Line Material Co.

In the Matter of LINE MATERIAL COMPANY, EMPLOYER and INTERNA- TIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS, LODGE 463, PETITIONER Case No. 8-RC-3.¢6.Decided March 17, 1949 DECISION AND ORDER Upon a petition duly filed, a hearing was held before a hearing officer of the National Labor Relations Board. The hearing officer's rulings made at the hearing are free from prejudicial error and are hereby affirmed. Pursuant to the provisions of Section 3 (b) of the National Labor Relations Act, the Board has delegated its powers in connection with this case to a three-member panel.* The Employer is engaged in commerce within the meaning of the National Labor Relations Act. The labor organizations involved claim to represent employees of the Employer. Upon the entire record in this case, the Board finds that no ques- tion of representation exists concerning the representation of em- ployees of the Employer, within the meaning of Section 9 (c) and Section 2 (6) and (7) of the Act for the following reasons:' The Petitioner seeks to sever a unit of all carpenters in the mainten- ance department of the Employer's Zanesville, Ohio, plant, from a production and maintenance unit now represented by the Intervenor. The Employer and the Intervenor contend that the requested unit is inappropriate because the employees do not have the skill necessary to constitute a craft unit. The carpenters, requested as a craft unit by the Petitioner, are part of the Employer's maintenance department. There are three em- *Chairman Herzog and Members Houston and Gray. ' United Electrical, Radio & Machine Workers of America, Local 767 ( CIO), herein called the Intervenor, moved to dismiss the petition on the ground that a contract, cur- rently in effect between the Employer and the Intervenor, covers the employees involved herein and constitutes a bar to this proceeding . In view of our dismissal of the petition for the reasons set forth , infra, we deem it unnecessary to pass upon this contention. 82 N. L. R. B., No. 2L 196 LINE MATERIAL COMPANY 197 ployees in the proposed unit. They do general factory carpentry work such as building shelves, boxes, and skids, which are used throughout the plant. In Matter of Line Material Company,2 we granted separate units of the crafts in the maintenance department at this plant. The car- penters requested here appear to be mere handymen. The record indicates that these employees do not exercise the skills of craftsmen. Accordingly, we find that the unit sought to be severed by the Peti- tioner is inappropriate, and we shall, therefore, dismiss the petition. ORDER Upon the basis of the entire record in this case, the National Labor Relations Board hereby orders that the petition filed in the instant matter be, and it hereby is, dismissed. 2 80 N. L. R. B. 599. 838914-50-vol. 82-14