Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Jul 31, 1942

42 N.L.R.B. 1204 (N.L.R.B. 1942)

In the Matter Of WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC & MANUFACTURING COM-
PANY and UNITED ELECTRICAL, RADIO & MACHINE WORKERS, LOCAL
1421, CIO
Case No. R-3924
SUPPLEMENTAL DECISION
AND
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
July 91, 1942
On June 25, 1942, the National Labor Relations Board issued a
Decision and Direction of Elections in the above-entitled proceedings I
Pursuant to`the Direction of Elections, elections by secret ballot were
conducted on July 14; 1942, under the direction and supervision of
the Regional Director for the Twenty-first Region (Los Angeles, Cali-
fornia). On July 15, 1942, the Regional Director, acting pursuant
to-Article III, Section 9, of National Labor Relations Board Rules
and Regulations-Series 2, as amended, issued and duly served upon
the parties Election Reports on the ballot.
As to the balloting and its results, the Regional Director reported
as follows :
SWITCHBOARD AND PANErBOARD ASSEMBLY DEPARTMP,NT EMPLOYEES
Total on eligibility list-------------------------------------- 43
Total ballots cast------------------------------------------ 37
Total ballots challenged------------------------------------- 0
Total blank ballots------------------------------------------ 0
Total void ballots------------------------------------------ 0
Total valid votes counted ------------------------------------ 37
-Votes cast foi International, Brotherhood-of Electrical Workers,
Local B-11, A F L -------------------------------------- 16
Votes cast for United Electi ical, Radio & Machine Workers,
Local 1421, CIO------------------------------------------- 20
Votes cast for neither--------------------------------------- 1
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42 N L R B, No 220
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WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC & MANUFACTURING COMPANY 1205
MOTOR DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES
Total on eligibility list-------------------------------------- 33
Total ballots cast------------------------------------------- 31
Total ballot ----------------------- - I _____________ 0
Total blank ballots------------------------------------------ 0
Total void ballots------------------------------------------ 0
Total valid votes counted------------------------------------ 31
Votes cast for United Electrical, Radio & Machine Workers,
Local 1421, CIO------------------------------------------- 26
Votes cast against United Electrical, Radio & Machine Workers,
Local 1421, CIO-------------------------------------------
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On July 21, 1942, the Company filed objections to the Election
Report with respect to the balloting among the switchboard and
panelboard assembly department employees On July 24, 1942, the
Regional Director issued a Report on Objections in which he recom-
mended that the objections be overruled.
The Board has considered the objections filed by the Company
and the Regional Director's repoit theieon«and finds that the'ob-
jections raise no substantial„ or mateiial issues with respect to the
conduct of the ballot and the Election Report. They are therefore
overruled.
In the Decision and Direction of Elections previously referred
to, the Board made no final determination as to the appropriate unit,
stating that if a majority of the employees in the switchboard and
panelboard assembly department, and a majority of the employees
in the motor department selected the same bargaining representa-
tive the employees of the two departments would constitute a single
appropriate unit.
Upon the entree record in the case, the Board makes the following:
SUPPLEMENTAL FINDINGS OF FACT
We find. that all employees of, the , switchboard and panelboard
partment of Wes$inghouseassembly department and- of the motor-de
Electric & Manufacturing Company, Los Angeles, California, ex-
cluding salesmen, draftsmen, office workers, janitors, night watch-
men, and supervisory and clerical employees, constitute a unit ap-
propriate for the purposes, of collective bargaining within the
meaning of Section 9 (b) of the National Labor Relations Act.
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
By virtue of and pursuant to the power vested in the National
Labor Relations Board by Section 9 (c) of the National Labor
Relations Act, 49 Stat 449, and pursuant to Article III, Sections 8
1206 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL -LABOR RELATIONS BOARD
and 9, of National Laboi Relations Boaid Rules and Regulations-
Series 2, as amended,
IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that United Electrlcal, Radio & Machine
Workers of America, Local 1421, affiliated with the Congress of In-
dustrial Organizations, has been designated-and selected by a ma-
jority of the employees in the switchboard and panelboard assembly
department and the motor 'department of Westinghouse Electric &
Manufactuiing Company,_ Los Angeles, California, excluding sales-
men, draftsmen, office workers, janitors, night watchmen, and super-
visory and clerical employees, as-their representative for the pur-
poses of collective bargaining, and that, pursuant to Section 9 (a)'
of the Act, United Electrical, Radio & Machine Workers of Amer-
ica, Local 1421, affiliated with the Congress of Industiial Oi ganlza-
tlons, is the exclusive representative of -all such employees for the
purposes of collective bargaining with respect to I ates of pay, wages,
hours of employment, and other conditions of employment
MR GERARD D REILLY took no phi t in the consideration of the
above Supplemental Decision and Certification of Repiesentatives.
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