General Time Instruments Corp.

In the Matter of GENERAL TIME INSTRUMENTS CORPORATION and INTERNATIONAL JEWELRY WORKERS' UNION Case No. R-1678 CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES March 25, 1949 On February 9, 1940, the National Labor Relations Board issued its Decision and Direction of Election in the above-entitled proceed- ings.' Pursuant to the Direction of Election, an election by secret ballot was conducted on March 1, 1940, under the direction and super- vision of the Regional Director for the Second Region (New York City). On March 5, 1940, the Regional Director, acting pursuant to Article III, Section 9, of National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series 2, as amended, issued and duly served upon the parties an Election Report. No objections 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 number eligible to vote________________________________ 508 Total number of ballots cast________________________________ 480 Total number of valid ballots_______________________________ Total number of votes in favor of International Jewelry 474 Workers' Union Local 116-A. F. of L_______ ______________ 355 Total number of votes against International Jewelry Workers' Union Local 116-A. F. of L______________________________ 119 Total number of blank votes________________________________ 6 Total number of void ballots-------------------------------- 0 Total number of challenged votes--------------------------- 0 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, Sections 8 and 9, of National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series 2, as amended, IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that International Jewelry Workers' Union, Local 116, A. F. of L., has been designated and selected by a ma- jority of the production and maintenance employees of General Time 120 N. L R. B. 283. 21 N. L. R. B., No. 96. 1023 1024 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD Instruments Corporation at its plant at Thomaston , Connecticut, ex- cluding foremen, model makers, clerical and office employees, depart- mental clerks, engineering-department employees , and supervisors, as their representative for the purposes of collective bargaining and that, pursuant to the provisions of Section 9 (a) of the National La- bor Relations Act, International Jewelry Workers' Union, Local 116, A. F. of L., is the exclusive representative of all such employees for the purposes of collective bargaining in respect to rates of pay, wages, hours of employment, and other conditions of employment.