United Aircraft Corp.

In the Matter of UNITED AnlcRAFT ' CORPORATION and INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS, LODGE 743, AFFILIATED WITII THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR Case No. R-2489 CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES July 3, 1941 On May 26, 1941, the National Labor Relations Board issued a De- cision and Direction of Election in the above-entitled proceedings.' Pursuant to the Direction of Election, an election by secret ballot was conducted on June 13, 1941, under the- direction and supervision of the Regional Director for the First Region (Boston, Massachusetts). On June 17, 1941, the Regional Director, acting pursuant to' Article III, Section 9, of National Labor Relations Board Rules and Reg lla.- tions-Series 2, as amended, issued and duly served upon the parties an Election Report. 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 eligible to vote, -------------------------------- 3197 Total number of votes cast--- -__<___________________ 2941 Total number of valid votes cast____________________________ 2916 Total number of ballots marked "Yes"_______________________ 2046 Total number of ballots marked "No"_______________________ 870 Total number of-blank ballots______________________________ 6 Total number of void ballots --------------------------------- 8 Total number of challenged ballots_________________________ 11 Since the 11 challenged ballots cannot affect the results of the elec- tion, we. find it unnecessary to pass upon the challenges. 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, 1 32 N. L. R. B. 79. 33 N. L. R. B., No. 30. 134 UNITED AIRCRAFT CORPORATION 135 IT IS HERRRY CERTIFIED that International Association of Machinists, Lodge 743, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, has been designated and selected by a majority of the production and mainte- nancen employees of. United Aircraft Corporation at its Hamilton Standard . Propellers Division at East Hartford, Connecticut, includ- ing group leaders and minor supervisory employees devoting a major. part of their time to-actual' production, but excluding executives, engineers, technicians in the experimental department, guards, salaried employees, main office clerical help, foremen, assistant foremen, and all other supervisory employees devoting a major part of their time to supervising as distinguished from actual production, as their repre- sentative for the purposes of collective bargaining, and that, pursuant to Section - 9 (a) of the National. Labor Relations Act, International Association of Machinists, , Lodge 743, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, is the exclusive representative of all such em- ployees for the purposes of collective bargaining in respect to rates of pay, wages, hours of employment, and other conditions of employment.