The Toledo Steel Tube Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Dec 11, 1939

18 N.L.R.B. 233 (N.L.R.B. 1939)

In the Matter of THE TOLEDO STEEL TUBE COMPANY and INTERNA-
TIONAL UNION, UNITED AUTOMOBILE WORKERS OF AMERIOA, #12
Case No. R-628
SUPPLEMENTAL DECISION
December 11, 1939
On October 3, 1939, the National Labor Relations Board, herein
called the Board, issued a Decision and Direction of Election 1 in the
above-entitled proceeding. On October 11, 1939, the Board issued an
Amendment to Direction of Election 2 and on October 25, 1939, a Cer-
tification of Representatives.3
The Direction of Election, as amended, provided that elections be
conducted among the employees of the Company within the following
groups:
(a) The tool and die makers to determine whether they desired to
be, represented by Mechanics Educational Society of America, Local
No. 4, or by International Union, United Automobile Workers of
America, affiliated with the Congress of Industrial Organizations, for
the purposes of collective bargaining, or by neither;
(b) All the remaining employees of the Company, excluding cleri-
cal and supervisory employees, to determine whether or not they de-
sired to be represented by International Union, United Automobile
Workers of America, affiliated with the Congress of Industrial
Organizations.
In its Decision the Board made no final determination as to unit or
units appropriate for the purposes of collective bargaining pending
the elections to be held as directed above. The Board stated, inter
alia, that if the employees in group (a) chose Mechanics Educational
Society of America, Local No. 4, and the employees in group (b) chose
United Automobile Workers of America, Local No. 12, affiliated with
the Congress of Industrial Organizations, they would constitute sepa-
rate bargaining units. The results of the elections as set forth in the
Certification of Representatives show that the tool and die makers
chose Mechanics Educational Society of America, Local No. 4, and the
11.5 N. L. R. B. 837.
215 N. L. it. B. 845.
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remaining employees, excluding clerical and supervisory employees,
chose United Automobile Workers of America, Local No. 12.
Upon the basis of the entire record, the Board makes the following :
SUPPLEMENTAL FINDINGS OF FACT
We find that the tool and die makers of the Company constitute a
unit appropriate for the purposes of collective bargaining and that
said unit will insure to employees of the Company the full benefit of
their right to self-organization and collective bargaining and other-
wise effectuate the policies of the Act.
We find that all the remaining employees of the Company, exclud-
ing clerical and supervisory employees, constitute a unit appropriate
for the purposes of collective bargaining and that said unit will insure
to employees of the Company the full benefit of their right to self-
organization and collective bargaining and otherwise effectuate the
policies of the Act.
Upon the basis of the foregoing findings of fact and upon the entire
record in the case, the Board makes the following:
SUPPLEMENTAL CONCLUSION'S OF LAW
1. The tool and die makers of the Company constitute a unit appro-
priate for the purposes of collective bargaining, within the meaning
of Section 9 (b) of the National Labor Relations Act.
2. All the remaining employees of the Company, excluding clerical
and supervisory employees, constitute a unit appropriate for the pur-
poses of collective bargaining, within the meaning of Section 9 (b)
of the National Labor Relations Act.