Walworth Co.

In the Matter Of WALWORTH COMPANY and PATTERN MAKERS LEAGUE OF NORTH AMERICA (A. F. OF L.) In the Matter of WALWORTH COMPANY and STEEL WORKERS ORGANIZ- ING COMMITTEE ON BEHALF OF A. A. I. S. T. OF N. A. Cases Nos. R-1670 and R-1673, respectively SUPPLEMENTAL DECISION CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES AND ORDER April 9, 1940 On February 26, 1940, the National Labor Relations Board, herein called the Board, issued its Decision and Direction of Election in the above-entitled proceedings.' Pursuant to the Direction of Elec- tion, an election by secret ballot was conducted on March 19, 1940, under the direction and supervision of the Regional Director for the Sixth Region (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania). On March 21, 1940, the Regional Director, acting pursuant to Article III, Section 9, of Na- tional Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations- Series 2, as amended, issued an Election Report, copies of which were duly served upon the parties. 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 of eligible voters____________________ __________ 30 Total number of ballots counted___ __________________________ 28 Total number of votes for Pattern Makers League of North America, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor__ 16 Total number of votes for Steel Workers Organizing Com- mittee, on behalf of the Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel & Tin Workers of North America, affiliated with the Congress of Industrial Organizations ______________________ 11 Total number of votes for neither__ ________________________ 1 Total number of blank ballots______________________________ 0 Total number of challenged ballots___________________________ 12 Total number of void ballots ________________________________ 0 120 N . L R B 854 2 The Regional Director ruled that the challenged ballot would not be counted since it would not affect the result of the election. 22 N. L. R. B., No 54. 815 816 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD Upon the entire record in the case, the Board makes the following: SUPPLEMENTAL FINDINGS OF FAGr In the Decision and Direction of Election previously referred to, the Board did not, pending the election, make a final determination as to the appropriate unit for the purposes of collective bargaining, but stated that if Pattern Makers League of North America, (A. F. of L.) obtained a majority at the election, the pattern-shop employees would constitute a separate unit. We find that the pattern-shop employees of The Walworth Com- pany, Greensburg, Pennsylvania, including Robert E. Bender, J. S. Hudock, and H. J. Bagley, but excluding H. Henninger, foremen, and assistant foremen, constitute a unit appropriate for the purposes of collective bargaining and that said unit will insure to employees of such Company the full benefit of their right to self-organization and to collective bargaining and otherwise effectuate the policies of the Act. SUPPLEMENTAL CONCLUSION OF LAw The pattern-shop employees of The Walworth Company, Greens- burg, Pennsylvania, including Robert E. Bender, J. S. Hudock, and H. J. Bagley, but excluding H. Henninger, foremen, and assistant foremen, constitute a unit appropriate for the purposes of collective 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 America (A. F. of L.) has been designated and selected by a majority of the pattern-shop employees of The Walworth Company, Greens- burg, Pennsylvania, including Robert E. Bender, J. S. Hudock, and H. J. Bagley, but excluding H. Henninger, foremen, and assistant foremen, as their representative for the purposes of collective bar- gaining, and that pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the National Labor Relations Act, Pattern Makers League of North America (A. F. of L.) is the exclusive representative of all such employees for the purposes of collective bargaining with respect to rates of pay, wages, hours of employment, and other conditions of employment. WALWORTH COMPANY ORDER 817 By virtue of Section 9 (c) of the National Labor Relations Act, 49 Stat. 449, and pursuant to Article III, Sections 8 and 9, of Na- tional Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series 2, as amended, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the petition for investigation and certification of representatives of employees of The Walworth Com- pany, Greensburg, Pennsylvania, filed by Steel Workers Organizing Committee on November 8, 1939, be, and it hereby is, dismissed, with- out prejudice to the existing certification of Steel Workers Organizing Committee as representative of employees of such Company.3 8 Matter of Walworth Company and Pattern Makers' Association of Pittsburgh and Vicinity, etc.; Matter of Walworth Company and Steel Workers' Organizing Committee on behalf of the A. A. I. S. T. of N. A , 15 N. L. R. B 53.