General Motors Sales Corp.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Mar 31, 1941

30 N.L.R.B. 736 (N.L.R.B. 1941)

In the Matter of GENERAL MOTORS SALES CORPORATION , GENERAL MOTORS
PARTS DIVISION and 'INTERNATIONAL UNION , UNITED AUTOMOBILE
WORKERS OF AMERICA , AFFILIATED WITH THE CONGRESS OF,INDUSTRIAL
ORGANIZATIONS
Case No. R-2403. Decided March 31, 1941
Investigation and Certification of Representatives : stipulation for
upon consent election.
Mr. Robert C. Williams, for the Board.
'Mr. Robert C. Carson, for the Company.
Mr. Ed. Hall, for the Union.
Mr. Norman M. Neel, of counsel to the Board.
certification
DECISION
AND
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
On February, 20, 1941, International Union, United Automobile
Workers of America, affiliated with the Congress of Industrial Organi-•
zations, herein called the Union, filed. with the Regional Director for
the Thirteenth Region (Chicago, Illinois) a petition alleging that
a question affecting commerce had arisen concerning the representation
of employees of General Motors_ Sales Corporation, General Motors
Parts Division, herein called the Company, engaged in, the manufac-
ture of automobile parts at Chicago, Illinois, and requesting an investi-
gation and certification of representatives pursuant to Section 9 (c)
of the National Labor Relations Act, 49 Stat. 449, herein called the Act.
On March 3, 1941, 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 Re-
gional Director to conduct it and to provide for an appropriate hearing
upon due notice. On February 26, 1941, the, Company, the Union, and
a Field Examiner of the Board entered into a "Stipulation for Certifi-
cation Upon Consent Election." I '
Pursuant to the Stipulation, an election by secret ballot was con-
ducted on March 6, 1941, under the direction and supervision of the
Regional Director among all employees in the parts stock department,
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including stock pickers, stock handlers, shipping checkers, stockroom
clerks, receiving checkers, janitors, and maintenance men, excluding
stock department manager, foremen, assistant foremen, stockroom
supervisor, receiving supervisor, shipping supervisor, and all other
persons working in a supervisory capacity, watchmen, office, and cleri-
cal employees, to determine whether or not said employees desired to, be
represented by the Union. On March 7, 1941, 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 number on eligibility list -------- v------------------ ___ 59
Total number of ballots cast_________________________________ 55
Total number of ballots cast for the Union_____________________ 45
Total number of ballots cast against the Union________________ 10
Total number of ballots challenged__________________________ 0
Total number of blank ballots________________________________ 0
Total number of void ballots_________________________________ 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 Sales Corporation, General
Motors Parts Division, Chicago, Illinois, within the meaning of Sec-
tion 9 (c) and Section 2 (6) and (7) of the National Labor Relations
Act.
2. All employees in the parts stock department of General Motors
Sales Corporation, General Motors Parts Division, Chicago, Illinois,
including stock pickers, stock handlers, shipping checkers, stockroom
clerks, receiving checkers, janitors, and maintenance men, excluding
stock department manager, foremen, assistant foremen, stockroom
supervisor, receiving supervisor, shipping supervisor, and all other
persons working in a supervisory capacity, watchmen, office, and
clerical employees, constitute a unit appropriate for the purposes of
collective bargaining, within the meaning of Section 9 (b) of the
National Labor Relations Act.
3. International Union, United Automobile Workers of America,
affiliated with the Congress of Industrial Organizations, has been des-
ignated and selected by a majority of the employees in the above unit
as their representative for the purposes of collective bargaining and
as the exclusive representative of all employees in the said unit, within
the meaning of Section 9 (a) of the National Labor Relations Act.
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.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 Relations-Act.
IT,' is ^i Y'cEw^ FiED that International Union, United Automo-
bile Workers of America, affiliated with the Congress of Industrial
Organizations, has been designated and, selected by a majority of`
all employees-in the parts stock department of General Motors Sales.
Corporation, General Motors Parts Division, Chicago, Illinois, includ-,,
ing stock pickers, stock handlers, shipping checkers, stockroom clerks,
receiving checkers, janitor's, and maintenance men, excluding stock
department manager, foremen, assistant foremen, stockroom super-
visor, receiving supervisor, shipping supervisor, and all other persons
working in a supervisory capacity, watchmen, office, and clerical 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,
International Union, United Automobile Workers of America, affili-
ated with- the Congress of Industrial Organizations, 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.
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