Monarch Steel Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Jul 21, 1944

57 N.L.R.B. 535 (N.L.R.B. 1944)

In the Matter of F. T. HOLLIDAY, ET AL. D/B/A MONARCH STEEL CO-
P_1NY and UNITED STEEL WORKERS OF AMERICA, AFFILIATED WITH THE
CONGRESS OF INDUSTRIAL' ORGANIZATIONS
Case No. 9-R-1451.--Decided July 01, 1944/
Mr. Carl Wilde, of Indianapolis, Ind., for the Company.
Mr. Leo E. Casey, of Indianapolis, Ind., for the Union.
Mr. Robert Silagi, of counsel to the Board.
DECISION
AND
DIRECTION OF ELECTION
STATEMENT OF THE CASE
Upon an amended petition duly filed by United Steelworkers of
America, affiliated with the Congress of Industrial Organizations,
herein called the Union, alleging that a question affecting commerce'
had arisen concerning the representation of employees of F. T. Holli-
day, W. J. Holliday, et al. d/b/a Monarch Steel Company, herein
called the Company, the National Labor Relations Board provided for
an appropriate hearing upon due notice before Louis Plost, Trial Ex-
aminer. Said hearing was held at Indianapolis, Indiana, on July 11,
1944. The Company and the Union appeared and participated. All
parties were afforded full opportunity to be heard, to examine and
cross-examine witnesses, and to introduce evidence bearing on the
issues. The Trial Examiner's rulings made at the hearing are free
from prejudicial error and are hereby affirmed. All parties were
afforded an opportunity to file briefs with the Board.
- Upon the entire record in the case, the Board makes the following :
FINDINGS OF FACT
I. THF, BUSINESS OF THE COMPANY
W.J. Holliday, W. J. Holliday, Jr., J. S. Holliday, II, D. B. Holli-
day, C. H. Bradley, C. H. Bradley, Jr., F. T. Holliday, F. T. Holliday,
Jr., John H. Holliday, and R. H. Holliday are co-partners doing busi-
ness under the firm name and style of Monarch Steel Company. The
partnership operates-two plants, one at Indianapolis and the other
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at Hammond, Indiana; however, the present proceeding is concerned
solely with the former plant. The Indianapolis plant is engaged in
processing rolled steel. During the year ending May 31, 1944, the
value of the raw -materials used by the Company, which, consisted
chiefly of steel, was in excess of $100,000, at least.30 percent of which
was purchased from sources located outside the, State of Indiana.
During the same period the Company sold finished material valued in
excess-of $100,000, more than 30 percent of which was shipped by the
Company to points, outside the State of Indiana.
The Company admits that it is engaged in' commerce 'within • the
meaning of the National Labor Relations Act.
II. THE ORGANIZATION INVOLVED
United Steelworkers of America, affiliated with the Congress of
Industrial Organizations, is a labor organization admitting to mem-
bership employees of the Company.
III. THE QUESTION CONCERNING REPRESENTATION
On May 8, 1944, the Union notified the Company that it represented
a majority of the Company's production and maintenance employees
and requested a bargaining conference. , Thereafter, on May 16 the
Company advised the Union that it could not recognize the Union
as the exclusive bargaining. representative until it had been certified
by the Board in an appropriate unit.
A statement of a Board agent, introduced into evidence at the
hearing, indicates that the Union represents a substantial number
of employees in the unit hereinafter found appropriate.'
We find that a question affecting commerce has arisen concerning
the representation of employees of, the Company, within the meaning
of Section 9 (c) and Section 2 (6) and (7), of the Act. '
IV. THE APPROPRIATE UNIT
At its Indianapolis plant the Company employs 42 individuals eIi-
gaged in production and maintenance. These employees are classi-
fied as follows : six set-up men, three helpers, four leaders, three
grinder operators, four straightener operators, 'three picklers, three
pointer operators, two shipping clerks, two turning machine operators,
three crane operators, two, die makers,' one draw bench operator; two
saw operators, two testing machine operators, and two 'spark- testers.
-We find, in accordance with a stipulation -of 'the parties, that 'a'll
' The Field Examiner reported that the Union submitted 42 authorization cards, 35 of
which bore the names of persons appearing on the Company ' s pay roll of June 23, 1944;
which contained the names of 43 employees in the alleged appropriate unit. The cards
were all dated between April and May 1944. 1
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production and maintenance employees employed in the Company's
Indianapolis plant, including set-up men, but excluding foremen and
any other supervisory employees with authority to hire, promote,
discharge, discipline, or otherwise effect changes in the status of em-
ployees, or effectively recommend such action, constitute a unit ap-
propriate for the purposes of collective bargaining within the meaning
of Section 9 (b) of the Act.
V. THE DETERMINATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
We shall direct that the question concerning representation which
has arisen be resolved by an election by secret ballot among the em-
ployees in the appropriate unit who were employed during the pay-
roll period immediately preceding the date of the Direction of Election
herein, subject to the limitations and additions set forth in the
Direction.
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, and pursuant to Article III, Section 9, of National Labor
Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series 3, as amended, it
is hereby
DIRECTED that, as part,of the investigation to ascertain represent-
atives for the purpose of collective bargaining with F. T. Holliday,
W. J. Holliday, et al., d/b/a Monarch Steel Company, Indianapolis,
Indiana, an election by secret ballot shall be conducted as early as pos-
sible, but not later that thirty (30) days from the data of this Direc-
tion, under the direction and supervision of the Regional Director for
the Ninth Region, acting in this matter as agent for the National
Labor Relations Board, and subject to Article III, Sections 10 and 11,
of said Rules and Regulations, among the employees in the unit found
appropriate in Section IV, above, who were employed during the pay-
roll period immediately preceding the'date of this Direction; including
employees who did not work during the said pay-roll period because
they were ill or on vacation or temporarily laid off, and including
employees in the armed forces of the United States who present them- _
selves in person at the polls, but excluding those employees who have
since quit or been discharged for cause and have not' been rehired or
reinstated prior to the date of the election, to determine whether or
not they desire to be represented by United Steelworkers of America,
affiliated with the Congress of Industrial Organizations, for the
purposes of collective bargaining.
MR. JOIiN M. HousTON took no part in the consideration of the above
Decision and Direction of Election.