Curtiss Wright Corp.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Sep 5, 1941

35 N.L.R.B. 212 (N.L.R.B. 1941)

In the Matter Of CURTISS WRIGHT CORPORATION (PROPELLER DIVI-
SION ) CLIFTON, N. J., and AIRCRAFT LODGE 703 I. A. OF M., A. F.
OF L.
In the Matter of CURTISS-WRIGHT CORPORATION-PROPELLER DIVISION
and I. A. OF M. AIRCRAFT WORKERS LODGE 703 A. F. OF L. THE
PROPELLER CRAFT, INC.
In the Matter Of CURTISS-WRIGHT CORPORATION (PROPELLER DIVISION).
and THE PROPELLER-CRAFT INC.
Cases Nos. R-2637, RE-25, and R-2638
SUPPLEMENTAL DECISION
AND
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
September 5, 1941
On July 17, 1941, the National Labor Relations Board, herein
called 'the Board, issued its Decision and Direction of Election in
the above-entitled proceedings. Pursuant to the Direction of Elec-
tion, an election by secret ballot was conducted on August 7, 1941,
under the direction and supervision of the Regional Director for
the Second Region (New York City). On August 9, 1941, the
Regional Director, acting pursuant to Article III, Section 9 of Na-
tional Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series 2,
as amended, issued an Election Report, copies of which were duly
served upon the parties.
As to the balloting and its results, the Regional Director re-
ported as follows :
Total number eligible to vote____________________________ 1, 795
Total number of ballots cast____________________________ 1, 661
Total number of valid ballots____________________________ 1, 641
Total number of votes in favor of Aircraft Lodge 703, Inter-
national Association of Machinists, A. F. of L.____________ 526
Total number of votes in favor of The Propeller-Craft, Inc__ 1, 094
Total number of votes in favor of neither union____________ 21
Total number of blank ballots__________________________ 1
Total number of void ballots______________________________ 0
Total number of challenged ballots________________________ 19
35 N. L. R. B., No. 46.
212
CURTISS-WRIGHT CORPORATION 213
On August 15, 1941, Aircraft Lodge 703, International Association
of Machinists, American Federation of Labor, herein called the
Aircraft, filed with the Regional Director objections to the conduct
of the balloting and to the Election Report. On August 19, 1941,
the Regional Director, acting pursuant to Article III, Section 9,
of National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series
2, as amended, issued a report recommending that the objections
be dismissed.
The objections filed by Aircraft allege that the Company per-
mitted certain acts on the-part of its employees prior to the election
which constituted favoritism by the Company toward the Propeller-
Craft. If in fact Aircraft felt that such activity was occurring
and that it was likely to affect the results of the election, we believe
that this matter would have been called to the attention of the Board
prior to the election. We have carefully considered these and other
objections and find that they raise no substantial or material issues
with respect to the conduct of the ballot or the Election Report. The,
objections are hereby overruled.
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 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 The Propeller-Craft, Inc., has been
designated and selected by a majority of the hourly paid employees
in the Caldwell and Clifton, New Jersey, plants of Curtiss-Wright
Corporation (Propeller Division), specifically including employees
in the sub-assembly, final assembly, dural blade department, machine
shop, hub department, heat treating and plating department, metal-
lurgical department, receiving and shipping departments, inspection
departments, stores department including dispatchers, tool service
employees except tool designers, maintenance department, experi-
mental machinists in the engineering department, learners, guards,
employees in the steel plate and blade department, and working
group leaders, but excluding cafeteria workers, supervisors, foremen,
clerks, and time-study employees, as their representative for the
purposes of collective bargaining and that, pursuant to Section 9
(a) of the National Labor Relations Act, The Propeller-Craft, Inc,,
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.