The Globe Machine and Stamping Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Aug 11, 1937

3 N.L.R.B. 294 (N.L.R.B. 1937)

In the Matter of THE GLOBE MACHINE AND STAMPING Co. and METAL
POLISHERS UNION, LOCAL No. 3; INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF
MACHINISTS, DISTRICT No. 54; FEDERAL LABOR UNION 18788, and
UNITED AUTOMOBILE WORKERS OF AMERICA
Cases Nos. R-178, R-179, R-180.-Decided August 11, 1937
Auto Parts Manufacturing Indastry-Investigation of Representatives: con-
troversy concerning representation of employees : rival organizations ; substan-
tial doubt as to majority status-Unit Appropriate for Collective Bargaining:
where other considerations determinative of appropriate unit are evenly bal-
anced , decisive factor is the desire of employees involved ; determination of
dependent upon results of elections-Elections Ordered-Certification of
Representatives.
Mr. Harry L. Lodish and Mr. Peter DiLeone for the Board.
Mr. L. C. Spieth, of Cleveland, Ohio, for the Company.
Mr. Edwin F. Woodle and Mr. Bernard C. Wachtel, of Cleveland,
Ohio, for the Polishers Union and the I. A. M.
Mr. Ralph Gordon, of Cleveland, Ohio, for the I. A. M.
Mr. R. G. Reisinger and Mr. Bert Cochran, of Cleveland, Ohio, for
the U. A. W. A.
Mr. Joseph B. Robison, of counsel to the Board.
DECISION
STATEMENT OF THE CASE
On May 13, 1937, Metal Polishers Union, Local No. 3, herein called
the Polishers Union, International Association of Machinists,
District No. 54, herein called the I. A. M., and Federal Labor Union
18788, herein called the Federal Local, filed separate petitions with
the Regional Director for the Eighth Region (Cleveland, Ohio).
alleging that questions affecting commerce had arisen concerning the
representation of employees of The Globe Machine and Stamping-
Co., Cleveland, Ohio, herein called the Company, and requesting the
National Labor Relations Board, herein called the Board, to conduct
an investigation pursuant to Section 9 (c) of the National Labor
Relations Act, 49 Stat. 449, herein called the Act. On May 19, 1937,
the Board, acting pursuant to Section 9 (c) of the Act, and Article
III, Section 3 of National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regula-
tions-Series 1, as amended, authorized the Regional Director to con-
duct an investigation and to provide for an appropriate hearing;
and the Board further ordered, pursuant to Article III, Section 10
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(c) (2) of the Rules and Regulations-Series 1, as amended, that
the three cases be consolidated for the purposes of the hearing. On
June 17, 1937, the Regional Director issued a notice of hearing to
be held at Cleveland, Ohio, on June 24, 1937, copies of which were
duly served upon the Company, upon the three petitioning unions,
and upon the United Automobile Workers of America, herein called
the U. A. W. A., a labor organization named in the petitions as
claiming to represent the Company's employees.
Pursuant to the notice, a hearing was held at Cleveland, Ohio, on
June 24 and 25, 1937, before Charles E. Persons, the Trial Examiner
duly designated by the Board. The Board, the Company, the
Polishers Union, and the I. A. M. were represented by counsel, and
the U. A. W. A. was represented by two of its officers. All participated
in the hearing. The Federal Local did not appear and took no part
in the proceedings. Full opportunity to be heard, to examine and to
cross-examine witnesses, and to introduce evidence bearing on the
issues was afforded all parties appearing. Objections to the intro-
duction of evidence were made during the course of the hearing by
counsel for the parties. The Board has reviewed the rulings of the
Trial Examiner, and finds that no prejudicial errors were committed.
The rulings are hereby affirmed.
Upon the entire record in the case, the Board makes the following :
FINDINGS OF FACT
1. THE BUSINESS OF THE COMPANY
The Company is a corporation, organized in 1902 under the laws
of Ohio, with its principal office and place of business located in
Cleveland, Ohio. Its plant is also located in Cleveland. It is en-
gaged principally in the manufacture of radiator grilles for auto-
mobiles. It has a registered trade-mark for use in interstate
commerce."
In 1936, the volume of the Company's business was $2,500,000, of
which $2,495,300, or about 98 per cent, was done without the State of
Ohio. Delivery is made by the Company at the purchaser's plant,
shipment being made by railroad and independent trucking com-
panies. Most of the product is sent to Michigan. The total amount
of purchases made by the Company in 1936 amounted to $1,103,000,
of which amount $714,000, or 65 per cent, was made without the
State of Ohio. The principal raw material is steel, which comes
chiefly from Pennsylvania.
The number of the Company's employees fluctuate greatly, having
been as high as 750 and as low as 500 during the first six months of
'Board's Exhibit No. 3
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1937. This fluctuation is apparently due to the fact that the Com-
pany, being an auto parts plant, is subject, in accentuated form, to
the seasonal variations of the automobile industry.
II. THE ORGANIZATIONS INVOLVED
A. The petitioning unions
The three unions who filed petitions in this proceeding are all
labor organizations affiliated with the American Federation of Labor.
Local No. 3 of the Polishers Union includes members who are work-
ing in various plants in Cleveland. It claims jurisdiction over the
polishers and buffers at the Company's plant. The I. A. M. limits
its jurisdiction to the punch press operators. Its members at the
Company's plant are in five or six different locals, all within District
No. 54. The Federal Local claims the balance of the production
and maintenance workers. Its membership is apparently restricted
to men working at the Company's plant.
B. The United Automobile Workers of America
The U. A. W. A. is a labor organization affiliated with the Com-
mittee for Industrial Organization. It admits to membership all of
the employees of the Company who are included within the three
groups claimed by the petitioning unions. It appears to have a
separate Local, No. 243, for employees of the Company.
III. THE QUESTION CONCERNING REPRESENTATION
A. The background of organization at the con- parry's plant
In 1933, there were at the Company's plant, a chapter of the Me-
chanics Educational Society of America, herein called the M. E. S. A.,
which' included tool and dye workers only; a specialists local of the
I. A. M., which included the men working in the punch press room;
and the Federal Local, which included all other employees engaged
in production and maintenance. There is some evidence in the rec-
ord that for a time, the I. A. M. local included welders and other
workers at the plant, and that after some conflict, the membership in
that local was restricted to punch press men.
During the period from 1933 to late in 1936, practically all of the
employees engaged in production and maintenance were in one of
the three unions. While it does not appear that the plant was a
closed shop, it is clear that most men who worked there joined one
of the unions shortly after they started working, if they were not
already members. Although no signed agreements were reached at
any time with the Company, there were continuous and friendly ne-
gotiations which resulted in oral agreements covering hours, wages,
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and grievances. It would appear, however, that these agreements
were in no sense formal, since the members of the unions were only
informed of their terms orally by the members of the negotiating
committee, and the terms were never embodied in an agreement or
otherwise made the subject of formal memoranda. Negotiations
were conducted by a joint committee at least for the A. F. of L.
unions and the product of these negotiations was termed a "federated
agreement."
In December 1936, the polishers at the plant were transferred
from the Federal Local into the petitioning local of the Polishers
Union. There were 60 polishers at this time employed at the plant
and most of them joined in a body on December 16, 1936. There-
after, negotiations for the polishers, which theretofore had been con-
ducted by the Federal Local, were conducted by the Polishers
Union.
Shortly before the transfer of the polishers, the tool and dye men
in the M. E. S. A. voted to go over to the Committee for Industrial
Organization. Just how formal that action was does not appear, and
it would seem that the U. A. W. A. did not begin its organizational
drive at the plant until some months thereafter. Nevertheless, there
is evidence that at this time, and during the following months, there
was considerable sentiment among the men to change their form of
organization and to affiliate with the C. I. O. The U. A. W. A. began
its drive at the plant in February, and on March 6, 1937, it called a
meeting of all the men, the attendance at which was between 550 and
650. No formal check-up was made of those attending the meeting.
There was a door guard who had worked for the Company for about
16 years and who knew, all of the men at the plant. He admitted
only those who he knew were employed by the Company. In addi-
tion a witness who testified for the U. A. W. A., who had worked at
the plant for 14 years, testified that a majority from ' every depart-
ment of the plant, including the polishing and punch press del art-
ments, were present, and a representative of each department stood
up at the meeting and attested the fact that a majority was' present
from his department. This meeting unanimously decided to join
the U. A. W. A. The U. A. W. A. witness stated that 85 per cent
of the men then working were present, and that the remaining 15
per cent endorsed the action during the following days.
During the succeeding months the U. A. W. A. attempted to
negotiate with the Company, and finally on May 17, 1937, called a
strike which was effective in causing a complete shut,-down of the
plant. It does not appear in the record how many men aid what
departments participated in this strike. The strike was settled three
days later, on May 20, 1937, by a signed agreement between the
Company and the U. A. W. A., which provided, among other things,
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for a flat eight cents an hour raise for all employees, with somewhat
higher raises for lower paid employees. The agreement was to re-
main in force until May 19, 1938, "unless terminated prior thereto
by any decision of the National Labor Relations Board."
B. The present situation
The Polishers Union, the I. A. M., and the U. A. W. A. placed
membership lists in evidence. No list was submitted by or for the
Federal Local. The Polishers Union list includes members in good
standing who were working for the Company, as of the beginning
of 1937. It has 59 names. The I. A. M. list contains 95 names of
members who were working at the plant on May 13, the date of
the petitions. The U. A. W. A. list includes all paid-up members
of the local at the Company's plant. It lists 35 polishers, and 119
in the press room. The total for all departments is 687. It should
be noted that the Polishers Union list was made up as of a time
when there was a production peak. At the time the petitions in
this case were filed, there were only about 35 polishers working at
the plant.
Since the Company employed not more than 750 men at any time
during the first six months of 1937, it is obvious that there are
many duplications in these lists. The exact number is difficult to
ascertain due to inaccuracy in the copying of names. However, the
names of most of the men in both the polishing and punch press
departments appear on two lists. Thus it can be seen that the men
who were in the petitioning unions at the beginning of the year
signed up almost unanimously in the U. A. W. A. during its organi-
zational drive in February and March. However, there is evidence
of a subsequent swing back to the Polishers Union and the I. A. M.
Several of the witnesses for these two unions testified that they
were among those who had joined the U. A. W. A. while still holding
membership in one of the petitioning unions, and stated further
that they now preferred the latter. At the present time it is im-
possible to find which of the contending groups is favored by a
majority of the polishers and of the punch press operators.
C. The present controversy
The petitioning unions claim that there are three separate units
for collective bargaining in this plant. The U. A. W. A. contends
that the plant cannot be subdivided as claimed and that it should
be treated as one unit. All parties are agreed that there should be
an election. They are also all agreed that eligibility should be based
on the pay roll for the week including May 13, 1937, the date of
the petitions, and such a pay roll has been supplied by the Company
DECISIONS AND ORDERS
TV. THE APPROPRIATE UNIT
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The Company's plant has numerous departments, major and minor,
through which its products flow in the course of production. A rep-
resentative of the Company testified that all products go through
at least three departments and that a tie up of one department would
tie up the whole plant. A classification list which was placed in evi-
dence 2 shows that many different types of work are done at the plant.
Both polishing 3 and punch press work are done at the plant of
the Company in separate, clearly-defined areas ; the former in two
rooms on separate floors, and the latter all in one room. There is
evidence that men are shifted about from department to depart-
ment and that they may be taken from assembly and put onto polish-
ing or punch press work. There is little evidence, however, that
men ever return from polishing or press room work to other depart-
ments.
There is a great deal of testimony as to the degree of skill required
for polishing and press room work. With regard to polishing it
appears that some degree of skill is required for the work done at
the Company's plant, although the operations are relatively simple
and can be learned rather quickly. A man may become sufficiently
adept at the tasks required in the plant without becoming an all-
round polisher. However polishers are paid higher wages than are
men on the assembly line, and in general, when taking on new men,
experienced polishers are sought. Much the same applies to the
punch press men. They are termed specialists by the I. A. M.
They are not all-round machinists, but rather operators of a par-
ticular kind of machine. There was testimony to the effect that a
new man would have to work very slowly and the product of his
early labor would not be worth very much. There was also evidence,
however, that a specialist at one machine within the press room would
not necessarily be able to operate any other punch press machine.
In view of the facts described above, it appears that the Company's
production workers can be considered either as a single unit ap-
propriate for the purposes of collective bargaining, as claimed by
the U. A. W. A., or as three such units, as claimed by
the petitioning unions. The history of successful separate negotia-
tions at the Company's plant, and also the essential separateness of
p0 i and puncl press work at that plant, and the existence of a
requirement of a certain amount of skill for that work are proof of
the feasibility of the latter approach. The successful negotiation of
a plant-wide agreement on May 20, 1937, as well as the interrelation
2 Board's Exhibit No 6
a The Polishers Union claims jurisdiction over polishers and buffers . The record is not
clear, but it seems that the same mere do both polishing and buffing at the plant.
Throughout this opinion, polishing may be taken to include buffing.
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and interdependence of the various departments at the Company's
plant, are proof of the feasibility of the former.
In such a case where the considerations are so evenly balanced, the
determining factor is the desire of the men themselves.' On this
point, the record affords no help. There has been a swing toward
the U. A. W. A. and then away from it. The only documentary
proof is completely contradictory. We will therefore order elections
to be, held separately for the men engaged in polishing and those
engaged in punch press work. We will also order an election for
the' employees of the Company engaged in production and mainte-
nance, exclusive of the polishers and punch press workers and of
clerical-and supervisory employees.
On the results of these elections will depend the determination
of the appropriate unit for the purposes of collective bargaining.
Such of the groups as do not choose the U. A. W. A. will constitute
separate and distinct appropriate units, and such as do choose the
U. A. W. A. will together constitute a single appropriate unit.
V. THE EFFECT OF THE QUESTIONS OF REPRESENTATION ON COMMERCE
On May 17, 1937, there was a strike at the Company's plant which
caused a complete stoppage and shut-down during its three-day
duration. A representative of the Company testified that the strike
had repercussions outside of the state in which the Company is
located.
We find that the questions concerning representation which have
arisen, occurring in connection with the operations of the Company
described in Section I above, have a close, intimate; and substantial
relation to trade, traffic, and commerce among the several States, and
have led and tend to lead to labor disputes burdening and obstruct-
ing commerce and the free flow of commerce.
CONCLUSION OF LAw
Upon the basis of the above findings of fact, the Board makes the
following conclusion of law:
Questions affecting commerce have arisen concerning the repre-
sentation of the employees of The Globe Machine and Stamping Co.,
within the meaning of Section 9 (c) and Section 2, subdivisions (6)
and (7) of the National Labor Relations Act.
DIRECTION OF ELECTIONS
By virtue and pursuant to the power vested in the National Labor
Relations Board by Section 9 (c) of the National Labor Relations
° This factor was held to be of significance in Matter of Atlantic Refninq Co , 1 N. L R. B
359; Matter of Chrysler Corporation , 1 N. L. R. B. 164 ; Matter of International Mer-
cantile Marine Co et al, 1 N. L R B 384 , and in Matter of New England Transportation
Co, 1 N. L. R. P. 130.
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Act, 49 Stat. 449, and pursuant to Article III, Section 8 of National
Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series 1, as amended,
it is
DIRECTED that, as part of the investigations authorized by the
Board to ascertain representatives for collective bargaining with
The Globe Machine and Stamping Co., elections by secret ballot
shall be conducted within fifteen (15) days from the date of this
Direction, under the direction and supervision of the Regional Direc-
tor for the Eighth Region, acting in this manner as agent for the
National Labor Relations Board, and subject to Article III, Section
9 of said Rules and Regulations, among those employees of The
Globe Machine and Stamping Co. who fall within the groups de-
scribed below who were on the pay roll of the Company for the week
which included May 13, 1937:
a. Those engaged in polishing and buffing to determine whether
they desire to be re re en esl_b_y_the_Met al Polishers Union, Local No.
3, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, or the United
Automobile Workers of America, affiliated with the Committee for
Industrial Organization, for the purposes of collective bargaining.
b. Those engaged in the press room in the operation of punch
press machines to determine whether they desire to be represented by
International Association of Machinists, District No. 54, affiliated
with the American Federation of Labor, or the United Automobile
Workers of America, affiliated with the Committee for Industrial
Organization, for the purposes of collective bargaining.
c. All other employees engaged in production and maintenance,
except supervisory and clerical employees, to determine whether
they desire to be represented by Federal Labor Union 18788, affiliated
with the American Federation of Labor, or the United Automobile
Workers of America, affiliated with the Committee for Industrial
Organization, for the purposes of collective bargaining.
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AMENDMENT TO DIRECTION OF ELECTIONS
August 24, 1937
On August 11, 1937, the National Labor Relations Board, herein
called the Board, issued a Direction of Elections in the above-en-
titled case, the elections to be held within fifteen (15) , days from
the date of the Direction. Thereafter the U. A. W. A. advised the
Board that the Company was operating with a substantially re-
duced force and requested postponement of the elections directed.
It appears that although 642 men were employed on May 13, 1937,
the date on which eligibility for the purpose of voting was to have
been based, 427 men were at work on August 16, 1937, and only 330
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on August 23, 1937. A representative of the Company has advised
the Board that it will not be operating at normal capacity until after
the middle of September.
Because of the difficulty of notifying those men who are eligible
to vote but who are not now working we hereby direct that the elec-
tions which, on August 11, 1937, were directed by us to be held
among the employees of The Globe Machine and Stamping Co. be
postponed until further notice. The Direction of Elections is hereby
amended by striking therefrom the words, "within fifteen (15) days
from the date of this Direction" and substituting therefor the words,
`at such time as the Board will in the future direct."
MR. EDWIN S. SMITH took no part in the consideration of the above
Amendment to Direction of Elections. .
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SECOND AMENDMENT TO DIRECTION OF ELECTIONS
October 5, 1937
On August 11, 1937, the National Labor Relations Board, herein
called the Board, issued a Direction of Elections in the above-en-
titled case , the elections to be held within fifteen (15) days from the
date of the Direction, under the direction and supervision of the
Regional Director for the Eighth Region. Thereafter United Auto-
mobile Workers of America advised the Board that The Globe
Machine and Stamping Co. was operating with a substantially re-
duced force and requested postponement of the elections directed.
After investigation the Board, on August 24, 1937, amended the
Direction of Elections, by postponing the holding of the elections
to "such time as the Board will in the future direct."
The Board is now advised by the Acting Regional Director that
the Company is now operating with a force of 400 men, and that it
does not anticipate increasing its operations any further during the
current year. Although the Board found in its original decision
that the Company normally employs between 500 and 750 men, no
purpose would be served by delaying the elections in this matter
any longer. Therefore the Direction of Elections as amended is
hereby further amended by striking therefrom the words, "at such
time as the Board will in the future direct", and substituting there-
for the words, "on October 12, 1937."
CHAIRMAN MADDEN took no part in the consideration of the above
Second Amendment to Direction of Elections.
DECISIONS AND ORDERS
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SUPPLEMENTAL DECISION
AND
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
October 22, 1937
STATEMENT OF THE CASE
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On May 13, 1937, Metal Polishers Union, Local No. 3, herein called
the Polishers Union, International Association of Machinists, Dis-
trict No. 54, herein called the I. A. M., and Federal Labor Union
18788, herein called the Federal Local, filed separate petitions with
the Regional Director for the Eighth Region (Cleveland, Ohio),
alleging that questions affecting commerce had arisen concerning
the representation of employees of The Globe Machine and Stamp-
ing Co., Cleveland, Ohio, herein called the Company, and request-
ing the National Labor Relations Board, herein called the Board,
to conduct an investigation pursuant to Section 9 (c) of the National
Labor Relations Act, 49 Stat. 449, herein called the Act. On May 19,
1937, the Board, acting pursuant to Section 9 (c) of the Act, and
Article III, Section 3 of National Labor Relations Board Rules and
Regulations-Series 1, as amended, authorized the Regional Director
to conduct an investigation and to provide for an appropriate hear-
ing; and the Board further ordered, pursuant to Article III, Sec-
tion 10 (c) (2) of the Rules and Regulations-Series 1, as amended,
that the three cases be consolidated for the purposes of the hearing.
Pursuant to a notice of hearing duly served upon the Company,
upon the three petitioning unions, and upon the United Automobile
Workers of America, herein called the U. A. W. A., a labor organiza-
tion named in the petitions as claiming to represent the Company's
employees, a hearing was held at Cleveland, Ohio, on June 24 and 25,
1937, before Charles E. Persons, the Trial Examiner duly designated
by the Board. On August 11, 1937, the Board issued a Decision and
Direction of Elections which provided that three elections be held.
In its Decision, the Board made no final determination as to the
appropriate unit for the purposes of collective bargaining with the
Company. The U. A. W. A. had contended that all of the production
employees of the Company constituted a single appropriate unit. The
Polishers Union and the I. A. M. contended, however, that the Com-
pany's polishers and punch press men each constituted separate appro-
priate units. The Board stated that since either contention could be
sustained, it would direct that separate elections be held for the
polishers and punch press men, and would decide the issue on the
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basis of the preferences indicated by the employees in the elections.
It therefore directed that one election by secret ballot be held among
the Company's polishers to determine whether they desired to be rep-
resented by the Polishers Union or the U. A. W. A.; and that another
be held among the punch press men to determine whether they desired
to be represented by the I. A. M. or the U. A. W. A., for the purposes
of collective bargaining. The Board also ordered that an election
by secret ballot be held among all the other employees engaged in
production and maintenance to determine whether they desired to be
represented by the Federal Local or the U. A. W. A. The Board
stated,' "On the results of these elections will depend the determina-
tion of the appropriate unit for the purposes of collective bargaining.
Such of the groups as do not choose the U. A. W. A. will constitute
separate and distinct appropriate units, and such as do choose the
U. A. W. A. will together constitute a single appropriate unit."
Pursuant to two amendments of the Direction of Elections, made
on August 24 and October 5, 1937, postponing the date thereof, secret
ballots were conducted on October 12, 1937. Full opportunity was
accorded to all parties to this investigation to participate in the con-
duct of this secret ballot and co make challenges. On October 14,1937,
the Regional Director caused to be served on the parties to the pro-
ceeding his Intermediate Report on the conduct of the ballots. No
objection with respect to the conduct of the elections was filed to the
Intermediate Report, and it was forwarded by the Regional Director
to the Board in Washington, D. C.
As to the results of the secret ballot, the Regional Director reported
the following :
Polishers
Total number eligible------------------------------------------- 31
Total number of ballots cast------------------------------------- 30
Total number of blank ballots___________________________________ 0
Total number of void ballots------------------------------------ 0
Total number of challenged ballots____ __________________________ 2
Total number of ballots cast for the Polishers Union _______-______ 12
Total number of ballots cast for the U A. W. A__________________ 16
Punch press men.
Total number eligible --------------------------------- 129
Total number of ballots cast____________________________________ 108
Total number of blank ballots_______________----------------------------------- 0
Total number of void ballots------------------------------------ 1
Total number of challenged ballots________ ____________-------- ---------------------- 2
Total number of ballots cast for the I. A. M_ - --------------------- 38
Total number of ballots cast for the U. A. W. A__________________ 67
I See Section IV of the Findings of Fact in the original Decision
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Production workers, emclnsive of polishers aid punch press men
Total number eligible___________________________________________ 456
Total number of ballots cast____________________________________ 298
Total number of blank ballots___________________________________ 0
Total number of void ballots____________________________________ 0
Total number of challenged ballots______________________________ 0
Total number of ballots cast for the Federal Local________________ 16
Total number of ballots cast for the U. A. W. A__________________ 282
Upon the entire record in the case the Board makes the following :
SUPPLEMENTAL FINDING Or FACT
In order to insure to the employees of the Company the full benefit
of their right to self-organization and to collective bargaining, and
otherwise to effectuate the policies of the Act, we find that all the em-
ployees of the Company engaged in production and maintenance,
except supervisory and clerical employees, constitute a unit appropri-
ate for the purposes of collective bargaining.
SUPPLEMENTAL CONCLUSION OF LAW
Upon the basis of the above finding of fact and upon the entire
record in the case, the Board makes the following conclusion of law :
All of the employees of The Globe Machine and Stamping Co.
engaged in production and maintenance, except supervisory and
clerical employees, constitute 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, Section 8
of National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series
1, as amended,
IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that United Automobile Workers of Amer-
ica has been designated and selected by a majority of the employees
of The Globe Machine and Stamping Co. engaged in production and
maintenance, except supervisory and clerical employees, as their
representative for the purposes of collective bargaining and that,
pursuant to the provisions of Section 9 (a) of the Act, United Auto-
mobile Workers of America is the exclusive representative of all
such employees for the purposes of collective bargaining in respect
to wages, rates of pay, hours of work, and other conditions of
employment.