General Motors Corp.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Jun 25, 1942

41 N.L.R.B. 1270 (N.L.R.B. 1942)

In the Matter of GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION, FISHER BODY-
LANSING DIVISION and UNITED' ORGANIZATION OF PLANT PROTECTION
EMPLOYEES
Case No. R-3937.-Decided June 25, 1942
Investigation and Certification of Representatives : stipulation for certification
on' consent election.
Mr. Henry M. Hogan and Mr. Denton Jolly, of Detroit, Mich.',
for the Company.
Mr. Ernest Goodman, of Detroit, Mich., for the Union.
111r. George H. Gentithes, of counsel-to the Board.
DECISION
AND ,
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
STATEMENT OF THE CASE
Upon petition duly -filed by United- Organization of Plant Protec=
tion Employees, herein called the ' Union, alleging that a - question
affecting -comtherce had -arisen 'concerning the representation of em=
ployees of General Motors Corporation, Fisher Body-Lansing Divi=
sion, herein called the Company, engaged in manufacturing at Lan-
sing, Michigan, the National.Labor Relations Board provided for
an appropriate hearing upon due notice. - In May 1942,1 before a
hearing was held, the Company, the Union, and the Regional Direc-
tor, for the Seventh Region (Detroit, Michigan) entered into a
"STIFbLATION FOR CERTIFICATION ON CONSENT ELECTION."
Pursuant to the stipulation an election by secret ballot was con-
ducted on June 4, 1942, under the direction and supervision of the
Regional Director among all plant protection employees of the Com-
pany, excluding sergeants, lieutenants, captains, chiefs and other
supervisory employees, clerical employees, and lobby attendants, to
determine whether or not they desired to be represented by the Union.
On June 5, 1942, the Regional Director issued and duly served upon
the parties an Election Report on the ballot. No objections to the
conduct of the ballot or the Election Report have been filed by any
of the parties.
As to the balloting and its results, the Regional Director reported
as follows :
1 The stipulation was signed by the Company in Detroit, Michigan , on May 6, 1942;
and by the Union and the Regional Director on May 25, 1942.
41 N. L. R. B., No. 235.
1270
GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION 1271
Total on eligibility list______________________________________ 32
Total ballots cast------------- ---------------------------- 31
Total ballots challenged------------------------------------- 0
Total blank ballots----------------------------------------- 0
Total void ballots--_ --------------------------------- 0
Total valid votes counted----------------------------------- 31
Votes cast for United Organization of Plant Protection Em-
ployees ----------------------------------
Votes cast against United Organization of Plant Protection
Employees ------------------------------------------------ 5
Upon the basis of the Stipulation, the Election Report, and the
-entire record in this case, the Board makes the following :
FINDINGS OF FACT
1. A question affecting commerce has arisen concerning the repre-
sentation of employees of General Motors Corporation, Fisher Body-
Lansing Division, Lansing, Michigan, within the meaning of Section
9 (c) and Section 2 (6) and (7) of the National Labor Relations Act.
2. All plant protection employees of the Company, excluding
sergeants, lieutenants, captains, chiefs and other supervisory employ-
ees, clerical employees, and lobby attendants, constitute a unit appro-
priate for the purposes of collective bargaining within the meaning
of Section 9 (b) of the Act.
3. United Organization of Plant Protection Employees has been
designated and selected by a majority of employees in the above unit
as their representative for the purposes of collective bargaining and
is the exclusive representative of all employees in said unit within
the meaning of Section 9 (a) of the Act.
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
Relations Act,
IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that United Organization of Plant Protec-
tion Employees has been designated and selected by a majority of
all plant protection employees of General Motors Corporation, Fisher
Body-Lansing Division, excluding sergeants, lieutenants, captains,
chiefs and other supervisory employees, clerical employees, and lobby
attendants, as their representative for the purposes of collective
bargaining and that pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the Act, United
Organization of Plant Protection Employees is the exclusive repre-
sentative of all such employees for the purposes of collective bar-
gaining with respect to rates of pay, wages, hours of employment, and
other conditions of employment.