Cleveland Hobbing Machine Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Feb 5, 1940

20 N.L.R.B. 129 (N.L.R.B. 1940)

In the Matter of CLEVELAND ROBBING MACHINE COMPANY and UNITED
AUTOMOBILE WORKERS OF AMERICA, LOCAL #631 (A. F. OF L.)
Case No. R-1571
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 5, 1940
On December 18, 1939, the National Labor Relations Board, herein
called the Board, issued its Decision and Direction of Election in
the above-entitled proceedings.' On January 15, 1940, the Board
issued an Amendment to Direction of Election.2 Pursuant to the
Direction of Election, as amended, an election by secret-ballot was
conducted on January 15, 1940, under the direction and supervision
of the Regional Director for the Eighth Region (Cleveland, Ohio).
On January 17, 1940, the Regional Director, acting pursuant to
Article III, Section 9, of National Labor Relation Board Rules and
Regulations-Series 2, issued an Election Report upon the secret
ballot, copies of which were duly served upon the parties.
The Regional Director reported the following results of the secret
ballot :
Total number of employees eligible ________________________ 172
Total number of votes cast_______________________________ 127
Total number of votes for United Automobile Workers of
America, Local #631 (A. F. of L.) ----------------------- 69
Total number of votes for International Union, United Auto-
mobile Workers of America , Local No. 217 ( affiliated with
the Congress of Industrial Organizations ) ---------------- 52
Total number of votes for neither organization_____________ 2
Challenged votes not ruled on_____________________________ 3
Challenged vote ruled ineligible____________________________ 1
No objections to the conduct of the ballot or the Election Report
have been filed by any of the parties.
By virtue of and pursuant to the power vested in the National
Labor Relations Board by Section 9 (c) of the National Labor
Relations 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,
118 N. L. R. B. 412.
219 N. L. R. B. 426.
20 N. L. R. B., No. 10.
129
130 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD
IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that United Automobile Workers of Amer-
ica, Local #631, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor,
has been designated and selected by a majority of all the employees
of Cleveland Hobbing Machine Company, Cleveland, Ohio, excluding
the foremen, the superintendent, the general manager, the clerical
force, watchmen, and the engineering department, as their repre-
sentative for purposes of collective bargaining, and pursuant to
Section 9 (a) of the Act, United Automobile Workers of America,
Local #631, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, 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.