National Tube Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Jul 7, 1948

78 N.L.R.B. 110 (N.L.R.B. 1948)

_In the Matter of NATIONAL TUBE COMPANY, EMPLOYER and PLANT
PROTECTION UNIT OF THE B. F. GOODRICH COMPANY ( INDEPENDENT),
_ PETITIONER
Case No. 8-RC-88
ORDER AMENDING CERTIFICATION
OF REPRESENTATIVES
July 7, 1948
On April 8, 1948, the National Labor Relations Board, herein called
,the Board, conducted a consent election among the Company's em-
ployees herein involved. On April 28, 1948, the Board issued a Cer-
•tification of Representatives in which it certified the Plant Protection
Unit of the B. F. Goodrich Company (Independent), herein called
the Union, as representative of a unit comprised of all guards at the
Lorain Works of the National Tube Company, Pittsburgh, Pennsyl-
vania, excluding clerks and sergeants, lieutenants, captains, and all
other supervisors.
On May 17, 1948, the Union filed a motion for an order amending
the name of the representative, named in the afore-mentioned Certifi-
-cation of Representatives, to read "United Protection Workers of
America (Independent)" instead of "Plant Protection Unit of the
B. F. Goodrich Company (Independent)."
The motion alleges that the name "Plant Protection Unit of the
-B. F. Goodrich Company (Independent)" was.used when the Union
-was formed at the B. F. Goodrich Company, Akron, Ohio, plant;
,that it was not known at the time that guards in plants of other
employers would desire that this Union represent them; that since
the certification of the plant-protection unit of the B. F. Goodrich
Akron plant, the employees at other plants have sought the assistance
of this Union; and that the use of the words "B. F. Goodrich Com-
pany" in the name of the Union has led to misunderstanding and con-
fusion in its relations with other employers.
The motion further alleges that the Union has amended its constitu-
tion by changing its name from "Plant Protection Unit of the B. F.
Goodrich Company (Independent)" to "United Protection Workers
of America (Independent) ;" that subsequent to such action, it filed its
application, constitution, and other data required by the United States
Department of Labor, and that thereafter that Department acknowl-
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edged,, in writing, that the Union has filed the documents required
under Section 9 (f) of the Act.
The National Tube Company, herein called the Employer, has been
apprised of this motion and the relief demanded therein, and has
stated, in writing, that it has no objection thereto.
The Board has considered the motion of the Union, and upon the
basis of the entire record, including the written statement of the Em-
ployer, we shall grant the Union the relief sought. We shall, accord-
ingly, amend our Certification by changing the name of the representa-
tive named therein to read "United Protection Workers of America
.(In dependent) ."
ORDER
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the certification issued herein to Plant
-Protection Unit of the B. F. Goodrich Company (Independent) be
and it hereby is amended by changing the name of the representative
named therein to read "United Protection Workers of America (Inde-
pendent)" instead of "Plant Protection Unit of the B. F. Goodrich
Company (Independent)."
CHAIRMAN HERZOG and MEMBER MURDOCK took no part in the
consideration of the above Order Amending Certification of
Representatives.