Globe Steel Tubes Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Mar 26, 1953

103 N.L.R.B. 1197 (N.L.R.B. 1953)

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2. Unidad General de Trabajadores de P. R . is a labor organization within
the meaning of Section 2 (5) of the Act.
3. The Respondent has not engaged in unfair labor practices within the
meaning of Section 8 (a) (1) and ( 3) of the Act.
[Recommendations omitted from publication in this volume."
GLOBE STEEL TUBES Co. and DISTRICT No. 10, INTERNATIONAL ASsOCIA-
TION OF MACHINISTS, AFL, PETITIONER
GLOBE STEEL TUBES Co. and LOCAL 663, INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD
OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS , AFL, PETITIONER
GLOBE STEEL TUBES Co. and UNITED STEELWORKERS OF AMERICA, CIO,
PETITIONER
GLOBE STEEL TUBES Co. and DISTRICT No. 10, INTERNATIONAL AssocIA-
TION OF MACHINISTS , AFL , PETITIONER . Cases Nos. 13-RC-2532,
13-RC-2594,13-RC-2601, and 13-RC-2636. March °26,1953
Supplemental Decision and Certification of Representatives
On December 5, 1952, the Board issued a Decision and Direction
of Elections in this proceeding." On December 8, 1952, the Employer
filed a motion for reconsideration and a request for oral argument
which was denied by a Board Order on December 24,1952.
Pursuant to the Decision and Direction of Elections, on December
30, 1952, elections were conducted, under the direction and super-
vision of the Regional Director for the Thirteenth Region, among cer-
tain employees of the Employer to determine their desires with
respect to representation for purposes of collective bargaining. The
Decision established seven separate voting groups as follows: (1) All
journeymen machinists, journeymen specialists, nonjourneymen spe.
cialists, classes A and B, machinists' helpers, tool and die makers, and
welders classes A, B, and C in department 80; (2) all tinsmiths and
helpers; (3) all pipefitters classes, A, B, and C and pipefitters' helpers;
(4) all powerhouse employees; (5) all blacksmiths and helpers; (6) all
electricians classes A and B and helpers, excluding the electrical oiler;
and (7) all production and maintenance employees, including em-
ployees in departments 82 and 97, lubricators, and the electrical oiler,
but excluding all employees in voting groups 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6.
The employees in groups 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 voted on whether they
desired to be represented by District No. 10, International Associa-
tion of Machinists, AFL, herein called the IAM, by United Steel-
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workers of America, CIO, herein called the Steelworkers, by Steel-
workers Cooperative Union No. 18499, AFL, herein called Federal,
or by none of these organizations. The employees in group 6 voted
on whether they desired to be represented by Local 663, International
Brotherhood of Electrical Workers AFL, herein called the IBEW,
by the Steelworkers, by Federal, or by none of these organizations.
The employees in group 7 voted on whether they desired to be repre-
sented by the Steelworkers, by Federal, or by neither.
Upon the conclusion of the elections, a tally of ballots was fur-
nished each of the parties in accordance with the Board's Rules and
Regulations. The tally shows that of approximately 55 eligible voters
in group 1, 42 cast valid ballots for the IAM, 3 cast valid ballots for
Federal, 4 cast valid ballots for the Steelworkers, and 1 ballot was
cast against participating labor organizations. Of approximately
2 eligible voters in group 2, 1 cast a valid ballot for the IAM, and 1
for Federal. Of approximately 23 eligible voters in group 3, 18 cast
valid ballots for the IAM, and 5 cast valid ballots for Federal. Of
approximately 4 eligible voters in group 4, 3 cast valid ballots for
Federal. Of approximately 2 eligible voters in group 5, 1 cast a valid
ballot for the IAM, and 1 ballot was cast against participating labor
organizations. Of approximately 33 eligible voters in group 6, 2 cast
valid ballots for Federal, 29 cast valid ballots for the IBEW, and 2
cast valid ballots for the Steelworkers. Of approximately 715 eligible
voters in group 7, 243 cast valid ballots for the Steelworkers, 418 cast
valid ballots for Federal, there were 6 void ballots, and 3 ballots were
cast against participating labor organizations.
Thereafter, on January 5, 1953, the Employer filed timely objec-
tions to the conduct of the elections and to conduct affecting the results
of the elections. On January 12, 1953, the Regional Director issued
and served upon the parties his report on objections recommending
that the objections be overruled because they were directed to the
Board's Decision and Direction of Elections and to the Board's Order
denying the employer's motion for reconsideration rather than to any
conduct in connection with the elections. On January 21, 1953, the
Employer filed timely exceptions.
We shall adopt the Regional Director's recommendations and dis-
miss the Employer's objections and exceptions, in view of the fact
that they do not raise any matters not previously considered by the
Board before issuance of the Decision and Direction of Elections and
the Order denying the motion for reconsideration.
Because it appears from the tally of ballots that a majority of
eligible voters in voting groups 1 and 3 have designated the IAM;
in voting group 7, Federal ; and in voting group 6, the IBEW, as
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their respective bargaining representatives , we find that employees
in the four voting groups, respectively, constitute four separate units
appropriate for the purposes of collective bargaining within the mean-
ing of Section 9 (b) of the Act. We shall certify the labor organiza-
tion winning a majority of votes in each unit as the exclusive bar-
gaining representative of all such employees.
With respect to the employees in voting group 4, as they selected
Federal, there has been no severance and they continue to remain in
the production and maintenance unit now represented by Federal.
With respect to the employees in voting groups 2 and 5, before the
election directed in this proceeding the tinsmiths and helpers and
blacksmiths and helpers were bargained for in a production and main-
tenance unit representated by Federal. The IAM sought to sever the
tinsmiths and helpers and blacksmiths and helpers from that overall
unit, but was unsuccessful in that it did not win the elections. Ac-
cordingly, there has been no severance, and the tinsmiths and helpers
and blacksmiths and helpers continue to remain in the production and
maintenance unit now represented by Federal.
Certification of Representatives
IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that (1) District No. 10, International Asso-
ciation of Machinists, AFL; (2) Steelworkers Cooperative Union No.
18499, AFL; and (3) Local 663, International Brotherhood of Elec-
trical Workers, AFL, respectively, have been designated and selected
by a majority of the employees of Globe Steel Tubes Co., Milwaukee,
Wisconsin, in the respective units herein found by the Board to be
appropriate as their representatives for the purposes of collective
bargaining and that pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the Act, the said
organizations are, respectively, the exclusive representatives of all
employees in such units, for the purposes of collective bargaining,
with respect to rates of pay, wages, hours of employment, and other
conditions of employment.
FURTHER, IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that a majority of the valid ballots
has not been cast for District No. 10, International Association of
Machinists, AFL, which sought to represent all tinsmiths and helpers,
all blacksmiths and helpers, and all powerhouse employees in separate
units. Accordingly, there has been no severance and these groups
therefore remain in the production and maintenance unit represented
by Steelworkers Cooperative Union No. 18499, AFL.