Curtiss Wright Corp.

In the Matter Of CURTISS WRIGHT CORPORATION (PROPELLER DIVI- SION ) CLIFTON, N. J., and AIRCRAFT LODGE 703 I. A. OF M., A. F. OF L. In the Matter of CURTISS-WRIGHT CORPORATION-PROPELLER DIVISION and I. A. OF M. AIRCRAFT WORKERS LODGE 703 A. F. OF L. THE PROPELLER CRAFT, INC. In the Matter Of CURTISS-WRIGHT CORPORATION (PROPELLER DIVISION). and THE PROPELLER-CRAFT INC. Cases Nos. R-2637, RE-25, and R-2638 SUPPLEMENTAL DECISION AND CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES September 5, 1941 On July 17, 1941, the National Labor Relations Board, herein called 'the Board, issued its Decision and Direction of Election in the above-entitled proceedings. Pursuant to the Direction of Elec- tion, an election by secret ballot was conducted on August 7, 1941, under the direction and supervision of the Regional Director for the Second Region (New York City). On August 9, 1941, the Regional Director, acting pursuant to Article III, Section 9 of Na- tional Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series 2, as amended, issued an Election Report, copies of which were duly served upon the parties. As to the balloting and its results, the Regional Director re- ported as follows : Total number eligible to vote____________________________ 1, 795 Total number of ballots cast____________________________ 1, 661 Total number of valid ballots____________________________ 1, 641 Total number of votes in favor of Aircraft Lodge 703, Inter- national Association of Machinists, A. F. of L.____________ 526 Total number of votes in favor of The Propeller-Craft, Inc__ 1, 094 Total number of votes in favor of neither union____________ 21 Total number of blank ballots__________________________ 1 Total number of void ballots______________________________ 0 Total number of challenged ballots________________________ 19 35 N. L. R. B., No. 46. 212 CURTISS-WRIGHT CORPORATION 213 On August 15, 1941, Aircraft Lodge 703, International Association of Machinists, American Federation of Labor, herein called the Aircraft, filed with the Regional Director objections to the conduct of the balloting and to the Election Report. On August 19, 1941, the Regional Director, acting pursuant to Article III, Section 9, of National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series 2, as amended, issued a report recommending that the objections be dismissed. The objections filed by Aircraft allege that the Company per- mitted certain acts on the-part of its employees prior to the election which constituted favoritism by the Company toward the Propeller- Craft. If in fact Aircraft felt that such activity was occurring and that it was likely to affect the results of the election, we believe that this matter would have been called to the attention of the Board prior to the election. We have carefully considered these and other objections and find that they raise no substantial or material issues with respect to the conduct of the ballot or the Election Report. The, objections are hereby overruled. 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, 49 Stat. 449, and pursuant to Article III, Sections 8 and 9, of National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations- Series 2, as amended, - IT is HEREBY CERTIFIED that The Propeller-Craft, Inc., has been designated and selected by a majority of the hourly paid employees in the Caldwell and Clifton, New Jersey, plants of Curtiss-Wright Corporation (Propeller Division), specifically including employees in the sub-assembly, final assembly, dural blade department, machine shop, hub department, heat treating and plating department, metal- lurgical department, receiving and shipping departments, inspection departments, stores department including dispatchers, tool service employees except tool designers, maintenance department, experi- mental machinists in the engineering department, learners, guards, employees in the steel plate and blade department, and working group leaders, but excluding cafeteria workers, supervisors, foremen, clerks, and time-study employees, as their representative for the purposes of collective bargaining and that, pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the National Labor Relations Act, The Propeller-Craft, Inc,, 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.