John Deere Tractor Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Jun 11, 1942

41 N.L.R.B. 903 (N.L.R.B. 1942)

In the. Matter of JOHN DEERE TRACTOR COMPANY AND IOWA TRANS-
MISSION COMPANY and LOCAL 838, UNITED AUTOMOBILE, AIRCRAFT &
AORICULTURAL IMPLEMENT WORKERS OF AMERICA, C. I. O. . -
Case No. R-3685
SUPPLEMENTAL DECISION
AND
ORDER
June ill 1942
On April 28, 1942, the National Labor Relations Board issued a
Decision and Direction of-Election in the above-entitled proceeding.'
Pursuant to the Direction of Election, an election by secret ballot was
conducted on May 22, 1942, under the direction and supervision of the
Regional, Director for the Eighteenth Region (Minneapolis, Minne-
sota). On May 25, 1942, the Regional Director, acting pursuant to
Article III, Section 9, of National Labor Relations Board Rules and
Regulations-Series 2,,as amended, issued and duly served upon the
parties an Election Report on the ballot. -
As to the balloting and its results, the Regional Director reported
as follows : -
Total on eligibility list ------------------------------------- 3,315
Total ballots cast----------------------------------------- 3,065
Total ballots challenged____________________________42
Total blank ballots________________________________________ 4'
Total void ballots --------------------------------------- - 3
Total valid votes counted_________________________________ 3,016
Votes cast for Local 838, U. A. W.-C. I. 0.__________________ 1,283
Votes cast for International Association of Machinists,
A. F. of L--------------------------------------------- 333
Votes cast for neither organization_________________________ 1,400
In the Election Report, he recommended that the Board direct a
run-off election between the U. A. W. and the I. A. M. On May 23,
1942, Local 838, United Automobile, Aircraft & Agricultural Imple-
ment Workers of America, C. I. 0., herein called the U. A. W., filed
a request for a run-off election. On June 1, 1942, John Deere Tractor
Company and Iowa Transmission Company filed Objections to Elec-
140 N L. R. B. 904.
41 N. L. R. B., No. 159.
903
904 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD
tion Report and Resistance to Request for a Run-off Election. On
June 1, 1942, the Regional Director issued a Report on Objections
to Election Report, finding that the objections are of a legal nature
and referred'them to the-Board. On June 6,1942, the U. A. W. filed a
document in support of a run-off election. Inasmuch as the-plurality
of the votes in' the election were cast for neither of the competing
labor organizations, the objections of the Company are hereby sus-
tained. The request for a run-off election is hereby denied; no run-off
election will be directed.2 Inasmuch as the results of the election show
that no collective bargaining representative has been selected by a
majority of the employees, the petition for investigation and certifica-
tion of representatives of employees of John Deere Tractor Company
and Iowa Transmission Company, Waterloo, Iowa, will therefore be
dismissed. -
ORDER
By virtue of Section 9 (c) of the National Labor Relations 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 ORDERED that the petition for investigation and certifica-
tion of representatives of employees'of John Deere Tractor Company
and Iowa Transmission Company, Waterloo, Iowa, filed by Local 838,
United Automobile, ,Aircraft & Agricultural Implement Workers of
America, C. I. 0., be, and it hereby is, dismissed.
2 See Matter of General Motors Corporation and International Union, U. A. W. A., affili-
ated with the A. F. L., 25 N. L. R. B. 258 ; Matter of Borden Mills, Inc. and Textile Workers
Union of America, 32 N. L. R. B., No. 1270.