Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Sep 2, 1939

15 N.L.R.B. 64 (N.L.R.B. 1939)

In the Matter Of WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC & MANUFACTURING COM-
PANY and UNITED ELECTRICAL, RADIO & MACHINE WORKERS OF
AMERICA , LOCAL 724, AFFILIATED WITH THE CONGRESS OF INDUSTRIAL
ORGANIZATIONS
Case No. R-1411
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
September 2, 1939
On August 5, 1939, the National Labor Relations Board, herein
called the Board, issued its Decision and Direction of Election in the
above-entitled proceedings.' The Direction of Election provided
that an election by secret ballot be conducted within twenty (20)
days from the date of the Direction among all hourly paid employees
of the Lima plant of Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Com-
pany, who were employed by the Company during thg pay-roll
period next preceding the date of the Direction, including employees
who did not work during such pay-roll period because they were ill
or on vacation, and employees who were then or have since been tem-
porarily laid off, but excluding all persons who have quit or have
been discharged for cause since that date, and further excluding all
supervisors, i. e., foremen and assistant foremen, clerical employees,
designing engineers, tool designers, draftsmen, time-study employees,
and policemen, to determine whether they desire to be represented by
United Electrical, Radio & Machine Workers of America, Local No.
724, affiliated with the Congress of Industrial Organizations, or by
Lima Westinghouse Employees Association, Inc., for the purposes of
collective bargaining, or by neither.
Pursuant to the Direction of Election, an election by secret ballot
was conducted on August 17, 1939, under the direction and super-
vision of the Regional Director for the Eighth Region (Cleveland,
Ohio). On August 18, 1939, the Regional Director, acting pursuant
to Article III, Section 9, of National Labor Relations Board Rules
and Regulations-Series 2, issued an Election Report, copies of which
were duly served upon the parties. No objections or exceptions to
the Election Report have been filed by any of the parties.
114 N. L. R. B. 263.
15 N. L. R. B., No. 10.
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WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC & MANUFACTURING COMPANY 65
As to the balloting and its results , the Regional Director reported
as follows :
Total number of employees eligible________________________ 1,214
Total number of ballots cast______________________________ 1,135
Total number of votes for Lima Westinghouse Employees
Association , Inc.---------------------------------------- 510
Total number of votes for United Electrical , Radio and Ma-
chine Workers of America, Local 724, C. I. O_____________ 574
Total number of votes for neither organization ------------ 47
Total number of blank ballots____________________________ 3
Total number of void ballots ______________________________ 1
Total number of challenged votes______ ___________________ 0
By virtue of and pursuant to the power vested in the National
Labor Relations Board by Section 9 (c) of the National Labor Rela-
tions Act, 49 Stat. 449, and pursuant to Article III, Sections 8 and 9,
of National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series 2,
IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that United Electrical, Radio & Machine
Workers of America, Local No. 724, affiliated with the Congress of
Industrial Organizations, has been designated and selected by a
majority of the hourly paid employees of the Lima plant of West-
inghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company, excluding all super-
visors, i. e., foremen and assistant foremen, clerical employees, de-
signing engineers, tool designers, draftsmen, time-study employees,
and policemen, as their representative for the purposes of collective
bargaining and that, pursuant to the provisions of Section 9 (a) of
the Act, United Electrical, Radio & Machine Workers of America,
Local No. 724, affiliated with the Congress of Industrial Organiza-
tions, 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 conditions of employment.
MR. EDWIN S. SMITH took no part in the consideration of the above
Certification of Representatives.