Minneapolis-Honeywell Regulator Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Jan 28, 1942

38 N.L.R.B. 652 (N.L.R.B. 1942)

In the Matter of MINNEAPOLIS -HONEYWELL REGULATOR COMPANY and
MINNEAPOLIS PRINTING PRESSMEN & ASSISTANTS UNION No. 20,
AFFILIATED WITH I. P. P. & A. U. OF N. A., A. F. OF L.
In the Matter of MINNEAPOLIS -HONEYWELL REGULATOR COMPANY and
MINNEAPOLIS TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION No. 42
In the Matter of MINNEAPOLIS-HONEYWELL REGULATOR COMPANY and
UNITED ELECTRICAL, RADIO AND MACHINE WORKERS OF AMERICA,
LOCAL 1145
In the Matter of MINNEAPOLIS-HONLYWELL REGULATOR COMPANY and
LOCAL 1145, UNITED ELECTRICAL, RADIO & MACHINE WORKERS OF
AMERICA MINNEAPOLIS HONEYWELL REGULATOR EMPLOYEES ASSO-
CIATION AND MINNEAPOLIS PRINTING PRESSMEN AND ASSISTANTS'
UNION No. 20
Cases Nos. R-3157 to R-315.9 inclusive and RE-32. Decided
January 28, 1942
Investigation and Certification of Representatives : stipulation for certification
upon consent election.
Mr. Guy Farmer, for the Board.
Mr. R. H. Biron, of Minneapolis, Minn., for the Company.
Helstein and Hall, by Mr. Ralph L. Helstein, of Minneapolis,
Minn., for the United.
Mr. Joseph A. Padway, by Mr. James A. Glenn, of Washington,
D. C., and Mr. William F. Wright and Mr. Frank B. Starkey, of
St. Paul, Minn., for the Federal.
Mr. Edward O'Neil, of Minneapolis, Minn., for the Printing
Pressmen.
Mr. A. Hartkorn, of Minneapolis, Minn., for the Typographers.
Mr. J. J. Selenski, of Minneapolis, Minn., for the Bookbinders.
Mr. Louis Newman, of counsel to the Board.
DECISION
AND
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
STATEMENT OF THE CASE
On May 2, May 5, and July 3, 1941, respectively, Minneapolis
Printing Pressmen & Assistants Union No. 20, affiliated with I. P. P.
38 N. L. R. B., No. 130.
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MINNEAPOLIS-HONEYWELL REGULATOR COMPANY 653
& A. U. of N. A., A. F. of L., herein called the Printing Pressmen,
Minneapolis Typographical Union No. 42, A. F. of L., herein called
the Typographers, and Minneapolis-Honeywell Regulator Company,
herein called the Company, filed petitions with the Regional Director
for the Eighteenth Region (Minneapolis, Minnesota), and on August
15, 194f, United Electrical, Radio & Machine Workers of America,
Local 1145, herein called the United, filed with the Regional Director
an amended petition," each alleging that a question affecting com-
merce had arisen concerning the representation of employees of the
Company at its plant in Minneapolis, Minnesota, 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.2 The Company is engaged at its Minneapolis plant in the
manufacture of various kinds of temperature controlling devices.
On August 14, 1941, the National Labor Relations Board, herein
called the Board, acting pursuant to Section 9 (c) of the Act and
Article III, Section 3 and Section 10 (c) (2) of National Labor Rela-
tions Board Rules and Regulations-Series 2, as amended, consoli-
dated the cases, ordered an investigation, and authorized the Regional
Director to conduct it and to provide for an appropriate hearing upon
due notice. On August 22, 1941, the Company, the United, the Print-
ing Pressmen, the Typographers, the Board's Regional Attorney, and
two additional labor organizations claiming to represent employees
of the Company-viz, Honeywell Employees Federal Local Union
No. 22849, affiliated with the A. F. of L., herein called the Federal,
and Bookbinders & Bindery Women Local Union No. 12, A. F. of L.,
herein called the Bookbinders-entered into a Stipulation for Cer-
tification Upon Consent Election. Pursuant to the stipulation, sepa-
rate elections by secret ballot were conducted on September 11, 1941,
under the direction and supervision of the Regional Director for the
Eighteenth Region among the employees in the following units :
(a) Among the production and maintenance employees of the Com-
pany, employees of the warehouses, stores, shipping and receiving
departments, cost department counters and weighers, watchmen,
inspectors other than supervisory inspectors, employees in the plan-
ning cribs other than supervisory employees, employees in the model
shop of the engineering department, and excluding all foremen,
assistant foremen, other supervisory employees, guards, employees
whose work places them in a confidential relation to management,
employees of the general office, all employees of the engineering
department, except as specified above, all employees in the production
I A petition had been filed by the United on July 8, 1941
2 The Typographers subsequently requested leave to withdraw its petition, since it
claimed to represent only one employee who is part of a unit stipulated by the parties to be
appropriate . The request is hereby granted.
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office, and all desk girls, to determine whether they desired to be repre-
sented by the United, or by the Federal, or by neither;
(b) Among the printing pressmen and typographical employees
employed in the printing room, to determine whether they desired to
be represented by the United, or by the Federal, or by the Printing
Pressmen, or by none of these organizations; and
(c) Among the bookbinders employed in the printing room, to de-
termine whether they desired to be represented by the United, or by
the Federal, or by the Bookbinders, or by none of these organizations.
On September 15,1941, the Regional Director issued and duly served
upon the parties his Election Report. With respect to the balloting
and its results, the Regional Director reported as follows :
(a) Among the production and maintenance employees:
Total on eligibility list------------------------------------ 2,227
Total ballots cast ----------------------------------------- 2,105
Total ballots challenged----------------------------------- 133
Total blank ballots--------------------------------------- 0
Total void ballots---------------------------------------- 0
Total valid votes cast------------------------------------- 1,973
Votes cast for Honeywell Employees Union, Local No. 22849,
A. F. of L----------------------------------------------- 962
Votes cast for United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers
of America, Local 1145---------------------------------- 947
Votes cast for neither organization_________________________ 64
(b) Among the printing pressmen and typographical employees :
Total ballots cast----------------------------------------- 11
Total ballots challenged----------------------------------- 3
Total blank ballots---------------------------------------- 0
Total void ballots________________----------------------------------------- 0
Total valid votes cast ------------------------------------- 8
Votes cast for Minneapolis Printing Pressmen & Assistants
Union No. 20, affiliated with I. P. P and A. U., of N. A.,
A. F. of L----------------------------------------------- 8
Votes cast for United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers
of America, Local 1145---------------------------------- 0
Votes cast for Honeywell Employees Union, Local No 22849,
affiliated with the American Federation of Labor ---------- 0
Votes cast for none of these organizations------------------ 0
(c) Among the bookbinders :
Total ballots cast----------------------------------------- 18
Total ballots challenged ----------------------------------- 6
Total blank ballots --------------------------------------- 0
Total void ballots _---__--_ ------------------------- 1
Total valid votes cast------------------------------------- 11
Votes cast for Bookbinders & Bindery Women Local Union
No. 12, A. F. of L---------------------------------------- 10
Votes cast for United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers
of America, Local 1145---------------------------------- 0
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Votes cast for Honeywell Employees Union, Local No. 22849,
affiliated with the American Federation of Labor__________ 0
Votes cast for none of these organizations__________________ 1
Objections to the Election Report were filed by the Company on
September 20, 1941, and by the United and the Federal on September
29, 1941. The United on September 29, 1941, also filed objections to
the conduct of the elections. None of these objections, except the
United's objections to the conduct of the elections, apply to or affect
the elections conducted among the printing pressmen and typographi-
cal employees and among the bookbinders. On January 9, 1942, the
United joined with the Federal, the Printing Pressmen and the Book-
binders in a stipulation agreeing to the certification of the collective
bargaining representatives of the printing pressmen and typographical
employees and of the bookbinders.3 Since the challenged ballots
cast by employees in these two units cannot affect the result of either
of those elections, we deem it unnecessary to pass upon these challenges.
The investigation of the objections affecting the election conducted
among the production and maintenance employees is still pending,
and we shall therefore make no findings at' this time with respect
thereto. There is no reason, however, for any further postponement
of our findings and certification with respect to the other units.
Upon the basis of the stipulations, the Election Report, and the
entire record in the consolidated cases, the Board makes the following:
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FINDINGS OF FACT.
1. Questions affecting commerce have arisen concerning the repre-
sentation of employees of Minneapolis-Honeywell Regulator Com-
pany, Minneapolis, Minnesota, within the meaning of Section 9 (c)
and Section 2 (6) and (7) of the Act.
2. The printing pressmen and typographical employees employed
in the printing room of the Company's Minneapolis plant constitute
a unit appropriate for the purposes of collective bargaining, within
the meaning of Section 9 (b) of the Act.
3. The bookbinders employed in the printing room of the Com-
pany's Minneapolis plant constitute a unit appropriate for the pur-
poses of collective bargaining, within the meaning of Section 9 (b)
of the Act.
4. Minneapolis Printing Pressmen & Assistants Union No. 20,
Affiliated with I. P. P. & A. U. of N. A., A. F. of L., has been desig-
nated and selected by a majority of the printing pressmen and typo-
graphical employees employed in the printing room of the Company's
8 By the stipulation , the United in effect waived the applicability of its objections to the
elections in these units.
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Minneapolis plant as their representative for the purposes of collec-
tive bargaining, and is the exclusive representative of all the employees
in said unit within the meaning of Section 9 (a) of the Act.
5. Bookbinders & Bindery Women Local Union No. 12, A. F. of L.,
has been designated and selected by a majority of the bookbinders
employed in the printing room of the Company's Minneapolis plant
as their representative for the purposes of collective bargaining, and
is the exclusive representative of all the employees in said unit within
the meaning of Section 9 (a) of the 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,
IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that Minneapolis Printing Pressmen & As-
sistants Union No. 20, Affiliated with I. P. P. & A. U. of N. A., A. F.
of L., has been designated and selected by a majority of the printing
pressmen and typographical employees employed by Minneapolis-
Honeywell Regulator Company in the printing room of its Minne-
apolis plant as their representative for the purposes of collective bar-
gaining, and that, pursuant to the provisions of Section 9 (a) of the
Act, Minneapolis Printing Pressmen & Assistants Union No. 20, Af-
filiated with I. P. P. & A. U. of N. A., A. F. of L., 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.
AND IT IS HEREBY FURTHER CERTIFIED that Bookbinders & Bindery
Women Local Union No. 12, A. F. of L., has been designated and se-
lected by a majority of the bookbinders employed by Minneapolis-
Honeywell Regulator Company in the printing room of its Minneapolis
plant as their representative for the purposes of collective bargaining,
and that, pursuant to the provisions of Section 9 (a) of the Act, Book-
binders & Bindery Women Local Union No. 12, A. F. of L., is the ex-
clusive representative of all such employees for the purposes of col-
lective bargaining with respect to rates of pay, wages, hours of
employment, and other conditions of employment.