Kansas City Power & Light Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board DecisionsJun 29, 1940

24 N.L.R.B. 1129 (N.L.R.B. 1940)

In-the Matter of KANSAS CITY POWER & LIGHT COMPANY and LOCAL UNION B-412, INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS Case No. R-298 AMENDED DIRECTION OF ELECTION June 09, 1940 On May 31, 1939, the National Labor Relations Board, herein called the. Board, issued a Decision and Direction of Election in the above-entitled proceeding.' The Direction of Election provided that an election by secret ballot be conducted at such time as. the Board shall in the future direct among the employees of the production de- partment of Kansas City Power '& Light Company, herein called the Company,. excluding supervisory employees, to determine whether or not they desire to be represented by Local Union B-412, Inter- national Brotherhood of El.ectrical'Workers, herein call the Brother- hood, for the purposes of collective bargaining. Thereafter the Regional Director reported to the Board that the Company has complied with the decree of the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit,2 modifying and enforcing the Board's Order of May 31, 1939, in Case No. C-451,3 and recommended that the 'Board fix a date for the conduct of the election in this proceeding. Accordingly, we shall fix the date for the conduct of the election. We shall direct that employees in the appropriate unit during the pay-roll period next preceding the date of this Amended Direction of Election be eligible to vote. DIRECTION OF ELECTION 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, Section 8, of National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series 2, as amended , it is hereby 112 N. L. R. B. 1461. z Kansas City Power and Light Company V. National Labor Relations Board et al., 111 F. ( 2d) 340 (C. C. A. 8). s Matter of Kansas City Power ct Light Company and International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local Union B-412, 12 N. L. R. B. 1414. 24 N. L. R. B., No. 12A. 1129 1130 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD D%iECTED that, ' as part of the investigation authorized by the Board to ascertain representatives for the purposes of collective bargaining with Kansas City Power & Light Company, Kansas City, Missouri, an election by secret ballot shall be conducted as early as possible, but not later than thirty (30) days from the date of this Amended Direc- tion of Election, under the direction and supervision of the Regional Director for the Seventeenth Region, acting in this matter as agent for the Board.. and subject to Article III, -Section 9, of said Rules:'-and Regulations, among the employees of the production department of the Company who were employed during the pay-roll period next pre- ceding the date of this Amended Direction of Election, including em- ployees who did not work during such pay-roll period because- they were ill, or on vacation or then temporarily laid off, but excluding supervisory employees and employees who since such pay-roll period have quit or been discharged for cause, to determine whether or not they desire to, be represented by Local Union B-412, Inter= national Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, for the purposes of cot= lective bargaining. .