General Motors Sales Corp.

In the Matter of GENERAL MOTORS SALES CORPORATION, GENERAL MOTORS PARTS, DIVISION and INTERNATIONAL UNION, UNITED AUTO- MOBILE WORK RS OF AMERICA, AFFILIATED WITH THE C. I. O. Case No. R-3084.Decided October 17, 1941 Investigation and Certification of Representatives : stipulation for certification of representatives upon consent election. Mr. Robert R. Rissman and Mr. Clyde F. Waers, for the Board. Mr. Henry M. Hogan by Mr. Denton Jolly, of Detroit, Mich., for the Company. Mr. George H. Rose, of Des Moines, Iowa, for the Union. Miss Marcia Hertzmark, of counsel to the Board. DECISION AND CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES On July 31, 1941, and September 10, 1941, respectively, Inter- national Union, United Automobile Workers of America, affiliated with the C. I. 0., herein called the Union, filed with the Regional Director for the Eighteenth Region (Minneapolis, Minnesota) a petition and amended petition alleging that a question affecting com- merce had arisen concerning the representation of employees of Gen- eral Motors Sales Corporation, General Motors Parts Division, herein called the Company, engaged in the operation of an auto- mobile-parts warehouse at Des Moines, Iowa, 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 September 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 Relations Board. Rules and Regulations-Series 2, as amended, ordered an in- vestigation and authorized the Regional Director to conduct it and to provide for an appropriate hearing upon due notice. In Septem- ber 19411 the Company, the Union, the Regional Director, and a 1 The stipulation was signed by the Company in Detroit, Michigan , on September 15, 1941 ; by the Regional Director in Minneapolis , Minnesota, on September 16, 1941 ; by the Union and the Field Examiner at Des Moines, Iowa, on September 18, 1941. 36 N. L. R. B., No. 43. 231 232 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD Field Examiner for the Board entered into a "Stipulation for Certification Upon Consent Election." Pursuant to the Stipulation, an election by secret ballot was con- ducted on September 18, 1941, under the direction and supervision of the Regional Director, among all employees in the parts stock depart- ment of the Company's Des Moines, Iowa, warehouse, including stock pickers, stock handlers, shipping checkers, stockroom clerk, receiving checkers, janitors, and maintenance men, excluding stock-department manager, foremen, assistant foreman, stockroom supervisor, receiving supervisor, shipping supervisor, and all other persons working in a supervisory capacity, watchmen, and office and clerical employees, to determine whether or not they desired to be represented by the Union. On September 22, 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 on Eligibility list-------------------------------------- 38 Total ballots cast-------------------------------------------- 25 Total ballots challenged-------------------------------------- 0 Total blank ballots------------------------------------------ 0 Total void ballots------------------------------------------- 0 Total valid votes cast---------------------------------------- 25 Votes cast for United Automobile Workers of America, C. I. O--- 23 Votes cast against United Automobile Workers of America, C. I. 0--------------------------------------------------- 2 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 General Motors Sales Corporation, General Motors Parts Division,.Des Moines, Iowa, within the meaning of Sec- tion 9 (c) and Section 2 (6) and (7) of the National Relations Act. 2. All employees in the parts stock department of the Company's Des Moines, Iowa, warehouse, including stock pickers, stock handlers, shipping checkers, stockroom, clerk, receiving checkers, janitors, and maintenance men, excluding stock-department manager, foremen, assistant foreman, stockroom supervisor, receiving supervisor, shipping supervisor, and all other persons working in a supervisory capacity, watchmen, and office and clerical employees, constitute a unit appro- priate, for the purposes of collective bargaining, within the meaning of Section 9 (b) of the National Labor Relations Act. GENERAL MOTORS SALES CORPORATION 233 3. International Union, United Automobile Workers of America, affiliated with the C. I. O. 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 (a) of the National Labor Relations 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 International Union, United Automobile Workers of America, affiliated with the C. I. 0., has been designated and selected by a majority of the employees in the parts stock depart- ment of General Motors Sales Corporation, General Motors Parts Divi- sion, Des Moines, Iowa, including stock pickers, stock handlers, ship- ping checkers, stockroom clerk, receiving checkers, janitors, and main- tenance men, excluding stock-department manager, foremen, assistant foreman, stockroom supervisor, receiving supervisor, shipping super- visor, and all other persons working in a supervisory capacity, watch- men, and office and clerical employees as their representative for the purposes of collective bargaining and that, pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the Act, International Union, United Automobile Workers of America, affiliated with the 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. Mr. GERARD D. REILLY took no part in the consideration of the above Decision and Certification of Representatives.