Metropolitan Life Insurance Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Sep 16, 1942

44 N.L.R.B. 53 (N.L.R.B. 1942)

In the Matter Of METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE C OMPANY and INTER-
NATIONAL UNION OF LIFE INSURANCE AGENTS, LOCALS 1, 2, 3, 4, 5,
39, 41
Case No. R-410,A!
AMENDMENT TO DECISION AND DIRECTION OF
ELECTION
September 16, 191
On September 4, 1942, the National Labor Relations Board, herein
called the Board, Issued a Decision and Direction of Election in the
above-entitled proceeding ' Thereafter, Metropolitan Life Insurance
Company, by its counsel, filed a petition for clarification of the unit
and for temporary stay of election.
Upon consideration of the matter, the Board hereby orders that
the last sentence in Section IV, entitled "The appropriate unit," be
deleted and in place thereof be inserted the following :
We therefore find that all the'insurance- agents employed by the
Company who are attached to and work out of district or de-
tached offices in Wisconsin or who work exclusively in Wisconsin,
including canvassing, regular, office account, and detached agents,
but excluchng independent and retired agents, managers, -assist-
ant managers, clerks, cashiers, secretaries, and other persons not
agents, constitute a unit appropriate for the purposes of collec-
ti ye bargaining within the meainmg of Section 9 (b) of the Act.
And it is further ordered that insofar as the petition prays for a
temporary stay of election, the petition is hereby denied.
Mn.' GERArn D. REILLY took no part in the consideration of the above
Amendment to Decision and Direction of Election.
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In the Matter Of METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY and, INTER-
NATIONAL UNION OF LIFE INSURANCE AGENTS, LOCALS 1, 2, 3, 4, 5,.
39)'41
Case No. R-4032
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
October 17, 19442
On September 4, 1942, the National Labor Relations Board issued
a Decision and Direction of Election 1 and on September 16, 1942, an
Amendment to Direction of Election,' in the above-entitled proceed-
ings. Pursuant to the Direction of Election and Amendment, an
election by secret ballot was conducted on October 2, 1942, under the
direction and supervision of the Regional Director for the Twelfth
Region (Milwaukee, Wisconsin). On October 6, 1942, the Regional
Director, acting pursuant to Article III, Section 9, of National
Labor Rekitions Board Rules and Regulations-Series 2, as amended,
issued and duly served upon the parties an Election Report on the
ballot. No objections to the conduct of the ballot or the Election
Report were filed by any of the parties.
As to the balloting and its results, the Regional Director reported
as follows :
Total on eligibility list_____________________________________ 345
Total ballots cast___________________________________________ 326
Total ballots challenged____________________________________ 0
Total blank ballots_________________________________________ 0
Total void ballots--------'--------------------------------- 0
Total valid votes counted___________________________________ 326
Votes cast for International Union of Life Insurance Agents____ 235
Votes cast against International Union of Life Insurance Agents 91
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, and pursuant to Article III, Sections 8 and 9, of National
Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations-series 2, as amended,
IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that International Union of Life Insurance
Agents, Locals 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 39, 41, has been designated and selected
by a majority of all the insurance agents employed by the Metropoli-
tan Life Insurance Company, New York, New York, who are attached
to and work out of district or detached offices in Wisconsin or who
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work exclusively in Wisconsin, including canvassing , regular, office
account; and detached agents, but 'excluding independent and retired
agents, managers, assistant managers, clerks, cashiers, secretaries, and
other persons not agents, as their representative for the purposes of
collective bargaining, and that, pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the Act,
International Union of Life Insurance Agents, Locals 1, 2, 3, 4, 5,
39, 41, 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.