Grieder Machine Tool & Die Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Aug 18, 1942

43 N.L.R.B. 331 (N.L.R.B. 1942)

In the Matter of GRIEDER MACHINE TOOL & DIE COMPANY and INTER-
NATIONAL UNION, UNITED AUTOMOBILES AIRCRAFT & AGRIOIILTURAL
IMPLEMENT WORKERS of AMERICA, C. I. O.
Case No. R-4118.-Decided August 18,1912
Investigation and Certification of Representatives : stipulation for certification
upon consent election.
Mr. Richard C. Swander, for the Board.
Mr. Sam Dunlop, of Bowling Green, Ohio, for the Company.
Mr. Lowell Gorelich, of Toledo, Ohio, for the C. I. O.
Mr. Kenneth Scott, of Toledo, Ohio, for the A. F. of L.
Miss Melvern R.-Krelow, of counsel to the Board.
DECISION
AND
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
STATEMENT OF THE CASE
Upon petition duly filed by International Union, United -Auto-
mobile, Aircraft & Agricultural Implement Workers of America,
C. I. 0., herein- called the C. I. 0., alleging that a' question affecting
commerce had arisen concerning the representation of employees of
Grieder Machine' Tool & Die Company, herein called the .Company,
engaged in Bowling Green, Ohio, in the manufacture of precision
parts, pilot gears, gun slides, parts for powder hoists, fuse-setter parts,
and other gun and machine tool parts, the National Labor Relations
Board provided for an appropriate -bearing upon due notice. On
July 16, 1942,• before a hearing was held, the Company, the C. I. 0.,
the American Federation of Labor, herein called the A. F. of L., and
an Attorney for the Eighth Region (Cleveland, Ohio) entered into
a "Stipulation for Certification Upon Consent Election."
Pursuant to the stipulation, an election by secret ballot was con-
ducted on July 27, 1942, under the direction ' and' supervision of the
Acting Regional Director, among all employees of the Company em-
ployed at its Bowling Green, Ohio, plant, except supervisory and
clerical employees, specifically excluding from such unit Frank
Strother, plant superintendent, Ray Taylor, William Beck, and Ernest
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Warner, to' determine whether they desire to be represented by the
C. I. 0., or the A. F. of L., for the purposes of collective bargaining,
it by neither. On July 29, 1942, the Acting Regional Director issued
and. duly served on the parties an 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.
As to the balloting and its results, the Acting Regional Director
reported as follows :
Total on eligibility list------------------------------------- 90
Total ballots cast------------------------------------------- 85
Total ballots challenged------------------------------------- 7
Total blank ballots------------------------------------------ 0
Total void ballots------------------------------------------ 0
Total valid votes counted------------------------------------ 78
Votes cast for International Union, United Automobile, Aircraft
& Agricultural Implement Workers of America, (CIO) ------ 47
Votes cast for American Federation of Labor- ---------------- 1
Votes cast for neither of the organizations-------------------- 30
Upon the basis of the Stipulation, the Election Report, and the en-
tire 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 Grieder Machine Tool & Die Company,
Bowling Green, Ohio, within the meaning of Section 9 (c) and Section
2 (6) and (7) of theNational Labor Relations Act. ,
2. All employees of the Company employed at its Bowling Green,
Ohio, plant, except supervisory and, clerical employees, specifically
unit Frank Strother, plant, superintendent, Ray.excluding from such'
Taylor, William Beck, and Ernest Warner, constitute a unit appro-
priate for the purposes of collective bargaining within the meaning of
Section 9 (b) of the Act.
3. International Union, United Automobile, Aircraft & Agriclil-
tural Implement Workers of America, C. I. 0., has been designated
and selected•by a majority of the employees in the above unit as their
representative for the purposes of collective bargaining and is the
exclusive representative of all employees in, said unit within the
meaning of Section 9 (a) of the Act.
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; ,
GRIEDER MACHINE TOOL & DIE COMPANY \ 333
IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that International Union, United Automobile,
Aircraft & Agricultural Implement Workers of America, C: I. 0., has
been designated and selected by a majority, of all employees of Grieder
Machine Tool & -Die Company employed at its Bowling Green, Ohio,
plant; except supervisory and clerical employees, specifically excl"ud-
ing from such unit Frank Strother, plant superintendent, Ray Taylor,
William Beck, and Ernest Warner, as their representative for the
purposes of collective bargaining, and that, pursuant to Section 9 (a)
of the Act, International Union, United Automobile, Aircraft &
Agricultural Implement Workers of America, C. I. 0., is the exclusive
representative of such employees for the purposes of collective bar-
gaining-with respect to rates of pay; wages, hours of employment,
and other conditions of employment.
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