Republic Steel Corp.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Oct 16, 1942

44 N.L.R.B. 1288 (N.L.R.B. 1942)

In the Matter of REPUBLIC STEEL CORPORATION (PRINTING DEPART-
MENT ) and INTERNATIONAL TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION (YOUNGSTO VN
LOCAL No. 200, UNAFFILIATED)
Case No. R-41375-Decided October 16, 19.4°2
Investigation and Certification of Representatives : stipulation for certification
upon pay-roll check.
Mr. Thomas F. Patton, for the Company.
Mr. M. M. Martin, for the Union.
Mr. John E. Lawyer, of counsel to the Board.
DECISION
AND
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
STATEMENT OF THE CASE
Upon petition duly filed by International Typographical Union
(Youngstown Local No. 200, Unaffiliated), herein called the Union,
alleging that a question affecting commerce had arisen concerning
the representation of employees of Republic Steel Corporation, Cleve-
land, Ohio, herein called the Company, engaged in the manufacture,
sale, and distribution of iron and steel products, the National Labor
Relations Board provided for an appropriate hearing upon due notice.
On October 1, 1942, before a hearing was held, the Company, the Union,
and the Regional Director for the Eighth Region (Cleveland, Ohio),
entered into a "Stipulation for Certification Upon Pay Roll Check."
Pursuant to the stipulation, a check of the union membership rec-
ords against the Company's pay roll of September 20, 1942, was made
under the supervision of the Acting Regional Director. On Octo-
ber 5, 1942, the Acting Regional Director, pursuant to the stipulation,
issued a Report on Cross Check, copies of which were duly served upon
the parties. No objections to the conduct of the cross check or to the
Report on Cross Check have been filed by either of the parties.
In his report, the Acting Regional Director reported that the check
of the Union's records and the Company's pay roll showed that .8 of
the 8 'employees in the agreed appropriate unit had authorized the
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Union to represent them for the purposes of collective bargaining
with the Company.'
Upon the basis of the stipulation, the Report on Cross Check, 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 the employees in the Printing Department of Republic
Steel Corporation, Cleveland, Ohio, within the meaning of Section
9 (c) and Section 2 (6) and (7) of the Act.
2. All hand compositors and type setting machine operators exclud-
ing supervisory employees in the Printing Department of the Republic
Steel Corporation, Cleveland, Ohio, constitute a unit appropriate for
the purposes of collective bargaining within the meaning of Section
9 (b) of the Act.
3. International Typographical Union (Youngstown Local No. 200,
Unaffiliated), has been designated and selected by a majority of the
employees in the above unit 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 (b) of the National Labor Relations Act,
IT Is HEREBY CERTIFIED that International Typographical Union
(Youngstown Local No. 200, Unaffiliated) has been designated and
selected by a majority of the hand compositors and type setting ma-
chine operators excluding supervisory employees in the Printing De-
partment of the Republic Steel Corporation, Cleveland, Ohio, as their
representative for the purposes of collective ' bargaining, and that
pursuant to the provisions of Section 9 (a) of the Act, International
Typographical Union (Youngstown Local No. 200, Unaffiliated), is
the exclusive representative of all said employees for the purposes
of collective bargaining with respect to rates of pay, wages, hours of
employment, and other conditions of employment.
1 Subsequent to the completion of the cross check, a - .pot check was made in the field among
the employees in accordance with Section 8 (a) of the stipulation . Two employees were
selected for this spot check and both verified the L ' nion's records previously checked as
correctly stating their union membership status.