Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Co.

i In the Matter Of WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC & MANUFACTURING COM- PANY and INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS, LOCAL No. B-1308 (A. F. oFL.) Case No. R-3821.-Decided May 25,1942 Investigation and Certification of Representatives : stipulation for certification upon pay-roll check. Mr. Joel Seidman, for the Board. Mr. R. P. Gavert, of Canton, Ohio, for the Company. Mr. W. H. Wilson, of Canton, Ohio, for the Union. Mr. George H. Gentithes, of counsel to the Board. DECISION AND CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES STATEMENT OF THE CASE Upon petition duly filed by International Brotherhood of Elec- trical Workers, Local No. B-1308, A. F. of L., herein called the Union, alleging that a question affecting commerce had arisen concerning the representation of employees of Westinghouse Electric & Manu- facturing Company, herein called the Company, engaged in the manu- facture of naval ordnance at Canton, Ohio, the National Labor Relations Board provided for an appropriate hearing upon due notice. On April 23,1942, before a hearing was held, the Company, the Union, and a representative of the Board entered into a "Stipulation for Certification Upon Pay-Roll Check." Pursuant to the stipulation a pay-r611 check by comparison of union designations with the pay roll of the Company of April 18, 1942, was made on April 23, 1942, under the supervision of the Regional Director for the Eighth Region (Cleveland, Ohio) to determine the number of electrical powerhouse employees at the Company's Canton Ordnance Division, excluding supervisors, who had designated the Union as their bargaining agency. On May 6, 1942, the,Regional Director, acting pursuant to the stipulation- issued and duly served upon the parties his Consent Pay-Roll Check Report. No objections to the report had been filed by any of the parties. 41 N. L. R. B., No. 60. 261, 262 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD In his report the Regional Director reported that all four employees in the foregoing unit whose names appear on the Company's pay roll of April 18, 1942, had authorized the Union to represent them for collective bargaining purposes. Upon - the basis of the stipulation, the Consent Pay-Roll Check Report and the entire record in the case, the Board makes the following : FINDINGS OF FACT 1. A'question affecting commerce has arisen concerning the repre- sentation of employees of Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company, Canton, Ohio, within the meaning of Section 9 (c) and Section 2 (6) and (7) of the National Labor Relations Act. 2. All electrical powerhouse employees at the Company's Canton Ordnance Division, excluding supervisors, constitute a unit appro- priate for the purposes of collective bargaining, within the meaning of Section 9 (b) of the Act. 3. International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local No. B-1308, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, has been designated and selected by a majority of the employees in the above unit as their representative for the purposes of collective bargaining and is the exclusive representative of all the employees in said unit, within the meaning of Section 9 (a) of the Act. -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 Rela- tions Act, IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local No. B-1308, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, has been designated and selected by a majority of the electrical powerhouse employees at the Company's Canton Ordnance Division, excluding supervisors, as their representative for the pur- poses of collective bargaining, and that, pursuant to Section 9 -(a) of the Act, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local, B-1308, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, is the exclusive representative of all such employees for the purposes of collective bargaining in respect to rates of pay, wages, hours of employment, and other conditions of employment.