The Douglas Aircraft Co., Inc.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Nov 22, 1939

17 N.L.R.B. 984 (N.L.R.B. 1939)

In the Matter of THE DOUGLAS AIRCRAFT CO., INC., THE DOUGLAS
AIRCRAFT CO., INC., EL SEGUNDO DIVISION and UNITED AIRCRAFT
WELDERS OF AMERICA, (INDEPENDENT)
Case No. R-1437
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
November 02, 1939
On October 18, 1939, the National Labor Relations Board, herein
called the Board, issued its Decision and Direction of Elections in
the above-entitled proceedings.' Pursuant to the Direction of Elec-
tions, separate elections by secret ballot were conducted at each
plant of Douglas Aircraft Company, Inc., namely, at the Santa
Monica plant and at the El Segundo Division plant, on Novem-
ber 8, 1939, under the direction and supervision of the Regional
Director for the Twenty-first Region (Los Angeles, California). On
November 9, 1939, the Regional Director, acting pursuant to Article
III, Section 9, of National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regu-
lations-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.
The Regional Director reported the following results of the ballot-
ing at each of the aforesaid plants:
SANTA MONICA PLANT
1. Total number eligible to vote----------------------------- 100
2. Total number of ballots cast----------------------------- 97
3. Total number of valid votes cast------------------------- 95
4. Total number of votes for UNITED AIRCRAFT WELDERS OF
AMERICA------------------------------------------------ 85
5. Total number of votes against UNITED AIRCRAFT WELDERS
OF AMERICA-------------------------------------------- 10
6. Total number of challenged ballots------------------------ 2
7. Total number of blank ballots----------------------------- 0
8. Total number of void ballots---------------------------- 0
116 N. L. R. B. 93.
17 N. L. R. B., No. 89.
984
THE DOUGLAS AIRCRAFT COPIPANY, INC. 985
EL SEGUNDO DIVISION PLANT
1. Total number eligible to vote____________________________ 13
2. Total Dumber of ballots cast______________________________ 13
3. Total number of valid votes cast_________________________ 13
4. Total number of votes for UNITED AIRCRAFT WELDERS
OF AMERICA------------------------------------------ 13
5. Total number of votes against UNITED AIRCRAFT WELDERS
OF AMERICA------------------------------------------ 0
6. Total number of challenged ballots_______________________ 0
7. Total number of, blank ballots____________________________ 0
S. Total number of void ballots______________________________ 0
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 Rules and Regulations-
Series 2,
IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that United Aircraft Welders of America
has been designated and selected by a majority of the employees of
Douglas Aircraft Company, Inc., Santa Monica, California, who are
engaged during more than 50 per cent of their working time as oxy-
acetylene, oxy-hydrogen, and electric are welders employed to do
fusion welding, as gas-torch cutters, and as helpers and apprentice
welders, at each plant of the Company, namely, the Santa Monica
plant and the El Segundo Division plant, exclusive of foremen and
those in supervisory capacity, as their representative for the purposes
of collective bargaining, and that pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the Na-
tional Labor Relations Act, United Aircraft Welders of 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.