Carter Carburetor Corp.

National Labor Relations Board - Board DecisionsApr 17, 1942

40 N.L.R.B. 631 (N.L.R.B. 1942)

In the Matter Of CARTER CARBURETOR CORPORATION and UNITED AUTO- MOBILE WORKERS OF AMERICA LOCAL 819, AFFILIATED WITH THE CONGRESS OF INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATIONS and CARBURETOR WORKERS' GUILD (PARTY TO THE CONTRACT) Case No. C-1985 AMENDMENT TO DECISION AND ORDER April 17,19V I - The Board, on March 31, 1942, having issued a Decision and Order in the above-entitled case; 1 and the Board having given due notice that on April 13, 1942, or as soon thereafter as might be convenient, unless sufficient cause to the contrary should then appear, it would amend its Decision and Order in certain respects specified in the notice; and no sufficient cause to the contrary appearing; THE DECISION AND ORDER IS HEREBY AMENDED in the respects specified in the notice, pursuant to Section 10 (d) of the National Labor Rela- tions Act, 49 Stat. 449, by striking therefrom the entire last full paragraph, exclusive of footnotes, in Section B of the Decision (ap- pearing on page 7 of the mimeographed copy) immediately preceding the sub-section of the Decision entitled "Conclusions with respect to the Guild," and substituting therefor the following : On August. 8, 1941, the Guild's attorney advised its Executive Committee that in his opinion the Guild should be disbanded as a labor organization. On August 12, 1941, the respondent posted on its bulletin board a notice to its employees stating that it had been "informally advised" by the Board's Regional Director that the Guild, in her opinion, did not "meet the requirements" of the Act as a collective bargaining agency,, and that although the respondent did not agree with, that conclusion, it would never- theless "be unable to permit the free use by the Guild of the space occupied by the Canteen and to bargain collectively with the Guild." The notice went on to state that in accordance with the provisions of the Act, the employees would be free from any interference or discrimination by the respondent. On August 139 N L . R. B. 1269. 40 N. L R. B No. 113. 631 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD 16, 1941, at a general' meeting, the membership of the Guild unanimously decided to disband the Guild as a labor organization. The Guild continued, however, to exist in its corporate form. The respondent sent the Guild a bill, dated September 2, 1941, for $27.40 for rent for the use of the canteen during. the month of September 1941.