Automatic Products Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

May 29, 1942

41 N.L.R.B. 517 (N.L.R.B. 1942)

In the Matter of AUTOMATIC PRODUCTS COMPANY and INTERNATIONAL
UNION, UNITED AUTOMOBILE WORKERS OF AMERICA, LOCAL 736
(A. F. L.)
Case No. R-37.0'
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
May ^?9, 1949
On April 28 , 1942, the National Labor Relations Board issued' its
Decision and Direction of Election in this proceeding .' On May 6,
1942; the - Board issued its Supplemental Decision and Amendment to
-Direction of Election . 2 On May 13 , 1942, the Board issued its Second
Amendment to Direction of Election.
Pursuant to the Direction of Election , as amended , an election by
secret ballot was conducted on May 11 , 1942, under the direction and
supervision of the Regional Director for the Twelfth Region (Mil-
waukee, Wisconsin). On May 13, 1942 , the Regional Director, acting
pursuant to Article III, Section 9, of National Labor Relations
Board Rules and Regulations-Series 2, as amended, issued and duly
served on the parties an Election Report. No objections to the con-
duct of the ballot or to the Election Report have been filed by any
of the parties.
As to the balloting and its results , the Regional Director reported
as follows :
Total on eligibility list-------------------------------------- 269
Total ballots cast------------------------------------------- 256
Total ballots challenged------------------------------------- 1
Total blank ballots----------------------------------------- 0
Total void ba]lots--'---------------------------------------- 0
Total valid votes counted----------------------------------- 255
Votes cast for Independent Union of Automatic Products Com-
pany Employees ------------------------------------------ 54
1 40 N L R B. 941
2 40 N . L. R. B. 947.
8 40 N. L R B 948.
A In our Amendment to Direction of Election , issued on May 6, 1942 , we made pro-
vision on the ballot for "Independent Association of Automatic Products -Company."
Being advised that the correct name of the organization so designated was "Independent
Union of Automatic Employees ," the Board issued its Second Amendment to Direction
of Election . The Regional Director , having been informed that the correct name of the
Independent Is "Independent Union of Automatic Products Company Employees ," caused
that name to appear upon the ballot.
41 N. L. R. B., No. 104. -
517
518 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD
Votes cast for Intl Union, United Automobile Workers of
America, Local 736 (A. F. L )____________________________ 180
Votes cast for Int'l Union, United Automobile Aircraft & Im-
plement Workers of America (C I 0 )____________________ 8
Votes cast for none_________________________________________ 13
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 International Union, United Automo-
bile Workers of America, Local 736 (A. F. L.), has been designated and
selected by a majority of all production and maintenance employees
of Automatic Products Company, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, at its two
plants in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, excluding supervisory, office, and
clerical employees, draftsmen, salesmen, and watchmen, as their rep-
resentative for the purposes of collective bargaining and that, pur-
suant to Section 9 (a) of the Act, International Union, United
Automobile Workers of America, Local 736 (A. F. L.), 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.