The George W. Borg Corp.

In the Matter of THE GEORGE W. BORG CORPORATION and UNITED 'CLOCK WORKERS UNION Case No. R-1879 ORDER DENYING PETITION FOR REHEARING AND AMENDMENT TO DECISION AND DIRECTION OF ELECTION August 3, 1940 On July 16, 1940, the National Labor Relations Board, herein called the Board, issued a Decision and Direction of Election in the above-entitled proceedings.' On July 30 Local Union No. B-713 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, herein called the I. B. E. W., filed with the Board a Petition For Rehearing wherein it requested, among other things, that the Board reconsider its Decision and Direction of Election, and, upon such reconsideration, modify said Decision in certain respects, or dismiss the petition for an investigation and certification of representatives herein. On July 31 George W. Borg Corporation, Clock Division, the Company herein, lodged with the Board a written statement to the effect that it has not contended that United Clock Workers Union, the petitioning union herein, is not a labor organization within the mean ing"of the Act. The Company re- quests that the decision be amended to set forth correctly its position in this regard. We hereby order said Petition For Rehearing and statement filed -instanter as part of the record herein. We are of the opinion that the petition of the I. B. E. W. for a rehearing, and the requests therein made, should be denied; and that the said decision should be amended in accordance with the request of the Company above set forth. IT IS ORDERED that the Petition For Rehearing filed herein by Local Union No. B-713 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, and the requests therein made, be and the same hereby are, denied. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Decision and Direction of Election `herein be amended by striking from footnote 3 therein the words, 125 N. L. R B 481 26 N.L.R..B.,No 7. 72 THE GEORGE W. BORG CORPORATION 73 "The Company contends contrary to its own stipulation entered into at the hearing", and substituting therefore the words, "It is con- tended." MR. WILLIAM M. LEISERSON took no, part in the consideration of the above Order Denying Petition for Rehearing and Amendment to Decision and Direction of Election.