Semet-Solvay Co.

In the Matter of SEMET-SOLVAY COMPANY AND DETROIT COKE OVEN EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION and INTERNATIONAL UNION, UNITED AUTO- MOBILE WORKERS or AMERICA, LOCAL No. 174 Cases Nos. R-547 and C-384 ORDER PERMITTING WITHDRAWAL OF PETITION Mardi 00, 1939 A petition, pursuant to Section 9 (c) of the Act, requesting an in- vestigation and certification of representatives of employees of the above-named Company, and a charge, pursuant to Section 10 (b) of the Act, having been filed by International Union, United Automobile Workers of America, Local No. 174; the Board, by Orders duly made, having consolidated these cases for purposes of hearing; a hearing having been duly held before a Trial Examiner duly designated; the Intermediate Report of the said Trial Examiner having been issued and served upon the parties; the issues involved in Case No. C-384 having been disposed of by a stipulation which provided that a decree be entered in the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, vacating and setting aside with prejudice the Decision and Order of the Board; and on March 9, 1938, the Semet-Solvay Com- pany, the Detroit Coke Oven Employees Association, the Interna- tional Union, United Automobile Workers of America, Local No. 174, the Gas, By-Product Coke and Chemical Workers, Local 12082, Dis- trict 50, United Mine Workers of America, and a representative of the National Labor Relations Board having entered into a stipulation with respect to the fact that Gas, By-Product Coke and Chemical Workers, Local 12082, District *50, United Mine Workers of America, had succeeded to the interest of International Union, United Auto- mobile Workers of America, Local 174, in these proceedings, and the said stipulation providing that the National Labor Relations Board might substitute Gas, By-Product Coke and Chemical Workers, Local 12082, District 50, United Mine Workers of America, for International Union, United Automobile Workers of America, Local No. 174, in any further proceedings in this matter, the Board having issued a Decision, Order and Direction of Election, an Amendment to Direction of Elec- tion, and a Second Amendment to Direction of Election 1 in these cases, 17 N. L. R. B. 511. 11 N. L. R. B., No. 115. 1246 SEMET-SOLVAY COMPANY ET AL. 1247 and, thereafter, a request for permission to withdraw the said petition having been filed by Oscar Wiles, field representative, District #50, U. M. W. of A., and the Board having, on March 15, 1939, given due notice that on this date, March 20, 1939, unless sufficient cause to the contrary should then appear, it would permit the withdrawal of the said petition, and no sufficient cause to the contrary appearing, and the Board having duly considered the matter, IT Is HEREBY ORDERED that the said request for permission to with- draw the said petition be, and it hereby is, granted, and that Case No. R-547 be, and it hereby is, closed.