General Motors Corp.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

May 26, 1942

41 N.L.R.B. 320 (N.L.R.B. 1942)

In the Matter of GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION , FISHER BODY DIVISION
(FLINT PLANT #1) and UNITED ORGANIZATION OF PLANT PROTEC-
TION EMPLOYEES
Case No. R-3830-Decided May 26,1942
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 Independent.
Mr. George C. Halverson, of Detroit, Mich., for the Board.
Mr. 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 Pro-
tection Employees, herein called the Independent, alleging that a
question affecting commerce had arisen concerning the representation
of employees of'General Motors Corporation, Fisher Body Division
(Flint Plant #1), herein called the Company, engaged at Detroit,
Michigan, in the manufacture and assembly of automobile bodies and
parts, the National Labor Relations Board provided for an appro-
priate hearing upon due notice. On April 16, 1942, before a hearing
was held, the Company, the Independent, and the Regional Director
for the Seventh Region (Detroit, Michigan) entered into a "Stipula-
tion for Certification on Consent Election."
Pursuant to the Stipulation, an election by secret ballot was con-
ducted on May 6, 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 and clerical employees, to determine whether
or not they desired to be represented by the Independent. On May
8, 1942, the Regional Director issued and duly served upon the parties
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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 :
Total on eligibility list------------------------------------- 70
Total ballots cast------------------------------------------ 63
Total ballots challenged------------------------------------ 01
Total blank ballots----------------------------------------- 1
Total void ballots------------------------------------------ 1
Total valid votes counted------------------------------------ 61
Votes cast for United Organization of Plant Protection Eiu-
ployees, Independent------------------------------------- GO
Votes cast against United Organization of Plant Protection
Employees, Independent---------------------------------- 1
Upon the basis of the Stipulation, the Election Report, and the
entire record in the 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
Division (Flint Plant #1), Detroit, 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 General Motors Corpora-
tion, Fisher Body Division (Flint Plant #1), Detroit, Michigan,
excluding sergeants, lieutenants, captains, chiefs, and other super-
visory employees and clerical employees, constitute a unit appropriate
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 Re-
lations 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 the General Motors Corporation, Fisher
Body Division (Flint Plant #1), Detroit, Michigan, excluding ser-
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geants, lieutenants, captains, chiefs, and other supervisory employees
and clerical employees, 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 ex-
clusive representative of all such employees for the purposes of
collective bargaining with respect to rates of pay, wages, hours of
employment, and other conditions of employment.