Harper J. Ransburg Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Jun 11, 1941

32 N.L.R.B. 575 (N.L.R.B. 1941)

In the Matter of HARPER J. RANSBURG COMPANY and STEEL WORKERS
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE, LOCAL No. 2363, AFFILIATED WITH THE
C. I. O.
Case No. B-2596.-Decided June 11, 1941.
Investigation and Certification of Representatives : stipulation for certification
on consent election.
Mr. Rush Hall and Mr. J. C. Clark, for the Board.,
Mr. Kurt F. Pantzer, for the Company.
Mr. Sam Macer, of Indianapolis, Ind., for the Union.
Mr. William H. Bartley, of counsel to the Board.
DECISION
AND
ORDER
STATEMENT OF THE CASE
On April 10, 1941, Steel Workers Organizing Committee, Local
No. 2363, affiliated with the C. I. 0., herein called the Union, filed
with the Regional Director for the Eleventh Region (Indianapolis,
Indiana) a petition alleging that a question affecting commerce had
arisen concerning the representation of employees of Harper J. Rans-
burg Company, Indianapolis, Indiana, herein called the Company,
engaged in the manufacture of steel and wire stands and containers
for plants and flowers in Indianapolis, Indiana, and requesting an
investigation and certification of representatives pursuant to Section
9 (c) of the National Labor Relations Act, 49 Stat. 449, herein called
the Act. On May 10, 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 Regional Director to conduct it and to provide for
an appropriate hearing on due notice. On May 13, 1941, the Com-
pany, the Union, the Regional Director, and an attorney for the
Board entered into a "STIPULATION FOR CERTIFICATION
ON CONSENT ELECTION."
32 N. L. R. B., No. 106.
575
576 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD
Pursuant to the stipulation an election was held on May 16, 1941.
under the direction and supervision of the Regional Director among
all production and maintenance employees of the Company, includ-
ing truck drivers, laboratory workers, and employees engaged in
other special crafts, but excluding supervisory, clerical, sales and
office employees, to determine whether or not said employees desired
to be represented by the Union for the purposes of collective bargain-
ing with the - Company. On May 19, 1941, the Regional Director
issued and duly served upon 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.
In his Election Report the Regional Director reported as follows
concerning the balloting and its results :
Total number of eligible voters____________________________ 111
Total number of ballots cast_______________________________ 104
Total number of votes for the Steel Workers Organizing Com-
mittee, Local No. 2363, affiliated with the C.-I. O---------- :d
Total number of votes against the Steel Workers Organizing
Committee, Local No. 2363, affiliated with the C. I. O------ 53
Total number of blank ballots ________________________ 0
Total number of void ballots___________________ ____ 0
Total number of challenged ballots__________________________ 0
The result of the election shows that no representative has been
selected by a majority of the employees in the appropriate unit.
The petition of the Union for investigation and certification of rep-
resentatives of employees of the Harper J. Ransburg Company,
Indianapolis, Indiana, will therefore be dismissed.
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 Harper J. Ransburg Company, Indianap-
olis, Indiana, within the meaning of Section 9 (c) and Section 2 (6)
and (7) of the National Labor Relations Act.
2. All production and maintenance employees of the Company,
including truck drivers, laboratory workers, and employees engaged
in other special crafts, but excluding supervisory, clerical, sales and
office employees, constitute a unit appropriate for the purposes of
collective bargaining within the meaning of Section 9 (b) of the
National Labor Relations Act.
HARPER J. RANSBURG COMPANY
ORDER
577
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 HEREBY ORDERED that the petition for investigation and certifi-
cation of representatives of employees of Harper J. Ransburg Com-
pany, Indianapolis, Indiana, filed by Steel Workers Organizing
Committee, Local No. 2363, affiliated with the C. I. 0., be, and it
hereby is, dismissed.