Wasden Motor Sales

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Mar 29, 1949

82 N.L.R.B. 455 (N.L.R.B. 1949)

In the Matter Of WASDEN MOTOR SALES, A CORPORATION and INTERNA-
TIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS, LOCAL LODGE NO. 1066, DISTRICT
LODGE No. 114
Case No. 20-CA-165.-Decided March 29,1949
DECISION
AND
ORDER
STATEMENT OF THE CASE
On March 2, 1949, Wasden Motor Sales, a Corporation, Interna-
tional Association of Machinists, Local Lodge No. 1066, District Lodge
No. 114, and Eugene K. Kennedy, Attorney for the General Counsel
on behalf of the National Labor Relations Board, herein called the
Respondent, the Union, and the Board respectively, entered into
Stipulations in settlement of the case, subject to approval of the Board,
providing for the entry of a consent order by the Board, and a
consent decree by the appropriate United States Court of Appeals.
The parties waived all further and other procedure before the Board
to which they may be entitled under the National Labor Relations Act,
as amended, and the Rules and Regulations of the Board, and waived
any right to contest the entry of a consent decree, or to receive further
notice of the application therefor.
The aforesaid Stipulations are hereby approved and made a part of
the record herein, and in accordance with Section 203.51 of the Na-
tional Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series 5, as
amended, the proceeding is hereby transferred to and continued before
the Board for the entry of a Decision and Order pursuant to the
provisions of the aforesaid Stipulations.
Upon the basis of the aforesaid Stipulations, and the entire record
in the case, the Board makes the following :
FINDINGS OF FACT
I. TIIE BUSINESS OF THE RESPONDENT
Respondent, a Utah corporation, having its principal office and
plant at Provo, Utah, is engaged in the sales and service of Cadillacs
and Oldsmobiles . The Respondent's annual purchases of automobile
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products at Provo is in excess of $500,000 of which approximately 75
percent was received from points outside the State of Utah. The
annual sales of the Respondent exceed $500,000, all of which are made
to points within the State. The Respondent admits, and we find that
it is engaged in commerce within the meaning of the Act, as amended.
ORDER
Upon the basis of the above findings of fact, the Stipulations, and
the entire record in the case, and pursuant to Section 10 (c) of the
National Labor Relations Act, as amended, the National Labor Rela-
tions Board hereby orders that the Respondent, Wasden Motor Sales,
a Corporation, Provo, Utah, its officers, agents, successors and assigns,
shall :
1. Cease and desist from :
(a) Refusing to bargain collectively with the Union or its represent-
atives as the exclusive representative of its employees as set forth
in paragraph VI of the Stipulations;
(b) Discouraging membership in the Union or in any other labor
organization of its employees, or in any other manner discriminating
in regard to hire or tenure of employment, or any other term or con-
dition of employment, because of membership or activity in any such
labor organization;
(c) In any other manner interfering with, restraining or coercing
its employees in the exercise of their right to self-organization, to form,
join or assist labor organizations, to bargain collectively through rep-
resentatives of their own choosing, and to engage in concerted activity
for the purpose of collective bargaining or other mutual aid or pro-
tection as guaranteed in Section 7 of the National Labor Relations
Act.
2. Take the following affirmative action to effectuate the policies of
the Act :
(a) Upon request, bargain collectively with the Union as the ex-
clusive representative of all its employees as set forth in paragraph VI
of the Stipulations with respect to rates of pay, hours of employment,
and other conditions of employment;
(b) Post immediately in conspicuous places throughout its Provo
plant, and maintain for a period of at least sixty (60) consecutive days
from the date of posting, notices to its employees stating : (1) that Re-
spondent will not engage in the conduct from which it is ordered to
cease and desist in paragraph 1, (a), (b), and (c) ; (2) that the Re-
spondent will take the affirmative action set forth in paragraph 2, (a)
and (b) of this Order; and (3) that the Respondent's employees are
free to become or remain members of the Union, and that the Re-
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spondent will not discriminate against any employee because of mem-
bership in , or activity on behalf of that organization;
(c) Notify the Regional Director for the Twentieth Region in writ-
ing, within ten (10) days of the date of this Order, the steps taken by
Respondent to comply herewith.
CHAIRMAN HERZOG and MEMBER HOUSTON took 110 part in the con-
sideration of the above Decision and Order.