Sawyer Electrical Manufacturing Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

May 7, 1942

40 N.L.R.B. 1215 (N.L.R.B. 1942)

In the Matter Of SAWYER ELECTRICAL MANUFACTURING COMPANY and
INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS , LODGE 311, AFL
Case No. R-3778.-Decided May 7, 194
,Investigation and Certification of Representatives : stipulation for certification
upon consent election.
Mr. William R. Walsh, for the Board.
Mr. G. E. Johnson, for the Company.
Mr. Roscoe V. Ickes, for the Machinists.
Mr. Leo Turner, for the United.
Mr. A. Sumner Lawrence, of counsel to the Board.
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DECISION
AND
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
STATEMENT OF THE CASE
' o n''March 31, 1942, International Association of Machinists, Lodge
311, AFL, herein, called the Machinists, filed with the Regional Di-
rector for the Twenty-first Region (Los Angeles, California) a
petition alleging that a question affecting commerce had arisen con-
cerning the representation of employees of Sawyer Electrical Manu-
facturing Company, Los Angeles, California, herein called the Com-
pany, engaged in the manufacture of electrical equipment and
appurtenances, and requesting an investigation and certification of
representatives pursuant to Section 9 (c) of the National Labor Re-
lations Act, 49 Stat. 449, herein called the Act. On April 9, 1942,
the National Labor Relations Board, herein called the Board, act-
ing' pursuant to Section 9 (c) of the Act, and Article III, Section 3,
of National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series 2,
as amended, ordered an investigation and authorized the Regional
Director to conduct it and to provide for an appropriate hearing upon
'due notice. ' On April 9, 1942, the Company, the Machinists, and
United Electrical, Radio & Machine Workers of America, Local 1421,
C. I. 0., herein called the United, a labor organization claiming to
represent employees directly affected by the investigation, entered
into a "STIPULATION FOR CERTIFICATION UPON CONSENT ELECTION."
40 N. L. It. B., No. 212.
1215
1216 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD
Pursuant to the stipulation, an election by secret ballot was con-
ducted on April 17, 1942, under the direction and supervision of the
Regional Director among the following employees to determine
whether they desired to be represented by the United, or by the Ma-
chinists, for the purposes of collective bargaining, or by neither; all
production and maintenance employees, excluding clerical employees,
watchmen, technical employees, the superintendent, and departmental
foremen. On April 21, 1942, the Regional Director issued and duly
served upon the parties his Election Report on the ballot. No ob-
jections to the conduct of the ballot or to the Election Report have
been filed by any of the parties.
In his Election Report, the Regional Director reported as follows
concerning the balloting and its results :
Total on eligibility list------------------------------------- 114
Total ballots cast----------------------------------------- 99
Total ballots challenged____________________________________ . 0
Total blank ballots---------------------------------------- 0
Total Noid ballots----------------------------------------- 0
Total valid votes counted---------------------------------- 99
Votes cast for united Electrical Radio & Machine Workers of
America, Local 1421, C 1. 0------------------------------ 23
Votes cast for International Association of Machinists. Lodge
311, A F L--------------------------------------------- 62
Votes cast for Neither------------------------------------- 14
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 ' Sawyer Electrical Manufacturing Com-
pany; Los Angeles, California, 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 of the Company,
excluding clerical employees, watchmen, technical employees, the
superintendent, and departmental foremen, constitute a unit appro-
priate for the purposes of collective bargaining, within the meaning
of Section 9 (b) of the National Labor Relations Act.
3. International Association of Machinists, Lodge 311, AFL, has
been designated and selected by a majority of the employees in the
above unit as their representative for the purposes of collective bar-
gaining and is the exclusive representative of all the employees in said
unit, within the meaning of Section 9 (a) of the National Labor
Relations Act.
SAWYER ELECTRICAL MANUFACTURING COMPANY 1217
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 Re-
lations Act, - -
IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that International Association of Machinists,
'Lodge 311, AFL, has been designated and selected by a majority of all
production and maintenance employees of Sawyer Electrical. Manu-
facturing Company, Los Angeles, California , excluding clerical em-
ployees,- watchmen, technical employees , the superintendent, and
departmental foremen, as their representative for the purposes of col-
lective bargaining, and that, pursuant to the provisions of Section
9 (a) of the Act, International Association of Machinists , Lodge 311,
AFL, 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.
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