General Motors Corp.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Feb 27, 1940

20 N.L.R.B. 940 (N.L.R.B. 1940)

In the Matter of HYATT BEARINGS DIVISION , GENERAL MOTORS
CORPORATION and HYATT EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION, INC.
Case No. R-1336
SUPPLEMENTAL DECISION
AND
ORDER
February 97, 1940
On January 10, 1940, the National Labor Relations Board, herein
called the Board, issued a Supplemental Direction of Election and
Order in the above-entitled proceedings., The Supplemental Direction
of Election provided that an election by secret ballot be conducted as
early as possible but not later than thirty (30) days from the date of
the Direction, under the direction and supervision of the Regional
Director for the Second Region, (New York City) among all hourly
paid employees of Hyatt Bearings Division, General Motors Corpora-
tion, Harrison, New Jersey, including apprentices, who were eligible
to vote in an election held pursuant to a Decision and Direction of
Election issued by the Board on August 10, 1939,2 but excluding those
who had since quit or been discharged for cause, to determine whether
or not they desired to be represented by Hyatt Employees Association,
Inc., for the purposes of collective bargaining.
Pursuant to the Supplemental Direction of Election, an election by
secret ballot was held on January 25, 1940, at Harrison, New Jersey,
under the direction and supervision of the Regional Director. On
January 29, 1940, the Regional Director, acting pursuant to Article
III, Section 9, of National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regula-
tions-Series 2, as amended, issued and duly served upon the parties
her Election Report.
As to the balloting and its results, the Regional Director reported
as follows :
Total Number Eligible to Vote______________________________ 1185
Total Number of Ballots Cast_______________________________ 1134
Total Number of Valid Ballots____ ___________________________ 1126
1 19 N. L . R. B. 304.
2 14 N. L. R. B. 441.
20 N. L. R. B., No. 88.
940
GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION 941
Total Number of Votes in favor of Hyatt Employees Associa-
tion,Inc------------------------------------------------- 483
Total Number of Votes against aforementioned union--------- 643
Total Number of Blank Votes------------------------------- 4
Total Number of Void Ballots------------------------------- 4
Total Number of Challenged Votes-------------------------- 0
No objections to the conduct of the ballot or the Election Report have
been filed by any of the parties.
The results of the election show that no collective bargaining repre-
sentative has been selected by a majority of the employees in the appro-
priate unit. The petition of Hyatt Employees Association, Inc., for
investigation and certification of representatives of employees of Hyatt
Bearings Division, General Motors Corporation, Harrison, New Jersey,
will, therefore, be dismissed.
ORDER
By virtue of 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
ORDERED , that the petition for investigation and certification of rep=
resentatives of employees of Hyatt Bearings Division, General Motors
Corporation, Harrison, New Jersey, filed by Hyatt Employees Associa-
tion, Inc., be, and it hereby is, dismissed.
MR. WILLIAM M. LEISERSON took no part in the consideration of the
above Supplemental Decision and Order.