Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Feb 27, 1940

20 N.L.R.B. 873 (N.L.R.B. 1940)

In the Matter of WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC & MANUFACTURING COM-
PANY, SHARON PLANT and SHARON WESTINGHOUSE ' EMPLOYEES
ASSOCIATION
Cases Nos. R-1645 and R-1646
CERTIFICATIONS OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 27, 1940
On January 11, 1940, the National Labor Relations Board, herein
called the Board, issued its Decision and Direction of Elections in
the above entitled proceedings.' On January 27, 1940, the Board
issued an Amendment to Direction of Elections.2 Pursuant to the
Direction of Elections as'alnended,. elections by secret ballot were
conducted on February` 6;1940, ' under the direction and supervision
of the Regional Director for the Sixth Region (Pittsburgh, Penn-
sylvania). On February 9, 1940, the Regional Director, acting pur-
suant to Article III, Section 9, of National Labor Relations Board
Rules and Regulations-Series 2, as amended, issued and duly served
upon the parties an Election Report. No objections to the conduct
of the ballot or the Election Report have been filed by any of the
parties.
As to the balloting and its results, the Regional Director reported
as,follows :
HOURLY PAID EMPLOYEES
Total number of eligible voters______________________________ 3,020
Total number of ballots counted___________________________ 2,631
Total number of votes for Sharon Westinghouse Employees
Association--------------------------------------------- 1,876
Total number of votes against Sharon Westinghouse Em-
ployees Association_____________________________________ 742
Total number of blank ballots_____________________________ 11
Total number of void ballots______________________________ 2
Total number of challefiged,evotes_m- ----------- 0
3 19 N. L. R. B. 344.
119 N. L. R: B. 349.
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SALARIED EMPLOYEES
Total number of eligible voters---------------------------- 467
Total number of ballots counte& ---------------------------- 436
Total number of votes for Sharon Westinghouse Employees
Association--------------------------------------------- 422,
Total number of votes against Sharon Westinghouse Em-
ployees Association ------------------------------------- 12
Total number of blank ballots----------------------------- 2
Total number of void ballots------------------------------ 0
Total number of challenged votes-------------------------- 0
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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 and 9, of
National Labor Relations Board Rules'' and Regulations-Series 2,
as amended,
IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that Sharon Westinghouse Employees Asso-
ciation has been selected by a majority of all hourly paid employees
of Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company at its Sharon,
Pennsylvania, plant, with the addition of Otto J. Manse, Albert
Molnar, Alice P. Joyce, salaried inspectors, employees in the Pro-
duction Department, and employees in, the Stores and Shipping De-
partment. except those-'in the Purchasing Department, but exclusive
of supervisory employees, as their representative for the purposes of
collective bargaining and that pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the Na-
tional Labor Relations Act, Sharon Westinghouse Employees Asso-
ciation is the exclusive representative of all such employees for the
purposes of collective bargaining in respect to rates of pay, wages,
hours of employment, and other conditions of employment; and
IT Is HEREBY FURTHER CERTIFIED that Sharon Westinghouse Em-
ployees Association has been selected by a majority of all salaried
employees of Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company at its
Sharon, Pennsylvania, plant, exclusive of supervisory employees,
Otto J. Manse, Albert Molnar, Alice P. Joyce, inspectors, employees
in the Production Department, and employees in the Stores and Ship-
ping Department except those in .the Purchasing Department, as their
representative. for the purposes of collective bargaining and that pur-
suant to. Section 9 (a) of the National Labor Relations Act, Sharon
Westinghouse Employees Association is the'exclusive representative
of all such employees for the purposes of collective bargaining in
respect to rates of pay, wages, hours of employment, and other condi-
tions of employment.