Electric Auto-Lite Co.

In the Matter of ALEMITE DIE CASTING & MANUFACTURING DIVISION OF THE ELECTRIC AUTO-LITE COMPANY and INTERNATIONAL BROTHER- HOOD OF FIREMEN AND OILERS, LOCAL NUMBER 94, OF ELGIN, ILLINOIS Case No. R-2271.-Decided February 8, 1941 Investigation and Certification of Representatives : stipulation for certification upon consent election. Mr. Lester Asher, for the Board. Mr. James P. Falvey, of Toledo, Ohio, for the Company. Mr. Howard A. Plank, of Chicago, Ill., for the Union. Mr. Harold Weston, of counsel to the Board. DECISION AND CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES STATEMENT OF THE CASE On December 17, 1940, International Brotherhood of Firemen and Oilers, Local Number 94, of Elgin, Illinois, herein called the Union, filed with the Regional Director for the Thirteenth Region (Chicago, Illinois) a petition alleging that a question affecting commerce had arisen concerning the representation of employees of Alemite Die Casting & Manufacturing Division of The Electric Auto-Lite Com- pany, Toledo, Ohio, herein called the Company, engaged at Wood- stock, Illinois, in the manufacture, sale, and distribution of zinc and aluminum-base die castings, and requesting an investigation and cer- tification of representatives, pursuant to Section 9 (c) of the National Labor Relations Act, 49 Stat. 449, herein called the Act. On January 13, 1941, the Company, thexUnion, and the Regional Director, entered into a "Stipulation for Certification Upon Consent Election." The National Labor Relations Board, herein called the Board, acting pursuant to Section .9 (c) of the Act and Article III, Section 3, of National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series, 2, as amended, by Order dated January 23, 1941, ordered, nuns pro tune as of January 14, 1941, an investigation and authorized the Regional Director to conduct it and provide for an appropriate hearing upon due notice. 29 N. L R B., No. 87. 450 ALEMIT'E DIE CASTING COMPANY , 451, Pursuant to the Stipulation, an election by secret ballot was• con- ducted on January 20, 1941, under the direction and supervision of the Regional Director among all power-house and maintenance em- ployees, consisting of firemen, firemen helpers, tin shop, millwrights, pyrometer, compressor, welders, electricians, carpenters, pipe fitters, oilers, machinists, and automatic truckers, excluding the chief engi- neer, other supervisory employees, janitors, watchmen, outside truck -drivers, matrons, laborers, and all production and clerical employees employed by the Company at its Woodstock plant, to determine whether or not said employees desire to be represented by the Union. On January 21, 1941, the Regional Director issued and duly served upon the parties his Election Report on the ballot. No objections to the conduct of the ballot or the Election Report have been filed by any of the parties. In his Election Report, the Regional Director reported as follows concerning the balloting and its results : Total eligible tolvote -- ---------------------- 65 Total number of ballots cast_________________________________ 65 Total number of votes in favor of International Brotherhood of Firemen and Oilers, Local Number 94, of Elgin, Illinois------ -47 Total number of votes cast against International Brotherhood of Firemen and Oilers , Local Number 94 , of Elgin, Illinois----' 17 Total number of challenged ballots____ ______________________ 1 Total number of blank ballots________________________________ 0 Total number of void ballots ________________________________ 0 Upon the basis of the stipulation, the election report, and the entire record in the case, the Board makes the following : FINDINGS OF FACT 1. A question affecting commerce has arisen concerning the repre- sentation of employees of Alemite Die Casting & Manufacturing Division of The'Electric Auto-Lite Company, at Woodstock, Illinois, within the meaning of'Section 9 (c) and Section 2 (6) and (7) of the National Labor Relations Act. 2. All powerhouse and maintenance employees, consisting of fire- men, firemen helpers, tin shop, millwrights,-pyrometer, compressor, welders, electricians, carpenters, pipe fitters, oilers, machinists, and automatic truckers, excluding the chief engineer, other 'supervisory employees, janitors, watchmen, outside truck drivers, matrons, labor- ers, .and- all, production and clerical employees, employed by the Com- pany at its Woodstock plant, constitute a unit appropriate for the purposes of collective bargaining, within the meaning of Section 9 (b) of the National Labor Relations Act. 41 3602-42-N of 29-i0 452 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD 3. International Brotherhood of Firemen and Oilers, Local Number 94, of Elgin, Illinois, has been designated and selected by a majority of the employees in the above unit as their representative for the pur- poses of collective bargaining, and is the exclusive representative of all the employees in said unit within the meaning of Section 9 (a) 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 Relations Act, , IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that International Brotherhood of Firemen and Oilers, Local Number 94, of Elgin, Illinois, has been designated and selected by a majority of all powerhouse and maintenance em- ployees, consisting of firemen, firemen helpers, tin shop, millwrights, pyrometer, compressor, welders, electricians, carpenters, pipe fitters, oilers, machinists, and automatic truckers, excluding the chief engi- neer, other supervisory employees, janitors, watchmen, outside truck drivers, matrons, laborers, and all production and clerical employees, employed by Alemite Die Casting & Manufacturing Division of The Electric Auto-Lite Company, at Woodstock, Illinois, as their repre- sentative for the purposes of collective bargaining, and that pursuant to the provision of Section 9 (c) of the Act, International Brotherhood- of Firemen and Oilers, Local Number 94, of Elgin, Illinois, 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.