Hubinger Co.

i In the Matter of HUBINGER COMPANY and CORN PRODUCTS WORKERS UNION No. 19931, and HUBINGER COMPANY EMPLOYEES REPRESENTA- TION PLAN Case No. R-097 Mr. Stephen M. Reynolds for the Board. Hollingsworth & Hollingsworth, by Mr. A. Hollingsworth and Mr. J. A. Hollingsworth, of Keokuk, Iowa, for Hubinger Company. Mr. J. A. Concannon, of Keokuk, Iowa, for Corn Products Work- ers Union No. 19931. Mr. G. L. Norman, of Keokuk, Iowa, for Hubinger Company Em- ployees Representation Plan. Miss Fannie M. Boyle, of counsel to the Board. DIRECTION OF ELECTION October 5,1937 The National Labor Relations Board, having found upon an examination of the record in the above matter that a question affect- ing commerce has arisen concerning the representation of employees of Hubinger Company, Keokuk, Iowa, and that the production and maintenance employees of said company, excluding those employees of the laboratory department who are engaged in research or experi- mental work, clerical and office employees, supervisors, foremen, and executives, constitute a unit appropriate for the purposes of collec- tive bargaining within the meaning of Section 9 (b) of the National Labor Relations Act, 49 Stat. 449, and acting pursuant to the power vested in it by Section 9 (c) of said Act, and pursuant to Article III, Section 8 of National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regula- tions-Series 1, as amended, hereby DIRECTS that, as part of its investigation to ascertain representa- tives for the purposes of collective bargaining with Hubinger Com- pany, an election by secret ballot shall be conducted within a period of fifteen. (15) days after the date of this Direction of Election, under the direction and supervision of the Regional Director for the Thirteenth Region, acting in this matter as the agent of the National Labor Relations Board and subject to Article III, Section 9 of said Rules and Regulations-Series 1, as amended, among the production and maintenance employees of said company who were on the pay- 802 DECISIONS AND ORDERS 803 roll records of said company during the week ending May 22, 1937, excluding those employees of the laboratory department engaged in research or experimental work, all clerical and office employees, fore- men, supervisors and executives, and excluding also those employees who have quit or been discharged for cause since said date, to deter- mine whether they desire to be represented, by Corn Products Work- ers Union No. 19931 or Hubinger Company Employees Representa- tion Plan for the purposes of collective bargaining, or by neither.