General Motors Corp.

In the Matter, of GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION, CHEVROLET' MOTOR DIVISION, (GEAR AND AXLE-DETROIT) and INTERNATIONAL UNION, UNITED AUTOMOBILE, AIRCRAFT AND AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT WORKERS' OF AMERICA (UAW-CIO) Case No. R-1[13-5.-Decided August 17,1942 Investigatipn and Certification of Representatives : stipulation for certification upon consent election. Mr. Frank 11. Bowen, for the Board. Mr.'Henry M. Hogan and Mr. Denton Jolly, of Detroit, Mich., for the Company. Mr. Frederick IV. Bibber, of Detroit, Mich., for the Union. Mr. Louis Cokin, of counsel to the Board. DECISION AND CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES STATEMENT OP THE CASE Upon petition duly filed by International Union, United Automo- bile, Aircraft and Agricultural Implement Workers of America, herein called the Union, alleging that a question affecting commerce had arisen concerning the representation of employees of General Motors Corporation, herein called the Company, engaged at Detroit, Michi- gan in_ the manufacture of equipment for the United States armed forces; the National Labor Relations Board provided for an appro- priate hearing upon due notice. On July 22, 1942, before a hearing was held, the Company, the Union, and the Regional Director for the Seventh Region (Detroit, Michigan) entered into a "STIPULATION FOR CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES UPON CONSENT ELECTION." Pursuant to the stipulation, an election by secret ballot was con- ducted on July 29, 1942, under the direction and supervision of the Regional Director, among all factory, shipping, and receiving clerks in the material departments located in Plants 2 and 4 of the Chevrolet Motor Division of the Company, excluding foremen, the chief clerk, and other supervisory employees, to.determine whether, or not they desired to be represented by the Union for the purposes of collective 43 N. L. R. B., No. 42. - 296 n ,GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION 297 bargaining. On July^30, 1942, the Regional Director isshed'and duly served upon the parties an Election Report on the ballot. No objec- tions to the conduct of the ballot or 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_______________________________________ 13 Total ballots cast-------------------------------------------- 10 Total ballots challenged_____________________________________ 0 Total blank ballots---------------------------------------=-- 0 Total void ballots------------------------------------------- - 0 Total valid votes cast---------------------------------------- 10 Votes cast for International Union,, United Automobile, Aircraft and Agricultural Implement Workers of America (UAW-CIO) _ 8 Votes cast against International Union, United Automobile, Air- craft and Agricultural Implement Workers of America (UAW- CIO) ----------------------------------------------------- 2 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, Chevrolet Motor Division (Gear and Axle), Detroit, Michigan, within the mean- ing of Section 9 (c) and Section 2 (6) and (7) of the National Labor Relations Act.' 2. All factory, shipping and receiving clerks in the material depart- ment located in Plants 2 and 4 of the Chevrolet Motor Division of the Company, excluding foremen, the chief clerk, and other supervisory employees, constitute a unit appropriate for the purposes of collective bargaining, within the meaning of Section 9 (b) of the Act. 3. International Union, United Automobile Aircraft and Agricul- tural Implement Workers of America, affiliated with the Congress of Industrial Organizations 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 repre- sentative of all 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 Relation's Board by Section 9 (c) of the National Labor Rela- tions Act, ' 298 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD IT Is HEREBY CERTIFIED that International'Union, United Automobile, Aircraft and Agricultural Implement Workers of America, affiliated with the Congress of Industrial Organizations, has been designated and selected by a majority of all factory, shipping and receiving clerks in the material department located in Plants 2 and 4 of Chevrolet Motor Division (Gear and Axle) of General Motors Corporation; De- troit, Michigan, excluding foremen, the chief clerk, and other super- visory employees, as their representative for the purposes of collec- tive-bargaining, and that, pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the Act; International Union, United Automobile, Aircraft and Agricultural Implement Workers of America, affiliated with the Congress of Indus- trial Organizations, is the, exclusive representative of all such em- ployees for the purposes of collective bargaining in respect to rates of pay, wages , hours of employment , and other conditions of employment.