Detroit Nut Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Apr 24, 1942

40 N.L.R.B. 840 (N.L.R.B. 1942)

In-the Matter of DETROIT NUT COMPANY and LOCAL 174, UNITED AUTO-
MOBILE, AIRCRAFT, & AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT `YORKERS OF AMERICA,
C. I. O.
Case No. R-3573
SUPPLEMENTAL DECISION
AND
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES,
April 24,1942 -
On March 12, 1942, the National Labor Relations Board issued its
Decision and Direction of Election in the above-entitled proceedings.
Pursuant to the Direction of Election an election by secret ballot was
conducted on March 27, 1942, under the direction and supervision of
the Regional Director for the Seventh Region (Detroit, Michigan).
On March 28, 1942, the Regional Director, acting pursuant to Article
III, Section 9, of National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regula-
tions-Series 2, as amended, issued an Election Report, copies of which
were duly served upon the parties.
As to the balloting and the results thereof, the Regional Director
reported as follows :
Total on eligibility list------------------ ----------------------- 55
Total ballots cast------------------------------------------ 52
Total ballots challenged ------------------------------------ 1
Total blank ballots----------------------------------------- 0
Total void ballots------------------------------------------ 0
Total valid ballots cast------------------------------------- 51
Total ballots cast for Local 174, United Automobile , Aircraft,
& Agricultural Implement Workers of America , C. I 0------ 28
Total ballots cast against Local 174, United Automobile, Air-
craft, & Agricultural Implement Workers of America, C. I O_ 23
On April 4, 1942, the Company filed Objections to the Election
Report. On April 10, 1942, the Regional Director issued a Report on
Objections, copies of which were duly served upon the parties, in which
lie concluded that the challenged ballot could not have affected the
result of the election and that there was no merit in the allegation
of the Company that the Union improperly influenced the result of the
election.
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840
DETROIT NUT COMPANY 841
The Board has considered the objections of the Company, the Elec-
tion Report, and the Report on Objections, and finds that the objec-
tions do not raise 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 Rela-
tions Act, 49 Stat. 949, 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 Local 174, United Automobile, Aircraft,
& Agricultural Implement Workers of America, C. I. 0., has been
designated and selected by a majority of all hourly paid production
and maintenance employees at the Detroit plant of Detroit Nut Com-
pany, Detroit, Michigan, including set-up men, but excluding execu-
tives, foremen, office and clerical employees, and guards, as their repre-
sentative for the purposes of collective bargaining, and that, pursuant
to Section 9 (a) of the National Labor Relations Act, Local 174, United
Automobile, Aircraft, & Agricultural Implement Workers of America,
C. I. 0., is the exclusive representative of all such employees for the
purpose of collective bargaining with respect to rates of pay, wages,
hours of employment, and other conditions of employment.