International Havrvester Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Jul 11, 1941

33 N.L.R.B. 333 (N.L.R.B. 1941)

III the Matter of INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER COMPANY (MCCORMICK
WORKS) and FEDERAL LABOR UNION No. 22604, AFFILIATED WITH
THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR
In the Matter of INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER COMPANY (MCCORMICK
WORKS) and PATTERN MAKERS LEAGUE OF NORTH AMERICA, CHICAGO
ASSOCIATION, AFFILIATED WITH THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR
Cases Nos. R-2507 and R-2508
Investigation and Certification of Representatives : run-off election directed.
SUPPLEMENTAL DECISION
SECOND DIRECTION OF ELECTION
AND
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES'
July 11, 1941
On May 22, 1941, the National Labor Relations Board, herein
called the Board, issued a Decision and Direction of Elections in
the above-entitled proceeding.' Pursuant to the Direction of Elec-
tions, elections by secret ballot were conducted on June 18, 1941,
under the direction and supervision of the Regional Director for
the Thirteenth Region (Chicago, Illinois). On June 20, 1941, the
Regional Director, acting pursuant to Article III, Section 9, of the
National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series 2, as
amended, issued and duly served upon the parties an Election Re-
port, 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 Regional Director reported
as follows :
Pattern Makers and Pattern Makers' Apprentices
Total on eligibility list ---------------------------------------- 81
Total ballots cast___________________________________________ 81
Total ballots challenged_____________________________________ 0
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Total blank ballots_________________________________________ 0
Total void ballots___________________________________________ 0
Total ballots cast for Pattern Makers League____ _____________ 74
Total ballots cast against Pattern Makers League _____________ 7
Production and Maintenance Employees
Total on eligibility list_____________________________________ 6017
Total ballots cast__ ________________________________________ 5660
Total ballots challenged ___________________________________ 78
Total blank ballots_________________________________________ 4
Total void ballots__________________________________________ 19
Total ballots cast for A. F. of L. Union______________________ 2671
Total ballots cast for C. I. 0. Union_________________________ 2682
Total ballots cast for neither________________________________ 206
Since the number of challenged ballots cannot affect the result of
the election, we find it unnecessary to pass upon the challenges.
On July 2, 1941, the C. I. O. Union filed a request for a run-off
election to be held by the Board. Although neither of the com-
peting labor organizations in the election among -production and
maintenance employees received a majority of the votes cast, the re-
sults of the election show that a majority of the employees in ques-
tion desire to bargain collectively with, the Company. Accordingly,
we shall direct a run-off election in which such employees will be
given an opportunity to decide whether they desire to be represented
by Farm Equipment Workers Organizing Committee, affiliated with
the Congress of Industrial Organizations, or by Federal Labor Union,
No. 22604, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, for the
purposes of collective bargaining.
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, 49 Stat. 449, and pursuant to Article III, Sections 8 and
9, of National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series
2, as amended, it is hereby
DIRECTED that, as part of the investigation authorized by the Board
to determine representatives for the purposes of collective bargaining
with International Harvester Company, Chicago, Illinois, an elec-
tion by secret ballot shall be conducted as early as possible, but not
'later than thirty (30) days from the date of this Second Direction
of Election, 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, among the production and
maintenance employees described in the Direction of Election issued
May 22, 1941, but excluding those who have since quit or been dis-
charged for cause, to determine whether they desire to be represented
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by Farm Equipment Workers Organizing Committee, affiliated with
the Congress of Industrial Organizations, or by Federal Labor Union,
No. 22604, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, for the
purposes of collective bargaining. ,
IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that Pattern Makers League of North
America, Chicago Association, affiliated with the American Federa-
tion of Labor, has been designated and selected by a majority of
all pattern makers and pattern makers' apprentices at the McCormick
Works of International Harvester Company, as their representative
for the purpose of collective bargaining, and that pursuant to Section
9 (a) of the Act, Pattern Makers' League of North America, Chicago
Association, 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.