Great Lakes Engineering Works

In theMatter -of GREAT LAKES ENGINEERING WORKS and LOCAL 2407, STEEL WORKERS ORGANIZING COMMITTEE , C. I. O. Case No. R-2815 SUPPLEMENTAL DECISION AND CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES October 28, 1941 On August 26, 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 September 25, 1941, under the direction and supervision of the Regional Director for the Seventh Region (Detroit, Michigan). On October 1, 1941, the Regional Di- rector acting pursuant to Article III,. Section 9, of National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series 2, as amended, issued his Election Report, copies of which were.duly served upon the parties. No objections to the conduct of the ballot or to the Election Report were filed by any of the parties. As to the balloting and the results thereof, the Regional Director reported as follows : 1. Machinists Total on eligibility list ------------- -------------------------- 76 Total . ballets cast___________________________________________ 75 Total ballots challenegd -------------------------------------- 1 Total blank ballots-------- ---------------------------------- 0 Total void ballots ------------------------------------------- 0 Total valid votes cast----------------------------------------. 74 Votes cast for Local 2407, Steel Workers Organizing Committee, affiliated with the Congress of Industrial Organizations------ 61 Votes cast for International Association of Machinists , District Lodge No. 60, affiliated with 'the American Federation of Labor -- -------------------------------------------------- 13 Votes cast; for-Neither---------------- ----------------- ----------------- 0 1 34 N. L. R. B., No. 125. 36 N. L. R. B., No. 91. 459 460 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD 2. Remaining employees Total on eligibility list_______________________________________ 720 Total ballots cast --------------------------------- ---------- 577 Total ballots challenged______________________________________ 3 Total blank ballots ---- _------------------------- ------------ 2 Total void ballots___________________________________________ 2 Total valid voteseast ----------------------------------------- 570 Votes cast for Down River Shipbuilders Association ------------ Votes cast for Local 2407, Steel Workers Organizing Committee, 93 affiliated with the Congress of Industrial Organizations--____ 470 Votes cast for Neither_______________________________________ 7 Since the number of the challenged ballots could not affect the out- come of the elections, the Regional Director made no recommendations thereon. For the same reason we find it unnecessary to make any ruling upon the challenged ballots. On September 30, 1941, Local 2407, Steel Workers Organizing Com- mittee, affiliated with the Congress of Industrial' Organizations, herein called the S. W. O. C., and Local No. 46, Industrial Union, Marine and Shipbuilding Workers of America, affiliated with the Congress of Industrial Organizations, her called the Marine and Shipbuild- ing Workers, filed with the Board a motion for substitution of parties and for an order thereon, asserting (1) ' that on July 24, 1941, at a special meeting of, its-'membership, Local No. 2407, S. W. O. C., unanimously voted to transfer its affiliation from the S. W. O. C. to the Marine and Shipbuilding Workers; (2) that on August 6, 1941, Local No. 46 was chartered by the Marine and. Shipbuilding Workers; (3) that on August 11, 1941, the secretary-treasurer of the S. W. O. C.' confirmed the transfer in a letter to the secretary-treasurer of the Marine and Shipbuilding Workers; (4) that 'the officers of the S. W. O. C. became the officers of the Marine and Shipbuilding Work- ers; and (5) that because of the type of work in which the members are engaged, namely, shipbuilding and ship repairing it was deemed advisable that the membership of Local No. 2407 should be transferred from the S. W. O. C. to the Marine and Shipbuilding Workers. On October 4, 1941, the Board issued and duly served upon the 'parties a notice that on October 11, 1941, unless sufficient cause to the con- trary should then appear, the Board would substitute the name "Local No. 46, Industrial' 'Union, Marine and Shipbuilding Workers of America, affiliated with the Congress of Industrial Organizations," for the name "Local No. 2407, Steel Workers Organizing Commit- tee, affiliated with the Congress of Industrial Organizations.". On October 9 and 10, 1941, respectively, Down River Shipbuilders Asso- ciation, herein called the Association, and International ' Association of Machinists, herein called the I. A. M., filed objections to the motion and to the action proposed by the Board in its order to show cause. GREAT LAKES EN,GINEERENG WORKS 461 On October 17, 1941, the S. W. O. C. and the Marine and Shipbuilding Workers filed their answer .to the objections of the Association and the I. A. M. The Board has considered the objections and finds them to be without merit. The motion for substitution of parties is hereby granted and we shall accordingly certify .the Marine and Shipbuilding Workers as the exclusive representative of the employees ; of the Company in the appropriate unit. In the Decision and Direction of Elections previously referred to, the Board made no final determination as to the appropriate unit, The Board there stated : If the employees voting in the two- elections select the same representative they will constitute a. single appropriate unit. If they choose different representatives they will constitute • two separate and distinct appropriate units. - Upon the basis of the entire record in the case, the Board makes the following: SUPPLEMENTAL FINDING OF FACT We find that all employees of Great Lakes Engineering Works, River Rouge, Michigan, excluding foremen, assistant foremen, exec- utives, clerical and office employees, persons empowered to hire and discharge employees, day and night watchmen, janitors, timekeepers, and piece-work counters, 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 will effectuate the policies of the Act. Upon the basis of the above finding of fact and upon the entire record in the case, the Board makes the following : SUPPLEMENTAL CONCLUSION OF LAw All employees of Great Lakes Engineering Works, River Rouge, Michigan, excluding foremen, assistant foremen, executives, clerical and office employees, persons empoy_yered to hire and discharge employ- ees, day and night watchmen, janitors, timekeepers, and piece-work counters, constitute a unit appropriate for the purposes of collective bargaining, within the meaning of Section 9 (b) of the National Labor Relations Board. 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 462 . DECISION'S OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD 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 Local No. 46, Industrial Union, Marine and Shipbuilding Workers of America, affiliated with the Congress of Industrial Organizations, has been designated and selected by a majority of all employees of Great Lakes Engineering Works, River Rouge, Michigan, excluding foremen, assistant foremen, executives, clerical and office employees, persons empowered to hire.and discharge employees, day and night watchmen, janitors, timekeepers, and piece- work counters, as their representative for the purposes of collective bargaining, and that pursuant to the provision of Section 9 (a) of the National Labor Relations Act, Local No. 46, Industrial Union, Marine and Shipbuilding. Workers of America, - affiliated with the Congress of Industrial Organizations, 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.