International Harvester Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Aug 15, 1941

34 N.L.R.B. 321 (N.L.R.B. 1941)

In the Matter of INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER COMPANY (FARMALL
WORKS ) and FEDERAL LABOR UNION No. 22657, AFFILIATED WITH THE
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR
Case No. R-21505
SUPPLEMENTAL DECISION
AND
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
August 15, 19.¢1
On May 22, 1941, the National Labor Relations Board, herein
called the Board, issued a, Decision and Direction of Elections in the
above-entitled proceeding.' Pursuant to the Direction of Elections,
elections by secret ballot were conducted on June 18, 1941, under the
direction and supervision of the Regional Director for the Thirteenth
Region (Chicago, Illinois). On June 20, 1941, the Regional Director,
acting pursuant to Article III, Section 9,.of National Labor Rela-
tions Board Rules and Regulations-Series 2, as amended, issued and
duly served upon the parties an Election Report on the ballot.
As to the balloting and its results, the Regional Director reported
as follows :
Pattern Makers
Total on eligibility list------------------------------------------------ 17
Total number ballots cast __________-__________________________________ 16
Total number of ballots challenged____________________________________ 0
Total number of blank ballots_________________________________________ 0
Total number of -void ballots__________________________________________ 0
Total number of ballots cast for the Pattern Makers Union _____________ 10
Total number of ballots cast against the Pattern Makers Union _________ 6
Production and Maintenance
Total on eligibility list----------------------------------------------- 3,842
Total number ballots cast --------------------------------------------- 3,275
Total number ballots challenged ______________________________________ 36
Total number of blank ballots______ __________________________________ 3
Total number of void ballots__ ________________________________________ 1
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Total number of ballots cast for the A. F. of L. Union__________________ 1, 692
Total number of ballots for the C. I. 0 Union__________________________ 1,383
Total number of ballots cast for neither________________________________ 160
On June 26, 1941, Local 109, Farm Equipment Workers Organiz-
ing Committee, herein called the F. E. W. O. C., filed Objections to
the Conduct of the Ballot and the Election Report. On July 23,
1941, the Regional Director issued a Report on Objections to Election
Report. We have considered the Objections of the F. E. W. O. C. and
the Regional Director's Report thereon and find that the Objections
raise no substantial or material issues with respect to the conduct of
the ballot. The Objections are hereby overruled.
By virtue of and pursuant to the power vested in the National
Labor Relations Board by Section 9 (c) of the National Labor Rela-
tions 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,
IT Is HEREBY CERTIFIED that Pattern Makers League of North Amer-
ica, Quad Cities Association, affiliated with the American Federation
of Labor, has been designated and selected by a majority of all pat-
tern makers and pattern makers' apprentices at the Farmall Works
of International Harvester Company, Rock Island, Illinois, as their
representative for the purposes of collective bargaining, and that,
pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the Act, Pattern Makers League of
North America, Quad Cities Association, affiliated with the American
Federation of Labor, is the exclusive representative of all such em-
ployees in respect to rates of pay, wages, hours of employment, and
other conditions of employment.
IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that Federal Labor Union No. 22657, affili-
ated with the American Federation of Labor, has been designated and
selected by a majority of all production and maintenance employees
at the Farmall Works of International Harvester Company, Rock
Island, Illinois, excluding salaried employees, supervisory employees
on hourly rates above the rank of working group leaders, factory
clerical employees, indentured apprentices, progressive executive stu-
dents, fire and watch employees, temporary employees, pattern mak-
ers, and pattern makers' apprentices, as their representative for the
purposes of collective bargaining, and that, Federal Labor Union
No. 22657, 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 em-
ployment, and other conditions of employment.
Mr. EDWIN S. SMITH took no part in the consideration of the above
Supplemental Decision and Certification of Representatives.