Teague Motor Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Oct 20, 1950

91 N.L.R.B. 1149 (N.L.R.B. 1950)

In the Matter of TEAGUE MOTOR COMPANY, EMPLOYER and INTERNA-
TIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS, LODGE No. 1361, PETITIONER
Case No. 19-RC-6,03.-Decided October 30, 1950
DECISION AND DIRECTION OF ELECTION
Upon a petition duly filed, a hearing was held before Howard A.
McIntyre, hearing officer. The hearing officer's rulings made at the
hearing are free from prejudicial error and are hereby affirmed.
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 3 (b) of the National Labor
Relations Act, the Board has delegated its powers in connection with
this case to a three-member panel [Members Houston, Reynolds, and
Styles].
Upon the entire record in this case, the Board finds :
1. The Employer is engaged in retail sales of new Ford automobiles,
trucks, and tractors and of used cars of various makes at its sales and
service establishment at Walla Walla, Washington. The Employer
purchases new automobiles, trucks, and parts from the Seattle, Wash-
ington, distribution branch of Ford Motor Company, Detroit, Michi-
gall, and receives shipments thereof from Seattle and other distribu-
tion branches in other States.' The Employer purchases tractors
from the Portland, Oregon, distribution branch. All Ford automo-
biles, trucks, and tractors-are assembled outside the State, and all the
parts originate outside the State. During the 12-month period im-
mediately preceding the hearing in this case, the Employer's total
purchases amounted to $1,022,000, of which 5 percent represents prod-
ucts purchased directly from outside the State and 95 percent rep-
resents products purchased within the State, but originating from
without the State. During the same period, the Employer's total
sales amounted to $1,250,000, of which 13 percent represents products
shipped to out-of-State buyers.
We find that the Employer is engaged in commerce within the
meaning of the Act, and we further find, in accordance with the policy
established by us in,Stanislaus Implement and Hardware Company,.
3 Shipments are sent to Pasco, Washington, by rail, and thence to the Em ployer 's estab-
lishment by motor convoy . The Employer pays for purchases with checks payable to the
Ford Motor Company.
91 NLRB No. 177.
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1150 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD
Limited,2 that it will effectuate the purposes and policies of the Act
to assert jurisdiction in this case.
2. The labor organization named below claims to represent certain
employees of the Employer.
3. A question affecting commerce exists concerning the representa-
tion of certain employees of the Employer, within the meaning of Sec-
tion 9 (c) and Section 2 (6) and (7) of the Act.'
4. The parties agree, and we find, that all automotive machinists,
mechanics, painters, electricians, body and fender men, their appren-
tices and helpers, car washers, lobe men, tire men, polishers, parts
men, and service station attendants at the Employer's Walla Walla,
Washington, automobile sales and service establishment,4 excluding
office and clerial employees, professional employees, other employees,
guards, and the manager and other supervisors, constitute a unit ap-
propriate for the purposes of collective bargaining within the mean-
ing of Section 9 (b) of the Act.
[Text of Direction of Election omitted from publication in this
volume.]
2 91 NLRB No. 116. '
3 The Employer, contending that the Petitioner has failed to make a proper showing of
interest in this proceeding, moves to dismiss the petition. For reasons set forth in
earlier cases, we find the contention without merit, and we deny the motion. The Vislctng
Corporation, 90 NLRB 1006.
. 6 The establishment includes a tractor department and warehouse, a service station, and
a used car lot, separately situated.