General Electric Co.

In the Matter of GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY and, INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD'.OF FIREMEN' & OILERS (A. F.'L.) ' AND INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERS ' (A. F. L. ) Case No. R-3992 SUPPLEMENTAL DECISION AND AMENDMENT TO, DIRECTION OF • ELECTION- August 12, 19412 On July 17, 1942, the National Labor Relations Board issued a Decision and Direction of Election in the above -entitled proceedings? In the election directed therein; the Board placed upon the ballot the names of International Brotherhood of Firemen & Oilers and Inter- national Union of Operating Engineers, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, and United Electrical, Radio & Machine Work- ers of America, affiliated with the Congress of Industrial Organiza- tions, , herein called the United. On August 4, 1942, the United filed a motion in the alternative , requesting either that the Board reopen the hearing, or remove the name of the United from the ballot. The motion to reopen the hearing is hereby denied, and the motion to remove the name of the United from the ballot is hereby granted. The Board accordingly. hereby amends the aforesaid Direction. of Election by striking therefrom the words "whether they desire to be represented by International Brotherhood of Firemen & Oilers and International Union of Operating Engineers , affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, or by United Electrical, Radio & Machine Workers of America, affiliated with the , Congress of Indus- trial Organizations, for the purposes of collective bargaining, or by neither"" and substituting therefor the words "whether or not they desire. to be represented ' by International -Brotherhood of Firemen & Oilers and International Union of Operating Engineers , affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, for the purposes of collective bargaining." , 1 42 N. L. R. B. 569. 42 N. L. R. B., No. 4. 66 In the Matter of GENERAL ELEOTRIc COMPANY and INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF FIREMEN & OILERS (A. F. L.) AND INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERS (A. F. L.) Case No. R-399. SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL DECISION AND CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES August 26, 194. On July 17, 1942, the National Labor • Relations -Board issued a Decision and Direction of Election 1 and on August 12, 1942, a Supple- mental Decision and' Amendment to. Direction of Election 2 in the above-entitled proceedings. Pursuant. to the Direction of Election and Supplemental Decision and Amendment to Direction of Election. an election by secret ballot was. conducted on August 12, 1942, under. the direction and supervision of, the Regional Director for the Eighth, Region. (Cleveland, Ohio).. On August 13,1942, the Regional Direc- tor, acting pursuant to Article III, Section 9, of National Labor Rela- tions Board Rules and Regulations-Series 2, as. amended, issued and cli,ily served upon: the parties an Election Report on the ballot. No. objections to the conduct of. the.ballot or the Election Report were` filed by any of the parties. . As to the balloting and its results, the Regional Director reported as follows: Total on eligibility list_________________ Total ballots cast--'------------ ----------------- ------------- '13 Total ballots challenged_____________________________________ 0 Total blank ballots________________________________________ 0 Total void ballots ---------- 7-7 - - Total valid votes. counted _______________________________ 13 Votes cast for:.International;:Brotherhood of Firemen & Oilers' (A. F. L.) and International Union of Operating Engineers (A. F. L_)--------------------------------------------------- 11 Votes cast against International Brotherhood of Firemen & Oilers -(A. F. L.) and International Union of Operating Engi- neers (A. F. L.)-=---------------------------------------- 2: 1 42 N. L. R. B. ' 569. 2 43 N. L. R." B. 66. 43 N. L. R. B., No. 4a. 67 68 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD In the Decision and Direction of Election previously referred to, the Board made no final determination as to the' appropriate unit, stating that,if a majority of the employees in the voting group selected the Firemen and Engineers as their collective bargaining representative, the group would constitute an appropriate unit. Upon, the entire record in the case, the Board makes the following : SUPPLEMENTAL FINDINGS OF FACT We find that the engineers, firemen, oilers, apprentices,' grid helpers, employed in the engine room and boiler room of General Electric Company,' Cleveland Wire Works plant, Euclid, Ohio, excluding supervisory employees, the chief engineer, and foremen in the boiler. room, constitute a unit appropriate for the purposes of collective bar- gaining, within the meaning of Section 9 (b) 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 Relations 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 Brotherhood of Firemen & Oilers and International Union of Operating Engineers, affiliated with ' the American Federation of Labor, have been designated and selected by a majority of the engineers, firemen, oilers, apprentices, and helpers, employed in the'engine room and boiler room of General, Electric Company, Cleveland Wire Works plant, Euclid, Ohio, exclud- ing supervisory employees, the chief engineer, and foremen in. the boiler room, as their representatives for the purposes of collective bargaining, and that, pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the Act, Interna- tional Brotherhood of Firemen,& Oilers and International Union of Operating Engineers, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, are the exclusive representatives of all such employees for the purposes of collective bargaining with respect to rates of pay, wages, hours of employment, and other conditions of employment.