The B. F. Goodrich Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Nov 17, 1939

17 N.L.R.B. 757 (N.L.R.B. 1939)

In the Matter of THE B. F. GOODRICH COMPANY and PATTERN
MAKERS LEAGUE OF NORTH AMERICA (A. F. OF L.)
Case No. 1i-148
SUPPLEMENTAL DECISION
AND
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
November 17, 1939
On October 19, 1939, the National Labor Relations Board, herein
called the Board, issued a Decision and Direction of Election in the
above entitled proceedings., On October 27, 1939, Goodrich Local
Number 5, United Rubber `Yorkers of America, filed a motion for
rehearing, which was denied by the Board. Pursuant to the Direc-
tion of Election, an election by secret ballot was conducted on Octo-
ber 31, 1939, under the direction and supervision of the Regional
Director for the Eighth Region (Cleveland, Ohio). On November
1, 1939, the Regional Director, acting pursuant to Article III, Sec-
tion 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 of employees eligible__________________________ 5
Total number of ballots cast________________________________ 5
Total number of votes for Pattern Makers League of North
America (A. F. L.) --------------------------------------- 5
Total number of votes for United Rubber Workers of America,
Goodrich Local No. 5 (C. I. 0.) --------------------------- 0
Total number of votes for neither organization_______________ 0
Total number of blank ballots______________________________ 0
Total number of void ballots________________________________ 0
Total number of challenged votes___________________________ 0
16 N. L. R. B. 165.
17 N. L. R. B., No. 66.
757
758 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD
Upon the entire record in the case, the Board makes the tullowing :
SUPPLEMENTAL FINDING OF FACT
In its Decision, the Board made no final determination as to the
appropriate unit for the purposes of collective bargaining pending
the election. The Board stated that if a majority of the wood and
metal pattern makers and pattern makers' apprentices voted for the
Pattern Makers League of North America, they would constitute a
unit separate from the other employees.
We find that the wood and metal pattern makers and pattern
makers' apprentices employed by The B. F. Goodrich Company,
Akron, Ohio, constitute a unit appropriate for the purposes of col-
lective bargaining and that said, unit will insure to employees of
The B. F. Goodrich Company the full benefit of their right to self-
organization and to collective bargaining and otherwise effec-
tuate the policies of the Act.
SUPPLEMENTAL CONCLUSION OF LAW
The wood and metal pattern makers and pattern makers' appren-
tices employed by The B. F. Goodrich Company, Akron, Ohio,.con-
stitute a unit appropriate for the purposes of collective bargaining,
within the meaning of Section 9 (b) 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
Relations Act, 49 Stat. 449, and pursuant to Article III, Sections 8
and 9, of National Labor Relations Board-Series 2,
IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that Pattern Makers League of North
America has been designated and selected by a majority of all the
wood and metal pattern makers and pattern makers' apprentices
employed by The B. F. Goodrich Company, Akron, Ohio, as their
representative for the purposes of collective bargaining, and that
pursuant to the provisions of Section 9 (a) of the National Labor
Relations Act, Pattern Makers League of North America 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.
Mr. EDWIN S. SMITH took no part in the consideration of the
above Supplemental Decision and Certification of Representatives.