General Motors Sales Corp.

In the Matter of GENERAL MOTORS SALES CORPORATION , PARTS DIVISION - and UNITED AUTOMOBILE WORKERS OF AMERICA (C. I. 0. ) Case No. B-2382.-Decided March 27, 1941 Investigation and Certification of Representatives : stipulation for certification of representatives upon consent election. Mr. Bennet F. Schaufler, for the Board. Mr. John Thomas Smith, for the Company. Mr. Edward A. McCrone, of Philadelphia, Pa., for the Union. Miss Edna Loeb, of counsel to the Board. DECISION AND CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES STATEMENT OF THE CASE On February 19, 1941, United Automobile Workers of America (C. I. 0.), herein called the Union, filed with the Regional Director for the Fourth Region (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) a petition al- leging that a question affecting commerce had arisen concerning'the representation of employees of General Motors Sales Corporation, Parts Division, herein called the Company," engaged at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in receiving, stocking, and shipping automobile parts and accessories, and requesting an investigation and certification of representatives, pursuant to Section 9 (c) of the National Labor Relations Act, ,49 Stat. 449, herein called the Act. On February 27, 1941, the Company, the Union, and the Regional Director en- tered into a "Stipulation for Certification of Representatives Upon Consent Election." On March 14, 1941, 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, ordered, Hunt pro tune as of February 27, 1941, an investigation and authorized the Regional Director to conduct it and to provide for an appropriate hearing upon due notice. 1 The petition referred to General Motors Sales Corporation , Chevrolet Motor Division, but the entire record herein shows that the aboN a is the correct name of the Company. 30 N. L. It. B., No. 97. 440135-42-Vol 30--42 643 b 644 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD Pursuant to the stipulation, an election by secret ballot was con- ducted on March 6, 1941, under the direction and supervision of the Regional Director, among employees of the Company in the Parts Stock Department in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, including stock pickers, stock handlers, shipping checkers, storeroom clerks, receiv- ing checkers, maintenance men, excluding stock department manager, stockroom supervisor, shipping supervisor, receiving supervisor, foremen, assistant foremen, and all other persons in a supervisory capacity, watchmen other than part-time watchmen classified as stock handlers, office and clerical employees, to determine whether or not said employees desired to be represented by the Union. On March 7, 1941, the Regional Director issued and duly served upon the parties his Election Report. 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 on eligiblity list-------------------------------------- 33 Total ballots cast------------------------------------------- 33 Total valid ballots cast------------------------------------- 33 Total' ballots cast for United Automobile Workers of America (C. I. O.)------------------------------------------------ 32 Total ballots cast against United Automobile Workers of Amer- ica (C. I. O.)--------- - ---------------------------------- 1 Challenged ballots ----------------------------------------- 0 Blank' ballots ---------------------------------------------- 0 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 rep- resentation of employees of General Motors Sales -Corporation, Parts Division, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, within the meaning of Sec- tion 9 (c) and Section 2 (6) and (7) of the National Labor Relations Act. 2. Employees of the Company in the Parts Stock Department in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, including stock pickers, stock handlers, shipping checkers, storeroom clerks, receiving checkers, maintenance men, excluding stock department manager, stockroom supervisor, shipping supervisor, receiving supervisor, foremen, assistant foremen, and all other persons, in a supervisory capacity, watchmen other than part-time watchmen classified as stock handlers, office and clerical GENERAL MOTORS SALES CORPORATION 645 employees, constitute a unit appropriate for the purposes of collec- tive bargaining, within the meaning of Section 9 (b) of the National Labor Relations Act. .• 3. United Automobile Workers of America : (C. I. 0.) has been designated and selected by a majority of the employees in, the, above unit as their representatiye for the purposes of, collective bargaining and is the exclusive representative of all employees in the said unit within the meaning of Section 9 (a) of the National Labor Rela- tions 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 United Automobile Workers of Amer- ica (C. I. 0.) has been designated and selected by a majority of the employees of General Motors Sales Corporation, Parts Division, in the Parts Stock Department in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, includ- ing stock pickers, stock handlers, shipping checkers, storeroom clerks, receiving checkers, maintenance men, excluding stock department manager, stockroom supervisor, shipping supervisor, receiving super- visor, foremen, assistant foremen, and all other person's in a super- visory capacity, watchmen other 'than part-time watchmen classified' as stock handlers, office and clerical empl'oyees,'as their representative for the purposes of collective bargaining, and that, pursuant to the provisions of Section 9 (a) of the Act, United 'Automobile Workers of America (C. I. 0.)- 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. -