General Motors Corp.

In the Matter of CADILLAC MOTOR CAR DIVISION OF GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION and SOCIETY OF DESIGNING ENGINEERS, LOCAL No. 201, AFFILIATED WITH THE FEDERATION OF ARCHITECTS , ENGINEERS, CHEMISTS AND TECHNICIANS, AFFILIATED WITH THE C. 1. O. Case No. R-2688.-Decided July 01, 1941 Investigation and Certification of Representatives : stipulation for Certification of Representatives upon consent election. Mr. H. M. Hogan, Mr. A. F. Power, Mr. Denton Jolly, and Mr. Robert C. Carson, of Detroit, Mich., for the Company. Mr. Joseph S. Jacoby and Mr. S. 0. Blackburn, of Detroit, Mich., for the Union. Mr. Armin Uhler, of counsel to the Board. DECISION AND CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES STATEMENT OF THE CASE On November 5, 1940, Society of Designing Engineers, Local No. 201, affiliated with the Federation of Architects, Engineers, Chemists and Technicians, affiliated 'With the C. I. 0., herein called the Union, filed with the Regional Director for the Seventh Region (Detroit, Michigan) a petition alleging that it question affecting commerce had arisen concerning the representation of employees of Cadillac Motor Car Division of General Motors Corporation, herein called the Com- pany, engaged in the production of automobiles, parts, and accessories, and parts for airplane engines and accessories at Detroit, Michigan, 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 June 13, 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 upon due notice. On June `17, 1941, the Board, the Company, and the Union entered into a "STIPULATION FOR CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTA- TIVES UPON CONSENT ELECTION." 33 N L R. B., No. 118. 450122-42-vol 33-45 691 692 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD Pursuant to the Stipulation, an election was conducted on June 24, 1941, under the direction'and supervision of the Regional Director among all tool and die designers, lay-out men, checkers, detailers, and process men in the Tool Design Department and Plant Lay-out Depart-, ment of the Cadillac Motor Car Division of the Company, excluding supervisory employees, superintendents and assistant superintendents, foremen and assistant foremen, tool and die engineers, assistant tool and die engineers, chief checkers, apprentices, clerks, stenographers, and messengers, to determine whether said employees desired to be represented for the purpose of collective bargaining by the Union. On June 24, 1941, the Regional Director issued and duly served upon the parties an Election Report on the ballot. No objections to the conduct of the ballot or to the Election Report have been filed by any of the parties. - As to the balloting and the results thereof, the Regional Director reported as follows : Total on eligibility list-------------------------------------- 34 Total ballots cast------------------------------------------- 34 Total ballots challenged------------------------------------- 0 Total blank ballots------------------------------------------ 0 Total void ballots------------------------------------------- 0 Total valid votes cast---------------------------------------- 34 Votes cast for Local 201, Society of Designing Engineers, affiliated with the Federation of Architects, Engineers, Chem- ists and Technicians, affiliated with the C. I. 0------------- 31 Votes cast against Local 201, Society of Designing Engineers, affiliated with the Federation of Architects, Engineers, Chem- ists and Technicians , affiliated with the C. I. 0-------------- 3 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 Cadillac Motor Car Division of General Motors Corporation , Detroit, Michigan , within 'the meaning of Section 9 (c) and Section 2 ( 6) and (7) of the Act. 2. All tool and die designers, lay-out men, checkers , detailers, and process men in the Tool Design Department and Plant Lay-out De- partment of the Cadillac Motor Car Division " of the Company, ex- cluding supervisory employees, superintendents and assistant super- intendents, foremen and assistant foremen , tool and die engineers, assistant tool and die engineers , chief checkers , apprentices, clerks, stenographers, and messengers, constitute a unit appropriate for the purposes of collective bargaining within the meaning of Section 9 (b) of the Act. CADILLAC MOTOR CAR DIVISION 693 3. Society of Designing Engineers, Local No. 201, affiliated with the Federation of Architects, Engineers, Chemists and Technicians, affiliated with the C. I. 0., has been designated and selected by a majority of the employees in the above unit as their representative for the purposes of collective bargaining and is the exclusive repre- sentative of all the employees in said unit within the meaning of Section 9 (c) of the 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 Society of Designing Engineers, Local. No. 201, affiliated with the Federation of Architects, Engineers, Chem- ists and Technicians, affiliated with the C. I. 0., has been designated and -selected by a majority of all tool and die designers, lay-out men, checkers, detailers, and process men in the Tool Design Department and Plant Lay-out Department of Cadillac Motor Car Division of General Motors Corporation, Detroit, Michigan, excluding super- visory employees, superintendents and assistant superintendents, fore- men and assistant foremen, tool and die engineers, assistant tool and die engineers, chief checkers, apprentices, clerks, stenographers, and messengers, as their representative for the purposes of collective bar- gaining, and that, pursuant to the provisions of Section 9 (a) of the Act, Society of Designing Engineers, Local No. 201, affiliated with the Federation of Architects, Engineers, Chemists and Technicians, affili- ated with the C. I. 0., 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.