Vultee Aircraft, Inc.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Aug 6, 1940

26 N.L.R.B. 135 (N.L.R.B. 1940)

In the Matter Of VULTEE AIRCRAFT, INC. and INTERNATIONAL UNION
UNITED AUTOMOBILE WORKERS OF AMERICA, LOCAL No. 683,
C. I. O.
Case No. R-1897
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
August 6, 1940
On June 29, 1940, the National Labor Relations Board, herein called
the Board, issued its Decision and Direction of Election in the above-
entitled proceeding.' Pursuant to the Direction of Election, an elec-
tion by secret ballot was conducted on July 19, 1940, under the direc-
tion and supervision of the Regional Director for the Twenty-first
Region (Los Angeles, California). On July 23, 1940, the Regional
Director, acting pursuant to Article III, Section 9, of National Labor
Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series 2, as amended, issued
and duly served upon the parties his Amended Election Report.2 Full
opportunity to participate in the conduct of the election and to make
challenges was accorded to all parties. No objections to the conduct
of the ballot or the Amended Election Report have been filed by any of
the parties.
The Regional Director reported the following results of the election:
Total on eligibility list_________________________________ 2,378
Total ballots cast______________________________________ 1,968
Total ballots challenged_______________'_________________ 8
Total blank ballots____________________________________ 5
Total void ballots_____________________________________ 4
Total ballots not counted_______________________________ 17
Total ballots counted__________________________________ 1,951
Total votes for International Union United Automobile
Workers of America, Local No. 683, C. I. 0_____________ 1, 439
Total votes against International Union United Automobile
Workers of America, Local No. 683, C. I. 0------------- 512
Since the eight challenged ballots, if counted, would not affect the
result of the election, they will be disregarded.
1 24 N. L R. B. 1184. On July 16, 1940, the International Association of Machinists, A. F. of L., moved
the Board to set aside or modify its Decision and Direction of Election . On the same day the Board denied
the motion.
3 On July 22 , 1940, the Regional Director issued and duly served upon the parties his Election Report.
The Report was amended because of a minor typographical error.
26 N. L. R. B., No. 16.
135
136 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD
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,
49 Stat. 449, and pursuant to Article III, Sections 8 and 9, of National
Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series 2, as amended,
IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that International Union United Automobile
Workers of America, Local No. 683, affiliated with the Congress of
Industrial Organizations, has been designated and selected bya ma-
jority of all production and maintenance employees of Vultee Aircraft,
Inc., Downey, California, excluding office workers, employees in the
engineering department, pattern makers, welders, inspectors, super-
visors, and officials who have the right to hire and discharge, as their
representative for the purposes of collective bargaining, and that,
pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the Act, International Union United
Automobile Workers of America, Local No. 683, affiliated with the
Congress of Industrial Organizations, 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 condi-
tions of employment.