United States Cartridge Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Dec 4, 1942

45 N.L.R.B. 1043 (N.L.R.B. 1942)

In the Matter of UNITED STATES CARTRIDGE COMPANY and LOCAL
UNION No. 36, SHEET METAL WORKERS' INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
AFL
In the Matter of UNITED STATES CARTRIDGE COMPANY and LOCAL
825, UNITED ELECTRICAL, RADIO AND MACHINE WORKERS OF AMERICA
(CIO)
In the Matter Of UNITED STATES CARTRIDGE COMPANY and PAINTERS
DISTRICT COUNCIL NO. 2, BROTHERHOOD OF PAINTERS, DECORATORS &
PAPERHANGERS OF AMERICA, AFL
In the Matter Of UNITED STATES CARTRIDGE COMPANY and UNITED
BROTHERHOOD.^OF CARPENTERS .& JOINERS OF- AMERICA, DISTRICT
COUNCIL'OF Si,.' Louis, AFL
In the Matter of UNITED STATES CARTRIDGE COMPANY and UNITED
BROTHERHOOD OF WELDERS, CUTTERS AND HELPERS OF AMERICA
In the Matter Of UNITED STATES CARTRIDGE COMPANY and LOCAL
825, UNITED ELECTRICAL, RADIO AND MACHINE WORKERS OF AMERICA,
CIO
In the Matter Of UNITED STATES CARTRIDGE COMPANY and LOCAL No.
604, INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF TEAMSTERS, CHAUFFEURS,
WAREHOUSEMEN AND HELPERS OF AMERICA, AFL
In the Matter Of UNITED STATES CARTRIDGE COMPANY and BROTHER-
HOOD OF RAILROAD TRAINMEN
In the Matter Of UNITED STATES CARTRIDGE COMPANY and INTERNA-
TIONAL ASSOGIATION OF MACHINISTS , DISTRICT N O. '9,u `AFL
In the Matter Of UNITED STATES CARTRIDGE COMPANY and LOCAL
825, UNITED ELECTRICAL, ,RADIO AND MACHINE WORKERS OF AMERICA,
CIO
Cases Nos. R--408t and R-4485 to R-4473 inclusive; respectively.-
Decided December 4,194.
Jurisdiction : cartridge manufacturing industry.
Investigation and Certification of Representatives : existence of question: re-
fusal to recognize untih+certification by the Board; elections necessary.
Unit Appropriate for Collective Bargaining : separate units, with specified inclu-
sions and exclusions from each • (1) all switchmen, switch tenders, and yard
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foremen spending less than 50 percent of their time performing supervisory
duties; ( 2) all truck drivers; ( 3) all welders , cutters, and helpers spending
less than 50 percent of their time in supervisory functions ; ( 4) all sheet
metal work employees , all employees engaged in painting and glazing and
sign-painting, all maintenance carpenters ; ( 5) all steam-fitting and plumbing
department employees ; ( 6) all toolroom employees ; ( 7) • tool and gauge
employees , machine repairmen , maintenance machinists , machine adjusters,
set-up men , tool inspectors , millwrights , tool checkers, tool-crib attendants,
craft utility employees , locomotive repairmen , machinists in grounds depart-
ment, trainees , and machinists in ballistics department ; ( 8) all employees in
building and grounds maintenance department.
Mr. Charles K. Hackler, for the Board.
Mr. R. H. McRoberts, of St. Louis, Mo., for the Company.
Mr. Edward Seymour; of St. Louis, Mo., for the Sheet Metal
Workers.
Mr. Otto Maschiofj and Mr. William Sentner, of St. Louis, Mo., for
the UERM.
Mr. Roman E. Jasper, of St. Louis, Mo., for the Painters.
Mr. Erwin i C. Meinert, of St. Louis, Mo., for the Carpenters.
Mr. Nathan J.' Kaplan, of St. Louis, Mo., for the Welders.
Mr. Dale'-Ferris, of St. Louis, Mo., for the Teamsters.
Mr. R. E. Thacker, of Nashville, Tenn., for the Trainmen.
Mr. Larry Connors, of St. Louis, Mo., for the IAM. ,
Mr. Patrick J. Hickey, of St. Louis, Mo., for the Steam Fitters.
Mr. James T. Latham, of St. Louis, Mo., for the Building Service
Employees. -
Mr. John R. Barr, of St. Louis, Mo., for the A. F. of L. -
Mr. Louis Cokin, of counsel to the Board.
DECISION
'ORDER
AND
DIRECTION OF ELECTIONS
STATEMENT OF THE CASE
Upon separate petitions duly filed by Local Union No. 36, Sheet
Metal Workers International Association, herein called the Sheet
Metal Workers; Local 825, United Electrical, Radio and Machine
Workers of America, herein called the UERM; Painters District
Council No. 2, Brotherhood of Painters, Decorators and Paperhang-
ers of America, herein called the, Painters; United Brotherhood of
Carpenters & Joiners of America, District Council of St. Louis,
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UNITED STATES CARTRIDGE COMPANY ' ' 1045
herein called the Carpenters ; United Brotherhood of Welders, Cut-
ters and Helpers of America, herein called the Welders; Local No.
604, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Ware-
housemen and Helpers of America, herein called the Teamsters;
Brotherhood of • Railroad Trainmen, herein called the Trainmen;
and International Association of Machinists, District No.' 9, herein
called -the Machinists, alleging that questions affecting commerce
had arisen concerning the representation of employees of the United
States Cartridge Company, St. Louis, Missouri, herein called the
Company, the National Labor Relations Board consolidated the cases
and provided for an appropriate hearing upon due notice before
Mortimer Riemer, Trial Examiner.' Said hearing was held at St.
Louis, Missouri, on November 2 and 3, 1942. At the commencement
of the hearing,'Steam & Gas Fitters Local N. 562, herein called the
Steam Fitters; Building Service Employees, Maintenance and Up-
keep of Grounds and Buildings Union, herein called the Building
Service Employees, and the American Federation ,of Labor, herein
called the A. F. of L., moved` to intervene. The Trial Examiner
granted the motions. The Board, the Sheet Metal Workers, the
UERM, the Painters, the Carpenters, the Welders, the Teamsters,
the Trainmen, the TAM, the Steam Fitters, the Building Service
Employees, and the A. F. of L., appeared, participated, and were
afforded full opportunity to be heard, to examine and cross- examine
witnesses, and to introduce evidence bearing on the issues. During
the course of the hearing, counsel for the Welders moved to amend
the Welders' petition. The Trial Examiner reserved his ruling.
The motion is hereby granted. The Trial Examiner's rulings made
at the hearing are free from prejudicial error and are hereby
:u ffirmed.
On November 24, 1942, the UERM filed a brief' which the Board
has considered.
Upoil the entire recotd' in the casei, the-Board- makes the following:
FINDINGS OF FACT
1. THE BUSINESS OF THE COMPANY
United States Cartridge Company is a Maryland corporation and
a subsidiary'of Western Cartridge Company. It is presently oper-
ating in St. Louis, Missouri, plants known as Plant No. 1 and Plant
I A prior hearing in Case No. R-4084 was held on July 27, 1942.
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No. 2 under a cost plus afixed fee operation contract in the produc-
tion of cartridges for the United States Government. Both plants,
the machinery and equipment therein, the raw materials used, and the
finished products are the property of the United States Government.
The raw materials annually employed, consisting of copper, brass,
manufactured powder, and lead, amount to several million dollars in
value. The finished products likewise amount to several million
dollars annually. The Company concedes that the greater part of
these materials and products are shipped to and from the State of
Missouri.
H. TILE ORGANIZATIONS INVOLVED
Local 825, United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of
America, is a labor organization affiliated with the Congress of In-
dustrial Organizations, admitting to membership employees of the
Company. -
United Brotherhood of Welders, Cutters and Helpers of America.
is a'labor organiiation,-admitting to membergliip`'ath il'oyees of the
Company.
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen is an unaffiliated labor organ-
ization, admitting to membership employees of the Company.
Local No. 36, Sheet Metal Workers International Association;
Painters District Council No. 2, Brotherhood of Painters, Decorators
& Paperhangers of America; United Brotherhood of Carpenters &
Joiners of America, District Council of St. Louis; Local No. 604,
International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehouse-
men and Helpers of America; International Association of Machin-
ists, District No. 9; Building Service Employees Maintenance and
Upkeep of'Grounds and Buildings Union; and Steam and Gas Fit-
ters, Local No. 562, are labor organizations affiliated with the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor, admitting to membership employees of the
Company.
III. THE QUESTIONS CONCERNING REPRESENTATION
Each of the labor organizations involved herein has requested the
Company for recognition as the exclusive bargaining representative
of certain of the Company's employees. The Company refused all
these requests until such time as the Board determines the appro-
priate bargaining agent or agents of the Company's employees.
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A compilation 2 prepared by agents of the Board; introduced into
evidence at the hearing, indicates that the Sheet Metal Workers,
Painters, Carpenters,. Welders, Teamsters, Trainmen, the I. A. M.,
and the Steam Fitters each represents a substantial number of
the employees in the unit alleged by each to be appropriate. The
compilation also points out the showing of the other labor organiza-
tions involved with respect to the units claimed by them.
We find,that questions affecting commerce have arisen concerning
the representation of employees of the Company, within the mean-
ing of Section 9 (c) and Section 2 (6) and (7) of the National
Labor Relations Act.
IV. THE APPROPRIATE UNITS
Each of the A. F. L. Unions and the Trainmen seek a bargaining
unit composed of employees of the Company engaged in occupations
,bringing them within the jurisdiction of such unions. The UERM
seeks to establish three separate bargaining units: (1) all building
and grounds maintenance employees; (2) all employees in the ballis-
tics department; and (3) all machine adjusters. The Company takes
no position, with respect to the appropriate unit or units.
The Company operates two plants, known as Plant No. 1 and
Plant No. 2, at St. Louis, Missouri, where it is engaged in the manu-
facture and loading of cartridges. The Company operates distinct
production units, each consisting of a building for loading powder,
a building for'primer loading, and an area for the assembling of the
primer and its compound.
See the following table
ame of union
Number
in unit
claimed
Con-
tending
unions
repre-
septa-
tion in
unit
ERM AM Weld-ers
Car-
penters
Sheet
metal
work-
ers
Paint-
ers
Sheet Metal Workers-------- 42 34 0 •X X X X
UERM (Machine Adlust-
ers)-------------------- ____ 2272 330 _ X X X X
Painters--------------------- 41 22 0 X X X
Carpenters__________________ 71 48 0 X X X X
Welders--------------------- 54 41 3 5 _ 0 X
UERM (Bldg. Grounds
Maintenance ) 1679 173 _-_-__ 118 41 48 34 2i
Teamsters. ---______ 125 81 X X X X
Trainmen___________________ 8 7 X X X X X X
Machinists------------------ 3556 898 339 -------- 41 X X X
UERM ( Ballistics)--_-__---_ 164 53 -------- X X X X
Bldg Service Emps_-_-----_ 404 30 164 _____ ________ _____ ________ --------
Steam Fitters-----------.---- 213 07 -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- --------
'Indicates no conflict between the organizations.
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The, unit sought by the Trainmen includes all yard masters, assist-
ant yard masters, yard foremen, switchmen, and switch tenders em-
ployed in the Company's railroad system.
The Teamsters seeks to represent all truck drivers of the Company.
The unit proposed by the Welders embraces all welders, cutters,
and helpers, including leadmen and working foremen, but excluding
general foremen. These employees engage in various types of weld-
ing throughout the Company's operations.
The unit proposed by the Sheet Metal Workers embraces all em-
ployees engaged in performing sheet-metal work, including craft,
utility employees and sheet-metal welders.
The Painters desires to represent all employees engaged in paint-
ing, glazing, and sign painting, including supervisory employees
"who handle the tools of the trade." s
The Carpenters desires to represent all maintenance carpenters,
including foremen and helpers, but excluding millwrights. These
employees are engaged in the maintenance, repair, and construction
of company equipment.
The Steam Fitters contends, that all employees in the steamfitting
and plumbing department, including welders who work with such
employees, but excluding water-treatment department' employees,
constitute an appropriate unit.
The UERM contends that all employees in the ballistics depart-
ment, excluding supervisory employees, electricians, machinists, jani-
tors, clerical employees, and chronograph operators; constitute an
appropriate unit.
The TAM urges a unit of all toolroom employees, employees in the
tool and gauge department, machine repairmen, maintenance machin-
ists, machine adjusters, set-up men, fool inspectors, millwrights, tool
checkers, crib tenders, craft utility employees, locomotive repairmen,
machinists in the grounds department, trainees, and machinists in
the ballistics department, including chief machine' adjusters and
welders, but excluding riggers, oilers, blacksmiths, and full-time
supervisory employees.
The UERM also contends for a unit of all machine adjusters,
including chief adjusters. Such employees work throughout the
Company's production units and are engaged solely in the adjustment
of- production machines.
The UERM would also set up all maintenance employees and
building and grounds employees as a separate unit. This unit would
embrace the employees claimed by the Welders, the Sheet Metal
Workers, the Painters, the Carpenters, the Steam Fitters, and the
IAM.
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The Building Service Employees seeks to represent all building
and grounds maintenance employees. As stated above, such em-
ployees are claimed by the UERM as part of a larger unit.
. All the proposed units discussed above are on a craft or depart-
mental basis. The Company employed approximately 26,000 persons
at the time of the hearing, about 5,000 of whom are covered by the
above claims. It should be noted that none of the organizations is
claiming an industrial unit.
As indicated above, in Section III, the Trainmen, the Teamsters,
the Welders, the Sheet Metal Workers, the Painters, the Carpenters,
the Steam Fitters, and the IAM have organized substantial numbers
of employees in the craft or semi-craft groups heretofore described,
while the UERM has enlisted the membership of a considerable
number of employees in the building and grounds maintenance
group. The UERM produced evidence, though by no means con-
sequential, that some employees in the ballistics department and some
machine adjusters have indicated °a desire to bargain in separate
units.
The unit requested by the Welders conflicts with the claims of the
Sheet Metal Workers, the IAM, the Steam Fitters, and the UERM.
The Company employs approximately 54 welders, 29 of whom work
in the tool and gauge department, 21 throughout the Company's unit
machine repair shops, and 1 in the steam-fitting department. The
UERM seeks to include all welders in a larger maintenance employees
unit, the Sheet Metal Workers desires to represent the welders in the
sheet-metal department, the Steam Fitters desires to represent the
welder in the steam-fitting department, and the TAM seeks to repre-
sent the remainder of the welders. Although the welders work under
the foremen in the various departments, they are usually segregated
from the rest of the employees, and the Company maintains a separate
wage scale for all welders. None of the other employees of the Com-
pany is allowed to touch any welding equipment, with a penalty of
discharge for doing so. Thus, it appears that the welders constitute
a homogeneous group and are so recognized by the Company. We
shall find a separate unit of all welders. However, inasmuch as the
UERM, the Sheet Metal Workers, the IAM, and the Steam Fitters
claim employees in this unit and show some representation among the
welders, we shall accord them places on the ballot in the election we
shall direct for the welders. Inasmuch as the Sheet Metal Workers,
the Steam Fitters, and the IAM are all affiliated with the A. F. of L.,
we shall jointly designate them on the ballot as "American Federation
of Labor and its affiliated Unions."
As stated above, the UERM urges a' unit of all employees in- the
ballistics department. The A. F. of L., although. not claiming, to,
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represent any of such employees , contends that such unit is inappro-
priate and requests that the petition with respect to the ballistics de-
partment be dismissed . The ballistics department is composed of
employees classified by the Company as gun washroom employees,
gunsmiths , belt-loading employees, gunners, targetmen , chronograph
operators , electricians , machinists , and janitors. The UERM would
exclude machinists and janitors from this unit , because it contends
that such employees should fall within the machinists unit requested
by it. The electricians are presently covered by a contract between
a labor organization not involved herein and the Company. The
employees in the ballistics department are not a homogeneous group,
nor do they constitute a craft . The record indicates that the
UERM 's organization among the Company's employees has extended
beyond the ballistics department . Under all the circumstances, we
find that the ballistics department does not constitute an appropriate
bargaining unit, and we shall dismiss the UERM's petition with
respect thereto.- °
As previously stated, the UERM contends that all machine adjusters
employed by the Company constitute an appropriate bargaining unit.
The TAM contends that such employees should be included in the
unit of maintenance machinists and machinists claimed by it. The
Company employs approximately 2,272 machine adjusters, all of whom
are engaged solely in the adjustment of production machines. The
work of the machine adjusters is similar to that of the employees in
the unit urged by the TAM, and we find that such employees should be
included in the machinists unit . We shall therefore dismiss the
UERM's petition with respect to the machine adjusters.
We have heretofore set out the unit urged by the TAM . The TAM
has an exclusive contract with the Company at the present time, cover-
ing only employees in the tool and gauge department . However, this
contract specifically provides that it shall remain in effect only until
such time as the Board certifies another .bargaining agent or; finds an i
other unit to be appropriate . The IAM's proposed unit in the instant
proceeding seeks to enlarge the unit covered in this contract. All
employees sought by the TAM occupy similar positions throughout
the Company 's operations , inasmuch as they are all engaged in
machinist or maintenance machine work . As stated above, we believe
that machine adjusters properly belong , in the unit requested by the
TAM which we find in general 'to be appropriate . However, the TAM
would exclude oilers, blacksmiths , and riggers from its unit . Although
such employees were excluded in the contract between the Company
and the TAM, the record indicates that they work in the tool and gauge
department and perform work closely allied to that of the other em-
ployees sought by the SIAM. We shall include oilers, blacksmiths,
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and riggers in the IAM unit. However, we shall exclude welders from
this unit; for the reasons set out above.
,As indicated previously, the UERM contends that all maintenance
employees and building and grounds employees constitute an appro-
priate unit. We have already decided that the maintenance employees
belong in the various units sought by the craft unions. However; this
leaves a residual group of building and grounds maintenance em-
ployees. The record indicates that a considerable number of such
employees have designated the UERM. The claims of the Building
Service Employees also embrace all such building and grounds main-
tenance employees. Under the circumstances, we find that all grounds
and building maintenance employees constitute an appropriate unit.
From the foregoing it appears that employees in the units proposed
by the Trainmen, the Teamsters, the Welders, the Sheet Metal Work-
ers, the Painters, the Carpenters, the Steam Fitters, the Building
Service Employees, and the IAM properly constitute separate bar-
gaining units.
There remains for consideration the.specific composition of the units.
The Trainmen would include the yardmaster in its unit. The record
indicates that the yardmaster is in charge of all employees in the rail
*road department and has working foremen under his supervision. We
shall exclude the yardmaster from the unit.
The units requested by the various labor organizations involved
include, in many instances, working foremen. The Company contends
that all working foremen should be excluded from the units. The
record does not disclose in most instances the extent of supervision
exercised by such employees. We shall, accordingly, exclude all work-
ing foremen who spend a majority of their time performing super-
visory functions and include the remainder in the units.
The IAM and the UERM urge that chief adjusters be included in
the machinists unit. The chief adjusters do not perform any manual
work and have the-authority •to recommend the.,adyancement.of ma-
chine adjusters. We shall exclude the chief adjusters from the IAM
unit.
The building and grounds maintenance department includes matron
supervisors, janitor foremen, and porter foremen. They Company
would exclude such employees from the unit and the UERM and
Building Service Employees take no position. We shall exclude the
matron supervisors, janitor foremen, and porter foremen from the
building and grounds maintenance department unit.
Upon the basis of the entire record, and in accordance with the fore-
going findings of fact, we find that the following groups of employees
of the Company constitute separate units appropriate for the purposes
of collective bargaining, within the meaning of Section 9 (b) of
the Act:
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1. All switchmen, switch tenders, and yard foremen spending less
than 50 percent of their time performing supervisory duties, exclud-
ing the yardmaster' and supervisory employees spending a majority
of their time performing supervisory duties.
2. All truck drivers, excluding supervisory employees.
3. All welders, cutters, and helpers, including leadmen and working
foremen spending less than 50 percent of their time performing super-
visory functions, but excluding general foremen and working fore-
men who spend a majority of their time performing supervisory
functions.
• 4. All employees engaged in performing sheet metal work, includ-
ing craft utility employees, but excluding sheet metal welders and
supervisory employees.
5. All employees' engaged in painting, glazing, and sign-painting,
including working foremen who spend less than 50 percent of their'
time performing supervisory functions, but excluding supervisory
employees who spend a majority of their time performing supervisory
functions.
6. All maintenance carpenters, including helpers, • craft utility
employees, and working foremen who spend less than 50 percent of
their time performing supervisory functions, but excluding supervisory
employees who spend a majority of their time performing super-
visory duties.
7. All employees in the steamfitting and plumbing department, ex-
cluding welders in such department, water-treatment department
employees, and supervisory, employees.
8. All toolroom employees, employees in the tool and gauge depart-
ment, machine repairmen, maintenance machinists, machine adjusters,
set-up men , tool inspectors, millwrights, tool checkers, tool-crib at-
tendants, craft utility employees, locomotive repairmen, machinists
in grounds department, trainees, and machinists in ballistics depart-'
ment, including riggers, oilers, blacksmiths, and supervisory employees
who spend less than 50 percent of their time performing supervisory
functions, but excluding chief machine adjusters, welders, and super-
visory employees who spend a majority of their time performing
supervisory functions.
9. All employees in building and'grounds maintenance department,
excluding matron supervisors, janitor foremen, and porter. foremen.
V. THE DETERMINATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
We shall direct that the questions concerning representation which
have arisen be resolved by elections by secret ballot among the em-
ployees in the appropriate units who were employed during the pay-
roll period immediately preceding the date of the Direction of Elec-
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tions herein, subject to the limitations and additions set forth in the
Direction.
We shall not accord a place on the ballots to the UERM in the
elections among the sheet metal workers, painters, carpenters, and
steam fitters inasmuch as it has not shown that it represents any such
employees.
ORDER
Upon the basis of the above findings of fact and the entire record
in the case, the Board hereby orders that the petitions filed by Local
825, United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America, in
Cases Nos. R-4465 and R-4469 with respect to the employees in the
ballistics'department and machine adjusters, be, and they hereby are;
dismissed.
DIRECTION OF ELECTIONS
By virtue of and pursda'nt t6 the dower vested in the National Labor
Relations Board by Section 9 (c) of the National Labor Relations
Act, and pursuant to Article III, Section 9, of National Labor Rela-
tions Board Rules and Regulations-Series 2, as amended, it is hereby
DIRECn n that, as part of the investigation to ascertain representa-
tives for the purposes of collective bargaining with United States
Cartridge Company, St. Louis, Missouri, elections by secret ballot shall
be conducted as early as possible, but not later than thirty ('30) days
from the date of this Direction of Elections, under the direction and
supervision of the Regional Director for the Fourteenth,Region, act-
ing in this matter as agent for the National Labor Relations Board,
and subject to Article III, Section 10, of said Rules and Regulations,
among all employees of the Company in each of the groups described
below who were employed during the pay-roll period immediately pre-
ceding the date of, this` Direction, including any such employees who
did not work during said pay-roll period because they were ill or on
vacation or in the active military service or training of the United
States, or temporarily laid off, but excluding any-who have since quit
or been discharged for cause :
1. All switchmen, switch tenders, and yard foremen' spending less
than 50 percent of their time performing supervisory duties, exclud-
ing the yardmaster and supervisory employees spending a majority of
their time performing supervisory duties, to determine whether or
not they -desire to be represented by Brotherhood of Railroad Train-
men for the purposes of collective bargaining.
2. All truck drivers, excluding supervisory employees, to determine
whether or not they desire to be represented by Local No. 2604, Inter -
national Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen and
Helpers of America, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor.
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3. All welders, cutters, and helpers, including leadmen and working
foremen spending less than 50 percent of their time performing super-
visory functions, but excluding general foremen and working fore-
men who spend a majority of their time performing supervisory
functions, to determine whether they desire to be represented by
United Brotherhood of Welders, Cutters, and Helpers of America, or
by Local 825, United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of
America, affiliated with the Congress of Industrial Organizations,
or by American Federation of Labor and its Affiliated Unions, for
the purposes of collective bargaining, or by none of said or-
ganizations.
4. All employees engaged in performing sheet metal work, including
craft utility employees, but excluding sheet metal welders and super-
visory employees, to determine whether or not they desire to be repre-
sented by Local Union No. 36, Sheet Metal Workers International
Association, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, for the
purposes of collective bargaining.
5. All employees engaged in painting, glazing, and sign-painting,
including working foremen who spend less than 50 percent of their
time performing supervisory functions, but excluding supervisory
employees who spend a majority of their time performing super-
visory functions, to determine whether or not they desire to be repre-
sented by Painters District Council No. 2, Brotherhood of Painters,
Decorators, and -Paperhangers of America, affiliated with the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor, for the purposes of collective bargaining.
6. All maintenance carpenters, including helpers, craft utility enm-
ployees, and working foremen who spend less than 50 percent of their
time performing supervisory functions, but excluding supervisory
employees who spend a majority of their time performing supervisory
duties, to determine whether or not they desire to be represented by
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, District
Council of St-Loiuis, affiliated with the American Federation -of Labor,
for the- purposes of collective bargaining.
7. All employees in the steamfitting and plumbing department,
excluding welders in such department, water-treatment department
employees, and supervisory employees, to determine whether or not
they desire to be represented by Steam & Gas Fitters Local No. 562,
affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, for the purposes
of collective bargaining.
.8. All toolroom employees, employees in the tool and gauge depart-
ment, machine repairmen, maintenance machinists, machine adjusters,
set-up men, tool inspectors, millwrights, tool checkers, tool-crib
attendants, craft utility employees, locomotive repairmen, machinists
in grounds department,-trainees, and machinists in ballistics depart-
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ment, including riggers, oilers , blacksmiths , and supervisory em-
ployees who spend less than 50 percent of their time performing
supervisory functions , but excluding chief machine adjusters , welders.
and supervisory employees who spend a majority of their time per-
forming supervisory functions, to determine whether they, desire to
be represented by International Association of Machinists , District
No. 9, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, or by Local
825, United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America,
affiliated with the Congress of Industrial Organizations , for the pur-
poses of collective bargaining , or by neither.
9. All employees in building and grounds maintenance department,
excluding matron supervisors , janitor foremen , and porter foremen,
to determine whether they desire to be represented by Local E25,
United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America, affiliated
with the Congress of Industrial Organizations , or by Building Service
Employees Maintenance and Upkeep of Grounds and Buildings
Union, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor ,' for the pur-
poses of collective bargaining, or by neither.
MR. GERARD D. REILLY took no part in the consideration of the above
Decision , Order and Direction of Elections.