Automatic Products Co.

In the Matter of AUTOMATIC PRODUCTS COMPANY and INTERNATIONAL UNION, UNITED AUTOMOBILE WORKERS OF AMERICA, LOCAL 736 (A. F. L.) Case No. R-37.0' CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES May ^?9, 1949 On April 28, 1942, the National Labor Relations Board issued' its Decision and Direction of Election in this proceeding.' On May 6, 1942; the- Board issued its Supplemental Decision and Amendment to -Direction of Election .2 On May 13 , 1942, the Board issued its Second Amendment to Direction of Election. Pursuant to the Direction of Election , as amended , an election by secret ballot was conducted on May 11 , 1942, under the direction and supervision of the Regional Director for the Twelfth Region (Mil- waukee, Wisconsin). On May 13, 1942 , the Regional Director, acting pursuant to Article III, Section 9, of National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series 2, as amended, issued and duly served on the parties an Election Report. No objections to the con- duct of the ballot or to the Election Report have been filed by any of the parties. As to the balloting and its results , the Regional Director reported as follows : Total on eligibility list-------------------------------------- 269 Total ballots cast------------------------------------------- 256 Total ballots challenged------------------------------------- 1 Total blank ballots----------------------------------------- 0 Total void ba]lots--'---------------------------------------- 0 Total valid votes counted----------------------------------- 255 Votes cast for Independent Union of Automatic Products Com- pany Employees ------------------------------------------ 54 1 40 N L R B. 941 2 40 N. L. R. B. 947. 8 40 N. L R B 948. A In our Amendment to Direction of Election , issued on May 6, 1942 , we made pro- vision on the ballot for "Independent Association of Automatic Products -Company." Being advised that the correct name of the organization so designated was "Independent Union of Automatic Employees ," the Board issued its Second Amendment to Direction of Election . The Regional Director, having been informed that the correct name of the Independent Is "Independent Union of Automatic Products Company Employees ," caused that name to appear upon the ballot. 41 N. L. R. B., No. 104. - 517 518 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD Votes cast for Intl Union, United Automobile Workers of America, Local 736 (A. F. L )____________________________ 180 Votes cast for Int'l Union, United Automobile Aircraft & Im- plement Workers of America (C I 0 )____________________ 8 Votes cast for none_________________________________________ 13 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, 49 Stat. 449, and pursuant to Article III, Sections 8 and 9, of National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series 2,' as amended, IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that International Union, United Automo- bile Workers of America, Local 736 (A. F. L.), has been designated and selected by a majority of all production and maintenance employees of Automatic Products Company, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, at its two plants in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, excluding supervisory, office, and clerical employees, draftsmen, salesmen, and watchmen, as their rep- resentative for the purposes of collective bargaining and that, pur- suant to Section 9 (a) of the Act, International Union, United Automobile Workers of America, Local 736 (A. F. L.), 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.