-CIO), UNION
Case Vo. 7-RD-53.-Decided September 01, 194.9
DECISION
AND
ORDER
Upon a. petition for decertification duly filed, a hearing was held
before Charles A. Kyle, hearing officer. The hearing officer's rulings
made at the hearing are free from prejudicial error and are hereby
affirmed.
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 3 (b) of the National Labor
Relations Act, the Board has delegated its powers in connection with
this case to a three-member panel [Chairman Herzog and Members
Reynolds and Gray].
Upon the entire record in this case, the Board finds :
1. The Employer is engaged in commerce within the meaning of
the National Labor Relations Act.
2. The Petitioner, an employee of the Employer, asserts that the
Union is no longer the bargaining representative of the employees of
the Employer, as defined in Section 9 (a) of the Act.
3. On October 20, 1943, the Union was certified as the bargaining
representative of the employees involved in this proceeding.' At the
hearing, the union representative expressly renounced any interest in
this unit, or claim to represent it, and moved that the petition be
dismissed.
In view of the disclaimer, we find that no question affecting com-
merce exists concerning the representation of the employees of the
Employer within the meaning of Section 9 (c) (1) and Section 2 (6)
and (7) of the Act. We shall therefore dismiss the petition.2
1 All employees in departments 150 and 153 of General Motors Corporation , Chevrolet
Motor Division, Gear and Axle plant, Detroit , Michigan , who are hourly rated and em-
ployed as draftsmen checker -product ; draftsmen detailer -senior ; draftsmen detaller
draftsmen designer -product ; draftsmen tracer ; draftsmen designer -tools , jigs , and fixtures
and draftsmen checker -tools , jigs, and fixtures , excluding all those employees whose work
is of a supervisory or confidential nature.
2 Matter of Richfield Oil Corporation, 83 N. L. R. B. 1242; Matter of Crane Company, 81
N. L. R. B. 460.
86 N. L. R. B., No. 13.
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ORDER
IT IS nRFRY ORDERED that the petition for decertification of repre-
sentatives filed herein be, and it hereby is, dismissed.