Draper Corp.

In the Matter of DRAPER CORPORATION , EMPLOYER and DIsTRIOT 50, UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA, AFL, PETITIONER Case No. 1-R-3311.Decided November 8, 194 Mr. Warren D. Oliver, of Boston, Mass., for the Employer. Mr. Harold R. Roitman, of Boston, Mass., for the Petitioner. Mr. Jack Mantel, of counsel to the Board. DECISION AND DIRECTION OF ELECTION Upon an amended petition duly filed, hearing in this case was held at Plymouth , New Hampshire , on October 11, 1946, before Robert E. Greene, hearing officer. The hearing officer's rulings made at the hearing are free from prejudicial error and are hereby affirmed. Upon the entire record in the case, the National Labor Relations Board makes the following : FINDINGS OF FACT 1. THE BUSINESS OF THE EMPLOYER Draper Corporation is a Maine corporation with -its principal office and place of business in Hopedale , Massachusetts . The Employer is engaged in the manufacture of textile machinery and operates other plants at Pawtucket , Rhode Island; Framingham , Massachusetts; Spartansburg, South Carolina ; and Beebe River, New Hampshire. Only the Beebe River, New Hampshire, plant is involved in this proceeding, where the Employer manufactures textile bobbins. The principal raw material used at this plant is lumber. Approximately 50 percent of the lumber, valued in excess of $500,000 annually, is received at the Beebe River plant from points outside the State of New Hampshire. All the bobbins manufactured at this plant, valued in excess of $500,000 annually, are shipped to points outside the State. The Employer admits, for the purpose of this proceeding, and we find, that it is engaged in commerce within the meaning of the National Labor Relations Act. 71 N. L. It. B., No. 94. 630 DRAPER CORPORATION II. THE ORGANIZATION INVOLVED 631 The Petitioner is a labor organization affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, claiming to represent employees of the Employer. III. THE QUESTION CONCERNING REPRESENTATION The Employer refuses to recognize the Petitioner as the exclusive bargaining representative of employees of the Employer until the Petitioner has been certified by the Board in an appropriate unit. We find that a question affecting commerce has arisen concerning the representation of employees of the Employer, within the meaning of Section 9 (c) and Section 2 (6) and (7) of the Act. IV. THE APPROPRIATE UNIT We find, in substantial accordance with the agreement of the parties, that all production, maintenance, and boarding house employees at the Employer's Beebe River, New Hampshire, plant, including the steam plant, watchmen, and the truck driver, but excluding executives, employees engaged in woods operations, office and clerical employees, and all supervisory employees with authority to hire, promote, dis- charge, discipline, or otherwise effect changes in the status of em- ployees, or effectively recommend such action, constitute a unit appro- priate for the purposes of collective bargaining within the meaning of Section 9 (b) of the Act. DIRECTION OF ELECTION As part of the investigation to ascertain representatives for the purposes of collective bargaining with Draper Corporation, Beebe River, New Hampshire, an election by secret ballot shall be conducted as early as possible, but not later than thirty (30) days fom the date of this Direction, under the direction and supervision of the Regional Director for the First Region, acting in this matter as agent for the National Labor Relations Board, and subject to' Sections 0,03.55 and 203.56, of National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations- Series 4, among the employees in the unit found appropriate in Section IV, above, who were employed during the pay-roll period immediately preceding the date of this Direction, including employees who did not work during said 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 those employees who have since quit or been discharged for cause and have not been rehired or reinstated prior to the date of the election, to determine whether or not they desire to be represented by District 50, United Mine Workers of America, AFL, for the purposes of collective bargaining.