Grayson Heat Control, Ltd.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Nov 8, 1939

17 N.L.R.B. 418 (N.L.R.B. 1939)

In the Matter of GRAYSON HEAT CONTROL, LTD. and UNITED ELECTRICAL
RADIO & MACHINE WORKERS OF AMERICA, LOCAL No. 1421, C. I. O.
Case No. R-14920
SUPPLEMENTAL DECISION
AND
ORDER
November 8, 1939
On August 12, 1939, the National Labor Relations Board issued
a Decision and Direction of Election in the above-entitled proceed-
ing.' The Direction of Election provided that an election by secret
ballot be conducted within fifteen (15) days from the date of the
Direction among the production and maintenance employees of
Grayson Heat Control, Ltd., Lynwood, California, herein called the
Company, who were employed by the Company during the pay-roll
period last preceding the date of the Direction including working
supervisors, servicemen, stockroom and shipping clerks and the jani-
tors, and such of those employees who did not work during such
pay-roll period because they were ill or on vacation, or who were
then or had since been temporarily laid off, but excluding non-work-
ing supervisors, clerical workers, draftsmen, laboratory workers and
engineers and employees who had since such pay-roll period -quit
or been discharged for cause to determine whether or not they de-
sired to be represented for the purposes of collective bargaining, by
United Electrical Radio & Machine Workers of America, Local
No. 1421, C. I. 0., affiliated with the Congress of Industrial
Organizations.
Pursuant to the Direction an election by secret ballot was con-
ducted on August 24, 1939, at Lynwood, California, under the direc-
tion and supervision of the Acting Regional Director for the
Twenty-first Region (Los Angeles, California). On August 29,
1939, the Acting Regional Director, acting pursuant to Article III,
Section 9, of National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regula-
tions-Series 2, issued and on September 1, 1939, duly served upon
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the parties to the proceedings an Election Report. On September
8, 1939, United Electrical Radio & Machine Workers of America,
Local No. 1421, C. I. 0., filed with the Regional Director its objec-
tions to the conduct of said election, but thereafter, on October 21,
1939, formally withdrew said objections. No objections were filed
by the Company.
As to the results of the secret ballot the Acting Regional Director
reported as follows :
Total number eligible to vote_______________________________ 233
Total number of ballots counted_____________________________ 225
Total number of votes for United Electrical Radio & Machine
Workers of America, Local No. 1421, C. I. O_______________ 109
Total number of votes against United Electrical Radio & Ma-
chine Workers of America, Local No. 1421, C. I. 0--------- 116
Total number of blank ballots_______________________________ 0
Total number of void ballots_______________________________ 0
Total number of challenged votes___________________________ 0
The results of the election show that no collective bargaining
representative has been selected by a majority of the employees in
the appropriate unit. The petition for investigation and certification
of representatives of employees of Grayson Heat Control, Ltd., Lyn-
wood, California, will therefore be dismissed.
ORDER
By virtue of Section 9 (c) of the National Labor Relations Act,
49 Stat. 449, and pursuant to Article III, Sections 8 and 9, of National
Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series 2,
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the petition for investigation and certifi-
cation of representatives of employees of Grayson Heat Control, Ltd.,
Lynwood, California, filed by United Electrical Radio & Machine
Workers of America, Local No. 1421, C. I. 0., be, and it hereby is,
dismissed.