Link-Belt Co.

In the Matter of LINK-BELT COMPANY (DODGE & EWART PLANTS) and. STEEL WORKERS ORGANIZING COMMITTEE, LOCAL No. 2526, AFFILIATED WITH THE C. I. 0. Case No. R-3092.-Decided October 24j 1941 Investigation and Certification of Representatives : stipulation for certification of representatives upon consent election. Mr. J. C. Clark, and Mr. Warren A. Silver, for the Board. Mr. Kurt F. Pantzer, of Indianapolis, Ind., for the Company. Mr. James Robb, of Indianapolis, Ind., for the Union. Mr. George A. Koplow, of counsel to the Board. DECISION AND CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES STATEMENT OF THE CASE On September 10, 1941, Steel Workers Organizing Committee, Local No. 2526, affiliated with the C. I. 0.,1 herein called the Union, filed with the Regional Director for the Eleventh Region (Indianapolis, Indiana) a petition alleging that a question affecting commerce had arisen concerning the representation of employees of Link-Belt Com- pany (Dodge and Ewart Plants) ,2 herein called the Company, which is engaged in the production and sale of chains and bearings for power transmission, elevating and conveying purposes, and in the production of munitions, at the Dodge Plant and the Ewart Plant, both located in Indianapolis, Indiana, 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 22, 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 investigation and authorized the 1 Referred to in the Petition and the Order Directing Investigation and Hearing as Stec Workers Organizing Committee, affiliated with the C. I. O. z Referred to In the Stipulation as Link-Belt Company. 36 N. L. R. B., No. 80. 398 LINK-BELT COMPANY 399. Regional Director to conduct it and to provide for an appropriate hearing upon due notice. On September 19, 1941, the Company and the Union with the recommendation of a Field Examiner of the Board and the approval of the Regional Director of .the Board, entered into a "Stipulation for Certification on Consent Election." Pursuant to the Stipulation, an election by secret ballot was con- ducted on October 1, 1941, • under the direction and supervision of the Regional Director among all clerical and office employees of Link- Belt Company (Dodge & Ewart Plants), excluding production, main- tenance, and supervisory employees, watchmen, timekeepers, and shop-clerical employees, to determine whether or not said _ employees desire to be represented by the Union for the purposes of collective bargaining. On October 2, 1941, the Regional Director issued and duly served upon the parties his Election Report on the ballot. No objections to the conduct of the election 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 Number of Employees Alleged Eligible to Vote ---------- 282 Total Number Voted________________________________________ 249 Total Number of Valid Votes Cast___________________________ 247 Total Number of Votes for the Steel Workers Organizing Com- mittee, Local No. 2526, affiliated with the C. I. O------------ 152 Total Number of Votes Against the Steel Workers Organizing Committee, Local No. 2526, affiliated with the C. I. O95 Total Number of Blank Ballots ----- --------------------------- 2 Total Number of Void Ballots ------------------------------ 0 Total Number of Challenged Ballots_________________________ 0 On 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 Link-Belt Company (Dodge and Ewart Plants), Indianapolis, Indiana, within the meaning of Section 9 (c) and Section 2 (6) and (7) of the National Labor Relations Act. 2. All clerical and office employees of Link-Belt Company (Dodge and Ewart Plants), excluding production, maintenance, and super- visory employees, watchmen, timekeepers, and shop-clerical employees, constitute a unit appropriate for the purposes of collective bargaining, within the meaning of Section 9 (b) of the National Labor Relations Act. 3. Steel Workers Organizing Committee, Local No. 2526, affiliated with the C. I. 0., has been designated and selected by a majority of 400 DECISION'S OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD employees in the above unit as their representative for the purposes of collective bargaining and is the exclusive representative of all 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 Rela- tions Act, IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that Steel Workers Organizing Committee, Local No. 2526, affiliated with the C. I. 0., has been designated and selected by a majority of all clerical and office employees of Link-Belt Company (Dodge and Ewart Plants), Indianapolis, Indiana, exclud- ing production, maintenance, and supervisory employees, watchmen, timekeepers, and shop-clerical employees, as their representative for the purposes of collective bargaining and that, pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the Act, Steel Workers Organizing Committee, Local No. 2526, affiliated with the 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. 0