The Madison Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Dec 26, 1950

92 N.L.R.B. 914 (N.L.R.B. 1950)

In the Matter of THE MADISON COMPANY, EMPLOYER and AMALGAM-
ATED LITHOGRAPHERS OF AMERICA, LOCAL No. 9, CIO, PETITIONER
Case No. 7-RC--823
SUPPLEMENTAL DECISION AND DIRECTION OF
ELECTION
December 26,1950
By our decision 1 of September 7, 1950 , in this matter, we found that
the appropriate unit consisted of the following classifications of
employees : layout artists , mulfilith operators , offset pressmen , feeder
pressmen , opaquers , photographers , platemakers , strippers, art and
copy preparation employees , the compositor for reproduction , the .mul-
tigraph operator , the proofreader , typists, the cutter , finishing work-
ers, bindery workers, and general workers As the Petitioner had
failed to establish the necessary showing of interest among the em-
ployees in the unit which we had found appropriate , we dismissed its.
petition.
On September 21,,1950, the Petitioner filed a motion for recon-
sideration of the Board 's decision with a supporting brief and a re-
quest for oral . argument .2 We are persuaded by the Petitioner's
motion for reconsideration and brief that there is considerable merit
to its position and we hereby reopen this proceeding and rescind our
order of September 7, 1950. Upon the basis of a reexamination of the
record in this case and a careful review of all the briefs submitted by
the parties , we now find that the following lithographic production
employees of the Employer , at its Detroit, Michigan , plant, constitute
a unit appropriate for the purposes of collective bargaining within the
meaning of Section 9 (b) of the Act: all layout artists, multilith
operators , offset pressmen , feeder pressmen , opaquers , photographers,
platemakers, and strippers , excluding sales, office, and clerical em-
ployees , professional employees , foremen, plant superintendent,
guards, and supervisors as defined . in the Act, and all other employees.
191 NLRB 135.
'The Petitioner ' s request for oral argument is hereby denied, as the record and briefs,
in our opinion , adequately present the issues and positions of the parties.
92 NLRB No. 7.52.
914
THE MADISON COMPANY 915
As the Petitioner has made an adequate showing of interest in the
unit which we have found appropriate herein, we shall direct an
election.
:[Text of Direction of Election omitted from publication in this
volume.]
CHAIRMAN HERZOG and MEMBER MURDOCK took nog pant in the con-
sideration of the above Supplemental Decision, and Direction of
Election.