Briggs Manufacturing Company and Briggs Indiana Corporation

In the Matter of BRIGGS MANUFACTURING COMPANY AND BRIGGS INDI- ANA CORPORATION and INTERNATIONAL UNION, UNITED AUTOMOBILE WORKERS OF AMERICA, AFFIIIATED WITH THE C. I. 0.; AND LOCALS No. 212 AND No. 265, INTERNATIONAL UNION, UNITED AUTOMOBILE WORKERS OF AMERICA. AFFILIATED WITH THE C. I. O. Case No. R-1407 AMENDED DIRECTION OF ELECTION August 16, 1939 On July 31, 1939, the National Labor Relations Board, herein called the Board, issued a Decision and Direction of Election 1 in the above-entitled matter, the election to be held within twenty (20) days from the date of the Direction, under the direction and super- vision of the Regional Director for the Seventh Region. The Regional Director has advised the Board that the Connors Plant of the Briggs Manufacturing Company is not operated as a separate plant but that its employees are drawn from other plants, remain on their pay rolls, and never lose their identity as employees of such other plants. The Regional Director recommends that the Direction of Election exclude the Connors Plant. The Direction of Election is hereby amended to read as follows : 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, and pursuant to Article III, Section 8, of Na- tional Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series 2, it is hereby DIRECTED that, as part of the investigation authorized by the Board to ascertain representatives for the purpose of collective bargaining with Briggs Manufacturing Company and Briggs Indiana Corporation, elections by secret ballot shall be conducted within twenty (20) days from the date of this Direction, under the direction and supervision of the Regional Director for the Seventh Region, acting in this matter as agent for the National Labor Relations Board and subject to Article III, Section 9, of said Rules and Regulations among all the production and main- tenance employees employed by the Company at each of the following plants : Mack Avenue, Highland Park, Vernor, Mel- 113 N. L. R. B. 1326. 14 N. L. R. B., No. 50. 723 724 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD drum, 8-Mile, Hamtramck and Evansville, situated in the cities of Detroit, Hamtramck, and Highland Park,, Michigan, and in Evansville, Indiana, including all operators of Company motor transport, equipment and those engaged in its maintenance ; fac- tory clerical employees paid on an. hourly rate basis; all engi- neers-whether paid on an hourly rate or salary basis-except those employed on experimental model work and all those who have the right to hire or discharge; all detailers, draftsmen, and designers, whether paid on an hourly rate or salary basis, except those who have the right to hire or discharge; but excluding direct representatives of the management such as officers and directors of the Company, sales managers and assistant managers, factory managers and assistant managers, directors and em- ployees of the personnel and industrial relations department, directors of purchases and assistants, superintendents and assist- ant superintendents, general foremen, foremen, and assistant fore- men, other persons working in a supervisory capacity, including those having the right to hire or discharge, and those whose duties include recommendations as to hiring or discharging (but not persons designated as leaders), time-study men, plant pro- tection employees, known as watchmen, and all salaried employ- ees, except those engineers, detailers, draftsmen, and designers specifically included above whose names appear on the pay roll and suspended seniority lists for the pay-roll period immediately preceding the date of this Direction of Election, including em, ployees who did not work during such pay-roll period because they were ill or on vacation, to determine whether or not they desire to be represented by C. I. O.-International Union, United Automobile Workers of America, or A. F. of L.-International Union, United Automobile Workers of America, for the purposes of collective bargaining, or by neither. MR. EDWIN S. SMITH took no part in the consideration of the above Amended Direction of Election. [SAME TITLE] AMENDMENT TO THE AMENDED DIRECTION OF ELECTION August 17, 1939 On July 31, 1939, the National Labor Relations Board, herein called the Board, issued a Decision and Direction of Election in the above- entitled proceeding, the election to be held within twenty ( 20) days from the date of the Decision and Direction of Election , under the BRIGGS MANUFACTURING COMPANY 725 direction and supervision of the Regional Director for the Seventh Region. On August 15, 1939, the Board issued an Amended Direction of Election without changing the time within which the election was to be held. The Board, at the request of the Regional Director, hereby amends the .Amended Direction of Election by striking therefrom the words "within twenty. (20) days from the date of this ' Direction," and substituting therefor the words, "within fifty (50) days from the date of this Direction." MR. EDWIN S. SMITH took no part in the consideration of the above Amendment to the Amended Direction of Election. 14 N. L. R. B., No. 50a.