Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Dec 11, 1941

37 N.L.R.B. 497 (N.L.R.B. 1941)

In the Matter of WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC MANUFACTURING COM-
PANY and ASSOCIATION OF WESTINGHOUSE SALARIED EMPLOYEES
Cases Nos. R-3038 and 8-309
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
December 11, 1941
On October 22, 1941, the National Labor Relations Board issued
its Decision and Direction of Elections,' and on November 14, 1941, its
Amendment to Direction of Elections,2 in the above-entitled proceed-
ing. Pursuant to the Direction of Elections, as amended, separate
elections by secret ballot were conducted on November 21 and 24,
1941, under the direction and supervision of the Regional Director
for the Sixth Region (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) among employees
of the Central District Sales Main Office of Westinghouse Electric
^C Manufacturing Company, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, herein called
the Company, and among employees of the Research Department' of
the Company. On November 25, 1941, the Regional Director acting
pursuant to Article III, Section 9,'of National Labor Relations Board
Rules and Regulations-Series 2, as amended, issued an Election
Report, copies of which were duly served upon the parties. No ob-
jections to the conduct of the ballot or to the Election Report have
been filed by any of the parties.
As to the balloting and the results thereof, the Regional Director
reported as follows :
Central Dist,,ct Sales Main Of ee
Total on eligibility list ---------------------------- 125
Total ballots cast----------------------------- --- 84
Total ballots challenged___________________________________ 0
Total blank ballots- ------------------------ --------------- 0
Total void ballots----------------------------------------- 0
Total valid votes cast------------------------------------- 84
Votes cast for Association of Westinghouse Salaried
Employees---------------------------------------------- , 80
Votes cast against Association of Westinghouse Salaried
Employees---------- --------------------------- 4
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Research Department
Total on eligibility list------------------------------------ 73
Total ballots cast ----------------------------------------- 63
Total ballots challenged----------------------------------- 0
Total blank ballots- --------------------------------------- 0
Total void ballots----------------------------------------- 0
Total valid votes cast ------------------------------------- 63
Votes cast for Association of Westinghouse Salaried
Employees---------------------------------------------- 56
Votes cast against Association of Westinghouse Salaried
Employees------------------------------ ------ 7
By virtue of and pursuant to the power vested in the National
Labor Relations Board by Section 9 (c) of the National Labor Rela-
tions Act, 49 Stat. 449, and pursuant to Article III, Sections 8 and
9, of National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series
2, as amended,
IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that Association of Westinghouse Salaried
Employees has been designated and selected by a majority of each
of the following groups of employees of Westinghouse Electric &
Manufacturing Company, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, as their repre-
sentative for the purposes of collective bargaining, and that, pur-
suant to Section 9 (a) of the National Labor Relations Act, the
Association of Westinghouse Salaried Employees is the exclusive rep-
resentative of all such employees for the purposes of collective bar-
gaining with respect to rates of pay, wages, hours of employment,
and other conditions of employment :
1. All employees of the Central District Sales Main Office of the
Company in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, including the sales depart-
ment, engineering and service department, all treasury and accounting
employees, and general employees employed in connection with the
Central District Sales Main Office, but excluding general headquar-
ters employees, any employees of the above-mentioned departments
who are employed at the Homewood Works, supervisory employees,
and confidential secretaries to the principal managers;
2. All employees in the Research Department of the Company in
East Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, including production and mainte-
nance department, draftsmen, clerical employees, and laboratory
assistants, but excluding engineers, scientific research men, super-
visors, and the confidential secretary to the director of research.