Line Material Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Mar 17, 1949

82 N.L.R.B. 196 (N.L.R.B. 1949)

In the Matter of LINE MATERIAL COMPANY, EMPLOYER and INTERNA-
TIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS , LODGE 463, PETITIONER
Case No. 8-RC-3.¢6.Decided March 17, 1949
DECISION
AND
ORDER
Upon a petition duly filed, a hearing was held before a hearing
officer of the National Labor Relations Board. The hearing officer's
rulings made at the hearing are free from prejudicial error and are
hereby affirmed.
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 3 (b) of the National Labor
Relations Act, the Board has delegated its powers in connection with
this case to a three-member panel.*
The Employer is engaged in commerce within the meaning of the
National Labor Relations Act.
The labor organizations involved claim to represent employees of
the Employer.
Upon the entire record in this case, the Board finds that no ques-
tion of representation exists concerning the representation of em-
ployees of the Employer, within the meaning of Section 9 (c) and
Section 2 (6) and (7) of the Act for the following reasons:'
The Petitioner seeks to sever a unit of all carpenters in the mainten-
ance department of the Employer's Zanesville, Ohio, plant, from a
production and maintenance unit now represented by the Intervenor.
The Employer and the Intervenor contend that the requested unit is
inappropriate because the employees do not have the skill necessary
to constitute a craft unit.
The carpenters, requested as a craft unit by the Petitioner, are part
of the Employer's maintenance department. There are three em-
*Chairman Herzog and Members Houston and Gray.
' United Electrical , Radio & Machine Workers of America, Local 767 ( CIO), herein
called the Intervenor , moved to dismiss the petition on the ground that a contract, cur-
rently in effect between the Employer and the Intervenor, covers the employees involved
herein and constitutes a bar to this proceeding . In view of our dismissal of the petition
for the reasons set forth , infra, we deem it unnecessary to pass upon this contention.
82 N. L. R. B., No. 2L
196
LINE MATERIAL COMPANY 197
ployees in the proposed unit. They do general factory carpentry
work such as building shelves, boxes, and skids, which are used
throughout the plant.
In Matter of Line Material Company,2 we granted separate units
of the crafts in the maintenance department at this plant. The car-
penters requested here appear to be mere handymen. The record
indicates that these employees do not exercise the skills of craftsmen.
Accordingly, we find that the unit sought to be severed by the Peti-
tioner is inappropriate, and we shall, therefore, dismiss the petition.
ORDER
Upon the basis of the entire record in this case, the National Labor
Relations Board hereby orders that the petition filed in the instant
matter be, and it hereby is, dismissed.
2 80 N. L. R. B. 599.
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