S. G. Adams Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board DecisionsDec 15, 1953

107 N.L.R.B. 348 (N.L.R.B. 1953)

348 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD AFL, or any other labor organization, except to the extent that this right may be affected by an agreement in conformity with Section 8 (a) (3) of the National Labor Relations Act. AMERICAN COIN LOCK COMPANY, INC., Employer. Dated ... .... By (Representative ) (Title) This notice must remain posted for 60 days from the date hereof, and must not be altered, defaced, or covered by any other material. S. G. ADAMS COMPANY and UNITED STEELWORKERS OF AMERICA, CIO, Petitioner . Case No. 14 -RC-2370. December 15, 1953 DECISION AND ORDER Upon a petition duly filed under Section 9 (c) of the National Labor Relations Act, a hearing was held before John M. Schobel, hearing officer. The hearing officer 's rulings made at the hearing are free from prejudicial error and are hereby affirmed. Upon the entire record in this case, the Board finds: 1. The Employer is engaged in commerce within the mean- ing of the Act. 2. The Petitioner and District No. 9, International Associa- tion of Machinists, AFL, the Intervenor, are labor organiza- tions claiming to represent certain employees of the Employer. 3. No question affecting commerce exists concerning the representation of employees of the Employer within the mean- ing of Section 9 (c) (1) and Section 2 (6) and (7) of the Act for the following reasons: The Employer is engaged in the manufacture of metal specialty products to the order and specifications of its cus- tomers. Its main plant is located at St. Louis, Missouri. In April 1953 the Employer began operations at a second plant at Barnhart, about 25 miles distant from its main plant. The Petitioner and the Intervenor each seeks to represent produc- tion and maintenance employees at the Barnhart plant. Present operations at the Barnhart plant are on a partial scale, and consist principally of a training program, under which some overflow work from the St. Louis plant is being handled to relieve congestion at the older plant and afford training opportunities at the new location. Meanwhile, the Barnhart plant is undergoing extensive renovation; and per- manent electrical systems for adequate power and light, and heating units, and other necessary facilities and equipment are being planned, ordered, or installed. This work will not be completed for some months. Employees for the Barnhart plant are locally hired from time to time. At the date of the hearing there were 28 unclas- 107 NLRB No. 90 WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORPORATION 349 sified production workers at the plant doing the various jobs assigned to them under the temporary present.working condi- tions. When renovation and installation work is completed, the Employer plans to increase the work complement to approxi- mately 100 employees in 6 to 8 months and to 150 to 200 em- ployees in about 18 months. The Employer, however, does not contemplate that the Barnhart plant will operate independently of the St. Louis plant. So far as the instant record discloses, employees at the St. Louis plant are not presently represented by any labor organization. In view of the expected increase in the number of employees at the Barnhart plant in the near future, the present training status of employees at the plant and their lack of work classi- fication, and the temporary uncertainty and dependent nature of the plant's present operations, an immediate election among employees presently working at the Barnhart plant would be premature.' Furthermore, it does not clearly appear -that employees at the Barnhart plant may properly constitute an appropriate unit apart from employees at the St. Louis plant, concerning which there is little in the instant record from which any satisfactory conclusion with respect to the scope of the appropriate unit for Barnhart plant employees can be drawn. For these reasons, we dismiss the petition. [The Board dismissed the petition.] I Individual Drinking Cup Company; 101 NLRB 1751; A. O. Smith Corporation, 97 NLRB 1570. WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORPORATION and INTER- NATIONAL UNION OF ELECTRICAL, RADIO AND MA- CHINE WORKERS, CIO, Petitioner WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORPORATION and INTER- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS, AFL, Peti- tioner. Cases Nos. 4-RC-2073 and 4-RC-2074. December 15, 1953. DECISION AND DIRECTION OF ELECTION Upon petitions duly filed under Section 9 (c) of the National Labor Relations Act, a consolidated hearing was held before Julius Topol, hearing officer. The hearing officer's rulings made at the hearing are free from prejudicial error and are hereby affirmed. Upon the entire record in the case, the Board finds: 1. The Employer is engaged in commerce within the meaning of the National Labor Relations Act. 2. The labor organizations named below claim to represent certain employees of the Employer. 107 NLRB No. 96. 337593 0 - 55 - 24