R.C.A. Manufacturing Co., Inc.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Jan 2, 1940

19 N.L.R.B. 24 (N.L.R.B. 1940)

In the Matter of R. C . A. MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC. and INTER-,
NATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS B-957
Case No. R-154.
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 0, 1940
On October 28, 1939, the National Labor Relations Board, herein
called the Board, issued its Decision and Direction of Election in the,
above-entitled proceedings.' Pursuant to the Direction of Election
an election by secret ballot was conducted on November 14 and 15,
1939, under the direction and supervision of the Regional Director for
the Fourth Region (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania). On November 18,
1939, the Regional Director acting pursuant to Article III, Section 9,
of National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series 2,
issued and duly served upon the parties an Election Report.
As to the balloting and its results, the Regional Director reported as
follows :
Total eligible voters_______________________________________ 8491
Total number of ballots cast_______________________________ 7496
Total number of votes cast for the International Brotherhood
of Electrical Workers B-957 ( A. F. of L.) ----------------- 1035
Total number of votes cast for the United Electrical Radio
and Machine Workers of America, Local 103 (C. I. 0.) ----- 6294
Total number of votes cast for neither ______________________ 127
Total number of blank ballots _____________________________ 12
Total number of void ballots______________________________ 20
Total number of challenged ballots__________ ______________ 8
Thereafter, on November 27, 1939, International Brotherhood of
Electrical Workers B-957 filed with the Regional Director Objections
to the conduct of the ballot. Pursuant to Article III, Section 9, of
said Rules and Regulations, the Regional Director investigated the
matters contained in the Objections of International Brotherhood
of Electrical Workers B-957, prepared a Report on Objections, dated
December 14, 1939, based upon such investigation, duly served copies
of his Report upon the parties, and forwarded the Election Report,
Objections, and Report on Objections to the Board. In his Report
on Objections the Regional Director found that the election had been
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honestly and fairly conducted and concluded that the objections were
without merit. The Board has considered the Objections and the
Report on Objections and finds that the Objections do not raise sub-
stantial and material issues with respect to the conduct of the ballot.
By virtue of and pursuant to the power vested in the National
Labor Relations Board by Section 9 of the National Labor Relations
Act, 49 Stat. 449, and pursuant to Article III, Sections 8 and 9, of
National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series 2,
IT Is HEREBY CERTIFIED that United Electrical Radio and Machine
Workers of America, Local 103, affiliated with the Congress of Indus-
trial Organizations, has been selected by a majority of the hourly
paid employees employed in the production department, the model-
making shop (Division No. 77), in the engineering department, and
the office-service division (Division No. 03), of R. C. A. Manufacturing
Company, Inc., at its Camden, New Jersey, plant, exclusive of all
supervisory employees down through and including working group
leaders, all clerical employees wherever located, all lunch club section
employees, process engineers, watchmen, and guards, as their repre-
sentative for the purposes of collective bargaining, and that, pursuant
to Section 9 (a) of the Act, United Electrical Radio and Machine
Workers of America, Local 103, 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.