Palmer Match Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Jul 14, 1942

42 N.L.R.B. 437 (N.L.R.B. 1942)

In the Mattel of PALMER MATY'H COMPANY and LOCAL UNION No 12294
OF THE GAS BY-PRODUCT COKE AND CHEMICAL WORKERS, UNITED
MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA. DISTRICT No 50 (CIO)
Case No R-4017 -Decided July 14,1942
Investigation and Certification of Representatives : stipulation foi ceitification
on consent election
Mr G K Harding, of Akron, Ohio, fot the Company
Mr Stanley Denlinger, of Akron, Ohio, for the C I.0
Air Gallagher, of Cleveland, Ohio, for the A. F L
Mr M G Ratner, of counsel to the Board.
DECISION
AND
CERTIFICATION OF,,7RE?RFSENTATIVES
,STATEMENT OF THE CASE
Upon petition duly filed by Local Union No 12294 of the Gas By-
Product Coke and Chemical Workers, United Mine Workers of Amer-
ica, District No 50, affiliated with the C. I.0 .herein called the C. I.0 ,
alleging that a question affecting commerce had arisen conceinmg the
representation of employees of the Palmer Match Company, herein
called the Company, engaged in Akron, Ohio, in the manufacture,
sale, and distribution of matches, the National Labor Relations Board
provided for an appropriate hearing upon due notice On May 19,
1942, before a hearing was held, the Company, the C. I 0, United
Match Workers Union No 18460, A F. of L, and the Regional Director
for-the Eighth Region (Cleveland -Ohio,) entered into a "Stipulation
for Certification on Consent Election,"
Pursuant to the stipulation, an election, by secret ballot was con-
ducted on June 23, 1942, uirclel the direction and supervision of the
Regional Dnectoi, among all production and maintenance employees
employed by the Company in is Akron, Ohio, plant, including power-
house employees, but excluding foienten, supervisors, and salaried and
clei ical employees, to determine whether they desired to be represented
by the C. I 0 or the A. F. L., or by neither. On June ,^9, 1942, the
Regional Director issued and duly seived upon the parties an Election
Repoit on the ballot No objections to the conduct of the ballot or to
the Election Report have been filed by any of the parties.
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As to the balloting and its results, the Regional Director reported as
follows :
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Total on eligibility list------------------------------------ 300
Total ballots cast----------------------------------------- 252
Total ballots challenged----------------------------------- 0
Total blank ballots---------------------------------------- 0
Total void ballots----------------------------------------- 1
Total valid votes counted---------------------------------- 251
Votes cast for Local Union No 12294 of the Gas By-Pioduct
Coke and Chemical Workers, United Mine Workers of
America, District No 50 (CIO)-------------------------- 129
Votes cast for United Match Workers Union No 18460
(AFL)-------------------------------------------:----- 122
Votes cast for neither------------------------------------- 0
Upon the basis of the Stipulation, the Election Report, and the
entire record in the case, the Board makes the following
FINDINGS OF FACT
1. A question affecting commerce has arisen concerning the repre-
sentation of employees of Palmer Match Company, Akron, Ohio,
within the meaning of Section 9 (c) and Section 2 (6) and (7) of the
National Labor Relations Act. -
- 2 All production and maintenance employees employed by the
Company in its Akron, Ohio, plant, including powerhouse employees,
but excluding foremen, supervisors, and salaried and clerical em-
ployees, constitute a unit appropriate for the purposes of collective
bargaining within the meaning of Section 9 (b) of the Act
1 3'r Local Union No 12294 of the Gas By-Product Coke and Chemical
Workers, United Mine Workers of America, District No 50, affiliated
with the Congress of Industrial Organizations, has been designated
and selected by a majority of the employees in the above unit as their
representative for the purposes of collective bargaining and is the
exclusive representative of all employees in said unit within the
meaning of Sections 9 (a) of the Act
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
By virtue of and pursuant to the power vested ui the National Labor
Relations Board by Section 9 (c) of the National Labor Relations
Act,
IT 13 II.:REBY CERTIFIED that Local Union No 12294 of the Gas By-
Product Coke and Chemical Workers, United Mine Workers of
America, District No. 50, affiliated with the Congress of Industrial Or-
ganizations, has been designated and selected by a majority of all
production and maintenance employees employed by Palmer Match
Company in its Akron, Ohio, plant, including powerhouse employees,
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but excluding foremen, super. visors, and salaried and clerical em-
ployees, as their representative for the purposes of collective bargain-
ing, and that, pursuant to Section 9, (a) of the Act, Local Union 'No.
12294,of`the Gas By-Product Coke and Chemical Workers, United
Mine Workers of America, District No 50, affiliated with the Congress
of Industrial Organizations, is the exclusive representative 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.