Sharp & Dohme, Inc.

In the Matter Of SHARP & DOHME, INC. and LOCAL No. 86, UNITED GAS, COKE & CHEMICAL WORKERS OF AMERICA, AFFILIATED WITH THE,. CONGRESS •.OF INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATIONS Case No. 4-R-1367 SUPPLEMENTAL DECISION AND CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES July 24, 1944 ' On July 7, 1944, pursuant to the Decision and Direction of Elections issued by the Board herein on June 16, 1944 (56 N. L. R. B., No. 263), and amendment theretb on July 3, 1944, elections by secret ballot were conducted under the direction and supervision of the Acting Regional Director",-for' the Fourth- Region -.-,(Philidelphia,,,,,,P.ennsylvania,),. Upon the'conclusion of the elections, Tallies of Ballots were furnished the parties in accordance with the 'Rules and Regulations of the Board. No objections were filed by any of the parties within the time provided therefor in groups 1, 2, and 3, involving the employees in the printing trades. The tally for group 1 shows that of the approximately 5 eligible voters, all cast valid votes for Philadelphia Typographical Union No. 2, I. T. U.; none for Sharp & Dohme Employees' Organization; and none for C. I. O. Local 86, U. G. C. C. W. of America. The tally shows that all of the approximately 11 eligible vote;•s in group 2 cast valid votes for International Printing Pressmen & Assistants' Union of North America; none were cast for Sharp & Dohme Em- ployees' Organization; and none for C. I.6 Local 86; U. G. C. C. W. of America. Of the approximately 8 eligible voters in group 3, the tally shows that 8 cast valid votes, of which 5 were for International Brotherhood of Bookbinders; 3 for Sharp & Dohme Employees' Organization; and none for-C. I. O. Local 86, U. G. C. C. W. of America. In the Decision and Direction of Elections previously referred to, the Board made no final determination of the appropriate unit or units with the exception of the office clerical employees, but stated that such determination would depend in part upon the results of the elections among the employees in the voting groups. "Powever, since the challenged, ballots in groups. 4. and. 5,-,involving production and maintenance employees and' office and clerical employees, respec- 57 N. L. R. B., No. 106 645 646 . DECISIONS OF' NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD tively, are sufficient iri number to affect the results of the elections, no disposition will be made of these groups pending the issuance of the Acting Regional Director's report on challenged ballots. Upon the entire. record. in'the case; the Board makes the, follow- ing : SUPPLEMENTAL FINDINGS OF FACT We find that each of the following groups of employees of Sharp & Dohme, Inc., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, excluding, in'addition to others specifically mentioned therein, all supervisory employees with authority to hire, promote, discharge, discipline, or otherwise effect changes in the status of employees, or effectively recommend such action, constitute a unit appropriate foi the purposes of collective bargaining within the meaning of Section 9 (b) of the Act. 1. All compositors, compositor apprentices, and proofreaders in the printing department; 2. All cylinder pressmen , vertical pressmen, job pressmen, pressmen ,helpers, and job pressmen feeder in the printing department, exclud- ing the printing helper; and 3. All paper cutters, folders, and binders in the printing department. 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, and pursuant to Article III, Sections 9 and 10, of National Labor Re- lations Board Rules and Regulations-Series 3, as amended, IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that the following organizations have been designated and selected by a majority of the employees of Sharp 4 Dohme, Inc., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in the units herein- above found to be appropriate, in the -section entitled, "Supplemental Findings of Fact," as their representatives for the purposes of collec- tive bargaining, and that, pursuant to Section 9 (a) of, the Act, the said organizations are the exclusive representatives of all such em- ployees for the purposes of collective bargaining with respect to rates of pay, wages, hours of employment,, and other conditions of employ- ment : 1. Philadelphia Typographical. Union No. 2, affiliated with the International Typographical Union of North America, has been designated and selected by a majority of all employees in Unit 1; 2. Philadelphia Printing Pressmen's Union No. 4 and Philadielphia% Press Assistants' Union No. 11, affiliated with the International Print- ing Pressmen and Assistant's Union'of North America, has been des-, - ignated and selected by a majority of all employees in Unit 2; and 3. International Brotherhood of Book Binders has been designated andiselected by a majority of alLemployees in Unit 3.