National Erie Corp.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Mar 9, 1942

39 N.L.R.B. 612 (N.L.R.B. 1942)

In the Matter of NATIONAL ERIE CORPORATION and PATTERN MAK-
ERS LEAGUE OF NORTH AMERICA, AFFILIATED WITH THE A. F.
OF L.
Case No. R-3347
SUPPLEMENTAL DECISION
AND
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
March 9, 1942
On January 28, 1942, the National Labor Relations Board, herein
called the Board, issued a Decision and Direction of Election in the,
above-entitled proceeding.' Pursuant to the Direction of Election,
an election by secret ballot was conducted on February 20, 1942,
under the direction and supervision of the Regional Director for the
Sixth Region (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania). On February 21, 1942,
the Regional Director, acting pursuant to Article III, Section 9, of
National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series 2,
as amended, issued an Election Report, copies of which were duly
served upon the parties. No objections to the conduct of the ballot
or to the Election Report were filed by any of the parties.
As to the balloting and the results thereof, the Regional Director
reported as follows:
Total on eligibility list-----------------------------------
Total ballots cast----------------------------------------
Total ballots challenged----------------------------------
Total blank ballots ----------------- --------- '-----------
Total void ballots---------------------------------------
Total valid votes counted--------------------------------
Votes cast for Pattern Makers League of North America,
affiliated with A. F. of L--------------------------------
Votes cast against Pattern Makers League of North America,
22
22
0
0
0
22
21
affiliated with A. F. of L-------------------------------- 1
Upon the basis of the entire record in the case, the Board makes
the following:
1 38 N. L. R. B. 638.
39 N. L. R. B.. No. 111.
612
NATIONAL ERIE CORPORATION 613
SUPPLEMENTAL FINDING OF FACT AND CONCLUSION OF LAW
All pattern makers and pattern-maker apprentices of National
Erie Corporation, Erie, Pennsylvania, constitute .a unit appropriate
for the purposes of collective bargaining, and said unit will insure to
employees of the Company the full benefit of their right to self-
organization and to collective bargaining and otherwise effectuate the
policies of the National Labor Relations Act.
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
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
America, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, has been
designated and selected by a majority of all pattern makers and pat-
tern-maker apprentices of National Erie Corporation, Erie, Penn-
sylvania, as their representative for the purposes of collective bar-
gaining, and that pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the National Labor
Relations Act, Pattern Makers League of North America, affiliated
with the American Federation of Labor, is the exclusive representa-
tive of all such employees for the purposes of collective bargaining
with respect to rates of pay, wages, hours of employment, and other
conditions of employment.