General Motors Corp.

In the Matter Of GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION, CADILLAC MOTOR CAR DIVISION and UNITED PROTECTIVE WORKERS OF AMERICA, LOCAL #1 Case No. R-3865-Decided May 29, 1942 Investigation and Certification of Representatives : stipulation for certification upon consent election Mr. Frank H. Bowen, for the Board. Mr. Henry M. Hogan and Mr. Denton Jolly, of Detroit, Mich., for the Company. Mr. Ernest Good?na72, of Detroit, Mich., for the Union. Mr. A. Sumner Law ence, of counsel to the Board. DECISION AND CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES STATEMENT OF THE CASE On April 14, 1942, United Protective Workers of America, Local #1, herein called the Union, filed with the Regional Director for the Seventh Region (Detroit, Michigan) an amended petition alleging that a question affecting commerce had arisen concerning the repre- sentation of employees of General Motors Corporation, Cadillac Motor Car Division, Detroit, Michigan, herein called the Company, engaged in the manufacture and assembly of bodies for automobiles and parts thereof, and requesting an investigation and certification of repre- sentatives pursuant to Section 9 (c) of the National Labor Relations Act, 49 Stat. 449, herein called the Act. On April 22, 1942, the National Labor Relations Board, herein called the Board, ordered an investigation and authorized. the Regional Director to conduct it and. to provide for an appropriate hearing upon due notice. On April 29, 1942, the Company, the Union, and the Regional Director entered into a "Stipulation for Certification of Representatives Upon Con- sent Election." Pursuant to the Stipulation, an election by secret ballot was con- ducted on May 15, 1942, under the direction and supervision of the Regional Director among the following employees to determine whether or not they desired to be represented by the Union : all plant 41 N L R. B, No. 102. 511 512 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD protection employees of the General Motors Corporation, Cadillac Motor Car Division, excluding clerks, sergeants, lieutenants, captains, chiefs, and other supervisory employees. On May 16, 1942, the Re- gional Director issued and duly served upon the parties his Election Report on the ballot. No objections to the conduct of-the ballot or the Election Report-have been filed by any of the parties. In his Election Report, the Regional Director reported as follows concerning the balloting and its results : Total on-eligibility list-------------------------------------- 76 Total ballots cast----------------------------------------- 57 Total ballots challenged---------------------------------- -- 0 Total blank ballots------------------------------------------ - 0 Total void ballots------------------------------------------ 0 Total valid votes counted----------------------------------- 57 Votes cast for United Protective Workers of America, Local #1- 56 Votes cast against United Protective - Workers of America, Local #1 ----------------------------------------------- 1 Upon the basis of the Stipulation, the Election 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 General Motors Corporation, Cadillac Motor Car Division, Detroit, Michigan, within the meaning of Section 9 (c) and Section 2 (6) and (7) of the National Labor Relations Act. 2. All plant protection employees of .the General Motors Cor- poration, Cadillac Motor Car Division, excluding clerks, sergeants, lieutenants, captains, chiefs, and other supervisory employees, con- stitute a unit appropriate for the purposes of collective bargaining, within the meaning of Section 9 (b) of the National Labor Relations Act. 3. United Protective Workers of America, 'Local #1 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 employees in said unit, within the meaning of Section 9 (a) of the National Labor Relations 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 United Protective Workers of America, Local #1 has been designated and selected by a majority of all GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION 513 plant protection employees of the General Motors Corporation, Cadil- lac Motor Car Division, excluding clerks, sergeants, lieutenants, cap- tains, chiefs, and other supervisory employees, as their representative for the purposes of collective bargaining bind that, pursuant to the provisions of Section 9 (a) of the Act, United Protective Workers, of America, Local #1, 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,, a 463892-42-vol 41-33