Quaker Oats Co.

In the Matter Of QUAKER OATS COMPANY and UNITED CEREAL WORKERS LOCAL INDUSTRIAL UNIONNo.^ 1105 Case No. R-2527 CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES July, 21, 1941 On June 5, 1941, the National Labor Relations Board, herein called the Board, issued its Decision and Direction of Elections in the above- entitled proceeding.' Pursuant to the Direction of Elections, elections by secret ballot were conducted on June 25, 1941, under the direction and supervision of the Regional Director for the Eighteenth Region (Minneapolis, Minnesota). On June 26, 1941,'the Regional Director, acting pursuant to Article III, Section 9, of National Labor Rela- tions Board Rules and Regulations-Series 2, as amended, issued an Election Report, copies of which were duly served on the parties. 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 : (1) All sheet-metal workers and apprentices Total on eligibility list_________________________________ 12 Total ballots cast_______________________________________ 11 Total ballots challenged_________________________________ 0 Total blank ballots_____________________________________ 0 Total void ballots______________________________________ 0 Total valid votes cast___________________________________ 11 Votes cast for United Cereal Workers Local Industrial Union, No. 1105, C. I. 0_______________________________ 0 Votes cast for Sheet-metal Workers International Asso- ciation, Local No. 263, A. F. L__________________________ 10 Votes cast for neither organization_________ -------------- 1 (2) All millwrights and apprentices Total on eligibility list__________________________________ 27 Total ballots cast _______________________________________ 25 Total ballots challenged_________________________________ 0 Total blank ballots_____________________________________ 0 Total void ballots______________________________________ 0 Total valid votes cast___________________________________ 25 132 N. L. R. B. 312. 33'N. L. R. B., No. M. 706 QUAKER OATS COMPANY 707 Votes cast for United Cereal Workers Local Industrial Union, No. 1105, C. I. O_______________________________ 3 Votes cast for Millwrights Local 1039 of United Brother- hood of Carpenters and Joiners of America , A. F. L______ 20 Votes cast for neither organization _______________________ 2 (3) All production and maintenance employees , including watchmen, firemen and heating engineers, excluding planning and draft- ing engineers and laboratory employees , office employees and supervisors with the right to hire and discharge. Total on eligibility list__ ____________________________ 817 Total ballots cast___________________________________ 743 Total ballots challenged _____________________________ 34 Total blank ballots__________________________________ 0 Total void ballots__ _________________________________ 2 Total valid votes cast_______________________________ Votes cast for United Cereal Workers Local Industrial 707 Union, No. 1105, C. I. O__________________________ 493 Votes cast against United Cereal Workers Local Indus- trial Union, No. 1105, C. I. O_______________________ 214 In the Decision and Direction of Elections referred to above, the Board made no final determination as to the appropriate unit or units but stated that such determination would depend upon the results of each of such elections. Upon the entire record in the case, the Board makes the following : SUPPLEMENTARY FINDINGS OF FACT We find that all sheet-metal workers and apprentices employed at the Cedar Rapids plant of the Quaker Oats Company constitute a unit appropriate for the purposes of collective bargaining, and that said unit will insure to employees of the Company the full benefit of their right to self-organization and to collective bargaining, and otherwise effectuate the policies of the Act. We find that all millwrights and apprentices at the Cedar Rapids plant of the Quaker Oats Company constitute a unit appropriate for the purposes of collective bargaining and that said unit will insure to employees of the Company full benefit of their right to self-organi- zation and to collective bargaining and otherwise effectuate the policies of the Act. We find that all production and maintenance employees at the Cedar Rapids plant of the Quaker Oats Company, including watchmen, firemen and heating engineers, excluding planning and drafting en- gineers and laboratory employees, office employees and supervisors with the right to hire and discharge constitute a unit appropriate for the purposes of collective bargaining and that said unit will in- sure to employees of the Company the full benefit of their right to 450122-42-vol. 33-46 708 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD self-organization and to collective bargaining and otherwise effectuate the policies of the Act. Upon the basis of the above findings of fact and upon the entire record in the case, the Board makes the following : SUI'I'LEMENTARY CONCLUSIONS OF LAW 1. The sheet-metal workers and apprentices employed by the Quaker Oats Company,' Cedar Rapids, Iowa, constitute a unit appropriate for the purposes of collective bargaining within the meaning of Section 9 (b) of the National Labor Relations Act. 2. The millwrights and apprentices employed by the Quaker Oats Company, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, constitute a unit appropriate for the purposes of collective bargaining within the meaning of Section 9 (b) of the National Labor Relations Act. 3. The production and maintenance employees of the Quaker Oats Company, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, including watchmen, firemen and heating engineers, excluding planning and drafting engineers and laboratory employees, office employees and supervisors with the right to hire and discharge, constitute a unit appropriate for the purposes of collective bargaining within the meaning of Section 9 (b) of the National Labor Relations Act. CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES By virtue of and pursuant to the power vested in the Nati'Qnal Labor Relations Board by Section 9 (c) of the Nationa! Labor Refa-' tlons Act, 49 Stat. 449, and pursuant to Article III, Sections 8 and 9, of the National Labor Relations Board Rules :end Regulations- Series 2, as amended, IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that Sheet-metal Workers International As- sociation, Local No. 263, A. F. of L., has been designated and selected by a majority of the sheet-metal workers and apprentices employed by the Quaker Oats Company, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, as their repre-, sentative for the purposes of collective bargaining, and that, pursuant to the provisions of Section 9 (a) of the National Labor Relations Act, Sheet-metal Workers International Association, Local No; 263, A. F. of L., is the exclusive representative of all such employees for the purposes of collective bargaining with respect to rates of pay, wages, hours of employment, and other conditions of employment. IT IS HEREBY FURTHER CERTIFIED that Millwright Local 1039 of United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, A. F. of L., has been designated and selected by a majority of the millwrights and apprentices employed by the Quaker Oats Company, Cedar Rap- ids, Iowa, as their representative for the purposes of collective bar- QUAKER OATS COMPANY 709 gaining, and that, pursuant to the provisions of Section 9 (a) of the National Labor' Relations Act, Millwright Local 1039 of United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, A. F. of L., is the exclusive representative of all such employees for the purposes of collective bargaining with respect to rates of pay, wages, hours of employment, and other conditions of employment. IT IS HEREBY FURTHER CERTIFIED that United Cereal Workers Indus- trial Union Local No. 1105, C. I. 0., has been designated and selected by a majority of the production and maintenance employees of the Quaker Oats Company, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, including watchmen, Bremen and heating engineers, excluding planning and drafting engineers and laboratory employees, office employees and supervisors with the right to hire and discharge, as their representative for the purposes of -collective bargaining, and that, pursuant to the provi- sions of Section 9 (a) of the National Labor Relations Act, United Cereal Workers Local Industrial Union No. 1105, C. I. 0., is the exclusive representative of all such employees for the purposes of collective bargaining with respect to rates of pay, wages, hours of employment, and other conditions of employment.