The DeVilbiss Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Jan 20, 1940

19 N.L.R.B. 696 (N.L.R.B. 1940)

In the Matter of THE DEViLBISS COMPANY and AMERICAN FEDERA-
TION OF LABOR
Case No. B-1596
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 00, 1940
On December 8, 1939, the National Labor Relations Board, herein
called the Board, issued its Decision and Direction of Election 1 in
the above-entitled proceedings. Pursuant to the Direction of Elec-
tion, an election by secret ballot was conducted on January 4, 1940,
under the direction and supervision of the Regional Director for the
Eighth Region (Cleveland, Ohio). On January 5, 1940, 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 an 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 of employees eligible-------------------------- 612
Total number of ballots cast---------------- ----------------- 587
Total number of votes for American Federation of Labor ------ 193
Total number of votes for International Union , United Auto-
mobile Workers of America , Local No. 12 ( C. I. 0.) --------- 305
Total number of votes for Employees of The DeVilbiss Company
Association----------------------------------------------- 71
Total number of votes for none of these organizations -------- 11
Total number of blank ballots------------------------------ 1
Total number of void ballots -------------------------------- 0
Total number of challenged votes--------------------------- 6
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, 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 Local No. 12, International Union,
United Automobile Workers of America, affiliated with the Congress
'18 N. L. R. B. 187.
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696
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of Industrial Organizations, has been designated and selected by a
majority of all employees of The DeVilbiss Company, at its Toledo,
Ohio, plant, engaged in production and maintenance work; including
shipping and receiving clerks, stockroom clerks, and timekeepers,
excluding foremen and other supervisory employees with power to hire
and fire, time-study men, office employees, and employees in the engi-
neering and drafting department, as their representative for the pur-
poses of collective bargaining, and that, pursuant to Section 9 (a) of
the National Labor Relations Act, Local No. 12, International Union,
United Automobile Workers of America, affiliated with the Congress
of Industrial Organizations, 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. .