SKF Industries, Inc.

National Labor Relations Board - Board DecisionsDec 24, 1943

54 N.L.R.B. 59 (N.L.R.B. 1943)

In the Matter of SKF INDUSTRIES , INC. and INTERNATIONAL BROTHER- HOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS, LOCAL UNIONS No. 98 AND 380 A. F. L. In the Matter of SKF INDUSTRIES, INC. and INTERNATIONAL AssocIA- TION OF MACHINISTS DISTRICT LODGE No. 1 In the Matter of SKF INDUSTRIES , INC. and UNITED STEELWORKERS OF AMERICA In the Matter of SKF INDUSTRIES, INC. and UNITED ELECTRICAL, RADIO & MACHINE WORKERS OF AMERICA Cases Nos. 4-R-1141, 4-R-1171, 4-R-1192 and 4-R-1909 respectively SUPPLEMENTAL DECISION AND CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES Decided December 04,1943 On December 9, 1943, pursuant to the Decision and Direction of Elections issued by the Board herein on November 13, 1943,1 elections by secret ballot were conducted under the direction and supervision of the Regional Director for the Fourth Region (Philadelphia, Penn- sylvania ). Upon the conclusion of the elections Tallies of Ballots were furnished the parties in accordance with the Rules and Regula- tions of the Board. No objections were filed by any of the parties within the time provided therefor. The tallies show that (1) of the eligible voters in the production and maintenance group in plants 1, 2, and 3, 99.7 percent cast valid votes, of which 53 percent were for SKF Employees' Association, 45 percent for United Steelworkers of America, 2 percent for neither; (2) of the approximately 33 eligible voters in the electrical maintenance group in plants 1, 2, and 3, 32 cast valid votes, of which 18 were for SKF Employees' Association,1 for International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local Union No. 98, A. F. L., 13 for United Steelworkers of America, and none against any of the participating unions; (3) of the eligible voters in the production and maintenance group in plant 4, 80.81 percent cast valid votes, of which 39.93 were for SKF Employees' Association, 50.87 percent for United Electrical, Radio & Machine Workers of America, 8.72 percent for neither, and (4) of the 153 N. L . R. B. 608. 54 N. L. R. B., No. 13. 59 '60 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD approximately 12 eligible voters in the electrical maintenance group in plant 4, 11 cast valid votes, of which 2 were for SKF Employees' Association, 9 for International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local Union No. 380, A. F. L., and none for United Electrical Radio & Machine Workers of America. Since the challenged ballots cast in groups (1), (3), and (4) cannot affect the results of the elections, we find it unnecessary to make any'determination with respect to them. In the Decision and Direction of Elections previously referred to, the Board made no final determination of the appropriate unit or units, but stated that such determination would depend in part upon the results of the elections among the employees in the voting groups. Upon the entire record in the case, the Board makes the following : SUPPLEMENTAL FINDINGS OF FACT We find that all production and maintenance employees paid on an hourly and piece-work basis in plants 1, 2, and 3, of SKF Industries, Inc., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, including laboratory employees, elec- trical maintenance employees, part-time employees paid on an hourly basis who would be hourly paid were they on full time, and set-up men, but excluding guards, office clerical employees, and all supervisory employees with authority to hire, promote, discharge, discipline, or otherwise effect changes in the status of employees or effectively recom- mend such action, constitute a unit appropriate for the purposes of collective bargaining within the meaning of Section 9 (b) of the Act. We find that all production and maintenance employees paid on an hourly and piece-work basis in plant 4, of SKF Industries, Inc., Phil- adelphia, Pennsylvania, including laboratory employees, part-time em- ployees paid on an hourly basis who would be hourly, paid were they on full time, and set-up men, but excluding guards, office clerical em- ployees, electrical maintenance employees, and all supervisory em- ployees, with authority to hire, promote, discharge, discipline, or otherwise effect changes in the status of employees or effectively recommend such action, constitute a unit appropriate for the purposes of collective bargaining within the meaning of Section 9 (b) of the Act. We find that all electrical maintenance employees in plant 4, of SKF Industries, Inc., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, excluding all super- visory employees with authority to hire, promote, discharge, discipline, or otherwise effect changes in the status of employees or effectively recommend such action, constitute a unit- appropriate for the purposes of collective bargaining within the meaning of Section 9 (b) of the 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 Relations Act, SKF INDUSTRIES, INC. 61 and pursuant to Article III, Sections 9 and 10, of National Labor Rela- tions Board Rules and Regulations-Series 3, IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that SKF Employees' Association has been designated and selected by a majority of all production and main- tenance employees paid on an hourly and piece-work basis in plants 1, 2, and 3, of SKF Industries, Inc., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in- cluding laboratory employees, electrical maintenance employees, part- time employees paid on an hourly basis who would be hourly paid were they on full' tune, and set-up men, but excluding guards, office clerical employees, and all supervisory employees with authority to hire, promote, discharge, discipline, or otherwise effect changes in the status of employees or effectively recommend such action, as their representative for the purposes of collective bargaining, and that, pur- suant to Section 9 (a) of the Act, the said organization is^ the ex- clusive representative of all such employees for the purposes of collec- tive bargaining with respect to rates of pay, wages, hours of employ- ment, and other conditions of employment; and IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that United Electrical, Radio & Machine Workers of America has been designated and selected by a majority of all production and maintenance employees paid on an hourly and piece-work basis in plant 4, of SKF Industries, Inc., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, including laboratory employees, part-time employees paid on an hourly basis who would be hourly paid were they on full time, and set-up men, but excluding guards, office and clerical em- ployees, electrical maintenance employees, and all supervisory em- ployees, with authority to hire, promote, discharge, discipline, or otherwise effect changes in the status of employees or effectively recom- mend such action, as their representative for the purposes of collec- tive bargaining, and that, pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the Act, the said organization is the exclusive representative of all such employees for the purposes of collective bargaining with respect to rates of pay, wages, hour of employment, and other conditions of employment; and IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local Union No. 380, A. F. L., has been designated and se- lected by a majority of all electrical maintenance employees in plant 4, of SKF Industries, Inc., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, excluding all supervisory employees with authority to hire, promote, discharge, dis- cipline, or otherwise effect changes in the status of employees or effec- tively recommend such action, as their representative for the purposes of collective bargaining, and that, pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the Act, the said organization 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.