Republic Steel Corp.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Sep 23, 1942

44 N.L.R.B. 367 (N.L.R.B. 1942)

In,the Matter of REPUBLIC STEEL CORPORATION and STEEL WORKERS
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
Case No. R-.2'6'9.-Decided September 03, 1942
Investigation and Certification of Representative's : stipulation for certification
upon pay-roll check
Mr. Oscar S. S&nitlz, for the Board.
Mr. Thomas F. Patton, for the Company.
Mr. Noel R. Beddow, for the Union.
,11r. AS'eynaour J. Spebman. of counsel to the Board.
DECISION
AND
CERTIFICA'T'ION OF REPRESENTATIVES
STAIP:DIEINT cr Ti7E CASE
Upon petition duly filed by Steel.WVorkers Organizing Committee
affiliated with, the C. 1. 0., herein called the Union, alleging that a
question af1'ectni, coinmerce had arisen concerning the representation
of en-iployees of Republic Steel Corporation, Birmingham, Alabama,
herein called the Company, engaged iu the manufacture, sale, and
distribution of iron and steel products, the National Labor Relations
Board provided for an appropriate hearing upon clue notice. On
July 5, 1942, before a hearing was held, the Company, the Union, and
the Acting Regional Director for the Tenth Region (Atlanta, Georgia),
entered into a "STIPULATION FOR CER'T'IFICATION UPON
PAY ROLL CHECK."
Pursuant to the stipulation, a check of the union membership rec-
ords against-the, Company's pay roll of May 15, 1942, was made under
the'siiperwision of the Acting Regional Director. On- September 4,
1942, the Act lug Regional Director, pursuant to the stipulation, issued
a Report on Cross Check and an Amendment to 'Report on Cross'
Check, copies of which were duly served upon the parties. No objet=
tions'to the conduct of the cross check or to the Report or Amendment
to Report on Cross Check have been filed by either of,the part;es.
In his report, the Acting Regional Director reported that the check
of the Union's records and the Company's pay roll showed 'that 336
of the 628 employees in the agreed appropriate unit had authorized
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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-
Amelidment to 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 represen-
tation of employees of Republic Steel Corporation, Birmingham, Ala-
bama, at its Thomas plant located at Birmingham, Alabama, within
the meaning of Section 9 (c) and Section 2 (6) and '(7) of the Act.
2. All production and maintenance employees of the Thomas plant
of the Company, excluding foremen, assistant foremen, supervisors
who do not work with tools, draftsmen, timekeepers, first aid men and
nurses, watchmen, and office and salaried employees, constitute a unit
appropriate for the purposes of collective bargaining within the mean-
ing of Section 9 (b) of the Act.
3. Steel Workers Organizing Committee, affiliated with the Congress
of Industrial Organizations, 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 representa-
tive 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 FIEREBY CERTIFIED that Steel Workers Organizing Committee
has,been designated and selected by a majority of the production and
maintenance employees of the Thomas Plant of the Republic Steel
Corporation, excluding foremen, assistant foremen, supervisors who
do not work with tools, draftsmen, timekeepers, first aid' men 'and'
nurses, watchmen, and office and salaried employees, as their repre-
sentative for the purposes of collective bargaining, and that pursuant
to the provisions of Section 9 (a) of the Act, Steel Workers Organ-
izing Committee, affiliated with the C. I. 0., is the exclusive repre-
sentative 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. "
Subsequent to the completion of 'the cross check,..a' spot check was made-in=EkeFfield-
quiong the employees in accordance with Section 8 (a), of the stipulation: ''Testy-five
employees were selected for this spot check and all 25 v0r,fied the Union's records previously
checked as,coirectly stating their union membership status.
In the Mattel' Of REPUBLIC STEEL CORPORATION and STEEL WORKERS
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE -
Case No. R-469
ORDER CHANGING DESIGNATION OF LABOR
ORGANIZATION
October' 9, 1941 -
The Board having given notice tliat it would, on October 8, 1942,
unless sufficient cause to the contrary should then appear, grant the
motion filed by United Steelworkers of America to substitute the
name "United Steelworkers of America " for the name "Steel Workers
Organizing Committee,"' and no objections having been filed with
the Board,
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the said motion be, and it hereby is,
granted and that the name "United Steelworkers of America" be,
and it hereby is , substituted for the name "Steel Workers Organizing
Committee."
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