Sterling Pump Corp.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Jun 24, 1942

41 N.L.R.B. 1219 (N.L.R.B. 1942)

In the Matter Of STERLING PUMP CORPORATION and UNITED AUTO-
MOBILE, AIRCRAFT AND AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT WORKERS OF
AMERICA
Case No. R-3502.-Decided June 24, 1942
Practice and Procedure : petition dismissed where parties stipulated that Com-
pany had sold all of its assets after the close of the hearing, was ,no longer
.engaged in business, employed no persons at that time, and was in the
process of liquidating its assets and liabilities.
Frost d Jacobs, by Mr. Cornelius J. Petzhold, of Cincinnati, Ohio,
for the Company.
Mr. Robert O'Donnell, of Hamilton, Ohio, for the U. A. W.
Mr. Paul A. Gareis, of Pittsburgh, Pa., and Mr. Art Brandhoff, of
Hamilton, Ohio, for the League.
Mr. Louis Cokin, of counsel to the Board.
DECISION
AND
ORDER
STATEMENT OF THE CASE
Upon petition duly filed by United Automobile, Aircraft and Agri-
cultural Implement Workers of America, C. I. 0., herein called the
U. A. W., alleging that a question affecting commerce had arisen
concerning the representation of employees of Sterling Pump Cor-
poration, Hamilton, Ohio, herein called the Company, the National
Labor Relations Board provided for an appropriate hearing upon due
notice before Alba B. Martin, Trial Examiner. Said hearing was
held at Cincinnati, Ohio, on February 25, 1942. The Company, the
U. A. W., and Patternmakers League of North America, herein called
the League, appeared, participated, and were afforded full oppor-
tunity to be heard, to examine and cross-examine witnesses, and to
introduce evidence bearing on the issues. The Trial Examiner's rul-
ings made at the hearing are free from prejudicial error and are
hereby affirmed.
41 N. L R. B, No 222.
1219
1220 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD
On June 12, 1942, the Company, the U. A. W., and the League
entered into a stipulation. The stipulation is hereby approved and
made a part of the record in these proceedings.
Upon the entire record in the case, the Board makes the following :
FINDINGS OF FACT
As appears from the stipulation of the parties, the Company sold
all its assets after the close of the hearing and is no longer engaged
in business. The Company employs no person at this time and is
in the process of liquidating its assets and liabilities. Under these
.circumstances, we shall dismiss the petition.
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the petition for investigation and cer-
.tification of representatives of employees of Sterling Pump Corpora-
.,tion,. Hamilton, Ohio, filed by United Automobile, Aircraft and Agri-
cultural Implement Workers of America, be, and it hereby is, dis-
missed.