Willys Overland Motors, Inc.

In the Matter of WILLYs OVERLAND MOTORS, INC., (TOLEDO, OHIO and INTERNATIONAL DIE SINKERS CONFERENCE ' Case No. R-5581.-Decided August L3, 19.11.3 Mr. John A. Hull, for the Board. Mr. James F. Holden, of Toledo, Ohio, for the Company. Messrs. J. G. Meiner and Walter T. Lynch, of Cleveland, Ohio, for the Die Sinkers. Mr. Richard R. Lyman, of Toledo, Ohio, Mr. John J. Murphy, of Cleveland, Ohio; and Mr. Carl Huhndorf, of Washington, D. C., for the I. A. M. Mr. Lowell Goerlich, of Toledo, Ohio, for the C. 1. 0. Mr. Wallace E. Royster, of counsel to the Board. DECISION AND DIRECTION OF ELECTIONS STATEMENT OF THE CASE Upon a petition duly filed by International Die Sinkers Conference, herein called the Die Sinkers, alleging that a question affecting com- merce had arisen concerning the representation of employees of Willys Overland Motors, Inc., Toledo, Ohio, herein called the Company, the National Labor Relations Board provided for an appropriate hear- ing upon due notice before Samuel H. Jaffee, Trial Examiner. Said ^ hearing was held at Toledo, Ohio, on June 16, 17, and 18, 1943. The Board, the Company, the Die Sinkers, International Association of Machinists, herein called the I. A. M., and International Union, United Automobile, Aircraft & Agricultural Implement Workers of America, Local 12, C. I. 0., herein called the C. I. 0., appeared, par- ticipated, and were afforded full opportunity to be heard, to examine and cross-examine witnesses, and to introduce evidence bearing on the issues." The Trial Examiner's rulings made at the hearing are free from prejudicial error and are hereby affirmed. All parties were af- forded opportunity to file briefs with the Board. The Die Sinkers and the I. A. M. have requested a hearing before the Board for the 'Mechanics Educational Society of America (C. Ti. A.) and Pattern Makers League of North America (A. F. of L.) were served with Notice of Hearing but did not appear. 52 N. L. R. B., No. 20. 109 110 DE'ClI SIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR REILATIONS BOARD purpose of oral argument. Since all matters in issue are fully dis- cussed in the briefs, the requests are hereby denied. Upon the entire record in the case, the Board makes tho following : FINDINGS OF FACT 1. THE BUSINESS OF THE COMPANY Willys Overland Motors, Inc., is a Delaware corporation with plant and offices in Toledo, Ohio, where it is engaged in the manufacture of jeeps, shells, aircraft, and other war material. The principal raw materials used by the Company are steel, iron, rubber, and glass. During 1942, the Company received at its Toledo plant such raw ma- terials of a value in excess of $80,000,000, of which more than 75 percent was shipped to the plant from points outside Ohio. During the same period, the production of the plant exceeded $130,000,000 in value, of which more than 90 percent was shipped from the plant to points outside Ohio. The Company concedes that it is engaged in commerce within the meaning of the National Labor Relations Act. H. THE ORGANIZATIONS INVOLVED International Die Sinkers Conference is a labor organization, ad- mitting to membership employees of the Company. International Association of Machinists is a labor organization, admitting to membership employees of the Company. International Union, United Automobile, Aircraft & Agricultural Implement Workers of America, Local 12, C. I. 0., is a labor organi- zation affiliated with the Congress of Industrial Organizations, ad- mitting to membership employees of the Company. III. THE QUESTION CONCERNING REPRESENTATION It was stipulated at the hearing that, on May 24, 1943, the Die Sinkers requested recognition of the Company as exclusive bargaining representative of die sinkers and their allied craftsmen working in Department 109 in the Toledo plant. The Company refused the request and asserted that a contract with the I. A. M. constitutes a bar to the extension of recognition. On June 10, 1942, the Company and the I. A. M. entered into the latest of a series of collective bargaining contracts covering, among others, the employees in the unit sought by the Die Sinkers. The initial 1-year term of the contract expired June 9, 1943, and it now may be terminated by the 30-day notice of either party. Since the contract has been in effect for a period in excess of 1 year; since its term is now indefinite; and since it is now terminable by notice of WILLYS OVERLAND MOTORS, INC . 111 either party; we find it not to constitute a bar to a present investigation of "representatives. On December 2, 1942, the C. I. O. and the Company entered into a collective bargaining contract covering substantially all production and maintenance employees of the Company at Toledo. However, since the contract does not purport to cover the employees in the-unit claimed by the Die Sinkers, we find it not to constitute a bar to a present investigation of representatives. A statement of the Field Examiner, introduced into evidence at the hearing, indicates that the Die Sinkers represents a substantial number of employees in the unit it claims to be appropriate.2 We find that a question affecting commerce has arisen concerning the representation of employees of the Company within the meaning of Section 9 (c) and Section 2 (6) and (7) of the Act. IV. THE APPROPRIATE UNIT; THE DETERMINATION OF REPRESENTATIVES The Die Sinkers seeks to represent all employees in Department 109 who work on drop forge dies or_parts of dies used to complete forgings. The I. A. M. would represent all employees in the Department, in- cluding those claimed by the Die Sinkers, as well as certain employees whom the Die Sinkers would exclude : draftsmen, utility men, ma- chinists, and others. The C. I. O. contends that all employees in the Department should be included in its plant-wide industrial unit but, if the Die Sinkers craft unit is found to be appropriate, it seeks to represent the remaining employees in the Department as a part of the above industrial unit. Prior to 1938 the C. I. O. had entered into oral contracts with the Company covering most of the production and maintenance employees and the I. A. M. was party to a contract with the Company covering the employees in Department 109. During this period, die sinkers were members of the I. A. M. but formed within that organization an autonomous unit and were also members of the then National Die Sinkers Conference. In May 1938, the C. I. O. filed a petition with the Board by which it sought an investigation of representatives of the Company's em- ployees. The I. A. M. intervened at the hearing in that proceeding , The Field Examiner stated that the Die Sinkers submitted an undated letter addressed to the Board certifying the desire of the signatories to be represented for the purposes of collective bargaining by the Die Sinkers The letter bore the apparently genuine original signatures of 12 persons whose names appear on the Company's pay-roll of June 2, 1943. The pay roll lists the names of 107 persons in the unit for which the Die Sinkers contends The Die Sinkers submitted a further letter in similar form, dated May 24, 1943, to which were appended the apparently genuine original signatures of 37 persons within the claimed unit whose names appear on the Company's pay roll of June 2, 1943. The Die Sinkers submitted, finally, 8 application-for-membership cards, all bearing apparently genuine original signatures and dates in May 1943 The signatures thereon appearing were the names of persons, within the claimed unit, listed on the Company's pay roll of June 2, 1943. Both the I. A. M. and the C. I. 0. rely upon their contracts to establish their interest. 112 DEUSIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD and urged that die sinkers be excluded from the industrial unit re- quested by the C. 1. 0. The Board found, inter alia, that, "all employ- ees in Department 109 are die sinkers . . . die sinkers are highly skilled craftsmen who serve a 9-year apprenticeship before they be- come journeymen die sinkers . . . . We are of the opinion that the die sinkers might properly constitute a separate bargaining unit or they might be merged in the industrial unit claimed by the [C. I. 0.]. The determining factor is the desire of the employees involved. Since all the parties stipulated that practically all of the die sinkers belong to the I. A. M., we shall hold that they constitute an appropriate unit." 3 In the same decision the Board certified the I. A. M. as exclusive collective bargaining representative of the die sinkers. It is well to note at this point that the certification was not, in terms, for all employees in Department 109. The Board also found appropriate the industrial unit sought by the C. I. O. and after an election among the employees in certain fringe groups certified the C. I. O. as exclusive bargaining representative of the production and maintenance employees of the Company including draftsmen, and excluding, among otherg, "the die sinkers." 4 Giving to the language used in the decision•above, its common and usual mean- ing, it seems clear that the Board certified the I. A. M. as exclusive collective bargaining representative of the die sinkers in a craft unit. It is apparent, however, that the Board mistakenly considered the craft unit of die sinkers to be coterminous with Department 109. This mis- apprehension on the part of the Board has no doubt largely contributed to the misinterpretation of the certification by the I. A. M. and the Company. While it is true that the function of Department 109 is to produce dies for use in other departments of the Company, it is not true that all employees therein are die sinkers or even skilled workers. Many employees in the Department in fact have only the most casual relation to the production of dies and could work as effec- tively in another deparment. We will discuss such employees in subsection B, infra. Following the certification described above, the I. A. M. entered into collective bargaining contracts with the Company covering the employees in Department 109. Until the 1939 contract, Local 105 of the I. A. M. dealt with the Company in reference to the employees in Department 109. Then Local 131 I. A. M., composed exclusively of die sinkers, their apprentices and allied crafts, was formed from such craftsmen heretofore affiliated with Local 105, and took over the representation of Department 109. Hence the contract with the Company executed October 14, 1939, was negotiated by Local 131, I. A. M., and the National Die Sinkers Conference. This contract 8 Matter of Willys Overland Motors, Inc, 9 N. L. R. B. 924. 4 Matter of Wtillys Overland Motors, Inc., 10 N. L. R. B. 160. WILLYS OVERLAND MOTORS, INC. 113 6 expired October 14, 1940, and apparently was not renewed. In Janu- ary 1941, the International Die Sinkers Conference was formed and its members withdrew from the I. A. M. In May 1941, at a time when it appears that no contract was in effect covering the employees in Department 109, the Die Sinkers filed a petition with the Board requesting a unit of die sinkers, trimmer makers, and their apprentices in that Department. Prior to the hearing, Local 105, I. A. M., entered into a collective bargaining contract with the Company covering all the employees in the Department. The contract recognized the pend- ing Die Sinkers' petition in that provision was made for termination in the event another bargaining agent was certified by the Board. On September 19, 1941, the Board issued its Decision and Direction of Election 5 in which it- found that "die sinkers, trimmer makers, and their apprentices" constitute a unit appropriate for the purposes of collective bargaining. The I. A. M. and the Company objected vigor- ously to the Decision and were afforded a hearing for the purpose of oral argument. Subsequent to the oral argument, on January 22, 1942, the Board issued its Supplemental Decision and Amendment to Decision and Direction of Elections in which it reversed the unit find- ing in the prior Decision, upon the ground that the Die Sinkers had not requested a complete craft, and found all employees in Department 109 to be eligible to membership in the Die Sinkers and to constitute an appropriate unit. From the evidence adduced at the hearing in the instant proceeding it seems probable that a unit of die sinkers, trimmer makers, and their apprentices is not sufficiently inclusive to embrace a complete craft. However, it is manifest from the same record that all classifications of employees in Department 109 are not eligible to membership in the Die Sinkers. Thus such finding in the Supple- mental Decision, referred to above, although supported by the record then before the Board and the argument of the parties, was not con- sonant with the facts then or now existing and, on the basis of the record before us, we find that all persons working in Department 109 are not eligible to membership in the Die Sinkers. No election was conducted under this Supplemental Decision, as the Die Sinkers'were permitted to withdraw from the ballot. In making its determination of the appropriate unit, the Board gives great weight to the history of collective bargaining, for what the parties themselves have done with respect to bargaining is often the best test of what is workable and sound. In considering the weight to be given to the bargaining history of the Company's employees in Depatrment 109, we note initially that the Board has never certified any labor organization as exclusive bargaining representative of all Matter of Willys Overland Motors, Inc, 35 N L R. B. 549. e Matter of Willys Overland Motors, Inc., 38 N L. R B 462. 114 DEICaSIONS OF NIA'T`IONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD a k the employees in the Department, although the I. A. M. and the Com- pany have apparently interpreted the 1938 Decision 7 as having that effect. The I. A. M. has introduced in evidence several of its collective bargaining contracts with the Company. The first of these, effective from September 1937 to March 1938, appears to cover all employees in Department 109. However, the wage-rate schedule attached thereto pertains almost exclusively to those categories which the Die Sinkers would include in a craft unit. No mention is made of draftsmen, sweepers, or utility men. The next contract in evidence, between the Company and the I. A. M. and members of the National Die Sinkers Conference jointly, was effective from October 1939 to October 1940. It purports to cover all employees in Department 109 but the categories mentioned specifically therein are those skilled employees now claimed by the Die Sinkers. The third contract, effective from June 10, 1941, to June 9,1942, also appears to cover all employees in the Department and contains wage scales pertaining to the die room utility men not mentioned in the prior agreements. There is, however, no mention of draftsmen. The latest contract, effective from June 9, 1942, to June 9, 1943, purports to cover all employees in the Department, as did the prior contract, and contains a maintenance of membership provision. The wage schedules, embodied in the contract, cover more categories than did the prior contract and here, for the first time, the wage sched- ules of draftsmen are set forth. It is clear then that, until the last contract, the bargaining efforts of the I. A. M. have been chiefly in behalf of the skilled die sinkers and their allied tradesmen. This is understandable when it is considered that from the time of execution of the first contract in September 1937 until January 1941, the con- tracting union local was constituted chiefly of members of the National Die Sinkers Conference. We are convinced from the contracts, above, and other evidence in the record that, prior to the withdrawal of the National Die Sinkers Conference from the I. A. M., bargaining with the Company was only nominally upon a departmental basis and that, essentially, the I. A. M. local represented and bargained for a craft unit of die sinkers and allied tradesmen. Have then the die sinking craftsmen and the Die Sinkers consented to or acquiesced in representa- tion, since January 1941, of such craftsmen in a unit comprising all the employees in the Department? Manifestly not. In May 1941 the Die Sinkers requested the Board to investigate representatives in a craft unit. When the Supplemental Decision of the Board denied this request, the Die Sinkers refused to participate in an election in the departmental unit. Recently the craftsmen in the Department en- gaged in a work stoppage in protest against representation in a de- partmental unit. We are convinced, under all the circumstances, that : Matter of Willys Overland Moto? s, Inc , 9 N. L R. B. 924. WILLYS OVERLAND MOTORS, INC. 115 the history of bargaining in this case is not determinative of the bar- gaining unit and we shall proceed to examine other relevant factors.8 The composition of the craft unit requested by the Die Sinkers was variously expressed at the hearing, but essentially the Die Sinkers would include in the unit all workers in Department 109 who are eligible to membership under its constitution. Thus the unit would include, "All impression men and their allied tradesmen necessary for the protection of the craft." ° Die sinker and trimmer die maker apprentices, also, are eligible. We shall discuss in subsection A, below, the categories of employees in Department 109 which the Die Sinkers would include in the unit. A. Die Sinkers, of course, fall within this description. A jourtley- man die sinker has undergone an apprenticeship of 7 to 9 years. He demands and receives a wage well above that of other industrial em- ployees. His task is to "sink" or mill a cavity in a block of steel pre- cisely in accordance to a plan so that a desired device or impression may be imparted to the material in production. In addition to the manual skill required, the die sinker must have a knowledge of the properties of metals with respect to expansion and shrinkage. A trimmer die maker is a die sinker in the process of training. He has served an apprenticeship of 4 years and in 3 to 5 years more can become a die sinker. He mills the impression to form the trimmer die. His work is part of the die sinkers trade and he is eligible to member- ship in the Die Sinkers. A header die maker, as the designation implies, makes a header die which is a die composed of several parts. Header die makers are sometimes known as upsetter die makers. While these workers are craftsmen and possess considerable skill, they do not possess the skill of a journeyman die sinker. They sink impressions in the header die, however, and are eligible to membership in the Die Sinkers. An edger man sinks the edging impression on the die block. While his skill is less than any of those above, he generally serves a 2-year apprenticeship and is eligible to membership in the Die Sinkers. The die repairers (in forge), the die caulkers, die repair and altera- tion men, forge die alteration men, die repairers, and trim die re- pairers, all repair and/or alter worn dies. Their different designa- tions indicate the type of work they do as well as where they do it. All have substantial skill and serve a 2-year apprenticeship. All do impression work and are eligible to membership in the Die Sinkers. The template maker makes templates required to lay out the forge die. In Department 109 he is also a die sinker. Although it does not appear that he is an "impression worker" in the strict sense of Cf. Matter of Phoenao Manufacturing Company, 44 N. L. R. B 1388 9 Constitution of the Grand Lodge and Local Lodges, International Die Sinkers' Confer- ence, p. 35, Article F, Section 1. 5493 i 5-44-vol 52-9 116 DEMSIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR REILAr1IONS BOARD that term, his skill is part of the die sinker trade and he is eligible to membership in the Die Sinkers. The Keller Machine operator by use of this machine duplicates the die impression. The operator is a die sinker who specializes in the use of this machine and is eligible to membership in the Die Sinkers. The shaper hand and the shaper milling machine operator are called junior trim die makers. -Both are impression -men working on dies and are eligible to membership in the Die Sinkers. The planer hand planes off the surface of the die block preparatory to the die sinking operation. He performs a skilled operation and is eligible to membership in the Die Sinkers. The Do-all sago operator works with a universal saw. He cuts out trim dies and saws metal to cut templates to shape. He performs a skilled operation and is eligible to membership in the Die Sinkers. The men employed in the categories of die layout and inspection and layout of dies and casts use their skill and knowledge of forge dies in inspecting and laying out casts or forgings. They also spend a substantial portion of their time in making templates. Their skills are peculiarly complementary to the die sinking trade and they are eligible to membership in the Die Sinkers. Apprentices to die sinkers and trimmer die makers are learners who assist the craftsmen in the categories to which they are apprenticed. Thy are eligible to membership in the Die Sinkers. The I. A. M. would include the categories discussed above in a departmental unit. We shall discuss separately in subsection B, be- low, the remaining categories of employees in Department 109 which the I. A. M. would include in the unit. B. Draftsmen are what their designation implies. In Department 109 they work on blueprints for dies. They work in a. building sep- arate from that Department, however, and of course do not work on dies. Their skills are essentially different from those of the workers in the die sinking trade. V Die utility men and machinist helpers are aides to die sinkers and others. They handle die blocks and do simple machine work. Though two titles are used, both groups do the same work. Those who receive a higher wage are die utility men. About 2 months training suffices to acquire proficiency. They do no machine work on the die itself. Machine repair, floor machinist, and machinist, are designations used to describe maintenance workers in the Department. They re- pair and rebuild the machines used by die sinkers and others in the Department. While those in these categories are skilled workers, their skill is not within the die sinking trade. I The trim die setters do no actual machine work on the die itself though they may make minor adjustments or repairs in order properly WILLYS OVERLAND MOTORS, INC. 117 to set the trim dies. Their skill relates essentially to the use of the die and not to the sinking. The utility man die room crib is primarily a tool crib attendant and repairs small tools. He also, by means of a hand crane, moves dies in the die shop. He is not skilled in the die sinking trade. The die storage attendant keeps the records on stored dies. He procures and delivers dies to the Department when required. He must be able to identify dies by appearance and number but does not possess any skill used in the die sinking trade. Sweepers keep the floor clear of debris. The Company intends plac- ing all sweepers under the supervision of one department head' Manifestly, they possess no skill used in the die sinking trade. The C. I. 0. would include all of Department 109 in its industrial unit and in any event requests that those employees in the department outside the craft group be so included., The C. I. 0. submitted no evidence of membership in the craft group but the two sweepers, by permission of the I. A. M., are its members. Upon the basis of the entire record in the case, we are of the opinion that those employees within the categories listed under subsection A, above, may, by reason of their related skills, common interests, and homogeneity, appropriately constitute a separate bargaining unit as contended by the Die Sinkers.10 Again, however, all employees in Department 109 constitute a functional group and there is a history of bargaining which gives some indication that the departmental unit, claimed by the I. A. M., is appropriate-" The C. I. 0. has made no showing of membership among the employees in the craft group and we do not agree with the contention of the C. I. 0. that the entire department may appropriately be included in the plant-wide industrial unit. In consideration of all the factors, we shall direct that separate elections shall be held among the employees of the Company in the following groups : (1) All employees in Department 109 included in the categories discussed in subsection A, above, including die sinkers, trimmer die makers, header die makers, edgermen, die repairers (in forge), die caulkers, die repair and alteration men, forge die alteration men, die repairers, trim die repairers, template makers, Keller Machine op- erators, shaper hands, shaper milling machine operators, planer hands, Do-all saw operators, die layout men, employees engaged in the inspec- tion and layout of dies and casts, and apprentices to die sinkers and trimmer die makers, but excluding the employees in the categories listed in subsection B, above, as well as all supervisory employees with au- 10 See Matter of Armstrong Bros Tool Co., 37 N. L. R B 221. 11 See Matter of Revere Copper and Brass, Incorporated, 30 N L R B 964. 118 DEICSS+IONS OF N'A'TIONAL LABOR RELAtrIONIS BO'A(R'D thority to hire, promote, discharge, discipline, or otherwise effect changes in the status of employees or effectively recommend such ac- tion, to determine whether they desire to be represented by the Die Sinkers or the I. A. M. for the purposes of collective bargaining, or by neither. (2) All remaining employees in Department 109 included in the categories discussed in subsection B, above, including draftsmen, die utility men, machinist helpers, machine repairers, floor machinists, machinists,, trim die setters, utility men die room crib, die storage at- finndants, and sweepers, but excluding the employees included in group (1), above, and all supervisory employees with authority to hire, pro- mote, discharge, discipline, or otherwise effect changes in the status of employees or effectively recommend such action, to determine whether they desire to be represented by the I. A. M. or the C. I. 0. for the purposes of collective bargaining, or by neither. Upon the results of these elections will depend, in part our finding as to the appropriate unit 12 If the Die Sinkers receives a majority of the votes in group (1) we shall find such employees to constitute an appropriate unit. If the I. A. M. receives a majority of the votes in group (1) only, we shall make the same finding. If the I. A. M. re- ceives a majority in each of the groups (1) and (2), we shall find a unit composed of all employees in Department 109 to be appropriate. The employees in group (2), above, do not alone form a craft, de- partmental, or functional group and we shall not find that group to constitute an appropriate unit. Thus if the I. A. M. receives a ma- jority of votes in group (2), only, we shall not issue any certification of a representative thereof. If the C. I. 0. receives a majority of the votes in group (2), we shall permit the C. I. 0. to include this group in the industrial unit which it now represents '13 Those eligible to vote in the elections which we shall direct shall be all employees of the Company described in groups (1) and (2), above, who were employed during the pay-roll period immediately preceding the date of the Direction of Elections herein, subject to the limitations and additions set forth therein. We are unable to determine the eligibility of leaders and "key-men" from the record and shall permit to vote only those employees who do not have authority to hire, pro- mote, discharge, discipline, or otherwise effect changes in the status of employees or effectively recommend such action. If, on the date of the election, sweepers have been transferred to a department other than 109, we shall not permit them to vote. i 32 See Matter o f Duff-Norton Manufacturing Company, 48 N L. R. B 1148. 11 Cf. Matter of Armour and Company, 40 N. L. R. B. 1333. WILLYS OVERLAND MOTORS, INC. 119 DIRECTION OF ELECTIONS 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, and pursuant to Article III, Section 9, of National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series 2, as amended, it is hereby DIRECTED that, as part of the investigation to ascertain representa- tives for the purposes, of collective bargaining with Willys Overland, Motors, Inc., Toledo, Ohio, separate elections by secret ballot shall be conducted as early as possible, but not later than thirty (30) days from the date of this Direction, under the direction and supervision of the Regional Director for the Eiglith Region, acting in this matter as agent for the National Labor Relations Board, and subject to Article III, Section 10, of said Rules and Regulations, among all employees of the Company within the groups set forth below, who were employed during the pay-roll period immediately preceding the date of this Direction, including those who did not work during such pay-roll period because they were ill or on vacation or temporarily laid off, and including employees in the armed forces of the United States who present themselves in person at the polls, but excluding any who have since quit or been discharged for cause : (1) All the employees in Department 109 in the categories listed in Section IV, subsection A, above, including die sinkers, trimmer die makers, header die makers, edger men, die repairers (in forge), die caulkers, die repair and alteration men, forge die alteration men, die repairers, trim die repairers, template makers, Keller Machine oper- ators, shaper hands, shaper milling machine operators, planer hands, Do-all saw operators, 'die layout men, employees engaged in inspection and layout of dies and casts, and apprentices to die sinkers and trimmer die makers, but excluding the employees in categories listed in Sec- tion IV, subsection B, above, as well as all supervisory employees with ,authority to hire, promote, discharge, discipline, or otherwise effect changes in the. status of employees or effectively recommend such action, to determine whether they desire to be represented by Inter- national Die Sinkers' Conference, or by International Association of Machinists, for the purposes of collective bargaining, or by neither. (2) All remaining employees in Department 109 included in the categories discussed in Section IV, subsection B, above, including draftsmen, die utility men, machinist helpers, machine repairers, floor machinists, machinists, trim die setters, utility men die room crib, die storage attendants, and sweepers, but excluding the employees included in group (1) above, as well as all supervisory employees with authority to hire, promote, discharge, discipline, or otherwise effect changes in 120 DEICRISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR REiLA(r'IONS. BOARD the status of employees or effectively recommend such action, to deter- mine whether or not they desire to be represented by International Association of Machinists or by International Union, United Auto- mobile, Aircraft & Agricultural Implement Workers of America, Local 12, C. I. 0., for the purposes of collective bargaining, or by neither. CHAIRMAN MILLIS took no part in the consideration of the above Decision and Direction of Elections. [See infra, 52 N. L. R. B. 548 for Amendment to Decision.]