The Electric Controller & Manufacturing Co.

In the Matter of THE ELECTRIC CONTROLLER & MANUFACTURING COMPANY and UNITED ELECTRICAL, RADIO & MACHINE W ORKERS OF AMERICA, C. I. O. Case No. 8-R-2047 SUPPLEMENTAL DECISION AND AMENDMENT TO DECISION AND DIRECTION OF ELECTION August 07, 1946 On August 6, 1946, the National Labor Relations Board, herein called the Board, issued a Decision and Direction of Election in this proceeding.' On August 22, 1946, the Petitioner filed a motion re- questing that the Board amend its Decision of Election by clarifyiiig the status of student engineers in the engineering unit found appro- priate therein. The record reveals that when a graduate engineer is employed, the Employer accords him the status of student engineer for a period of from one to two years. In such capacity he receives shop training and attends various lectures and classes given by Employer execu- tives. At the end of the training period he is assigned to one of the Ennployer's five engineering departments. Although no special con- ,sideration was given to the student engineers in the original Decision and Direction of Election, it was the Board's intention to include them in the engineering unit found appropriate therein. Although the student engineers, upon termination of their training period, may be assigned to Tegular engineering positions not included in the ap- propriate unit, a reexamination of the record confirms our opinion that these engineers, during the training period, have substantially the same interests as other engineers included in the engineering unit.2 /Accordingly, in clarification of our unit finding, we hereby amend the Decision ,and Direction of Election by deleting therefrom the second paragraph on page 6 thereof, and substituting therefor the following paragraph, to wit : '69 N I. R. B 1242. 2 Matte; of Wagner Electric Corporation, 67 N L R B. 1104 70 N L. R B., No. 70. 903 904 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD We find that all engineers of the Company, including the student engineers, but excluding the chief engineer, field engineers, applica- tion engineers, the patent attorney engineer, and 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 for the pur- poses of collective bargaining within the meaning of Section 9 (b) of the Act. MR. JAMES J. REYNOLDS, JR., took no part in the consideration of the above Supplemental Decision and Amendment to Decision and Direction of Election.