General Electric Co.

612 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD 4. The parties stipulated, and we find, that the following employees constitute a unit appropriate for the purposes of collective bargain- ing within the meaning of Section 9(b) of the Act: All production and maintenance employees employed by the Employer at its Plainville, Connecticut, plant, including group leaders, but excluding all office clerical employees, salaried employees, professional employees, guards, and all supervisors as defined in the Act. 5. The Board has considered the Regional Director's report, and the Petitioner's exceptions thereto, and briefs of the parties, and hereby adopts the Regional Director's findings and recommenda- tions.' See General Electric Company, 161 NLRB 615. Accordingly, as we have overruled the objections and as the tally of ballots shows that Petitioner has not received a majority of the valid votes cast, we shall certify the results of the election. [The Board certified that a majority of the valid votes was not cast for the International Union of Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers, IUE, AFL-CIO, and that the said labor organization is not the exclusive representative of the employees in the unit found appro- priate.] MEMBER JENKINS took no part in the above Decision and Certifi- cation of Results of Election. 1 The Petitioner's exceptions, in our opinion, raise no material or substantial issues of fact or law which would warrant reversal of the Regional Director's findings and recom- mendations with respect to the objections. General Electric Company and International Union of Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers, AFL-CIO, Petitioner. Case 8-RC-6185. October 28, 1966 DECISION AND CERTIFICATION OF RESULTS OF ELECTION Pursuant to a stipulation for certification upon consent election executed on January 25, 1966, an election by secret ballot was con- ducted on February 10, 1966, under the direction and supervision of the Regional Director for Region 8 among the employees in the appropriate unit. At the conclusion of the election, the parties were furnished with a tally of ballots which showed that of approximately 322 eligible voters, 307 cast ballots, of which 118 were for, and 189 against, the Petitioner. There were no challenged ballots. There- 161 NLRB No. 58. GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 613 after, the Petitioner filed timely objections to conduct affecting the results of the election. In accordance with National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations, Series 8, as amended, the Regional Director conducted an investigation and, on March 22, 1966, issued and duly served upon the parties his report on objections in which he recommended that the objections be overruled in their entirety and that a certification of results of election be issued. Thereafter, the Petitioner filed timely exceptions to the Regional Director's report. Upon the entire record in this case, the National Labor Relations Board finds : 1. The Employer is engaged in commerce within the meaning of the National Labor Relations Act, as amended, and it will effectuate the purposes of the Act to assert jurisdiction herein. 2. The Petitioner is a labor organization claiming to represent cer- tain employees of the Employer. 3. A question affecting commerce exists concerning the representa- tion of the employees of the Employer within the meaning of Sec- tions 9(c) (1) and 2(6) and (7) of the Act. 4. The parties stipulated, and we find, that the following employees constitute a unit appropriate for the purposes of collective bargain- ing within the meaning of Section 9(b) of the Act: All production and maintenance employees in the Employer's Trumbull'Lamp Plant, Warren, Ohio, including group leaders, plant clerical employees and cafeteria employees, but excluding office clerical employees, professional employees, guards, and supervisors as defined in the Act. 5. The Board has considered the Regional Director's report, the Petitioner's exceptions thereto, and briefs of the parties, and hereby adopts the Regional Director's findings and recommendations.' See General Electric Company, 161 NLRB 615. Accordingly, as we have overruled the objections and as the tally of ballots shows that Petitioner has not received a majority of the valid votes cast, we shall certify the results of the election. [The Board certified that a majority of the valid votes was not cast for the International Union of Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers, AFL-CIO, and that the said labor organization is not the exclusive representative of the employees in the unit found appro- priate.] MEMBER JENKINS took no part in the above Decision and Certifi- cation of Results of Election. 'The Petitioner's exceptions, in our opinion, raise no material or substantial issues of fact or law which would warrant reversal of the Regional Director's findings and recom- mendations with respect to the objections.