Fisher Body Corp.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Jun 23, 1938

7 N.L.R.B. 1083 (N.L.R.B. 1938)

In the Matter of FISHER BODY CORPORATION and UNITED AUTOMOBILE
WORKERS OF AMERICA, LOCAL 761
In the Matter Of CHEVROLET MOTOR CORPORATION and UNITED AUTO-
MOBILE WORKERS 2
Cases Nos. R-642 and R-643.-Decided June 03, 1938
Automobile and Parts Manufacturing Industry Employer: parent corpora-
tion and wholly owned subsidiary-Investigation of Representatives: controversy
concerning representation of employees: controversy concerning appropriate
unit ; rival organizations ; en rployer's refusal to recognize union as exclusive
representative-Unit Appropriate for Collective Bargaining: employees at three
plants who are paid by the hour, excluding clerical workers not employed in
production departments and employees having solely supervisory or administra-
tive positions ; single unit embracing two divisions of parent corporation and one
division of wholly owned subsidiary ; functional coherence ; organization of
business-Evidence: testimony relative to coercion, by persons not sigping union
membership cards, proper, with regard to the issue as to whether an election
should be held-Election Ordered
Mr. John P. Jennings, for the Board.
Mr. Henry M. Hogan, of New York City, and Fitzgerald, Abbott cPc
Beardsley, by Mr. Milton W. Dobrzensky, of Oakland, Calif., for
General Motors Corporation ; Fisher Body Oakland Division, Gen-
eral Motors Corporation ; Chevrolet Oakland Division, General
Motors Corporation; and General. Motors Sales Corporation.
Gladstein, Grossman c6 Margolis, by Mr. Ben Margolis, of San
Francisco, Calif., for the United.
Mr. Paul C. H'uybrecht and Mr. Matt J. Nicholas, of Oakland,
Calif., for Local 1360.
Miss Margaret B. Bennett, of counsel to the Board.
DECISION
AND
DIRECTION OF ELECTION
STATEMENT OF THE CASE
On August 14, 1937, International Union, United Automobile
Workers of America, Local No. 76, herein called the Union, filed with
'Title as corrected by amendment at the hearing : In the Matter of Fisher Body Oak-
land Division , General Motors Corporation and International Union , United Automobile
Workers of America, Local No. 76.
2 Title as corrected by amendment at the hearing : In the Matter of Chevrolet Oakland
Division , General Motors Corporation and Oakland Parts Division , General Motors Sales
Corporation and International Union, United Automobile Workers of America. Local
No. 76.
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the Regional Director for the Twentieth Region (San Francisco,
California) a petition alleging that a question affecting commerce
had arisen concerning the representation of employees of Fisher Body
Corporation, Oakland, California, and requesting an investigation
and certification of representatives pursuant to Section 9 (c) of the
National Labor. Relations Act, 49 Stat. 449, herein called the Act. On
December 6, 1937, the United filed a similar petition with respect to
the employees of Chevrolet Motor Corporation, at 69th Avenue and
Foothill Boulevard, Oakland, California. On February 15, 1938,
the National Labor Relations Board, herein called the Board, acting
pursuant to Section 9 (c) of the Act and Article III, Section 3, of
National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series 1,
as amended, ordered an investigation and authorized the Regional
Director to conduct it and to provide for appropriate hearings upon
due notice, and, acting pursuant to Article III, Section 10 (c) (2), of
said Rules and Regulations, further ordered that the cases be con-
solidated for purposes of hearing.
On March 9, 1938, the United filed an amended petition, con-
solidating the two previous petitions and alleging that the persons
referred to in the petitions as being employed by Fisher Body Cor-
poration and by Chevrolet Motor Corporation at 69th Avenue and
Foothill Boulevard, Oakland, California, were employed by General
Motors Corporation acting through those corporations.
On March 17, 1938, the Regional Director issued a notice of hear-
ing, copies of which were duly served upon the United, the General
Motors Corporation, the Fisher Body Corporation," the Chevrolet
Motor Corporation,3 and upon National Automobile Workers, Local
1360,4 herein called Local 1360, a labor organization claiming to
represent employees directly affected by the investigation. Pursuant
to the notice, a hearing was held on March 28, 29, and 30, 1938, at
Oakland, California, before Alvin J. Rockwell, the Trial Examiner
duly designated by the Board. At the beginning of the hearing, the
United, without objection, was permitted to file a second amended
petition, which covered, in addition to the aforesaid employees, em-
ployees of "General Motors Corporation acting through the Chevrolet
Motor Corporation" at 107th Avenue and East 14th Street.
On March 29, 1938, the United, again without objection, was per-
mitted to file another amended petition alleging that a question
affecting commerce had arisen concerning the representation of em-
ployees of General Motors Corporation acting through the Chevrolet
Oakland Division, General Motors Corporation, and the Fisher Body
$ As noted hereinafter, the alleged corporations are in fact divisions of General Motors
Corporation. The notices erroneously termed them corporations.
4 Erroneously entitled in the petition : National Auto Workers, Local 1360.
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Oakland Division, General Motors Corporation, herein called Fisher
Body, both at 69th Avenue and Foothill Boulevard, and acting
through Chevrolet Oakland Division, General Motors Corporation,
and Oakland Parts Division, General Motors Sales Corporation,
herein called Parts Division, both at 107th Avenue and East 14th
Street; and requesting an investigation and certification of repre-
sentatives pursuant to Section 9 (c) of the Act. Chevrolet Oakland
Division, General Motors Corporation is herein called Chevrolet.
For the purpose of distinguishing between Chevrolet's plant at 69th
Avenue and Foothill Boulevard and its plant at 107th Avenue and
East 14th Street, these plants are herein called respectively Chev-
rolet 69th Avenue and Chevrolet 107th Avenue. After the filing of
this last amended petition, General Motors Sales Corporation ap-
peared by counsel and waived notice. The Board, General Motors
Corporation, Fisher Body, Chevrolet, General Motors Sales Corpora-
tion, and the United were represented by counsel. Local 1360 was
represented by its agents. All parties participated in the hearing and
had full opportunity to be heard, to examine and cross-examine wit-
nesses, and to introduce evidence bearing on the issues.
At the end of the case for the United, counsel for General Motors
Corporation, Fisher Body, Chevrolet, and General Motors Sales Cor-
poration moved that the petitions, as amended, be dismissed, upon
the grounds that no competent proof had been offered to show that
the United is a labor organization, or that the person who signed
the petitions and amended petitions as an officer of the United was
an officer, or that the petitions had been authorized by the United,
or that any meetings of the United had ever been held or any officers
,of the United elected, and upon the further grounds that although
the evidence showed that persons who were not members of the
United had designated it to represent them for purposes of collective
bargaining, there was no evidence establishing the United's authority
to act for other than its own members, or showing that the United
had jurisdiction over the employees referred to in the petitions; that
no constitution or bylaws of the United had been introduced ; and
that the constitution of International Union, United Automobile
Workers of America showed that the United had no jurisdiction
over employees at Parts Division. This motion was denied by the
Trial Examiner, and the ruling is hereby affirmed. During the course
of the hearing the Trial Examiner made several rulings on other
motions and on objections to the admission of evidence. The Board
has reviewed the rulings of the Trial Examiner and finds that no
prejudicial errors were committed. Except as indicated in Section
VI, the rulings are hereby affirmed.
Upon the entire record in both cases, the Board makes the
following :
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FINDINGS OF FACT
I. THE BUSINESS INVOLVED
General Motors Corporation is a Delaware corporation engaged in
the manufacture and assembly of automobiles , auto parts and acces-
sories, household appliances , and diesel engines. Its principal busi-
ness offices are in New York City and Detroit , Michigan , and its
manufacturing and assembly plants are in California , Connecticut,
Georgia, Indiana, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, New Jersey, New
York, Ohio, Tennessee, Washington , and Wisconsin.
Fisher Body Division, General Motors Corporation manufactures
and assembles automobile bodies. It has plants for stamping sheet
metal parts for Fisher bodies at Cleveland, Ohio; Detroit, Flint,
Pontiac, and'Grand Rapids, Michigan; a tool and die plant at De-
troit, Michigan; a lumber plant at Seattle, Washington; and a
service parts plant at Detroit, Michigan . Its assembly plants are at
Detroit, Pontiac, Lansing, and Flint, Michigan; Tarrytown and
Buffalo, New York; Kansas City and St. Louis, Missouri; Janes-
ville, Wisconsin; Norwood, Ohio; Atlanta, Georgia; Baltimore,
Maryland; and Oakland, California.
Fisher Body Oakland Division assembles bodies for Chevrolet
passenger cars and delivers all of its finished product to Chevrolet
Oakland Division , General Motors Corporation . About 88.83 per
cent in value of the materials used by Fisher Body Oakland Division
come from other units of General Motors Corporation outside of the
State of California , about 2.57 per cent in value from other sources
outside of California , and. about 8.6 per cent in value from other
sources in California . Most of the materials received from outside
of California are transported by common carrier.
Chevrolet Motor Division, General Motors Corporation manufac-
tures and assembles Chevrolet motor vehicles. It has assembly
plants at Flint, Michigan; Buffalo and Tarrytown, New York;
Kansas City and St. Louis, Missouri; Janesville, Wisconsin; Atlanta,
Georgia; Baltimore, Maryland; and Oakland, California; and ex-
port boxing plants at Tarrytown, New York; and Bloomfield, New
Jersey. It has a motor. manufacturing plant and a pressed metal
plant at Flint, Michigan ; a gear and axle plant, a forge plant, and
a spring and bumper plant at Detroit, Michigan; a miscellaneous
small parts plant at Bay City, Michigan; a transmission plant at
Toledo, Ohio; an iron foundry and a service plant at Saginaw,
Michigan ; a transmission and forge plant at Muncie , Indiana; a
transmission , a forge, and a bumper plant at Saginaw, Michigan;
a commercial body plant at Indianapolis, Indiana; and a motor and
axle plant at Tonawanda , New York.
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Chevrolet Oakland Division is the Chevrolet assembly unit of
Chevrolet Motor Division at Oakland, California. About 57.6 per
cent in value of the materials used at this unit are obtained outside
of California, 48 per cent coming from General Motors Corporation
units in other States. All of the passenger bodies, except cabriolets,
used by Chevrolet Oakland Division are obtained from Fisher Body
Oakland Division, and constitute about 30 per cent in value of all the
productive materials used by Chevrolet Oakland Division. The
cabriolets are secured in Cleveland, Ohio. All the finished products
of Chevrolet Oakland Division are distributed and sold by General
Motors Sales Corporation, through Parts Division. About 39 per
cent in value of the cars and about 23 per cent of the service parts
and accessories manufactured by Chevrolet Oakland Division and
sold by General Motor Sales Corporation are sold outside of
California. Nearly all of the materials purchased and the finished
products sold outside of California are transported by common
carrier.
General Motors Sales Corporation is a Delaware corporation hav-
ing its principal offices at New York City and Detroit, Michigan.
All of its stock is owned by General Motors Corporation. It is en-
gaged in the business of distributing and selling products manufac-
tured by General Motors Corporation, and has places of business in
38 States of the United States.
It was stipulated at the hearing that General Motors Sales Cor-
poration is engaged in interstate commerce.
IT. THE ORGANIZATIONS INVOLVED
International Union, United Automobile Workers of America,
Local No. 76, is a labor organization affiliated with the Committee
for Industrial Organization, admitting to its membership all pro-
duction and maintenance employees at Fisher Body, Chevrolet, and
Parts Division, except office workers and supervisory employees with
authority to hire and fire.
National Automobile Workers, Local 1360, is a labor organization
affiliated with the International Association of Machinists, a labor
organization affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, ad-
mitting to its membership all production employees at Fisher Body,
Chevrolet, and Parts Division, except employees doing clerical work
or having purely supervisory duties.
III. THE QUESTION CONCERNING REPRESENTATION
Since February 1937, the United has had an agreement with Gen-
eral Motors Corporation, covering its members only, which has been
in effect at Fisher Body and Chevrolet and also at Parts Division.
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The United claims to represent a majority of the employees of these
divisions. It has been refused recognition, however, as the repre-
sentative for purposes of collective bargaining of all of the em-
ployees in these divisions and alleges that General Motors Corpora-
tion has engaged in negotiations with Local 1360. Local 1360 does
not claim that it represents a majority of the employees in any of
these divisions and did not present any testimony or adduce any
evidence concerning its membership. It contends, however, that an
election should be held so as to insure a free choice of representa-
tives by the employees.
We find that a question has arisen concerning representation of
employees of General Motors Corporation at Fisher Body and Chev-
rolet and of General Motors Sales Corporation at Oakland Parts
Division.
IV. THE EFFECT OF THE QUESTION CONCERNING REPRESENTATION UPON
COMMERCE
We find that the question concerning representation which has
arisen, occurring in connection with the operations of General Mo-
tors Corporation at Fisher Body and Chevrolet and of General Mo-
tors Sales Corporation at Parts Division, described in Section I,
above, has a close, intimate, and substantial relation to trade, traffic,
and commerce among the several States, and tends to lead to labor
disputes burdening and obstructing commerce and the free flow of
commerce.
V. THE APPROPRIATE UNIT
Fisher Body and Chevrolet 69th Avenue occupy the same building.
Fisher Body uses two floors and Chevrolet one floor in one wing.
In another wing, they share a floor. The rest of the building is
used by Chevrolet.
In Fisher Body, passenger bodies are assembled along a line of
conveyors broken at intervals. At one of these breaks, the Fisher
Body conveyor line ends and the Chevrolet 69th Avenue line begins,
both lines being on one floor, with no other indication of separa-
tion between them. To bodies assembled by Fisher Body, Chevrolet
69th Avenue adds the other parts necessary to complete Chevrolet
passenger cars . The process is continuous from the beginning of
the assembly of the bodies until the completion of the assembly of
the finished cars, and an interruption of work because of a mechan-
ical defect at any point interrupts the whole process. Fisher Body
and Chevrolet 69th Avenue both operate according to a schedule
of production and prices prescribed by General Motors Corporation
in Detroit. In slack seasons a period of approximately 2 days
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exists between the time Fisher Body lays off its first man and Chev-
rolet 69th Avenue lays off its last man working on cars having Fisher
Bodies, this being the approximate length of time required to
complete the assembly of one car.
Chevrolet and Fisher Body do not have contracts governing their
dealings with each other, their business transactions being deter-
mined by the schedules supplied by General Motors Corporation.
They do, however, purchase separately, and keep separate accounts,
Chevrolet settling its account with Fisher Body monthly by check.
They have separate offices, pay rolls, and managers, but each man-
ager has a pass to the part of the 69th Avenue building occupied
by the other division, and is subject to instructions from General
Motors Corporation officials. Fisher Body employees are permitted
to use the Chevrolet 69th Avenue parking lot and a Chevrolet en-
trance at certain times of the day. Fisher Body and Chevrolet
69th Avenue employ the same doctor for their respective employees,
to whose office in Fisher Body Chevrolet employees go for care. -
Both are covered by General Motors Corporation group-insurance
plan.
In the past there have been a few transfers between the two divi-
sions without loss of seniority. In one case a paint-repair crew
was transferred from the Chevrolet to the Fisher Body pay roll,
although the men remained in the Chevrolet section of the floor
without any change in the nature or locus of their work or any break
in service.
Chevrolet 107th Avenue and Parts Division also occupy a single
building, but their respective sections of the building are separated by
a wall. Chevrolet 107th Avenue assembles trucks. Parts Division
is a warehouse for Chevrolet, Pontiac, Buick, and Oldsmobile parts,
which parts are sold to various dealers. Upon order from Parts
Division, Chevrolet 107th Avenue paints and assembles some of the
parts sold by Parts Division.
Chevrolet 69th Avenue, Chevrolet 107th Avenue, and Parts Divi-
sion have the same manager and the same personnel director. From
time to time employees are transferred between these divisions with-
out loss of seniority. Employees at Chevrolet 69th Avenue have
greater seniority than employees at Chevrolet 107th Avenue. At
times of lay-off, Chevrolet 69th Avenue employees, because of their
greater seniority, take the places of Chevrolet 107th Avenue em-
ployees. Similarly, Chevrolet 107th Avenue employees supplant
Parts Division employees.
Fisher Body, Chevrolet, and Parts Division all use identical safety
rules instruction books.
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The United contends that all employees at Fisher Body, Chevrolet
and Parts Division who are paid on an hourly basis, except clerical
workers not employed in production departments and employees
having solely supervisory or administrative duties, constitute a single
unit appropriate, for purposes of collective bargaining. General
Motors Corporation and General Motors Sales Corporation suggest
chat Fisher Body, Chevrolet, and Parts Division are separate busi-
ness units, but do not urge the appropriateness of any specific unit
or units for purposes of collective bargaining. Local 1360 opposes
the single unit proposed by the United; but it is not clear what
units it prefers. At one point it appears to advocate three units: (1)
all production, employees, except those having clerical or purely super-
visory duties, at Fisher Body and Chevrolet 69th Avenue; (2) all such
employees at Chevrolet 107th Avenue; and (3) all employees, except
those having clerical or solely supervisory duties, at Parts Division.
Elsewhere in the record it appears to recommend splitting these three
units into craft groups. Local 1360 introduced no evidence and
advanced no argument in support of its opposition to a single unit
or its preference for several units. Nor is there any evidence indi-
cating the extent of its membership in any proposed unit. In fact,
i he representative of Local 1360 stated at the hearing that he did not
know how many members Local 1360 had in the plants under con-
sideration or whether it had any members at all in Parts Division.
Local 1360 has no bargaining history at Fisher Body, Chevrolet,
or Parts Division; and no craft groups have ever been organized in
any of these divisions. For some time preceding May 1937 there
was an organization among the employees at Fisher Body, known
as Fisher Body Employees Association. Since February 11, 1937,
however, as indicated in Section III above, a contract between the
United and General Motors Corporation, setting up a procedure for
the settlement of grievances, has governed the relationship' between
members of the United and the management at Fisher Body, Chevro-
let, and Parts Division. The contract now in effect is terminable
upon 30 days' notice in writing by either party. In line with the
procedure established by the contract, a grievance committee has
been functioning at Fisher Body on behalf of members of the
United employed at that division, and another committee has been
active at Chevrolet and Parts Division. About May 1937 Local 1360
was organized at Fisher Body and Chevrolet, and possibly at Parts
Division, although this is not clear from the record. Since that time
some negotiations between General Motors Corporation and Local
1360 appear to have been had, but the nature of these negotiations has
not been established. As indicated in Section III above, the United
has requested recognition as the sole representative for purposes
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of collective bargaining of the employees at Fisher Body, Chevrolet,
and Parts Division, but this request has been refused.
We find that all of the employees of General Motors Corporation
at Fisher Body and Chevrolet and of its wholly owned subsidiary,
General Motors Sales Corporation, at Parts Division who are paid
by the hour, excluding clerical workers not employed in production
departments and employees having solely supervisory or adminis-
trative positions, constitute a single unit appropriate for purposes
of collective bargaining.
VI. THE DETERMINATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
At the hearing, counsel for the companies checked membership
cards submitted in evidence by the United against peak pay-roll
records of December 31, 1937, for employees paid on an hourly basis,
except clerical workers not employed in production departments and
those having supervisory positions, and against the records of March
25, 1938. Local 1360 expressly waived the right to be present. This
check showed the following :
Pay roll as of December 31, 1937
Tumber of Unchallenged
Employees Signatures
Fisher Body-------------------------------------------- 1017 644
Chevrolet ------------------------------------------------ 1008 609
Parts Division------------------------------------------ 86 76
T'otal -------------------------------- 2111 1329
Pay roll as of March 25, 1938
Number of Unchallenged
Employees Signatures
Fisher Body ---------------------------------------------- 521 371
Chevrolet ------------------------------------------------ 659 486
Parts Division------------------------------------------ 79 69
Total ---------------------------------------------- 1259 926
5 Pay-roll records of Fisher Body as of March 25, 1938, refer to the employment period
ending March 19, 1938.
The representative of Local 1360 argued at the hearing that these
cards were obtained by misrepresentation because the charter granted
to the United by International Union, United. Automobile Workers
of America stated that that union was affiliated with the American
Federation of Labor, herein called the A. F. of L., whereas, when
the cards were signed, it was in fact affiliated with the C. I. 0. This
charter was issued while International Union, United Automobile
Workers of America was affiliated with the A. F. of L. Subse-
quently that union became affiliated with the C. 1. 0. No evidence
was offered to show that any one signing a card of the United was
misled into thinking that the United was affiliated with the A. F.
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of L. rather than with the C. I. 0.; and the cards which were intro-
duced in evidence made no reference to the A. F. of L. We find
therefore, that this contention is unsupported by the evidence.
Local 1360 also argues that an election should be held and Local.
1360 placed on the ballot, because, it is alleged, some of the cards
introduced by the United were signed as a result of coercion. At
the hearing, the Trial Examiner excluded the testimony of a wit-
ness for Local 1360, after an offer of proof to the effect that the
witness had been beaten up because he refused to join the United,
on the ground that the offer of proof did not refer to any cards
introduced in evidence by the United. The Trial Examiner offered
to permit any person signing a card to testify that he was coerced
into signing, but stated that testimony relative to coercion by persons
not signing cards would not be allowed. Subsequently the Trial Ex-
aminer stated that Local 1360 would be permitted to discuss further
its offer of proof on this matter; but the representative of Local 1360
had left the hearing. We are of the opinion that the ruling of the
Trial Examiner was incorrect. The testimony of persons not sign-
ing cards night '6e of such nature as to show that persons who sized
cards were coerced. We feel that such evidence is proper with
regard to t^^e issue as to whether an election should be held. After
the hearing, Local 1360 filed several affidavits with the Board, alleg-
ing that committeemen and other members of the United had pro-
cured members by the use of violence. Under these circumstances,
we will not certify the United but we will order an election by secret
ballot to determine whether or not a majority of the employees in
the appropriate unit wish to be represented by the United or by
Local 1360, or by neither. Those eligible to vote in the election shall
be employees in the appropriate unit who were on the pay roll dated
March 25, 1938, and who have not since quit or been discharged for
cause. The pay roll dated March 25, 1938, has been chosen because it
is the most recent one introduced in evidence, because several months
have passed since the filing of the first petition, and because the pay
roll dated December 31, 1937 is a peak, rather than a normal , pay roll.
Upon the basis of the above findings of fact and upon the entire
record in the case, the Board makes the following:
CONCLUSIONS OF LAW
1. A question affecting commerce has arisen concerning the repre-
sentation of employees of General Motors Corporation at Fisher
Body Oakland Division and Chevrolet Oakland Division, Oakland,
California and of its wholly owned subsidiary, General Motors Sales
Corporation , at Oakland Parts Division Oakland, California , within
the meaning of Section 9 (c) and Section 2 (6) and (7) of the
National Labor Relations Act.
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2. All of the employees of General Motors Corporation at Fisher
Body Oakland Division and Chevrolet Oakland Division and of
General Motors Sales Corporation at Oakland Parts Division who
are paid by the hour, excluding clerical workers not employed in
production departments and employees having solely supervisory
or administrative positions, constitute a unit appropriate for pur-
poses of collective bargaining, within the meaning of Section 9 (b)
of the National 'Labor Relations Act.
DIRECTION OF ELECTION
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 At, and pursuant to Article III, Section 8, of National Labor
Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series 1, as amended, it is
hereby
DIRECTED that, as part of the investigation ordered by the Board
to ascertain "representatives for purposes of collective bargaining
with General Motors Corporation at Fisher Body Oakland Division
and Chevrolet Oakland Division and with General Motors Sales
Corporation at Oakland Parts Division an election by secret ballot
shall be conducted within twenty (20) days from the date of this
Direction, under the direction and supervision of the Regional
Director for the Twentieth Region, acting in this matter as agent
for the National Labor Relations Board, and subject to Article III,
Section 9, of said Rules and Regulations, among the employees of
General Motors Corporation at Fisher Body Oakland Division and
Chevrolet Oakland Division and General Motors Sales Corporation
at Oakland Parts Division, who are paid by the hour and who appear
on the pay roll dated March 25, 1938, excluding clerical employees
not employed in production departments and employees having
solely supervisory or administrative positions and those who have
since quit or been discharged for cause, to determine whether they
desire to be represented by International Union, United Automobile
Workers of America, Local No. 76, affiliated with the Committee for,
Industrial Organization, or by National Automobile Workers, Local
1360, affiliated with the International Association of Machinists, af-
filiated with the American Federation of Labor, for purposes of
collective bargaining, or by neither.