General Motors Corp.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

May 29, 1942

41 N.L.R.B. 514 (N.L.R.B. 1942)

In ..the Matter of GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION, PONTIAC MOTOR
DIVISION and ' UNITED ORGANIZATION OF PLANT PROTECTION Em-
2 .- 38641.-No. R 4 , Decided May 09,194
Investigation and Certification of Representatives : stipulation for certification
upon consent election.
Mr. Frank H. Bowen, for the Board.
Mr. Henry M. Hogan and Mr. Denton Jolly, of Detroit, Mich., for
the Company.
Mr. Frank J. Edmondson, of Detroit, Mich., for the Union.
Mr. A. Sumner Lawrence, of counsel to the Board.
DECISION
AND
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
STATEMENT OF THE CASE
On March 18, 1942, United Organization of Plant Protection
Employees, herein called the Union, filed with the Regional Di-
rector for the Seventh Region (Detroit, Michigan) an amended
petition alleging that a question affecting commerce had arisen con-
cerning the representation of employes of General Motors Cor-
poration, Pontiac Motor Division, Pontiac, Michigan, herein called
the Company, engaged in the manufacture and assembly of auto-
mobiles, service parts, and anti-aircraft guns, and requesting an
investigation and certification of representatives pursuant to Sec-
tion 9 (c) of the National Labor Relations Act, 49 Stat. 449, herein
called the Act. On April 22, 1942, the National Labor Relations
Board, herein called the Board, acting pursuant to Section 9 (c)
of the Act, and Article III, Section 3, of National Labor Relations
Board Rules and Regulations-Series 2, as amended, ordered an
investigation and authorized the Regional Director to conduct it
and to provide for an appropriate hearing upon due notice. On
April 23, 1942, the Company, the Union, and the Regional Director
entered into a "Stipulation for Certification of Representatives Upon
Consent Election."
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Piirsuai t to the Stipulation, an election by secret ballot was con-
ducted on May 14, 1942, under the direction and supervision of the
Regional Director among the following employees to determine
whether or not they desired to be represented by the Union : All
plant protection employees of the General Motors Corporation, Pon-
tiac Motor Division, excluding sergeants, lieutenants, captains, chiefs,
and other supervisory employees. On May 15, 1942, the Regional
Director issued and duly served upon the parties his 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.
In his Election Report, the Regional Director reported as follows
concerning the balloting and its results:
Total on eligibility list-------------------------------------- 113
I Total ballots cast------------------------------------------- 104
Total ballots challenged------------------------------------ 0
Total blank ballots----------------------------------------- 0
Total void ballots------------------------------------------ 0
Total valid votes counted---- ------------------------------- 104
Votes cast for United Organization of Plant Protection Em-
ployees------------------------------------------------ 59
Votes cast against United Organization of Plant Protection
Employees----------------------------------------------- 45
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, Pontiac Motor
Division, Pontiac, 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 General Motors Corporation;
Pontiac Motor Division, excluding sergeants, lieutenants, captains,
chiefs, and other supervisory employees, constitute a unit appropriate
for the purposes of collective bargaining, within the meaning of
Section 9 (b) of the National Labor Relations Act.
3. United Organization of Plant Protection Employees has been
designated and selected by a majority of the 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 National Labor Relations
Act.
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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 the General Motors Corporation, Pon-
tiac Motor Division, excluding sergeants, lieutenants, captains, chiefs,
and other supervisory employees, as their representative for the
purposes of collective bargaining, and that, pursuant to the`provisions
of Section 9 (a) of the Act, United Organization of Plant Protection
Employees is the exclusive representative of all such employees for
the purposes of collective bargaining in respect to rates of pay,
wages, hours of employment, and other conditions of employment.'