General Motors Corp.

In ..the Matter of GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION, PONTIAC MOTOR DIVISION and ' UNITED ORGANIZATION OF PLANT PROTECTION Em- 2 . - 38641.- No. R-3864. , Decided May 09,194 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. Frank J. Edmondson, of Detroit, Mich., for the Union. Mr. A. Sumner Lawrence, of counsel to the Board. DECISION AND CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES STATEMENT OF THE CASE On March 18, 1942, United Organization of Plant Protection Employees, herein called the Union, filed with the Regional Di- rector for the Seventh Region (Detroit, Michigan) an amended petition alleging that a question affecting commerce had arisen con- cerning the representation of employes of General Motors Cor- poration, Pontiac Motor Division, Pontiac, Michigan, herein called the Company, engaged in the manufacture and assembly of auto- mobiles, service parts, and anti-aircraft guns, and requesting an investigation and certification of representatives pursuant to Sec- tion 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, acting pursuant to Section 9 (c) of the Act, and Article III, Section 3, of National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series 2, as amended, ordered an investigation and authorized the Regional Director to conduct it and to provide for an appropriate hearing upon due notice. On April 23, 1942, the Company, the Union, and the Regional Director entered into a "Stipulation for Certification of Representatives Upon Consent Election." 41 N L. 11 B. No 103 514 GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION 515 Piirsuai t to the Stipulation, an election by secret ballot was con- ducted on May 14, 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 protection employees of the General Motors Corporation, Pon- tiac Motor Division, excluding sergeants, lieutenants, captains, chiefs, and other supervisory employees. On May 15, 1942, the Regional 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-------------------------------------- 113 I Total ballots cast------------------------------------------- 104 Total ballots challenged------------------------------------ 0 Total blank ballots----------------------------------------- 0 Total void ballots------------------------------------------ 0 Total valid votes counted---- ------------------------------- 104 Votes cast for United Organization of Plant Protection Em- ployees------------------------------------------------ 59 Votes cast against United Organization of Plant Protection Employees ----------------------------------------------- 45 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, Pontiac Motor Division, Pontiac, 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 General Motors Corporation; Pontiac Motor Division, excluding sergeants, lieutenants, captains, chiefs, and other supervisory employees, constitute a unit appropriate for the purposes of collective bargaining, within the meaning of Section 9 (b) of the National Labor Relations Act. 3. United Organization of Plant Protection Employees 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. 516 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD 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 Relations Act, IT IS ]HEREBY CERTIFIED that United Organization of Plant Protec. tion Employees has been designated and selected by a majority of all plant protection employees of the General Motors Corporation, Pon- tiac Motor Division, excluding sergeants, lieutenants, captains, chiefs, and other supervisory employees, as their representative for the purposes of collective bargaining, and that, pursuant to the`provisions of Section 9 (a) of the Act, United Organization of Plant Protection Employees 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.'