E.C. Atkins & Co.

In the Matter of E. C. ATKINS & COMPANY and UNITED STEELWORKERS of AMERICA, LOCAL 1543, AFFILIATED WITH THE C. I. O. Case No. B-4820.-Decided March 26, 19413 AMENDMENT TO DECISION AND DIRECTION OF ELECTION' On. March 10, 1943, the National Labor Relations Board, herein called the Board; issued a Decision and Direction of Election in the above-entitled proceeding.' Thereafter, on March 20, 1943, United Steelworkers of America,'Local 1543, affiliated with the C. I. 0., filed a motion for amendment of said Decision and Direction of Election and for postponement of the election. Having considered the said motion, the Board hereby denies the request for postponement of the election. However, that section of the Decision and Direction of Election entitled "IV the appropriate unit; the determination of representatives"' is amended by striking therefrom the sixth paragraph of said section and substituting therefor the following: Under the circumstances of this case we are of the opinion that only those employees who are classified as break press- operators and who were employed by the Company at Indianapolis during its last pay- roll period in- January 1943, shall be eligible to vote. There shall be excluded from the classification of break press operators, as used herein and in the Direction of Election, all employees who for the purpose of wage rates or otherwise were classified by the Company during said pay-roll period as sawsmitlis even though such employees may have been actually engaged in the operation of break press ma- chines, as well as employes classified by the Company' as break press helpers. Employees classified as break press operators who during said pay-roll period were employed by the Company at ' any of its Indianapolis plants, including its Fall Creek plant, shall be eligible to vote. MR. JOHN M. HovsTON took no part in the consideration of the above, Amendment to Decision and Direction of Election. 147 N. L. R. B. 1479. 48 N. L. R. B., No. 80. e 647