Green Bay Drop Forge Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Jul 11, 1947

74 N.L.R.B. 500 (N.L.R.B. 1947)

In the Matter of GREEN Bay DROP FORGE COMPANY, EMPLOYER and
INTERNATIONAL BROTIILRE-IOOD Or BLACKSMITHS, DROP FORGERS AND
HELPERS, AFL, PETITIONER
Case No. 13M-R-16.-Decided July 11, 1947
Mr. J. TV' Bodilly, of Green Bay, Wis., for the Employer.
Mr. A. J. Eberhardy, of Chicago, Ill., for the Petitioner.
Mr. James DeWitt, of Milwaukee, Wis., for the Intervenor.
Mr. Jerome A. Reiner, of counsel to the Board.
DECISION
AND
DIRECTION OF ELECTION
Upon a petition duly filed, hearing in this case was held at Green'
Bay, Wisconsin, on June 5, 1947, before Joseph L. Hektoen, hearing
officer. The hearing officer's rulings made at the hearing are free from
prejudicial error and are hereby affirmed.
Upon the entire record iii the case, the National Labor Relations
Board makes the following:
FINDIN GS or FACT
I. THE 13USINESS OF 'J'E-IE EMPLOYER
Green Bay Drop Forge Company, a Wisconsin corporation, oper-
ates a drop forge plant and a machine shop at Green Bay, Wisconsin.
During the past year the Employer purchased raw materials valued
in excess of $100,000, approximately 50 percent of which was shipped
to it from points outside the State of Wisconsin. During the same
period the Employer sold finished products valued in excess of $500,-
000, of which more than 50 percent was shipped to points outside the
State of Wisconsin.
The Employer admits and we find that it is engaged in commerce
within the meaning of the National Labor Relations Act.
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500
GREEN BAY DROP FORGE COMPANY
II. THE ORGANIZATIONS INVOLVED
501
The Petitioner is a labor organization affiliated with the American
Federation of Labor, claiming to represent employees of the Employer.
United Farm Equipment and Metal Workers of America, herein
called the Intervenor, is a labor organization affiliated with the Con-
gress of Industrial Organizations, claiming to represent employees of
the Employer.
111. T1iE QUESTION CONCERNING REPRESENTATION 1
The Employer refuses to recognize the Petitioner as the exclusive
bargaining representative of employees of the Employer until the
Petitioner has been certified by the Board in an appropriate unit.
We find that a question affecting commerce has arisen concerning
the representation of employees of the Employer within the meaning
of Section 9 (c) and Section 2 (6) and (7) of the Act.
iv. 'rN E APPROl'RIA 'i'E UNIT
The parties have stipulated and we find that all production and
maintenance employees of the Employer at its Green Bay, Wisconsin,
operations, including probationary employees, but excluding guards,
watchmen, office and clerical employees, foremen, and all other su-
pervisory employees, constitute a unit appropriate for the purposes of
collective bargaining within the meaning of Section 9 (b) of the Act.
DIRECTION OF ELECTION 2
As part of the investigation to ascertain representatives for the
purposes of collective bargaining with Green Bay Drop Forge Com-
pany, Green Bay, Wisconsin, an election by secret ballot shall be con-
ducted as early as possible, but not later than thirty ,(30) clays from the
date of this Direction, under the direction and supervision of the Re-
gional Director for the Thirteenth Region, acting in this matter as
agent for the National Labor Relations Board, and subject to Sections
203.55 and 203.56, of National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regu-
lations-Series 4, among the employees in the unit found appropriate III
Section IV, above, who were employed during the pay-roll period
immediately preceding the date of this Direction, including employees
Y
'A contract between the Employer and the Intervenor covering the employees petitioned
for herein expired on July 1, 1947, and is not urged as a bar to this proceeding
2 Any participant in the election directed herein may , upon its prompt request to and
approval thereof by the Regional Director , have its name removed from the ballot
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who did not work during said pay-roll period because they were ill
or on vacation or temporarily laid off, and including employees in the
armed forces of the United States who present themselves in person
at the polls, but excluding those employees who have since quit or
been discharged for cause and have not been rehired or reinstated prior
to the date of the election, to determine whether they desire to be
represented by International Brotherhood of Blacksmiths, Drop
Forgers and Helpers, AFL, or by United Farm Equipment and Metal
Workers of America, CIO, for the purposes of collective bargaining,
or by neither.