General Motors Corp.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Jan 10, 1940

19 N.L.R.B. 304 (N.L.R.B. 1940)

In the Matter of HYATT BEARINGS DIVISION, GENERAL MOTORS CORPO-
RATION and HYATT EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION, INC.
Case No. R-1336
SUPPLEMENTAL DIRECTION OF ELECTION
AND
ORDER
Jan.2uary 10, 19.0
On November 10, 1939, the National Labor Relations Board, herein
called the 'Board, issued a Supplemental Decision, Second Direction
of Election and Order 1 in the above-entitled proceedings. As
amended on November 21, 1939,2 the Supplemental Decision, Second
Direction of Election and Order provided that an election by secret
ballot be conducted at such time as the Board should in the future
direct, under the direction and supervision of the Regional Director
for the Second Region (New York City). The Board is of the
opinion that an election should be held at this time.
On December 21, 1939, International Union, United Automobile
Workers of America, affiliated with the Congress of Industrial Organ-
izations , filed with the Board a petition to reopen these proceedings.
In this petition, International Union, United Automobile Workers of
America, which did not participate in the original election, alleged
that it had enrolled as members a substantial number of employees
within the appropriate unit and that a majority of the employees
would, in' an election, designate it as their representative. Having
fully considered the petition, the Board is of the opinion that these
proceedings should not be reopened at the present time. Accordingly,
the petition will be denied.
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the petition of International Union,
United Automobile Workers of America, affiliated with the Congress
of Industrial Organizations, to reopen these proceedings be, and the
same hereby is, denied.
1 17 N. L. R. B. 466.
217 N. L. R. B. 468.
19 N. L. R. B., No. 31.
304
HYATT BEARINGS DIVISION, GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION 305
SUPPLEMENTAL DIRECTION OF ELECTION
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,
it is hereby
DIRECTED that, as part of the investigation authorized by the Board
to determine representatives for the purposes of collective bargaining
with Hyatt Bearings Division, General Motors Corporation, Harrison,
New Jersey, an election by secret ballot shall be conducted as early as
possible but not later than thirty . (30) days from the date of this
Direction under the direction and supervision of the Regional Director
for the Second Region, acting in this matter as an agent of the Na-
tional Labor Relations Board, among all hourly paid employees of
Hyatt Bearings Division, General Motors Corporation, Harrison, New
Jersey, including apprentices, who were eligible to vote in the election
of August 23, 1939, excluding those who have since quit or been dis-
charged for cause, to determine whether or not they desire to be repre-
sented by Hyatt Employees Association, Inc., for the purposes of
collective bargaining.
MR. WILLIAM M. LEISERSON took no part in the consideration of the
above Supplemental Direction of Election and Order.