General Machinery Corp.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

May 28, 1942

41 N.L.R.B. 441 (N.L.R.B. 1942)

In the Matter of GENERAL MACHINERY CORPORATION AND INTL. UNION,
UNITED AUTOMOBILE, AIRCRAFT, AND AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT
WORKERS OF AMERICA, (U. A. W.-C. I. 0.)
Case No: R-391 - -
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
,May 28, 1914
On March 14, 1942, the National,Labor Relations Board, herein
called the Board, issued a Decision and Direction of Election in the
:above-entitled case.,- On April 8, 1942, the Board issued an Amend-
ment to Decision and Direction of Election,2 on May 2, 1942, it issued
a Supplemental Decision and Second Amendment to Direction of
Election,3 and on May 12, 1942,' it issued a Third Amendment to Di--
rection of Election., Pursuant to the above, an election by secret
ballot was conducted on May 14 and 15, 1942, under the direction
and supervision of the Regional Director for the Ninth Region (Cin-
cinnati, Ohio). On May 16, 1942, the Regional Director, acting pur-
suant to Article III, Section 9, of National Labor Relations Board
Rules and Regulations-Series 2, as amended, issued and duly served
upon the parties an Election Report. No objections to the conduct
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----------------------------------- 2, 844
Total ballots cast---------------------------------------- 2,664
Total ballots challenged---------------------------------- 49
Total blank ballots--------------------------------------- 4
Total void ballots---------------------------------------- 3
Total valid votes counted---------------------------------- 2,608
Votes cast for International Association of Machinists, Local
241, A. F. of L----------------------------------------- 569
Votes cast for International Union, United Automobile, Air-
craft & Agricultural Implement Workers of America,
C. I. 0------------------------------------------------ 1,912
Votes cast for neither------------------------------------ 127
139 N. L. R. B. 779.
2 40 N. L . R. B. 284.
8 40 N. L. R. B. 285.
4 40 N. L . R. B 288
41 N. L. R. B., No. 94.
441
442 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR. RELATIONS BOARD
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 - Auto-
mobile, Aircraft & Agricultural Implement Workers of America
(U. A. W.-C. I. 0.) has been designated and selected by a majority
of the production and maintenance employees of General Machinery
Corporation, Hamilton, Ohio, excluding pattern makers, foundry
workers, office employees, supervisors, foremen, and any person having
the power to hire and discharge, as their representative for the pur-
poses of collective bargaining, and that, pursuant to Section 9 (a)
of the Act, International Union, United Automobile, Aircraft &
Agricultural Implement Workers of America (U. A. W.-C. I. 0.) 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.