Metropolitan Engineering Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Nov 7, 1938

9 N.L.R.B. 674 (N.L.R.B. 1938)

In the Matter Of METROPOLITAN ENGINEERING CO. and METROPOLITAN
DEVICE CORP. and Loc.1L No. 1224 OF UNITED ELECTRICAL, RADIO
AND MACHINE WORKERS OF AMERICA
In the Matter of METROPOLITAN DEVICE CORP. and INTERNATIONAL
BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS, LOCAL UNION No. 3
Cases Nos. R-818 and R-820, respectively
SUPPLEMENTAL DECISION
AND
ORDER
November 7, 1938
On July 28, 1938, the National Labor Relations Board, herein,
called the Board, issued a Decision and Direction of Election in the
above-entitled case.' The Direction of Election directed that an
election by secret ballot be conducted v itliin fifteen (15) days from
the date of the Direction among all the production, maintenance, and
shipping employees, whose names appear on the pay roll of Metro-
politan Engineering Co. and Metropolitan Device Corp. for the week
ending January 1, 1938, excluding salesmen, guards, watchmen,
research workers, clerical, office, and supervisory employees, and
those who had since quit or been discharged for cause, to determine
whether they desired to be represented by International Brother-
hood of Electrical Workers, Local Union No. 3, or Local No. 1224
of United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America, for
the purposes of collective bargaining, or by neither.
Pursuant to the Direction, an election by secret ballot was con-
ducted on August 12, 1938, at Brooklyn, New York, under the direc-
tion and supervision of the Regional Director for the Second Region
(New York City): On August 15, 1938, the said Regional Director,
acting pursuant to Article III, Section 9, of National Labor Rela-
tions Board Rules and Regulations-Serial 1, as amended, issued and
served upon the parties an Intermediate Report on the ballot.
18 N. L. R. B. 670.
9 N. L. R. B, No. 63.
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DEC I S1 oN 5 .v N LI ORDERS 675
As to the results of the secret ballot, the Regional Director reported
as follows :
Total number eligible to vote_______________________________ 200
Total number of ballots cast________________________________ 182
Total number of ballots counted_____________________________ 175
Total number of votes in favor of Local No 1224 of United
Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America_________ 34
Total number of votes in favor of International Brotherhood
of Electrical Workers, Local Union No. 3___________________ 27
Total number of votes in favor of neither union______________ 114
Total number of blank ballots_______________________________ 0
Total number of void ballots________________________________ 0
Total number of challenged ballots__________________________ 7
't'hereafter Local No. 1224 of United Electrical, Radio and Ma-
chine Workers of America and International Brotherhood of Elec-
trical Workers, Local Union No. 3, filed objections to the Interme-
diate Report. The Regional Director found these objections to be
without merit, and we also so find.
The results of the election show that no collective bargaining rep-
resentative has been selected by a majority of the employees. The
petitions for investigation and certification of representatives of em-
ployees of Metropolitan Engineering Co. and Metropolitan Device
Corp., Brooklyn, New York, will therefore be dismissed.
ORDER
By virtue of Section 9 (c) of the National Labor Relations Act,
49 Stat. 449, and pursuant to Article III, Sections 8 and 9, of Na-
tional Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series 1, as
amended,
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the petitions for investigation and cer-
tification of representatives of employees of Metropolitan Engineer-'
ing,Co. and Metropolitan Device Corp., Brooklyn, New York, filed
by International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local Union
No. 3, and Local No. 1224 of United Electrical, Radio and Machine
Workers of America be, and they hereby are, dismissed.
MR. DONALD WAKEFIELD SMITH took no part in the consideration of
the above Supplemental Decision and Order.
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