Centre Brass Works, Inc.

In the Matter of CENTRE BRASS WORKS, INC. AND ENTERPRISE NOVELTY Co. and METAL POLISHERS, PLATERS, BUFFERS AND HELPERS INTER- NATIONAL UNION, LOCAL No. 8 Cases Nos. C-567 and R-693 SUPPLEMENT AND SECOND AMENDMENT TO DIRECTION OF ELECTION December 7, 1939 On January 9, 1939, the National Labor Relations Board, herein called the Board, issued a Decision, Order, and Direction of Election in the above-entitled proceedings.' On January 24, 1939, the Board issued an Amendment to Direction of Election and Order Dismissing Petition.2 The Direction of Election, as amended, directed that an election by secret ballot be conducted, at such time as the Board should in the future direct, among all production employees of Centre Brass Works, Inc., whose names appear on the pay roll last preced- ing the date of the Direction of Election, excluding office workers, foremen, and supervisory employees, and excluding also employees who quit or were discharged for cause between the date of the speci- fied pay roll and the date of the election, to determine whether or not they desired to be represented by Metal Polishers, Buffers, Platers, and Helpers International Union, Local No. 8, for the purposes of collective bargaining. The Board has been advised by the Regional Director for the Second Region (New York City) that an election may be appro- priately held at this time. The Regional Director has also advised the Board that the parties to the proceedings are agreed that an election at the present time among employees whose names appear on the pay roll last preceding the date of the original Direction of of Election would be impractical. The Board, therefore, hereby sup- plements and amends its Direction of Election, as amended, to read as follows : 110 N. L. R. B. 1060. 2 ] 0 N. L. R. B. 1077. 18 N. L. R. B., No. 22. 146 CENTRE BRASS WORKS, INCORPORATED 147 DIRECTION OF ELECTION By virtue of and pursuant to the power vested in the National Labor Relations Board by Section 9 (c) of the National Labor Rela- tions Act, 49 Stat. 449, and pursuant to Article III, Section 8, of National 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 collective bargaining with Centre Brass Works, Inc., New York City, an election by secret ballot shall be conducted as early as possible but not later than thirty (30) days from the date of this Supplement and Second Amendment to Direction of Election, under the direction and supervision of the Regional Director for the Second Region, acting in this matter as the agent of the National Labor Relations Board and subject to Article III, Section 9, of said Rules and Regulations, among all pro- duction employees of Centre Brass Works, Inc., whose names appear on the pay roll last preceding the date of this Supplement and Second Amendment to Direction of Election, including employees who did not work during such pay-roll period because they were ill or on vacation, and employees who were then or have since been tempo- rarily laid off, but excluding office workers, foremen, and supervisory employees, and excluding also employees who may quit or may be discharged for cause between the date of the pay roll above specified and the date of the election, to determine whether or not they desire to be represented by Metal Polishers, Buffers, Platers, and Helpers International Union, Local No. 8, for the purposes of collective bar- gaining. MR. WILLIAM M. LEISERSON took no part in the consideration of the above Supplement and Second Amendment to Direction of Election.