Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Co.

In the Matter of WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC MANUFACTURING COM- PANY and ASSOCIATION OF WESTINGHOUSE SALARIED EMPLOYEES Cases Nos. R-3038 and 8-309 CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES December 11, 1941 On October 22, 1941, the National Labor Relations Board issued its Decision and Direction of Elections,' and on November 14, 1941, its Amendment to Direction of Elections,2 in the above-entitled proceed- ing. Pursuant to the Direction of Elections, as amended, separate elections by secret ballot were conducted on November 21 and 24, 1941, under the direction and supervision of the Regional Director for the Sixth Region (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) among employees of the Central District Sales Main Office of Westinghouse Electric ^C Manufacturing Company, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, herein called the Company, and among employees of the Research Department' of the Company. On November 25, 1941, the Regional Director acting pursuant to Article III, Section 9,'of National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series 2, as amended, issued an Election Report, copies of which were duly served upon the parties. No ob- jections to the conduct of the ballot or to the Election Report have been filed by any of the parties. As to the balloting and the results thereof, the Regional Director reported as follows : Central Dist,,ct Sales Main Of ee Total on eligibility list ---------------------------- 125 Total ballots cast----------------------------- --- 84 Total ballots challenged___________________________________ 0 Total blank ballots- ------------------------ --------------- 0 Total void ballots----------------------------------------- 0 Total valid votes cast------------------------------------- 84 Votes cast for Association of Westinghouse Salaried Employees---------------------------------------------- , 80 Votes cast against Association of Westinghouse Salaried Employees---------- --------------------------- 4 36 N L R. B 339 z 36 N. L R B 345 37 N. L. R. B., No 82. 497 498 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD Research Department Total on eligibility list ------------------------------------ 73 Total ballots cast ----------------------------------------- 63 Total ballots challenged----------------------------------- 0 Total blank ballots- --------------------------------------- 0 Total void ballots----------------------------------------- 0 Total valid votes cast ------------------------------------- 63 Votes cast for Association of Westinghouse Salaried Employees---------------------------------------------- 56 Votes cast against Association of Westinghouse Salaried Employees------------------------------ ------ 7 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, 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 Association of Westinghouse Salaried Employees has been designated and selected by a majority of each of the following groups of employees of Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, as their repre- sentative for the purposes of collective bargaining, and that, pur- suant to Section 9 (a) of the National Labor Relations Act, the Association of Westinghouse Salaried Employees is the exclusive rep- resentative of all such employees for the purposes of collective bar- gaining with respect to rates of pay, wages, hours of employment, and other conditions of employment : 1. All employees of the Central District Sales Main Office of the Company in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, including the sales depart- ment, engineering and service department, all treasury and accounting employees, and general employees employed in connection with the Central District Sales Main Office, but excluding general headquar- ters employees, any employees of the above-mentioned departments who are employed at the Homewood Works, supervisory employees, and confidential secretaries to the principal managers; 2. All employees in the Research Department of the Company in East Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, including production and mainte- nance department, draftsmen, clerical employees, and laboratory assistants, but excluding engineers, scientific research men, super- visors, and the confidential secretary to the director of research.