International Harvester Co. Tractor Works

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Feb 10, 1938

5 N.L.R.B. 192 (N.L.R.B. 1938)

In the Matter of INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER COMPANY TRACTOR
WORKS and FARM EQUIPMENT WORKERS ASSOCIATION DIVISION OF
A. A. I. S. & T. W. N. A. LODGE No. 1320, C. I. O.
Case No. R-537.-Decided February 10, 1938
Farm Implement Manufacturing Industry-Investigation of Representatives:
controversy concerning representation of employees : stipulation as to ; rival
organizations ; refusal by employer to recognize petitioning union as bargaining
agent of its employees until question of representation is determined by Board--
Units Appropriate for Collective Bargaining : ( 1) die sinkers and die trimmers;
history of collective bargaining relations with employer ; stipulation of parties
as to; ( 2) all piece-work and hourly paid employees engaged in the production,
maintenance and development departments; community of interest-Elections
Ordered-Certification of Representatives.
Mr. Jack G. Evans, for the Board.
Mr. Thurlow G. Lewis, of Chicago, Ill., for the F. E. W. A.
Mr. F. D. Siefkin, of Chicago, Ill., for the Company.
Mr. John F. Cusack, of Chicago, Ill., for Employees Mutual
Association.
Mr. J. G. Menier, of Cleveland, Ohio, for Local 1512.
Mr. Bliss Da ffan, of counsel to the Board.
DECISION
AND
DIRECTION OF ELECTION
STATEMENT OF THE CASE
On November 8, 1937, Farm Equipment Workers Association,
Division of Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers
of North America, Lodge 1320, C. I. 0., herein called the F. E. W. A.,
filed with the Regional Director for the Thirteenth Region, Chicago.
Illinois, a petition 1 alleging that a question affecting commerce had
arisen concerning the representation of employees of International
Harvester Company Tractor Works at Chicago, Illinois, herein called
the Company, and requesting an investigation and certification of
representatives pursuant to Section 9 (c) of the National Labor Re-
lations Act, 49 Stat. 449, herein called the Act. On December 1,
1937, the National Labor Relations Board, herein called the Board,
1 Amended petition filed on December 15, 1937, so as to include maintenance and develop-
ment employees of the Company within the unit alleged to be appropriate.
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acting pursuant to Section 9 (c) of the Act and Article III, Section
3, of National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations-
Series 1, as amended, ordered an investigation and authorized the
Regional Director to conduct it and to provide for an appropriate
hearing upon due notice.
On December 10, 1937, the Regional Director issued a notice of
hearing, copies of which were duly served upon the Company, upon
F. E. W. A., and upon International Harvester Company Employees
Mutual Association, herein called Employees Mutual Association, a
labor organization claiming to represent employees directly affected
by the investigation. On December 15, 1937, petition and affidavit
for leave to intervene filed on behalf of Chicago Die Sinkers, Lodge
No. 1512, International Association of Machinists, herein called the
I. A. M., a labor organization claiming to represent employees di-
rectly affected by the investigation, was granted by the Regional
Director.
Motion filed on behalf of Employees Mutual Association for a
continuance of the hearing for ten days beyond December 16, 1937,
was considered and denied by the Regional Director on December
15, 1937.
Pursuant to the notice, a hearing was held on December 16 and
17, 1937, at Chicago, Illinois, before Herbert Wenzel, the Trial Ex-
aminer duly designated by the Board. The Board, the Company,
the F. E. W. A., the Employees Mutual Association and the I. A. M.
were represented by counsel and participated in the hearing. Full
opportunity to be heard, to examine and cross-examine witnesses,
and to introduce evidence bearing on the issues was afforded all
parties. During the course of the hearing the. Trial Examiner made
several rulings on motions and objections to the admission of evi-'
dence. The Board has reviewed the rulings of the Trial Examiner
and finds that no prejudicial errors were committed. The rulings
are hereby affirmed.
Upon the entire record in the case, the Board makes the following :
FINDINGS OF FACT
I. THE BUSINESS OF THE COMPANY,
The International Harvester Company is a New Jersey corporation
engaged in the manufacture, sale and distribution of agriculture im-
plements, tools, machinery, tractors and motortrucks. International
Harvester Company Tractor Works is the Chicago, Illinois, plant
of the corporation engaged in the manufacture and development of
tractors, tractor parts, power units and engines. Approximately 47
per cent of the material used in manufacturing these products is
shipped from without the State of Illinois. During 1937 there were
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16,942 carload shipments from the plant and 323 truckload ship-
ments, 90 per cent being shipped out of the State of Illinois to points
throughout the world.
H. THE ORGANIZATIONS INVOLVED
Farm Equipment Workers Association, Division of Amalgamated
Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers of North America, Lodge
1320, is a labor organization affiliated with the Committee for In-
dustrial Organization, admitting to its membership all hourly paid
and piece-work employees in the production, development and main-
tenance departments of the • Company, excluding all salaried em-
ployees, foremen, assistant foremen, watchmen, clerical and office
employees.
International Harvester Company Employees Mutual Association
ds a labor organization admitting to membership employees of the
Company. It is not clear from the record exactly which categories
of employees of the Company are eligible for membership in the
,organization.
Chicago Die Sinkers Lodge No. 1512, International Association of
Machinists, is a labor organization affiliated with the American Fed-
•eration of Labor, admitting to its membership all die sinkers and
.lie trimmers in the employment of the company.
III. THE QUESTION OF REPRESENTATION
In its amended petition filed herein, F. E. W. A. alleges that it has
been designated as the bargaining representative for 4500 of the
5700 employees of the Company within the unit which it claims to
be appropriate. The petition further alleges that the Company will
recognize F. E. W. A. when proof of a majority is established as
a result of an election.
At the hearing it was stipulated by the parties, in substance, that
F. E. W. A., Employees Mutual Association, and I. A. M. are
all labor organizations; that both F. E. W. A. and the Employees
Mutual Association have large memberships among the employees
,of the Company; and that I. A. M. has a large membership among the
die sinkers employed in department 19 of the Company. It was
further stipulated that the issues raised herein are as to the majority
and the right of representation as between the unions within the ap-
propriate bargaining unit.
As a result of the stipulation, and presumably predicated upon the
fact that it will be necessary to hold an election to determine repre-
sentatives, no evidence as to membership among the employees in any
,of the three unions involved was introduced.
We find that a question has arisen concerning representatives of
,employees of the Company.
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IV. THE EFFECT OF THE QUESTION CONCERNING REPRESENTATION' UPON
COMMERCE
We find that the question concerning representation which has
arisen , occurring in connection with the operations of the Company
described in Section I above, has a close, intimate, and substantial
relation to trade, traffic, and commerce among the several States, and
tends to lead to labor disputes burdening and obstructing commerce-
and the free flow of commerce.
V. THE APPROPRIATE UNITS
The F. E. W. A. claims that all hourly paid and piece-work em-
ployees engaged in the production, development and maintenance de-- °
partments of the Company, excluding all salaried employees, fore-
men, assistant foremen, watchmen, clerical and office employees are-
an appropriate unit for collective bargaining purposes. I. A. M.-
asserted that die sinkers employed by the Company should be a.
separate unit. The record is not altogether clear as to the position:
of Employees Mutual Association but it appears from the testimony
that its contention is that certain clerical and other salaried employees,
connected with the office of the Company, whose duties are incident-.
to production, should be included within the appropriate unit, and,
that all of the employees in the Gas Power Engineering Division of
the plant should be excluded from such unit.
There are two main divisions in the plant of the Company. One.
division is engaged in the production of tractors, tractor parts and'
power units. The other, known as the Gas Power Engineering De-
partment, is engaged in engineering, development, and experimental,
work for the various plants of the International Harvester Company.
This department is considered a non-productive department as it
produces parts only for some of the pre-production programs of the,
Company and for experimental models.
The pay roll of the Company of November 8, 1937, was introduced`
in evidence and shows that the Company is divided into 53 separate
departments. It was stipulated at the beginning of the hearing that
all parties agreed that employees listed in departments 6 through 53,
inclusive, as shown by the pay roll, with the exceptions of depart-
ments 14 and 19, should be included within the appropriate unit; that
employees listed in department 3 should not be included ; and that the
controversy herein is whether or not to include the employees in,
departments 1, 2, 4, 4A, 5, 14, and 19 within the appropriate unit.
It was also stipulated by the parties that the employees in de-
partment 19, consisting of die sinkers and die trimmers, consti-
tuted a unit appropriate for the purpose of collective bargaining,.
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and that these employees should be allowed to vote on a separate
ballot as to whether they desire to be represented by I. A. M.,
F. E. W. A., or by Employees Mutual Association. Since the die
sinkers and trimmers have historically been recognized as a separate
craft and have bargained on that basis, and since this historic
differentiation of that group is adopted by the stipulation of the
parties, we conclude that this unit is appropriate.
The record shows that the employees listed on the pay roll in
departments 6 through 53, with the exception of department 14,
are engaged in production and are piece-work or hourly paid em-
ployees. Since there is no objection these employees will be included
tiwithin the unit found appropriate.
° Department 1, as shown by the pay roll,2 consists of department
heads, time-study department men, clerks, stock chasers, stenog-
raphers, supervisors and tool designers. F. E. W. A. contended
that these employees should be excluded because they are all office
employees paid on a salary basis. The Employees Mutual Associa-
tion contended that the employees listed as production clerks, stock
chasers, and tool designers in this department should be included
because their duties are connected with production.
While it is true that these employees are in a manner connected
with production, the record shows that they are considered as office
employees and necessarily not subject to the same problems con-
cerning wages, hours and working conditions as the piece-work and
hourly paid employees to be included in the unit. Being salaried
they are not eligible for membership in F. E. W. A., and we do not
feel that the evidence warrants a conclusion that these employees
should be included.
Upon the basis of all the evidence, we find that all of the employees
in department 1, as shown by the pay roll, should be excluded.
Department 2: This department is designated on the pay roll as
the Gas Power Engineering Department. It consists of clerks, proj-
ect designers, draftsmen, foremen, supervisors, testers, chemists and
department heads, all salaried employees. As far as we can ascertain
from the record, the contention made by Employees Mutual Asso-
ciation is in accord with that of F. E. W. A. that these employees
should be excluded. They are a part of the Gas Power Engineering
Division of the plant and are all salaried employees.
We find that all the employees in department 2, as shown by the
pay roll, should be excluded from the unit found appropriate.
Department 4: This department consists of the boilerroom workers
.and all are hourly paid, with the exception of the chief engineer
and assistant engineer. The Employees Mutual Association contended
2 Pay roll of November 8, 1937, is meant whenever'pay roll is referred to.
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these employees should not be included because they are not con-
nected with production but are a part of maintenance. We consider
the latter reason sufficient .for their inclusion within the unit, which
already includes maintenance employees, which the parties have
agreed to include by the above-mentioned stipulation.
In accordance with our decisions in other cases," we find that the
boilerroom workers, with the exception of the chief engineer and
assistant engineer, should be included in the unit.
Department 4A: This department consists of watchmen, who are
designated as gatemen on the pay roll, and who have the duty of
checking the employees in and out of the plant to see that nothing
is taken. It is clear that these employees are closely connected with
the management and have interests different from those employees to
be included within the unit. In accordance with our decisions in other
cases, we find that the watchmen should be excluded from the unit .4
Department 5: This department, known as the Physical Testing
Laboratory, is a subdivision of the Gas Power Engineering Division
of the plant. The employees included in this department are testers,
mechanics, and drivers. Their function is to test the physical
strength of the experimental models built by the Gas Power Engineer-
ing Division., The employees listed are all hourly paid and
F. E. W. A. contended that they should be included in the unit.
Employees Mutual Association contended that they should not be
included because they are not part of production.
The employees in this department are either mechanics, drivers,
or electricians , and the record is clear that, while they are not con-
nected with production, they are subject to the same conditions of
employment as the employees in the same general classifications in
production that both the F. E. W. A. and the Employees Mutual
Association have agreed should be included in the unit. Unques-
tionably their interests are much more closely related to the em-
ployees in production than they are to the salaried employees of the
Gas Power Engineering Division which have been heretofore ex-
cluded from the unit. The fact that they are few in number would
probably prevent them from any effective organization if they were
not included within the unit found appropriate.
It appears from the pay roll that there are some of the employees
listed in this department located at Phoenix, Arizona, and Hinsdale,
Illinois. Neither union contended that these employees should be
included within the unit and they will, therefore, be excluded.
The evidence establishes that the interests of the employees of this
department, with the exception of those located at Hinsdale , Illinois,
8 See Matter of Richardson Company and Local Union No. 4421, U. A. TV. A., 4 N L. R B.
835.
4 See Matter of American Sugar Refining Co and Committee for Industrial Organization
and cases cited in footnote , 4 N. L. R. B. 897.
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and Phoenix, Arizona, are closely related to those of the other hourly
paid and piece-work employees included within the unit and that
they should be included.
Department 14: This department is known as the Experimental
Machine Shop and is also a subdivision of the Gas Power Engineer-
ing Division of the plant. The employees listed on the pay roll
in this department are all hourly paid machinists and the same con-
tentions were made by the F. E. W. A. and the Employees Mutual
Association as to their inclusion or exclusion in the unit as in the
case of the employees in department 5.
The facts stated above with reference to the employees in depart-
ment 5 are equally applicable to these employees and we, therefore,
conclude that they should be included in the unit.
There was some testimony that there were hourly paid chemists
connected with the Gas Power Engineering Division of the plant.
All of the chemists that appear on the pay roll are listed under
department 2, and the testimony shows that the employees listed in
that department are salaried. However, if there are other chemists in
the employ of the Company, who are hourly paid, we believe that their
duties are such that they should be excluded from the appropriate
unit.5
We, therefore, find that all of the chemists in the employ of the
Company should not be included within the unit.
We find that the die sinkers and die trimmers employed in de-
partment 19 of the Company constitute a unit appropriate for the
purposes of collective bargaining and that said unit will insure
those employees of the Company the full benefit of their right to
self-organization and to collective bargaining and otherwise effectuate
the policy of the Act.
We find that the production, maintenance and development em-
ployees of the Company, excluding all salaried employees, foremen,
assistant foremen, watchmen, chemists, die sinkers and die trimmers,
clerical and office employees, and employees located at Hinsdale,
Illinois, and Phoenix, Arizona, constitute a unit appropriate for the
purposes of collective bargaining, and that said unit will insure to
employees of the Company the full benefit of their right to self-or-
ganization and to collective bargaining and otherwise effectuate the
policy of the Act.
VI. THE DETERMINATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
Neither the F. E. W. A. nor the Employees Mutual Association
introduced evidence as to membership among the employees in the
5 See Matter of Southern Chemical Cotton Company and Textile Woi kers' Organizing
Committee, 4 N. L. R. B 131.
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unit found appropriate. We find that an election. by secret ballot
is necessary to determine the proper representative for collective
bargaining and thus resolve the question concerning representation.
No evidence was introduced by any of the unions as to member-
ship among the die sinker and die trimmer employees of the Com-
pany. Therefore, a separate election will be ordered among the die
sinkers and die trimmers employed in department 19 of the Com-
pany to determine whether they desire to be represented by I. A. M.,
F. E. W. A., or by Employees Mutual Association, or by none.
Upon the basis of the above findings of fact and upon the entire
record in the case, the Board makes the following :
CONCLUSIONS OF LAW
1. A question affecting commerce has arisen concerning the repre-
sentation of employees of International Harvester Company Tractor
Works, Chicago, Illinois, within the meaning of Section 9 (c) and
Section 2 (6) and (7) of the National Labor Relations Act.
2. Die sinkers and die trimmers employed in department 19 of
the Company constitute a unit appropriate for the purposes of col-
lective bargaining, within the meaning of Section 9 (b) of the
National Labor Relations Act.
3. All piece-work and hourly paid employees of the Company
engaged in production, maintenance and development, excluding
all salaried employees, foremen, assistant foremen, watchmen, chem-
ists, die sinkers and die trimmers, clerical and office employees, and
employees at Hinsdale, Illinois, and Phoenix, Arizona, constitute a
unit appropriate for the purposes of collective bargaining within
the meaning of Section 9 (b) of the National Labor Relations Act..
DIRECTION OF ELECTION
By virtue of and pursuant to the power vested in the National
Labor Relations Board by Section 9 (c) of the National Labor Rela-
tions Act, and pursuant to Article III, Section 8, of National Labor
Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series 1, as amended, it is
hereby
DIRECTED that, as part of the investigation authorized by the Board
to ascertain representatives for collective bargaining with the Inter-
national Harvester Company Tractor Works of Chicago, Illinois, an
election by secret ballot shall be conducted within fifteen (15) days
from the date of this Direction under the direction and supervision
of the Regional Director for the Thirteenth Region, acting in this
matter as agent for the National Labor Relations Board and subject
to Article III, Section 9, of said Rules and Regulations :
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1. Among the die sinkers and die trimmers employed by Inter-
national Harvester Company Tractor Works at its Chicago, Illinois,
plant, on its November 8, 1937, pay roll, .but excluding those who
have since quit or have been discharged for cause , to determine
whether they desire to be represented by the Farm Equipment Work-
ers Association , Division of Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel
and Tin Workers of North America, Lodge 1320, affiliated with the
Committee for Industrial Organization, Chicago Die Sinkers Lodge
No. 1512, International Association of Machinists , affiliated with the
American Federation of Labor, or by International Harvester Com-
pany Employees Mutual Association , for the purposes of collective
bargaining, or by none;
2. Among all of the piece-work and hourly paid employees of the
Company engaged in production , maintenance and development, ex-
cluding all salaried employees , foremen, assistant foremen, watch-
men, chemists , die sinkers and die trimmers, clerical and office em-
ployees, and employees at Hinsdale, Illinois, and Phoenix, Arizona,
who were employed by the Company on its November 8, 1937, pay
roll, but excluding those who have since quit or have been discharged
for cause , to determine whether they desire to be represented by the
Farm Equipment Workers Association, Division of Amalgamated
Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers of North America,
Lodge 1320, affiliated with the Committee for Industrial Organiza-
tion, or by International Harvester Company Employees Mutual
Association, for the purposes of collective bargaining , or by neither.
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AMENDMENT TO DECISION
AND
DIRECTION OF ELECTION
February 33, 1938
On February 10, 1938, the National Labor Relations Board, here-
in called the Board, issued a Decision and Direction of Election in
the above -entitled matter.
On February 17, 1938, International Harvester Company Tractor
Works Employees Mutual Association , herein called Employees
Mutual Association , filed with the Board its Motion and Petition
to amend the Decision and Direction of Election . Among other
things, said Motion and Petition requests that the Decision and Di-
rection of Election be amended so as to show that Employees Mutual
Association did not object to the inclusion of the hourly paid em-
ployees in department 4 of the Company in the unit found appro-
DECISIONS AND ORDERS 201
priate. In this respect said Motion and Petition is granted. The
Board has carefully , considered all the other requests contained in
said Motion and Petition and they are hereby denied.
The Board hereby amends its Decision and Direction of Election
by striking the last two sentences on page 6, under subdivision V
entitled "The Appropriate Unit", paragraph beginning "Department
4", and substituting therefor , "The F . E. W. A. desired to include
these employees in the unit and the Employees ' Mutual Association
did not object to such inclusion."
A request has also been made by the Regional Director that said
Direction of Election be amended so as to designate the petitioning
union as the "Farm Equipment Workers Association , Division of
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers of North
America, Lodge 1320 , affiliated with the C . I. 0.", and that the Inter-
national Harvester Company Employees ' Mutual Association be
designated as "I. H . C. Tractor Works Employees ' Mutual
Association".
It appearing to the Board that these organizations are commonly
known to the employees under the respective designations requested,
the Board hereby amends its Direction of Election by striking there-
from the words "affiliated with the Committee for Industrial Or-
ganization", wherever they occur, and substituting therefor the
words, "affiliated with the C. I. 0."; by striking from the Decision
the name "International Harvester Company Employees ' Mutual
Association " wherever it occurs , and substituting therefor the name.
"International Harvester Company Tractor Works Employees'
Mutual Association "; and by striking from the Direction of Election
the name "International Harvester Company Employees ' Mutual
Association" wherever it occurs, and substituting therefor the name
"I. H. C. Tractor Works Employees ' Mutual Association".
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CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
March 15, 1938
On February 10, 1938, the National Labor Relations Board, herein
called the Board, issued a Decision and Direction of Elections in the
above-entitled case. An Amended Decision and Direction of Elec-
tions was issued on February 21, 1938. The Direction of Elections,
as amended, directed that elections by secret ballot be conducted (1)
among the die sinkers and die trimmers employed by International
Harvester Company Tractor Works at its Chicago, Illinois, plant,
hereinafter called the Company , on its November 8, 1937, pay roll, to
determine whether they desired to be represented by the Farm Equip-
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ment Workers Association, Division of Amalgamated Association of
Iron, Steel and Tin Workers of North America, Lodge 1320, affiliated
with the C. I. 0., or Chicago Die Sinkers Lodge No. 1512, Interna-
tional Association of Machinists, affiliated with the American Fed--
eration of Labor, or by I. H. C. Tractor Works Employees Mutual'
Association; (2) among all of the piece-work and hourly paid em-
ployees of the Company engaged in production, maintenance and-
development, excluding all salaried employees, foremen, assistant
foremen, watchmen, chemists, die sinkers and die trimmers, em-
ployees located at Phoenix, Arizona, or Hinsdale, Illinois, and cler-
ical and office employees, as shown by the November 8, 1937, pay.
roll, to determine whether they desired to be represented by the Farm
Equipment Workers Association, Division of Amalgamated Associa-
tion of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers of -North America, Lodge 1320,
affiliated with the C. I. O. or by I. H. C. Tractor Works Employees
Mutual Association.
Pursuant to the Decision and Direction of Elections,. as amended,
separate elections by secret ballot have been conducted among the
eligible employees in the two units described above under the direc-
tion and supervision of Leonard C. Bajork, the Regional Director for-
the Thirteenth Region (Chicago, Illinois). On March 1, 1938, the
said Regional Director, acting pursuant to Article III, Section 9, of
National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series 1,
as amended, issued and duly served upon the parties an Intermediate-
Report on the elections. No objections or exceptions to the Inter-
mediate Report have been filed by any of the parties.
As to the balloting and its results, the Regional Director reported_,
as follows :
NUMBER (1)
Total Number Eligible------------------------------------- 60
Total Number of Ballots Cast 57-Necessary to Elect-------- 29
Ballots for the Farm Equipment Workers Association,
Division of Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and
Tin Workers of North America, Lodge 1320, Affiliated
with the C I. 0---------------------------------------- 8
Ballots for the Chicago Die Sinkers Lodge No. 1512, Inter-
national Association of Machinists, Affiliated with the
A. F of L---------------------------------------------- 34
Neither -------------------------------------------------- 1
Protested Ballots ----------------------------------------- 0
Blank Ballots -------------------------------------------- 0
Void Ballots---------------------------------------------- 0
Total Ballots Cast---------------------------------------- 57
NUMBER (2)
Total Number Eligible------------------------------------ 6365
Total Number of Ballots Cast 5496-Necessary to Elect------ 2749
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Ballots for the Farm Equipment Workers Association, Di-
vision of Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin
Workers of North America, Lodge 1320, Affiliated with the
C. I. 0------------------------------------------------- 3263
Ballots for I H. C Tractor Works Employees Mutual As-
sociation ----------------------------------------------- 1821
Neither------------------------------ -------------------- 349
Protested Ballots ----------------------------------------- 56
-Blank Ballots--------------------------------------------- 8
Void Ballots---------------------------------------------- 7
'Total Ballots Cast---------------------------------------- 5496
By virtue of and pursuant to the power vested in the National
"Labor Relations Board by Section 9 (c) of the National Labor Re-
lations Act, 49 Stat. 449, and pursuant to Article III, Sections 8 and 9,
of National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series 1,
-as amended,
IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED :
(1) That Chicago Die Sinkers Lodge No. 1512, International
Association of Machinists, affiliated with the American Federation
of Labor, has been designated and selected by a majority of the die
sinkers and die trimmers employed by the International Harvester
Company Tractor Works, Chicago, Illinois, as their representative
for the purposes of collective bargaining, and that, pursuant to
Section 9 (a) of the Act, Chicago Die Sinkers Lodge No. 1512,
International Association of Machinists, affiliated with the American
Federation of Labor, is the exclusive representative of all such
employees for the purposes of collective bargaining in respect to
rates of pay, wages, hours of employment, and other conditions of
.employment;
(2) That the Farm Equipment Workers Association, Division of
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers of North
America, Lodge 1320, affiliated with the C. I. 0., has been designated
and selected by a majority of the piece-work and hourly paid em-
ployees of the International Harvester Company Tractor Works,
Chicago, Illinois, engaged in production, maintenance and develop-
ment, excluding all salaried employees, foremen, assistant foremen,
watchmen, chemists, die sinkers and die trimmers, employees located
at Phoenix, Arizona, and Hinsdale, Illinois, and clerical and office
employees, as their representative for the purposes of collective
bargaining, and that, pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the Act, the
Farm Equipment Workers Association, Division of Amalgamated
Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers of North America, Lodge
1320, affiliated with the C. I. 0., is the exclusive representative of
all such employees for the purposes of collective bargaining in respect
to rates of pay, wages, hours of employment, and other conditions
of employment.