Ryan Aeronautical Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Nov 3, 1939

17 N.L.R.B. 231 (N.L.R.B. 1939)

In the Matter of RYAN AERONAUTICAL Co. and UNrrED AIRCRA^ T
WELDERS OF AMERICA, IND.
Case No. R-14,01
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
November 3, 1939
On October 2, 1939, the National Labor Relations Board, herein
called the Board, issued a Decision and Direction of Election in the
above-entitled case.' The Direction of Election provided that an
election by secret ballot be conducted within fifteen (15) days from
the date of the Direction among the employees of Ryan Aeronautical
Co., San Diego, California, herein called the Company, more than
50 per cent of, whose -working time is spent in oxy-acetylene, oxy-
hydrogen, and electric are welding, in gas-torch cutting and in the
work of welders' helpers, who were employed by the Company during
the pay-roll period ending June 9, 1939, including such of those
employees who did not work during such pay-roll period because
they were ill or on vacation, or who were then or had since been
temporarily laid off, but excluding such of those employees having
the right to hire and discharge and those who had since said pay-
roll period quit or been discharged for cause, to determine whether or
not they desired to be represented by United Aircraft Welders of
America, Incl., for the purposes of collective bargaining.
Pursuant to the Direction of Election an election by secret ballot
was conducted under the direction and supervision of the Regional
Director for the Twenty-first Region (Los Angeles, California) on
October 16, 1939. On October 17, 1939, the Regional Director acting
pursuant to Article III, Section 9, of National Labor Relations
Board Rules and Regulations-Series 2, issued and duly served upon
the parties his Election Report: No objections to the conduct of the
ballot or to the Election Report have been filed by any of the parties.
As to the balloting and its results, the Regional Director reported
as follows :
Total number eligible to vote________________________________ 26
Total number of ballots cast_________________________________ 26
Total number of valid votes cast_____________________________ 25
115 N. L. R. B., 812.
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Total number of votes for United Aircraft Welders of
America, Ind---------------------------------------------- 22
Total number of votes against United Aircraft Welders of
America, Ind---------------------------------------------- 3
Total number of challenged ballots--------------------------- 1
Total number of blank ballots ------------------------------- 0
Total number of void ballots-------------------------------- 0
By virtue of and pursuant to the power vested in the National
Labor Relations Board by Section 9 (c) of the National Labor Rela-
tions Act, 49 Stat. 449, and pursuant to Article III, Sections 8 and 9,
of National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations -Series 2,
IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that United Aircraft Welders of America,
Ind., has been designated and selected by a majority of those em-
ployees of Ryan Aeronautical Co., San Diego, California, more than
50 per cent of whose working time is spent in oxy-acetylene, oxy-
hydrogen, and electric are welding, in gas-torch cutting and in the
work of welders' helpers, excluding such of those employees having
the right to hire and discharge, as their representative for the pur-
poses of collective bargaining and that, pursuant to the provisions
of Section 9 (a) of the National Labor Relations Act, United Air-
craft Welders of America, Ind., is the exclusive representative of all
such employees for the purposes of collective bargaining in respect
to rates of pay, wages, hours of employment, and other conditions
of employment.