General Motors Corp.

In the Matter of GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION, CHEVROLET COMMER- CIAL BODIES DIVIsIoN and INTERNATIONAL UNION, UNITED AUTOMO- BILE WORKERS OF AMERICA, (AFFILIATED WITH THE C. I. 0.) Iii the Matter of GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION, CHEVROLET COMMER- CIAL BODY DIVISION and AUTOMOBILE BODY LOCAL LODGE 1396, INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACiHINISTS, AFFILIATED WITH THE A. F. OF L. In the Matter of GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION, CHEVROLET COMMER- CIAL BODY DIVISION and PATTERN MAKERS LEAGUE OF NORTH AMERICA AND PATTERN MAKERS ASSOCIATION OF INDIANAPOLIS AND VICINITY, AFFILIATED WITH THE A. F. OF L. . Cases Nos. R-1805, R-1806, and le-1807, respectively SUPPLEMENTAL DECISION AND,' CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES June 19, 1940 On May 15, 1940, the National Labor Relations Board, herein called the Board, issued its Decision and Direction of Elections in the above- entitled proceedings.' Pursuant to the Direction of Elections, elec- tions by secret ballot were conducted on June 4, 1940, under the direc- tion and supervision of the Regional Director for the Eleventh Region (Indianapolis, Indiana). On June 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 an Election Report, copies of which were duly served on the parties. No objec- tions 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 : - Pattern Makers Total number of employees alleged eligible to vote ------------ 11 Total number voted ------------- _----------------------------- 11 Total number of valid votes cast ------------------------------ 11 Total number of votes for the C. I. 0., Int'l. Union, United Automobile Workers of America____________________________ 0 123 N. L. R. B. 812. 24 N. L. R. B., No. 89. 848 GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION Pattern Makers-Continued 849 Total number of votes for the A. F. of L. Pattern Makers League of North America ------- ----------------------------------- 9 Total number of votes for neither organization--------------- 2 Total number of. blank ballots -------------------------------- 0 Total number of void ballots--------------------------------- 0 Total number of challenged ballots___________________________ 0 Other Production and Maintenance Employees Total number of employees alleged eligible to vote ------------ -- 969 Total number voted----------------------------------------- 944 Total number of valid votes cast_____________________________ 895 Total number of votes for the C. I. O. Int'l. Union, United Automobile Workers of America___________________________ 687 Total number of votes for the A. F. of L. Automotive Body Workers Local 1396, Int'l. Assn. of Machinists______________ 105 Total number of votes for neither organization___ ____________ 103 Total, number of blank ballots_______________________________ 0 Total number of void ballots_________________________________ 0 Total number of challenged ballots___________________________ 49 In the Decision and Direction of Elections previously referred to, the Board made no final determination as to the appropriate unit or units but provided -that if a majority of the pattern makers chose the Pattern Makers then such employees would constitute a' separate appropriate bargaining unit, and further, that if a majority. of the pattern makers chose the C.. 1. O.-U. A. W., they. would constitute a separate appropriate bargaining unit, except that if a majority of the production and maintenance employees also chose the C. 1. O.-U. A. W., then the employees in such craft and the production and maintenance employees together 'would constitute a single appropriate unit. Upon the` basis of the entire record in the case, the Board makes the following : SUPPLEMENTAL FINDINGS OF FACT 1. We find that the wood and metal pattern makers or model mak- ers, working on bench or machine (but not shaper hands), and the apprentices of these classifications (but not supervisory or salaried employees and those whose. work is of a confidential nature) of Gen- eral Motors Chevrolet-Commercial Body Division, constitute a unit appropriate for the purposes of collective bargaining and that said unit will insure to the employees of the Company the full benefit of their right to self-organization and to collective bargaining, and other- wise effectuate the policies of the Act. 2. We find that the production and maintenance employees and mechanical employees in engineering department shops of General Motors Corporation, Chevrolet-Commercial Body Division, excluding .the wood and metal pattern makers or model makers, working on 850 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD bench or machine (but not shaper hands) and the apprentices of these classifications, direct representatives of the management, such as offi- cers and directors-,of the Company, sales managers and assistant sales managers; factory manager and assistant factory manager, directors and employees of sales, accounting, Personnel and Industrial Relations Departments, directors of purchases and assistant directors of pur- chases, superintendents and assistant superintendents, general fore- men; foremen and assistant foremen, and all other persons working in a supervisory capacity, including those having the right to hire or discharge and those whose duties include recommendation as to hiring or discharging (but not leaders), and those employees whose work is of a confidential nature, time-study men, plant-protection em- •ployees, all clerical employees, chief engineers and shift operating en- gineers in power plants, designing (drawing board), production esti- mating, and planning engineers,- draftsmen and detailers, tool de- signers and clay and plaster modelers (but not those who make pat- terns), timekeepers, office janitors, technical school students, inden- tured apprentices, and kitchen and cafeteria help, constitute a unit appropriate for the purposes of collective bargaining, and that said unit will insure to employees of the company the full benefit of their right to self-organization and to collective bargaining and otherwise effectuate the policies of the Act.. Upon the basis of the-above findings of fact and upon the entire record in the case, the Board makes the following : SUPPLEMENTAL CONCLUSIONS OF LAW 1. The wood and metal pattern makers or model makers, working on bench or machine (but not shaper hands), -and the apprentices of these classifications (but not supervisory or salaried employees and those whose work is of a confidential nature) of General. Motors Chev- rolet-Commercial Body Division, constitute a unit appropriate for the purposes of collective bargaining, within the meaning of Section 9 (b) of the National Labor Relations Act. 2. The production and maintenance employees and mechanical em- ployees in engineering department shops of General Motors Corpora- tion, Chevrolet-Commercial Body Division, 'excluding the wood'°and metal pattern makers or model makers, working on bench or machine (but not shaper hands), and the .apprentices of these classifications, direct representatives of the management, such as officers and directors of the company, sales managers and' assistant sales managers, factory manager and assistant factory manager, directors and employees.of sales, accounting, Personnel and Industrial Relations Departments, directors of purchases and assistant directors of purchases, superin- tendents and assistant superintendents, general foremen, foremen and GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION 851. assistant foremen, and all. other persons working in a supervisory capacity, including those having the right to hire or discharge and those whose duties include recommendation as to hiring or discharging (but. not leaders), and those employees whose work ' is of a confidential nature, time-study men, plant -protection employees , all clerical em- ployees, chief engineers and shift operating engineers in power plants,. designing ( drawing board), production estimating , and planning.en gineers, draftsmen and detailers , tool designers and clay and plaster modelers (but. not those who make patterns ), timekeepers , office jani- tors, technical school students , indentured apprentices , and kitchen and cafeteria help, constitute w unit appropriate for-the purposes of collec - tive' bargaining, within the meaning of Section 9 (b) of the National Labor Relations Act. CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES 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 Pattern Makers League of North Amer- ica, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, has been desig- nated and selected by a majority of the wood and metal pattern makers or model makers, working on bench or machine (but not shaper- hands.), and the apprentices of these classifications (but, not super- visory or salaried employees and those whose work is of a confidential' nature) of General Motors Corporation, Chevrolet-Commercial Body- Division, as their representative for the purposes of collective bargain-- ing, and that, pursuant to the provisions of Section 9 (a) of the Act,. Pattern Makers League of North America, affiliated with the American, Federation of Labor, is the exclusive representative of 'all such em- ployees for the purposes of collective bargaining with respect to rates: of pay, wages, hours of employment, and other conditions of employ- ment; and IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that International Union, United Automo- bile Workers of America, affiliated with the Congress of Industrial Organizations, has been designated and selected by a, majority of all' production and maintenance employees and mechanical employees in, engineering department shops of General Motors Corporation, Chev- rolet-Commercial Body Division, excluding the pattern makers afore- mentioned, direct representatives of the management, such as officers- and directors of the company, sales managers and assistant sales man- agers, factory manager and assistant factory manager, directors and' employees, of sales, accounting, Personnel and Industrial Relations: 852 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD Departments, directors of purchases and assistant directors of pur- chases, superintendents and assistant superintendents, general fore- men, foremen and assistant foremen, and all other persons working in a supervisory capacity, including those having the right to hire or. discharge and those whose duties include recommendation as to hiring or discharging (but not leaders), and those employees whose work is of a confidential nature, time-study men, plant-protection employees, all clerical employees, chief engineers and shift operating engineers in power plants, designing (drawing board), production estimating.and planning engineers, craftsmen and detailers, tool designers and clay and plaster modelers (but not those who make patterns), timekeepers, office janitors, technical school students, indentured apprentices, and' kitchen and cafeteria help, as their representative for the purposes of collective bargaining, and that, pursuant to provisions of Section 9 (a) of the Act, International Union, United Automobile Workers of America, affiliated with the Congress of Industrial Organizations, 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.