Basca Manufacturing Co., Inc.

In the' Matter of BASCA MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC. and STEEL WORKERS ORGANIZING COMMITTEE, LOCAL UNION No. 2319, AFFILI- ATED WITH THE C. I. O. _ Case No. B-3469.-Decided April 21, 1941 Investigation and Certification of Representatives : stipulation for certification upon consent election. ,Mr. Robert H. Cowdrill and Colonel C. Sawyer, for the Board. Mr. Kurt Pantzer, of Indianapolis, Ind., for the Company., Mr. C. E. Whitman, of Indianapolis, Ind., for the Union. Mr. William H. Bartley, of counsel to the Board. DECISION AND CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES STATEMENT OF THE CASE On March 14, 1941, Steel Workers Organizing Committee, Local Union No.. 2319, affiliated with the C. I. 0., herein called the Union, filed with the Regional Director for the Eleventh Region (Indianapolis, Indiana) a petition-alleging that a question affecting commerce had arisen concerning the representation of employees of Basca Manu- facturing -Company, Inc., herein called the Company, engaged in the manufacture of automobile mufflers at Indianapolis, Indiana, and requesting an investigation and, certification of representatives pur- suant to Section 9 (c) of the National LaburrRelations Act, 49 Stat._ 449, herein called the Act. On March 20, 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 Rela- tions Board Rules and Regulations-Series 2, as amended, ordered an investigation and authorized the Regional Director to conduct it and to provide for an appropriate hearing on due notice. On March 19, 1941 the Company, the Union, the Regional Director, and an attorney for the Board, entered into a "STIPULATION FOR CER- TIFICATION UPON CONSENT ELECTION." 31 "N. L. R. B., No., 27. 171 172 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD Pursuant to"the stipulation, an election by secret ballot was con- ducted on March 27, 1941, under the direction and supervision of the Regional Director, ,among all production and maintenance em- ployees of the Company at its Indianapolis plant, exclusive of clerical and office employees, foremen, and watchmen to determine whether or not said employees desired to be represented by the Union for the purposes of collective bargaining with the Company. On March 31, 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 number of employees alleged eligible to vote------------ 136 Total number voted----------------------------------------- 129 Total number of valid votes cast----------------------------- 128 Total number of votes for the Steel Workers Organizing Com- mittee, Local Union No. 2319, affiliated with the C. I. 0------ 94 Total number of votes against the Steel Workers Organiz- ing Committee, Local Union No. 2319, affiliated with the C. I. 0--------------------------------------------------- 34 Total number of blank ballots-----------------------------= 0 Total number of void ballots-------------------------------- 1 Total number of challenged 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 Basca Manufacturing Company, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana, within the meaning of Section 9 (c) and Section 2 (6) and (7) of the National Labor Relations Act. 2. All production and maintenance employees 'employed by the Company at its Indianapolis plant, exclusive of clerical and office employees, foremen, and watchmen, constitute a unit appropriate for the purposes of collective bargaining within the meaning of Sec- tion 9 (b) of the National Labor Relations Act. 3. Steel Workers Organizing Committee, Local Union No. 2319, C. I. 0.,, has been designated and selected by a majority of the em- ployees in the above unit as their representative for the purposes 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. BASCA MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC. 173 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, IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that Steel Workers Organizing Committee, Local Union No. 2319, C. I. 0., has been designated and selected by a majority of the production and maintenance employees of Basca Manufacturing Company, Inc., exclusive of clerical and office em- ployees, foremen, and watchmen, as their representative for- the purposes of collective bargaining, and that pursuant to the provisions of Section 9 (a) of the Act, Steel Workers Organizing Committee, Local Union No. 2319, 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.