Republic Steel Corp.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Oct 16, 1942

44 N.L.R.B. 1290 (N.L.R.B. 1942)

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In the Matter of REPUBLIC STEEL CORPORATION (PRINTING DEPART-
MENT) and INTERNATIONAL PRINTING PRESSMEN AND ASSISTANTS OF
`NORTH AMERICA, AFFILIATED WITH THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF
LABOR (YOUNGSTOWN LOCAL No. 205)
Case No. R-../ 376.=Decided October 16, L942
Investigation and Certification of Representatives : stipulation for certification
upon pay-roll cheek.
Mr. Thomas F. Patton, for the Company.
Mr. Paul H. Montgomery, 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 Printing Pressmen and
Assistants of North America, affiliated with the American Federa-
tion of Labor (Youngstown Local No. 205), 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 stiptilation, 'a ` check 'Of the union ' membership
records against the Company's' pay roll' of September 20, _1942, was.
made under the supervision_of'th'e Actingl'Regional Director. OI
October:5,,1942, the Acting Regional Director, pursuant to, the stipula-
tion, issued .a Report on i`' 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
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7 of the 9 employees in the agreed appropriate unit had authorized
the 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 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 of the pressmen and assistant pressmen excluding- super=
visory employees in the Printing Department of the Republic Steel
Corporation, Clevehand, Ohio, constitute a unit appropriate for the
purposes of collective bargaining within the meaning of Section 9 (b)
of theAct.
3. International Printing Pressmen and Assistants of North Amer-
ica, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor (Youngstown
Local No. 205), has been designated and selected by a majority of
the employees in the above unit as their representative for the pur-
poses 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 Rela-
tions Act,
IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that International Printing Pressmen and
Assistants of North America, affiliated with the American Federation
of Labor (Youngstown Local No. 205) has" been designated and
selected by a majority, of, the pressmen and assistant pressmen ex-
cluding supervisory employees in the Printing Department '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 Printing Press-
men and Assistants of North America, affiliated with the American
Federation of Labor (Youngstown Local No. 205), is the*exclusive
representative of . all said employees for the purposes of collective
bargaining with respect to rates of pay, wages, hours of elnliloyment,
and, other' conditions of.einp'loynient. . " -
Subsequent to the completion of the cross check , a spot check was made in the field among
the employees in accordance with Section 8 (a) of the stipulation " Three ethployees were
selected for this spot check and all 3 verified the Union ' s records previously ; checked as
correctly stating their union membership status