Mergenthaler Linotype Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

May 23, 1938

7 N.L.R.B. 394 (N.L.R.B. 1938)

In the Matter of MERGE VTHALER LINOTYPE CO. and FEDERATION OF
ARCHITECTS, ENGINEERS, CHEMISTS AND TECHNICIANS
Cabe No. R-351
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
May 33, 1938
On April 18, 1938, the National Labor Relations Board issued a
Decision and Direction of Election in the above-entitled case.' On
April 29, 1938, the Board issued an amendment to the Direction of
Election.' The Direction of Election, as amended, directed that
an election by secret ballot be conducted under the direction and
supervision of the Regional Director for the Second Region (New
York City) among all the technical employees of Mergenthaler
Linotype Company, New York City, in its engineering and research
and development departments, excluding those who, since September
13, 1937, have quit or been discharged for cause, to determine whether
or not they desired to be represented by Engineering Department
Employees Association of the Mergenthaler Linotype Company for
the purposes of collective bargaining.
Pursuant to the Direction and Amendment, an election by secret
ballot was conducted on May 3, 1938, by the said Regional Director.
On May 4, 1938, the said Regional Director, acting pursuant to
Article III, Section 9, of National Labor Relations Board Rules and
Regulations-Series 1, as amended, issued and, on May 5, 1938, duly
served upon the parties an Intermediate Report on the election. No
objections or exceptions to the Intermediate Report have been filed
by any of the parties.
As to the balioting and its results, the Regional Director reported
as follows :
Total Number Eligible to Vote -------- ------ -------------- 105
Total Number of Ballots Cast____________________________ 88
Total Number of Ballots Counted________________________ 84
Total Number of Votes in favor of Engineering Department
Employees Association of the Mergenthaler Linotype Co__ 70
16 N.L R B 671
26N L R B 676.
394
DECISIONS AND ORDERS 395
Total Number of Votes against afore-mentioned association_ 14
Total Number of Blank Votes_____________________________ 4
Total Number of Void Ballots_____________________________ 0
Total Number of Challenged Votes________________________ 0
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, herein called the Act, and pursuant to Article
III, Sections .8 and 9, of National Labor Relations Board Rules
and Regulations-Series 1, as amended,
- IT IS r-IEIu BY CERTIFIED that Engineering Department Employees
Association of the Mergenthaler Linotype Company has been desig-
nated , and selected by a majority of the technical employees in the
engineering and research and development departments of Morgen-
thaler Linotype Company, New York City, as their representative
for the purposes of collective bargaining, and that, pursuant to
Section 9 (a) of the Act, Engineering Department Employees As-
sociation of the Mergenthaler Linotype Company 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. -