Hillsdale Steel Products Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

May 10, 1941

31 N.L.R.B. 746 (N.L.R.B. 1941)

In the Matter Of HILLSDALE STEEL PRODUCTS COMPANY and LocAL
663, INTERNATIONAL UNION, ZTNITED AUTOMOBILE WORKERS OF
AMERICA, AFF'ILIATEU WITH THE .AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR
Case, No. R-2378
SUPPLEMENTAL DECISION
AND
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
May 10, 1941
On March'27, 1941, the National Labor Relations Board, herein
called the Board, issued its- Decision and Direction of Election in
the above-entitled proceeding.' Pursuant to the Direction of Elec-
tion, an election by secret ballot was conducted on' April 11, 1941,
under the direction and supervision of the 'Regional Director for
the Seventh Region (Detroit, Michigan). On April 17, 1941, the
Regional Director, acting pursuant to Article III, Section 9, of
National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series 2,
as amended, issued ail Election Report, copies of which were duly
served upon the parties.
As to the balloting and its results, the Regional Director reported
as follows :
Total on eligibility list------------------------------------- 503
Total ballots cast.----------------------------------------- 470
Total ballots challenged------------------------------------ 8
Total blank ballots----------------------------------------- 0
Total void ballots------------------------------------------ 0
Total valid votes cast -------------------------------------- 462
Votes cast for Local 701, International Union, United Automo-
bile Workers of America, C. I. 0-------------------------- 224
Votes cast for Local 663, International Union, United Automo-
bile Workers of America, A. F. of L--------------------- 233
Votes cast for neither-------------------------------------- 5
The Regional Director reported further :
Inasmuch as neither union received a majority of the votes
cast and the challenged ballots thereby became pertinent, it was
necessary to make a determination of the challenges.
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HILLSDALE STEEL PRODUCTS COMPANY 747
On April 15, 1941, the challenges in question were opened and
the ballots counted in the presence of representatives of each of
the interested parties. There were 8 challenged ballots. Four of
the persons were found to be ineligible because investigation showed
they were supervisory employees. The remaining 4 ballots were
found to be ballots of persons eligible within the definition of the
eligibility clause of the Board's Direction of Election. These 4
ballots were counted as follows :
Votes cast for Local 701, International Union, United Automo-
bile Workers of America, C. I. 0.-------------------------- 1
Votes cast for Local 663, International Union, United Auto-
mobile Workers of America, A. F. of L.-------------------- 3
These figures were then added to the results on the Certification
of Counting and Tabulation of April 11, 1941. _
The new and final count is as follows :
Total on eligibility list------------------------------------- 503
Total ballots cast------------------------------------------ 470
Total ballots challenged------------------------------------ ' 4
Total blank ballots----------------------------------------- 0
Total void ballots ------------------------------------------ 0
Total valid votes cast--------------------------------------
Votes cast for. Local 701. International Union, United Auto-
466
mobile Workers of America, C. I. 0.----------------------- 225
Votes cast for Local 663. International Union. United Automo-
bile Workers of America. A. F. of L ---------------------- 236
Votes cast for neither -------------------------------------- 5
On April 23, 1941, Local 701, international Union, United Auto-
mobile Workers of America, affiliated with the Congress of In-
dustrial Organizations, herein called Local 701, filed with the
Regional Director Objections to the Election Report. On April 29,
1941, the Regional Director, acting pursuant to Article III, Section
9, of National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series
2, as amended, issued and duly served upon the parties his Report
on, Objections stating that the Objections should be overruled and
recommending that the Board find that the-Objections raise no sub-
stantial or material issue.
The Board has considered the Objections to the Election Report
and the Regional Director's Report on Objections and finds that
the Objections to the Election Report raise no substantial or material
issues with respect to the conduct of the ballot or the Election Re-
port. The Objections are hereby overruled.
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, 49 Stat. 449, and pursuant to Article III, Sections 8
and 9, of National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations-
Series 2, as amended,
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IT is HEREBY CERTIFIED that Local 663, International Union, United
Automobile Workers of, America, affiliated with the American Fed-
eration of Labor, has been designated and selected by a majority of
the production and maintenance employees of Hillsdale Steel Prod-
ucts Company, Hillsdale, Michigan, including inspectors and em-
ployees of the drafting and tool design department, but excluding
watchmen, timekeepers, office force, and supervisory employees, as
their representative for the, purposes of collective bargaining, and
that, pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the National Labor Relations Act,
Local 663, International Union, United Automobile Workers of
America, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, 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.