L. B. Lockwood Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Nov 30, 1939

17 N.L.R.B. 1056 (N.L.R.B. 1939)

In the Matter of L. B. LOCKWOOD COMPANY and INTERNATIONAL
BROTHERHOOD OF FIREMEN AND OILERS, LOCAL UNION NO. 52
(A. F. OF L.)
Case No. R-1534
SUPPLEMENTAL DECISION
AND
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
November 30, 1939
On October 17, 1939, the National Labor Relations Board, herein
called the Board, issued its Decision and Direction of Election in
the above-entitled proceeding.' Pursuant to the Direction of Elec.
tion, an election by secret ballot was conducted on November 13,
1939, under the direction and supervision of the Regional Director
for the Eighth Region (Cleveland, Ohio). On November 14, 1939,
the Regional Director, acting pursuant to Article III, Section 9
of the National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations
Series 2, issued and duly served upon the parties his Election Report.
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 :
Total number of eligible voters______________________________ 10
Total number of ballots voted for International Brotherhood of
Firemen and Oilers, Local Union No. 52 (A. F. of L.) ------ 8
Total number of ballots voted for Textile Workers Organizing
Committee, Local No. 2105 (C. I. 0.) ----------------------- 2
Total number of ballot cast for neither_______________________ 0
Number of challenged ballots________________________________ 1
Number of blank ballots_____________________________________ 0
Number of void ballots______________________________________ 0
Total number of ballots cast_________________________________ 11
In the Decision and Direction of Election previously referred to,
the Board states that upon the results of the election would depend
in part the determination of the appropriate unit for the purposes
of collective bargaining. The Board stated therein: "If a majority
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of these (powerhouse) employees cast-their votes for the Firemen
we shall hold that the powerhouse employees constitute a separate
unit and we shall certify the Firemen as the exclusive representative
thereof."
Upon the entire record in the case, the Board makes the following :
SUPPLEMENTAL FINDING OF FACT
We find that the powerhouse employees of the L. B. Lockwood
Company, Cleveland, Ohio, 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-
organization and to collective bargaining, and otherwise effectuate
the policies of the Act.
Upon the basis of the above finding of fact and upon the entire
record in the case, the Board makes the following:
SUPPLEMENTAL CONCLUSION OF LAW
The powerhouse employees of the L. B. Lockwood Company,
Cleveland, Ohio, constitute a unit appropriate for the purposes of
collective bargaining within, the meaning of Section 9 (b) of the
National Labor Relations 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, 49 Stat. 449, and pursuant to Article III, Sections
8 and 9, of the National Labor Relations Board Rules and
Regulations-Series 2,
IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that' International Brotherhood of Firemen
and Oilers, Local Union No. 52 (A. F. of L.) has been designated
and selected by a majority of the powerhouse employees of the L. B.
Lockwood Company as their representative for the purposes of col-
lective bargaining, and that pursuant to the provisions of Section
9 (a) of the National Labor Relations Act, International Brother-
hood of Firemen and Oilers, Local Union No. 52 (A. F. of L.) 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.