Sullivan Machinery Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Jun 24, 1941

32 N.L.R.B. 1116 (N.L.R.B. 1941)

In the Matter Of SULLIVAN MACHINERY COMPANY and INTERNATIONAL
UNION, UNITED AUTOMOBILE WORKERS OF AMERICA, C. I. O.
Case No. R-2294
SUPPLEMENTAL DECISION
AND
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
Jvme 24, 1941
On May 12, 1941 , the National Labor Relations Board issued a
Decision and Direction of Election in the above -entitled proceeding
Pursuant to the Direction , an election by secret ballot was conducted
on June 6, 1941 , under the direction and supervision of the Regional
Director for the Thirteenth Region (Chicago, Illinois ) among the
pattern makers and apprentice pattern makers of Sullivan Machinery
Company, herein called the Company, at its Michigan City, Indiana,
plant, excluding the foreman pattern maker . On June 9, 1941, the
Regional Director , acting pursuant to Article III, Section 9, of Na-
tional Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series 2, as
amended, issued and duly served upon the parties his Election Report.
No Objections to the conduct of the ballot or 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 on eligilibity list_ _______________________________ 4
Total number of ballots cast _________________________________ 4
Total number of ballots challenged---------------------------- 0
Total number of blank ballots ________________________________ 0
Total number of void ballots_________________________________ 0
Total number of ballots cast for Pattern Makers League of North
America, South Bend Association ( AFL) ___________________ 4
Total number of ballots cast for International Union, United
Automobile Workers of America, Local 766 (C. I. 0.) -------- 0
Upon the basis of the entire record, the National Labor Relations
Board makes the following:
31 N. L. It. B. 749.
32 N. L. It. B., No. 172.
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SULLIVAN MACHINERY' COMPANY 1117
SUPPLEMENTAL FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW
1. The pattern makers and apprentice pattern makers of the, Com-
pany at' .its Michigan City, Indiana, plant, excluding, the foreman
pattern maker; constitute a ,unit appropriate for the purposes of col-
lective bargaining, within the meaning-of Section 9 (b) of the National
Labor Relations .Act.: . 1 ;1 ' ' I '
2. 'Pattern Makers' League of North America South Bend Asso-
ciation has been designated and selected by a majority of the em-
ployees, in the unit described in paragraph 1 above; 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 National Labor Relations, Act.
3.. All employees of the Company at its Michigan City, Indiana,
plant, including' stock, room clerks, but excluding pattern makers
and apprentice pattern makers, excluding office workers and watch-
men, who include August Schalton, Arthur Schaeffer, Sherman Covey,
and James Livinghouse, and ex,""luding superintendents,' assistant
superintendents, foremen, instructors, sub-foremen, timekeepers, pro-
duction control employees, shipping and receiving clerks, and the
seven employees in the contract drill department, constitute a unit
appropriate for the purposes of collective bargaining, within the
meaning of Section 9 (b) of the National Labor Relations Act.
4. International Union, United Automobile Workers of America,
Local 766, C. I. 0., has been designated and selected by a majority
of the employees in the unit described in paragraph 3 above, 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 National Labor Relations Act.-
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
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,
as amended, .
IT IS HERESY CERTIFIED that Pattern Makers' League of North
America; South Bend Association, has been designated and selected
by a majority of the pattern makers and apprentice pattern makers
of Sullivan Machinery Company at its Michigan City, Indiana, plant,
excluding the foremen pattern maker, as their representative for
the purposes of collective bargaining, and that, pursuant to Section
9 (a) of the National Labor Relations Act, Pattern Makers' League
of North America, South Bend Association, is the exclusive repre-
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sentative of all such employees for the purpose of collective bar-
gaining in respect to rates of pay, wages, hours of employment, and
other conditions of employment.
IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that International Union, United Automobile
Workers of America, Local 766, C. I. 0., has been designated and
selected by a majority of all employees of Sullivan Machinery Com-
pany at its Michigan City, Indiana, plant, including stock room
clerks, but excluding pattern makers and apprentice pattern makers,
excluding office workers and watchmen, who include August Schalton,
Arthur- Schaeffer, Sherman Covey, and James Livinghouse, and ex-
cluding superintendents, assistant superintendents, foremen, in-
structors, sub-foremen, timekeepers, production control employees,
shipping and receiving clerks, and the seven employees in the contract
drill department, as their representative for the purposes of collective
bargaining, and that, pursuant to Section 9 (a) 'of the National
Labor Relations Act, International Union, United Automobile
Workers of America, Local 766, C. I. 0., is the exclusive representa-
tive of all such employees for the purpose of collective bargaining
in respect to rates of pay, wages, hours of employment, and other
conditions of employment.