Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Feb 19, 1942

39 N.L.R.B. 29 (N.L.R.B. 1942)

In the Matter of WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC & MANUFACTURING COM-
PANY, LOUISVILLE ORDNANCE DIVISION and INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIA-
TION OF MACHINISTS, LOCAL LODGE 681 . I , -
Case No. R394
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 19, 191,°3
On January 17, 1942, the National Labor Relations Board issued
a Decision - and Direction of Election in the above -entitled proceed-
ing.' On January 30 , 1942, the Board issued an Amendment 'to
Direction of Election , wherein the name of the petitioning union's
new lodge , Local Lodge 830, was substituted , in the Direction of
Election , in place of Local Lodge 681, the Local in whose name the
petition herein was filed 2 Pursuant to the Direction of Election, as
amended, an election by secret ballot was conducted on February 3,
1942, under the direction and supervision of the Regional Director
for the Ninth Region ( Cincinnati , Ohio). On February 4, 1942,
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 objections 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 :
Total on eligibility list------------------------------------- 641
Total ballots case------------------------------------------ 554
Total 'ballots challenged ------------------------------------ 0
Total blank ballots -------- -------------------------------- 0
Total void ballots------------------------------------------- 0
Total valid votes counted ----------------------------------- 554
Votes cast for International Association of Machinists, Local
Lodge 830 , A. F of L------------------------------------- 496 -
Votes cast against International Association of Machinists,
Local Lodge 830, A. F. of L-------------------------------- 58
1 38 N. L. R. B. 412.
2 38 N. L . R. B. 418.
39 N. L R. B., No. 7.
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30 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD
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 International Association of Machin-
ists, Local Lodge 830, affiliated with the A. F. of L., has been desig-
nated and selected by a majority of all production and maintenance
employees, including group leaders; employed by Westinghouse
Electric & Manufacturing Company, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, at
the Louisville Ordnance Division operated by it, but excluding execu-
tive, supervisory, and clerical employees, and watchmen, as their
representative for the purposes of collective bargaining, and that,
pursuant to the provisions of Section 9 (a) of the National Labor
Relations Act, International Association of Machinists, Local Lodge
830, affiliated with the A. F. of L., is the exclusive representative of
all such employees for the purposes of collective bargaining with
respect to rates of pay, wages, hours of employment, and other
conditions of employment.
CHAIRMAN MILLIS took no part in the consideration of the above
Certification of Representatives.