The Crosley Corp.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Apr 17, 1945

61 N.L.R.B. 608 (N.L.R.B. 1945)

In the Matter of THE CROSLEY CORPORATION and UNITED ELECTRICAL,
RADIO & MACHINE WORKERS OF AMERICA, C. I. O.
Case No. 9-R-1417
SUPPLEMENTAL DECISION
AND
SECOND DIRECTION OF ELECTION
April 17,1945
On July 25, 1944, pursuant to the Decision and Direction of Election
issued by the Board herein on June 28, 1944,E an election by secret
ballot was conducted under the direction and supervision of the Re-
gional Director for the Ninth Region (Cincinnati, Ohio). On July
29, 1944, the UE filed Objections to the Conduct of the Election.
Upon consideration of the Objections, and the entire record in the
case, the Board, on February 15, 1945, sustained some of the UE's
Objections and vacated the election. The Supplemental Decision and
Order setting aside the election provided that a new election would be
ordered when the Regional Director advised the Board that the time
was appropriate for such action.
The Regional Director having advised the Board that the time is
now appropriate for the conduct, of an election, we shall direct that a
second election by secret ballot be conducted among the employees in
the unit heretofore found appropriate who were employed during the
pay-roll period immediately preceding the date of the Second Di-
rection of Election herein, subject to the limitations and additions set
forth in the Second Direction.
SECOND DIRECTION OF ELECTION
By virtue of and pursuant to the power vested in the National
Labor Relations Board by Section 9 (c) of the National Labor Re-
lations Act, and pursuant to Article III, Section 9, of National Labor
Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series 3, as amended, it
is hereby
156 N L. R. B. 1722.
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THE CROSLEY CORPORATION 609
DIRECTED that, as part of the investigation to ascertain representa-
tives for the purposes of collective bargaining with The Crosley Cor-
poration, Richmond, Indiana, a second election by secret ballot shall
be conducted as early as possible, but not later than thirty (30) days
from the date of this Direction, under the direction and supervision of
the Regional Director for the Eleventh Region, acting in this matter
as agent for the National Labor Relations Board, and subject to Article
III, Sections 10 and 11, of said Rules and Regulations, among the
employees in the unit heretofore found appropriate in Section IV, of
our Decision and Direction of Election issued on June 28, 1944, who
were employed during the pay-roll period immediately preceding the
date of this Second Direction, including employees who did not work
during said pay-roll period because they were ill or on vacation or
temporarily laid off, and including employees in the armed forces of
the United States who present themselves in person at the polls, but
excluding any who have since quit or been discharged for cause and
have not been rehired or reinstated prior to the date of the election, to
determine whether they desire to be represented by United Electrical,
Radio & Machine Workers of America, affiliated with the Congress of
Industrial Organizations, or by International Brotherhood of Elec-
trical Workers, Local B-1127, affiliated with the American Federation
of Labor, for the purpose of collective bargaining, or by neither.