General Motors Corp.

National Labor Relations Board - Board DecisionsApr 15, 1940

22 N.L.R.B. 986 (N.L.R.B. 1940)

In the, Matter of GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION and INTERNATIONAL UNION, U. A. W. A., AFFILIATED WITH THE A. F. L.' In the Matter of GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION and PATTERN MAKERS LEAGUE OF NORTH AMERICA, AFFILIATED WITH THE A.' F. 'L In the Matter of GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION and INTERNATIONAL UNION, UNITED AUTOMOBILE WORKERS OF AMERICA, AFFILIATED WITH THE C. I. O. In the Matter of GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION and LOCAL 1411, INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS (A. F. OF L.) Cases Nos. R-1721 to R-1731, inclusive AMENDMENT TO DIRECTION OF ELECTIONS April 15, 1940 On February 28, 1940, the National Labor Relations Board, herein called the Board, issued a Decision and Direction of Elections 1 in the above-entitled proceeding. The Direction of Elections directed, in part, that a separate election by secret ballot be conducted as soon as practicable among all wood pattern makers and model makers, work- ing on bench or machine (but not shaper hands), metal pattern makers working on bench or machine, model and pattern checkers, keller model set-up men, and the apprentices of these classifications (but not supervisory or salaried employees and those whose work is of a con- fidential nature) who are in the employ, or on the seniority list, of General Motors Corporation in each of several plants named in Sched- ule A attached,to,,,the,Direction, to determine whether such employees desire to be represented by the Pattern Makers League of North Amer- ica, affiliated with the A. F. of L., or by International Union, United Automobile Workers of America, affiliated with the C. I. 0., for the purposes of collective bargaining, or by neither. Among the plants named in Schedule A was Research Laboratories Division, Detroit, Michigan. The Board, having been advised that International Union, United Automobile Workers of America, affiliated with the C. I. 0., does not desire its name to appear upon the ballot for the election among the 120 N. L.. R. B. 950: 22 N. L. R. B., No. 72. 986 GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION 987 pattern makers at Research Laboratories Division, hereby amends its Direction of Elections by : 1. Striking from Schedule A of such Direction the words "Research Laboratories Division, Detroit, Michigan", and 2. Striking the period at the end of paragraph (3) 'of said 'Direc- tion and substituting a semi-colon therefor, and 3. Adding the following paragraph immediately following para- graph-:(3;),.ofvsaid Direction: (4) Among all wood pattern makers and model makers, work- ing on bench or machine (but not shaper hands), metal pattern makers working on bench or machine, model and pattern checkers, keller model set-up men, and the apprentices of these classifica- tions (but not supervisory or salaried employees and those whose work is of a confidential nature ), who are in the employ, or on the seniority list, of the Company in its Research Laboratories Division, Detroit, Michigan, during the pay period in which March 1, 1940, falls, including employees who did not work dur- ing such pay -roll period because they were ill or on vacation, to determinex,whether, or-not they desire to be represented by the Pattern Makers League of North', America, affiliated with the A. F. of L ., for the purposes of collective bargaining.