Link-Belt Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Oct 24, 1941

36 N.L.R.B. 398 (N.L.R.B. 1941)

In the Matter of LINK-BELT COMPANY (DODGE & EWART PLANTS) and.
STEEL WORKERS ORGANIZING COMMITTEE, LOCAL No. 2526, AFFILIATED
WITH THE C. I. 0.
Case No. R-3092 .-Decided October 24j 1941
Investigation and Certification of Representatives : stipulation for certification
of representatives upon consent election.
Mr. J. C. Clark, and Mr. Warren A. Silver, for the Board.
Mr. Kurt F. Pantzer, of Indianapolis, Ind., for the Company.
Mr. James Robb, of Indianapolis, Ind., for the Union.
Mr. George A. Koplow, of counsel to the Board.
DECISION
AND
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
STATEMENT OF THE CASE
On September 10, 1941, Steel Workers Organizing Committee, Local
No. 2526, affiliated with the C. I. 0.,1 herein called the Union, filed
with the Regional Director for the Eleventh Region (Indianapolis,
Indiana) a petition alleging that a question affecting commerce had
arisen concerning the representation of employees of Link-Belt Com-
pany (Dodge and Ewart Plants) ,2 herein called the Company, which
is engaged in the production and sale of chains and bearings for
power transmission, elevating and conveying purposes, and in the
production of munitions, at the Dodge Plant and the Ewart Plant,
both located in Indianapolis, Indiana, and requesting an investigation
and certification of representatives pursuant to Section 9 (c) of the
National Labor Relations Act, 49 Stat. 449, herein called the Act. On
September 22, 1941, the National Labor Relations Board, herein called
the Board, acting pursuant to Section 9 (c) of the Act, and Article III,
Section 3, of National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations-
Series 2, as amended, ordered an investigation and authorized the
1 Referred to in the Petition and the Order Directing Investigation and Hearing as Stec
Workers Organizing Committee, affiliated with the C. I. O.
z Referred to In the Stipulation as Link-Belt Company.
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Regional Director to conduct it and to provide for an appropriate
hearing upon due notice. On September 19, 1941, the Company and
the Union with the recommendation of a Field Examiner of the
Board and the approval of the Regional Director of .the Board,
entered into a "Stipulation for Certification on Consent Election."
Pursuant to the Stipulation, an election by secret ballot was con-
ducted on October 1, 1941, • under the direction and supervision of
the Regional Director among all clerical and office employees of Link-
Belt Company (Dodge & Ewart Plants), excluding production, main-
tenance, and supervisory employees, watchmen, timekeepers, and
shop-clerical employees, to determine whether or not said _ employees
desire to be represented by the Union for the purposes of collective
bargaining. On October 2, 1941, the Regional Director issued and
duly served upon the parties his Election Report on the ballot. No
objections to the conduct of the election or the Election Report have
been filed by any of the parties.
In his Election Report, the Regional Director reported as follows
concerning the balloting and its results :
Total Number of Employees Alleged Eligible to Vote ---------- 282
Total Number Voted________________________________________ 249
Total Number of Valid Votes Cast___________________________ 247
Total Number of Votes for the Steel Workers Organizing Com-
mittee, Local No. 2526, affiliated with the C. I. O------------ 152
Total Number of Votes Against the Steel Workers Organizing
Committee, Local No. 2526, affiliated with the C. I. O95
Total Number of Blank Ballots ----- --------------------------- 2
Total Number of Void Ballots ------------------------------ 0
Total Number of Challenged Ballots_________________________ 0
On the basis of the Stipulation, the Election Report, and the entire
record in the case, the Board makes the following :
FINDINGS OF FACT
1. A question affecting commerce has arisen concerning the repre-
sentation of employees of Link-Belt Company (Dodge and Ewart
Plants), Indianapolis, Indiana, within the meaning of Section 9 (c)
and Section 2 (6) and (7) of the National Labor Relations Act.
2. All clerical and office employees of Link-Belt Company (Dodge
and Ewart Plants), excluding production, maintenance, and super-
visory employees, watchmen, timekeepers, and shop-clerical employees,
constitute a unit appropriate for the purposes of collective bargaining,
within the meaning of Section 9 (b) of the National Labor Relations
Act.
3. Steel Workers Organizing Committee, Local No. 2526, affiliated
with the C. I. 0., has been designated and selected by a majority of
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employees in the above unit as their representative for the purposes
of collective bargaining and is the exclusive representative of all
employees in said unit, within the meaning of Section 9 (a) 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 Rela-
tions Act,
IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that Steel Workers Organizing Committee,
Local No. 2526, affiliated with the C. I. 0., has been designated and
selected by a majority of all clerical and office employees of Link-Belt
Company (Dodge and Ewart Plants), Indianapolis, Indiana, exclud-
ing production, maintenance, and supervisory employees, watchmen,
timekeepers, and shop-clerical employees, as their representative for
the purposes of collective bargaining and that, pursuant to Section 9
(a) of the Act, Steel Workers Organizing Committee, Local No. 2526,
affiliated with the C. I. 0., is the exclusive representative of all such
employees for the purposes of collective bargaining with respect to
rates of pay, wages, hours of employment, and other conditions of
employment.
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