Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Aug 13, 1941

34 N.L.R.B. 262 (N.L.R.B. 1941)

In the Matter Of WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC AND MANUFACTURING COM-
PANY and LOCAL UNION B-1161, INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF
ELECTRICAL WORKERS
Case No. B4547
SUPPLEMENTAL DECISION
AND
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
August 13, 1941
On July 1, 1941, the National Labor Relations Board, herein called
the Board , issued its Decision and Direction of Election in this pro-
ceeding Pursuant to the Direction of Election , an election by
secret ballot was conducted on July 18, 1941 , under the direction and
supervision of the Regional Director for the Fourth Region ( Phila-
delphia, Pennsylvania ). On July 26 , 1941, the Regional Director,
acting pursuant to Article III, Section 9, of National Labor Rela-
tions Board Rules and Regulations-Series 2, as amended, issued and
duly served upon the parties an Election Report. No objections to
the conduct of the ballot or to the Election Report - were filed by any
of the parties.
As to the balloting and its results , the Regional Director reported
as follows :
.Total on eligibility list- ------------------------------------------------- 115
Total ballots cast ------------------------------------------------------- 103
't'otal ballots counted---------------------------------------------------- 101
Ballots cast for Local Union B -1161, International Brotherhood of Elec-
trical workers-------------------------------------------------------- 101
Ballots cast against Local Union B-1161, International Brotherhood of
Electrical workers-- -------------------------------------------------- 0
Challenged ballots----------------------------------------------------- 0
Blank ballots----------------------------------------------------------- 0
Void ballots------------------------------------------------------------ 0
Mail ballots not counted-------------------------------------------------2
133 N L R B 97 In its Decision the Board directed that the I B E W and
the United should appear upon the ballot , but that the name of the United should be
omitted if , within five days from its receipt of the Direction of Election , the United did not
desire to appear upon the ballot and notified the Regional Director to that effect . On July
11, 1941, the United so notified the Regional Director . The United took no part in the
election
34 N L. R. B., No. 37.
262
WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC & MFG. CO. 263
In its Decision and Direction of Election noted above, the Board
stated: "Upon the result of the election will depend, in part, our
determination of a separate unit for employees at the 49th Street
plant. If a majority of the employees voting designate the I. B.
E. W. as their collective bargaining representative, then employees at
the 49th Street plant shall constitute a single appropriate unit, and
we will certify the I. B. E. W. as bargaining representative thereof."
Upon the entire record in .the case, the Board makes the following :
SUPPLEMENTAL FINDINGS OF FACT
We find that all hourly paid employees of Westinghouse Electric
and Manufacturing Company at its 49th Street plant, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, excluding office employees, constitute a unit appro-
priate for the purposes of collective bargaining and that said unit
will insure to employees of the Company the full benefit of their
right to self-organization and to collective bargaining and other-
wise effectuate the policies of the Act.
SUPPLEMENTAL CONCLUSION OF LAW
All hourly paid employees of Westinghouse Electric and Manu-
facturing Company at its 49th Street plant, Philadelphia, Pennsyl-
vania, excluding office employees, 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 Re-
lations 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 Local Union B-1161, International
Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, has been designated and selected
by a majority of all hourly paid employees of Westinghouse Electric
and Manufacturing Company at its 49th Street plant, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, excluding office employees, as their representative for
the purposes of collective bargaining, and that, pursuant to Section
9 (a) of the Act, Local Union B-1161, International Brotherhood
of Electrical Workers, is the exclusive representative of all such em-
ployees for the purposes of collective bargaining with respect to rates
of pay, wages, hours of employment, and other conditions of
employment.