The E. T. Fraim Lock Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Sep 3, 1937

3 N.L.R.B. 562 (N.L.R.B. 1937)

In the Matter of E. T. FRAIM LOCK COMPANY,' SAMUEL R. FRAIM,
MARY M. FRAIM, SAMUEL E. FRAIM, and EDWARD T. FRAIM, 2ND,
CO-PARTNERS TRADING AS THE E. T. FRAIM LOCK COMPANY, and
AMALGAMATED ASSOCIATION OF IRON, TIN AND STEEL WORKERS OF
NORTH AMERICA, LODGE 1732
Case No. C-222.-Decided September 3, 1937
Hardware Industry-Settlement : agreement to comply with Act-Order:
entered on stipulation.
Mr. Geoffrey J. Cunniff for the Board.
Windolph, c Mueller, by Mr. Paul Mueller, and Mr. W. G. John-
stone, Jr., of Lancaster, Pa., for the respondents.
Mr. M. H. Goldstein, of Philadelphia, Pa., for the Union.
Mr. Abraham L. Kaminstein, of counsel to the Board.
DECISION
STATEMENT OF THE CASE
Upon charges and amended charges duly filed by the Amalgamated
Association of Iron, Tin and Steel Workers of North America, Lodge
1732, herein called the Union, the National Labor Relations Board,
herein called the Board, by Stanley W. Root, Regional Director for
the Fourth Region (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), issued and duly
served its complaint dated August 16, 1937, against E. T. Fraim Lock
Company, Samuel R. Fraim, Mary M. Fraim, Samuel E. Fraim, and
Edward T. Fraim, 2nd, co-partners trading as The E. T. Fraim
Lock Company, the respondents herein, alleging that the respond-
ents, in the operation of their plant at Lancaster, Pennsylvania, had
engaged in and were engaging in unfair labor practices affecting
commerce within the meaning of Section 8, subdivisions (1), (2),
(3), and (5) and Section 2, subdivisions (6) and (7) of the National
Labor Relations Act, 49 Stat. 449, herein called the Act.
In respect to the unfair labor practices, the complaint in substance
alleged that the respondents, in May 1937, sponsored the formation of
the Loyal Fraim. Workers Employees' Organization and of the Inde-
'In accordance with the stipulation entered into at the time of the hearing, the
names of the individual co-partners have been added to the title.
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pendent Union of Lock Workers, both labor organizations within the
meaning of Section 2, subdivision (5) of the Act; that at all times
thereafter, the respondents have dominated and interfered with the
administration of these organizations and have contributed financial
and other support thereto; that on May 5•, 1937, the respondents dis-
charged, and have refused to reinstate, Raymond Roark, Dorothy
Hess, Catherine McCauley, Esther Stauffer, and Harry Tangert,
employees of the respondents, and on June 1, the respondents dis-
charged, and have at all times refused to reinstate, William Shaub,
John Shultz, Charles Shultz, Lillian Shoenberger, John Eckman,
Charles McCauley, Robert Wilson, Erma Gunnion, and Willis Eck-
man, employees of the respondents, for the reason that they joined
and assisted the Union, and engaged in concerted activities with other
employees in the plant of the respondents at Lancaster, for the pur-
poses of collective bargaining and other mutual aid and protection;
that on various dates during the month of June, the respondents
refused to reinstate George Hambright, Pat Patterson, Leonard Pat-
terson, Taylor Applebach, Anna Heisler, Margaret Ream, Viola
Christ, Elsie Fickes, Fannie Hersh, Jacob Kochal, Richard Rishell,
David Whay, Joel Odenwalt, William Chandler, June Bramen, Joel
Waltman, May Nicholson, Doris Nicholson, Josephine Camizzi, Pearl
Montzer, Irene Hiester, Thelma Elsen, Marion Steckler, Charles
Price, Charles Hayard, Clara Odenwalt, Robert Gochenour, and
Edith Benner, because they had been on strike since June 3, 1937, and
because they joined and assisted the Union, and engaged in the strike
and other concerted activities with other employees in the plant of the
respondents at Lancaster, for the purposes of collective bargaining
and other mutual aid and protection; that the production employees
of the respondents constitute a unit appropriate for the purposes of
collective bargaining; that in May 1937, a majority of such unit had
designated the Union as their representative for purposes of collective
bargaining with the respondents by becoming members of the Union,
and that pursuant to the provisions of Section 9 (a) of the Act, the
Union has since that time been the exclusive representative of all such
employees for purposes of collective bargaining; that the respondents
have at all times refused to bargain collectively with the Union as the
representative of their production employees.
On August 21, 1937, the respondents filed their answer denying
the allegations of the complaint. Pursuant to notice, W. P. Webb,
duly designated by the Board as Trial Examiner, conducted a hear-
ing at Lancaster, Pennsylvania, on August 26, 1937, at which all of
the parties appeared by counsel.
On August 26, 1937, during the hearing, there was offered in evi-
dence and made a part of the record without objection a stipulation
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entered into by and between counsel for the Board and the respond-
ents, as follows :
For the purpose of this proceeding only and for no other
purpose whatsoever, that the respondent is engaged in the manu-
facture and production of locks and night latches; that the
personnel of the respondent varies between a low of one hundred
fifty and a high of two hundred twenty production employees;
that The E. T. Fraim Lock Company in the ordinary course of
its business imports into the State of Pennsylvania from various
states of the United States varying quantities of brass, steel,
copper, tin, manganese and paint as raw materials to be used in
the manufacture and production of its products. The said im-
portation of the materials set forth above amounts to approxi-
mately thirty-five (35%) per cent of the respondent's raw
materials. The products of the respondent exported into and
through different states of the United States amounts to the
extent of approximately ninety (90%0) per cent of its total
products. The respondent during the past three years has done
an average annual business of between Three Hundred Fifty
Thousand ($350,000.00) Dollars and Four Hundred Fifty Thou-
sand ($450,000.00) Dollars and of this amount approximately
ninety-five (95%) per cent is realized in commerce between vari-
ous states of the United States. This stipulation is entered into
only for the purpose of the proceeding in which it is filed and
shall not be deemed a binding admission or statement to be used
by, for, or against any party hereto for any other purpose.
There was also offered in evidence during the hearing and made
a part of the record without objection a stipulation entered into by
and between counsel for all the respective parties in the case that :
I. The complaint filed and served by the National Labor Rela-
tions Board in the above-entitled case be and is hereby amended,
so that in the caption and in the body thereof, wherever the name
E. T. Fraim Lock Company or the word "respondents" appears,
there shall be added, and understood to be added, also "Samuel
R. Fraim, Mary M. Fraim, Samuel E. Fraim, and Edward T.
Fraim, 2nd, co-partners trading as The E. T. Fraim Lock Com-
pany", to the same effect as if the said complaint had originally
so read; and that the requirements of the National Labor Rela-
tions Act and/or the Rules and Regulations,-Series 1, as
amended, of the National Labor Relations Board, requiring the
filing and service of an amended complaint, be and are hereby
in all respects waived.
H. The respondents agree that the National Labor Relations
Board shall enter, and that the respondents will, upon such entry,
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fully comply with, a decision and order to the following effect :
(a) All employees hired by the respondents since May 1, 1937,
shall be dismissed , in so far as may be necessary in order to
comply with the other terms of this stipulation and order.
(b) All employees upon the pay roll of the company for the
pay-roll period ending May 7, 1937, who are not now in the
employ of the company , shall be offered immediate , unconditional
reinstatement without discrimination , to their former positions,
without loss or derogation of any rights or privileges appertain-
ing to said positions.
(c) The respondents shall make the offer of reinstatement by
writing mailed to each of said employees no later than midnight
of Friday , August 27, 1937. Said offers shall be mailed to the
addresses which shall be furnished by Lodge 1732 to the respond-
ents not later than nine o'clock a. in. Friday, August 27, 1937.
(d) All employees referred to in paragraphs (b) and (c)
hereof, who in writing delivered to the respondents at their plant
on or before 5: 00 o'clock , p. m., Wednesday, September 1, 1937,
signify their desire to be reinstated to their positions , shall be so
reinstated no later than Tuesday, September 7, 1937, at the
regular hour for the opening of the plant.
(e) No employee hired since May 1 , 1937 , shall be retained if
as a result thereof, other employees now in the employ of the
firm, and those employees who under the foregoing are to be
reinstated , will be deprived to any extent of the amount of work
available to them prior to May 1, 19,37. Employees hired on
and after May 1st, 1937, shall be retained in their positions only
if such retention shall not diminish or , reduce in any way the
amount of work available to, or the wages received by, the em-
ployees to be reinstated under the terms of this agreement. For
this purpose the amount of wages earned and work available shall
be determined by the average of such work and wages during the
pay-roll period ending April 22, 1937.
(f) Employees transferred on and after May 1 , 1937, from
one department of the respondents ' plant to another , shall be
retained in their new positions only if such retention shall not
diminish or reduce in any way the amount of work available to,
or the wages received , determined as set forth in subparagraph
(e), by the employees to be reinstated under the terms of this
agreement.
(g) If upon reinstatement of the employees as aforesaid, there
is insufficient work to keep all employees then upon the pay roll
of the plant fully occupied, then in each department , the avail-
able work shall be equally divided among all employees in the
department without discrimination.
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(h) The respondents agree that as restitution for wages lost
by Paul Fussnegger, Chester Axe, Edith Benner, Lillian Shoen-
berger, David Whay, Taylor Applebach, John Shultz, Charles
Shultz, Charles McCauley, Raymond Roark, Dorothy Hess, and
Catherine McCauley, and in order to make them whole for such
losses, they will pay on or before September 7, 1937, the sum of
Five Hundred ($500.00) Dollars, to be paid to the aforenamed
individuals in amounts as prescribed by said individuals in writ-
ing on or before September 2, 1937. The said individuals are,
upon receipt of the amount due to each in accordance with the
written instructions signed by them, to execute and deliver to the
respondents releases for any claims for wages lost.
(i) The parties hereto agree that Stanley W. Root, Regional
Director, or his agent, shall determine from proof to be sub-
mitted by Lodge 1732 on or before September 7, 1937, or such
other proof as he in his judgment may deem necessary, whether
said Lodge 1732 represented'the majority of the production and
maintenance employees; exclusive of foremen, subforemen, clerical
and office workers and any employees with supervisory duties,
upon the respondents' pay roll for the pay-roll period ending
May 7, 1937, which pay roll will be furnished to the Regional
Director on or before September 7, 1937, by the respondents.
Should the said Stanley W. Root or his agent find that Lodge
1732 did so represent the majority of the respondents' employees
upon the said pay roll, then the respondents shall and will, for
a period beginning upon the date of the said finding and ending
February 28, 1938, recognize the said Lodge 1732 as the exclusive
representative for purposes of collective bargaining concerning
wages, hours and other terms and conditions of employment of
all of its production and maintenance employees, with the ex-
clusions above set forth.
Should the said Stanley W. Root or his agent decide that he
is unable to make a determination as to whether Lodge 1732 rep-
resented the majority as aforesaid, then the respondents agree
that they will consent to, and cooperate with the National Labor
Relations Board in the holding of an election in accordance
with the provisions of the National Labor Relations Act, by
and' under the supervision of the Regional Director of the
Fourth Region, should Lodge 1732 request the same within 45
days of said decision, and will abide by the result of said
election. ,
(j) Should the said Stanley W. Root or his agent decide or
determine that the said Lodge 1732 represented the majority
as aforesaid, the respondents shall, upon request from repre-
sentatives of Lodge 1732, immediately institute and expeditiously
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pursue collective bargaining negotiations for the purpose of
arriving at an agreement with said Lodge 1732, concerning
wages, hours and other terms and conditions of employment,
of all of the respondents' maintenance and production employees
as above set forth.
(k) The respondents shall cease and desist:
(1) From in any wise encouraging membership in, and lend-
ing support, financial or otherwise, directly or indirectly, to,
or interfering or dominating with the administration of the
Loyal Fraim Workers Employees' Organization, and/or the
Independent Union of Lock Workers or any other labor
organization.
(2) From discouraging membership in the Amalgamated
Association of Iron,'Tin and Steel Workers of North America,
or in Lodge 1732 of the said Amalgamated Association, or any
other labor organization, by intimidation, coercion, threats of
loss of employment or of discontinuance of operations, or other
threatened losses, or in any other way whatsoever.
(3) From recognizing in any wise, or bargaining collectively
with the said Loyal Fraim Workers Employees' Organization,
or the Independent Union of Lock Workers, or any other labor
organization, as the representatives of its employees or any of
them' for collective bargaining purposes, until Stanley W. Root
or his agent shall have either found Lodge 1732 to-be the repre-
sentative of the majority, or, in the event of his inability to
make such determination, then for a period of forty-five (45)
days from the date of his decision that he is unable to make
such determination.
(4) The respondents shall notify the officers of the Loyal
Fraim Workers Employees' Organization, and of the Inde-
pendent Union of Lock Workers, individually and in writing
immediately upon the handing down by the National Labor
Relations Board of the cease and desist order contemplated
herein, of the fact that recognition has been withdrawn from
the said organizations as representatives for the purposes of
collective bargaining of the employees or any of the employees
of the respondents.
(5) The respondents shall immediately, upon the issuance of
the cease and desist order herein contemplated by the National
Labor Relations Board post notices in prominent places about
its plant and maintain such notices for a period of thirty days
to the effect that recognition as aforesaid has been withdrawn
from the Loyal Fraim Workers Employees' Organization and
from the Independent Union of Lock Workers, and that their
employees have the right to self-organization, to form, join, or
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assist labor organizations to bargain collectively through repre-
sentatives of their 'own choosing, and to engage in concerted
activities for the purpose of collective bargaining or other
mutual aid or protection without interference, discrimination,
restraint or coercion from the respondents, their foremen, assist-
ant foremen, or any other supervisory officers or employees.
(6) The respondents shall, upon issuance of its order by the
National Labor Relations Board, notify their officers, foremen,
assistant foremen and other supervisory employees, to desist and
refrain from interfering, directly or indirectly, and from domi-
nating or coercing any employee because of his membership in
any labor organization, and particularly in Lodge 1732 of the
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Tin and Steel Workers of
North America, and to desist and refrain from approaching
employees concerning, or discussing with employees, their affilia-
tion with or, activities on behalf of any labor organization, and
particularly on behalf of Lodge 1732 of the Amalgamated Asso-
ciation of Iron, Tin and Steel Workers.
III. Upon compliance with the decision and order of the
National Labor Relations Board, and upon notification and proof
of such compliance by the respondents, said proof to be furnished
to Stanley W. Root, Regional Director, and a copy thereof to
M. H. Goldstein, Esq., Lodge 1732 of the Amalgamated Associa-
tion-'of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers will in writing request the
National Labor Relations Board for permission to withdraw the
charges heretofore filed by the said Lodge 1732 of the Amalga-
mated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers of North
America, and that the complaint based upon such charges shall
be dismissed.
ORDER
On the basis of the above stipulations, and pursuant to Section
10 (c) of the National Labor Relations Act, the National Labor Rela-
tions Board hereby orders that :
A. The complaint filed and served by the National Labor Relations
Board in the above entitled case be and is hereby amended, so that in
the caption and in the body thereof, wherever the name E. T. Fraim
Lock Company or the word "respondents" appears, there shall be
added, and understood to be added, also "Samuel R. Fraim, Mary M.
Fraim, Samuel E. Fraim, and Edward T. Fraim, 2nd, co-partners
trading as The E. T. Fraim Lock Company", to the same effect as if
the said complaint had originally so read.
B. The respondents, E. T. Fraim Lock Company, Samuel R. Fraim,
Mary M. Fraim, Samuel E. Fraim, and Edward T. Fraim, 2nd,
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co ;partners trading as The E. T. Fraim Lock Company, their officers,
agents, successors and assigns shall :
1. Cease and desist :
a. From in any wise encouraging membership in, and lending sup-
port, financial or otherwise, directly or indirectly, to, or dominating
or interfering with the administration of the Loyal Fraim Workers
Employees' Organization, and/or,the Independent, Union of Lock
Workers or any other labor organization; ,
b. From discouraging membership in the, Amalgamated Association
of Iron, Tin and Steel Workers of North America, or in Lodge 1732
of the said Amalgamated Association, or any other, labor organiza-
tion, by intimidation, coercion, threats , of loss of employment. or of
discontinuance of operations,,or other threatened losses, or in any
other way whatsoever;
c., From recognizing ii1 any wise, or bargaining collectively with
the, said Loyal Fraim Workers Employees' Organization, or the Inde-
pendent Union of Lock Workers, or any other labor organization, as
the representatives of its employees or any of them for collective bar-
gaining purposes, until Stanley W. Root or his agent shall have either
found Lodge 1732 to be the representative of the majority, or, in the
event of his inability to make such determination, then for a -period
of forty-five (45) days from the date of his decision that he is unable
to make such determination. , , I
2. Take the following affirmative action which the Board finds will
effectuate the policies of the Act :
a. Dismiss all employees hired by the respondents since-May 1, 1937,
in so far as may be necessary in order to comply with the other terms
of this order;
b. Offer to all employees upon the pay roll of the company for the
pay-roll period ending May 7, 1937, who are not now in the employ of
the company, immediate, unconditional reinstatement without dis-
crimination, to their former positions, without loss or derogation of
any rights or privileges appertaining to said positions;
c. Reinstate all employees referred to in paragraph b hereof, who
have signified their desire to be reinstated, to their. positions no later
than Tuesday, September 7, 1937, at the regular hour for the opening
of the plant;
d. Retain no employee hired since May 1, 1937, if as a result thereof,
other employees now in the employ of the firm, ,and those employees
who under the foregoing are to be reinstated, will be deprived to any
extent of the amount of work available to them prior to May 1, 1937;
e. Retain employees hired on and after May 1st, 1937, in their posi-
tions only if such retention shall not diminish or reduce in any way
the amount of work available to, or the wages received by, the
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employees to be reinstated under the terms of this agreement , and for
this purpose the amount of wages earned and work available shall be
determined by the average of such work and wages during the pay-
roll period ending April 22, 1937;
f. Retain employees transferred on and after May 1, 1937 , from one
department of the respondents ' plant to another , in their new posi-
tions only if such retention shall ' not diminish or reduce in any way
the amount of work available to, or the wages received , determined as
set forth in sub-paragraph e, by the employees to be reinstated under
the terms of this agreement;
g. Equally divide among all employees in each ' department without
discrimination the available work , if upon reinstatement of the em-
ployees as aforesaid , there is insufficient work to keep all employees
then upon the pay roll of the plant fully occupied;
h. As restitution for wages lost by Paul Fussnegger, Chester' Age,
Edith Benner, Lillian Shoenberger , David Whay, Taylor Applebach,
John Shultz , Charles Shultz, Charles McCauley , Raymond Roark,
Dorothy Hess, and Catherine McCauley, and in order to make them
whole for such losses , pay on or before September 7, 1937, the sum of
Five Hundred ($500.00 ) Dollars, to be paid to the aforenamed
individuals , upon their execution and delivery to the respondents of
releases for any claims for wages lost, in amounts as prescribed by
said individuals in writing on or before September 2, 1937;
i. Notify the officers of the Loyal Fraim Workers Employees'
Organization , and of the Independent Union of Lock Workers, indi-
vidually and in writing, of the fact that recognition has been 'with-
drawn from the said organizations as representatives for the pur-
poses of collective bargaining of the employees or any of the
employees of the respondents;
j. Post notices in prominent places about its plant and maintain
such notices for a period of thirty days to the effect that recognition
as aforesaid has been withdrawn from the Loyal Fraim Workers
Employees' Organization and from the Independent Union of Lock
Workers, and that their employees have the right to self-organiza-
tion, to form , join, or assist labor organizations to bargain collec-
tively through representatives of their own choosing, and to engage
in concerted activities for the purpose of collective bargaining or
other mutual aid or protection without interference , discrimination,
restraint or coercion from the respondents , their foremen , assistant
foremen , or any other supervisory officers or employees ;
k. Notify their officers, foremen , assistant • foremen and other
supervisory employees, to desist and refrain from interfering, di-
rectly or indirectly , and from dominating or coercing any employee
because of his membership in any labor organization , and particu-
larly in Lodge 1732 of the Amalgamated Association of Iron, Tin
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and Steel Workers of North America, and to desist and refrain from
approaching employees concerning, or discussing with employees,
their affiliation with or activities on behalf of any labor organiza-
tion, and particularly on behalf of Lodge 1732 of the Amalgamated
Association of Iron, Tin and Steel Workers.
MR. EDWIN S. SMITH took no part in the consideration of the
above Decision and Order. ,
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SUPPLEMENT TO DECISION
October 5, 1937
Upon charges and amended charges duly filed by the Amalgamated
Association of Iron, Tin and Steel Workers of North America,
Lodge 1732, the National Labor Relations Board, herein called the
Board, by Stanley W. Root, Regional Director for the Fourth Region
(Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), issued and duly served its complaint
dated August 16, 1937, against E. T. Fraim Lock Company, Samuel
R. Fraim, Mary M. Fraim, Samuel E. Fraim, and Edward T. Fraim,
2nd, co-partners trading as The E. T. Fraim Lock Company, the
respondents herein, alleging that the respondents, in the operation
of their plant at Lancaster, Pennsylvania, had engaged in and were
engaging in unfair labor practices affecting commerce within the
meaning of Section 8, subdivisions (1), (2), (3), and (5) and Sec-
tion 2,, subdivisions (6) and (7) of the National Labor Relations
Act, 49 Stat. 449, herein called the Act.
On August 21, 1937, the respondents filed their answer denying the
allegations of the complaint. Pursuant to notice, W. P. Webb, duly
designated by the Board as Trial Examiner, conducted a hearing at
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, on August 26, 1937, at which all of the
parties appeared by counsel.
On August 26, 1937, during the hearing, there was offered in evi-
dence and made a part of the record without objection a stipulation
entered into by and between counsel for the Board and the respond-
ents. There was also offered in evidence during the hearing and
made a part of the record without objection another stipulation
entered into by and between counsel for all the respective parties in
the case.
On September 3, 1937, on the basis of the stipulations referred to,
the Board issued its decision in which it ordered the respondents to
cease and desist from recognizing in any wise, or bargaining collec-
tively with any labor organization, as the representatives of their
employees for collective bargaining purposes, until Stanley W. Root,
the Regional Director, or his agent, either found the Amalgamated
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Association of Iron, Tin and Steel Workers of North America,
Lodge 1732, herein called Lodge 1732, to be the representative of a
majority of the employees in the Lancaster plant of the respondents,
or, in the event of his inability to make such determination, then for
a period of forty-five (45) days from the date of his decision that
he was unable to make such determination.
Pursuant to the Board's decision, and the stipulations 'entered
into at the hearing, an examination was conducted by Geoffrey J.
Cunniff, attorney, and Joseph D. Gould, Examiner, of the National
Labor Relations Board, acting as agents of the Regional Director, of
the membership cards of Lodge 1732, with the pay roll of the respond-
ents for the period ending May 7, 1937, certified by S. R. Fraim, one
of the respondents.
The following are the results of the afore-mentioned examination :
Total on pay roll----------------------------------- ------ 206
Total membership cards------------------------------------ 138
Membership cards agreeing with pay roll--------------------- 134
Membership cards-but no name on pay roll------------------ 3
Other------------------------------------------------------ '1
Since the membership cards counted included only those within
the appropriate unit, it appears that Lodge 1732 did represent the
majority of the respondent's employees,, within the appropriate unit,
upon the pay roll of May 7, 1937, and that Lodge 1732 is therefore
entitled to recognition as the exclusive representative of all of the
production and maintenance employees of the respondents, exclusive
of foremen, sub-foremen, clerical and office workers, and any em-
ployees with supervisory duties, for purposes of collective bargain-
ing concerning wages, hours, and other terms and conditions of
employment.
ORDER
On the basis of the stipulations entered into at the time of the
hearing, the examination conducted by agents of the Regional Di-
rector and of the Board in accordance with the stipulations, and
pursuant to Section 10 (c) of the National Labor Relations Act,
the National Labor Relations Board hereby orders that :
1. The respondents , E. T. Fraim Lock Company , Samuel R.
Fraim, Mary M. Fraim, Samuel E. Fraim, and Edward T. Fraim,
2nd, co-partners trading as The E . T. Fraim Lock Company, their
officers, agents, successors and assigns shall take the following affirm-
ative action which the Board finds will effectuate the policies of the
Act :
a. Pursuant to the stipulations, recognize the Amalgamated Asso-
ciation of Iron, Tin and Steel Workers of North America, Lodge
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1732, as the exclusive representative of all the respondents' produc-
tion and maintenance employees, exclusive of foremen, sub-foremen,
clerical and office workers and any employees with supervisory du-
ties, for purposes of collective bargaining concerning wages, hours
and other terms and conditions of employment;
b. Upon request from representatives of Lodge 1732 of the Amal-
gamated Association of Iron, Tin and Steel Workers, of North
America, immediately institute and expeditiously pursue collective
bargaining negotiations for the purpose of arriving at an agreement
with said Lodge 1732, concerning wages, hours and other terms and
conditions of employment; of all the respondents' production and
maintenance employees, exclusive of foremen, sub-foremen, clerical
and office workers and any employees with supervisory duties.