American Bosch Arma Corp., 226 (1962)

American Bosch Arma Corporation 1 and International Union of Operating Engineers, Local 30, 30A and 30B, AFL-CIO,2 Petitioner and International Union of Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers, AFL-CIO, Local 460.3 Case No. 2-RC-7645. January 24, 1956 DECISION AND DIRECTION OF ELECTION

Upon a petition duly filed under Section 9 (c) of the National Labor Relations Act, a hearing was held before I. L. Broadwin, hearing officer. The hearing officer's rulings made at the hearing are free from prejudicial error and are hereby affirmed.

Upon the entire record in this case, the Board finds :

  1. The Employer is engaged in commerce within the meaning of the Act.

  2. The labor organizations involved claim to represent certain employees of the Employer.

  3. A question affecting commerce exists concerning the representation of employees of the Employer within the meaning of Section 9 (c) (1) and Section 2 (6) and (7) of the Act.

    The Petitioner seeks to sever five stationary engineers 'from the production and maintenance unit of the Employer's Garden City,

    New York, plant. The Employer and the Intervenor contend that the unit sought is inappropriate.

    The Employer maintains that only the existing overall unit is appropriate. The Intervenor argues that the employees sought may not be severed because they have been included for 3 years in the production and maintenance unit, because of integration of powerhouse and production functions, because of common supervision and conditions of employment, and finally because stationary engineers are not true craftsmen. Alternatively, the Intervenor contends that the stationary engineers belong in the same unit with the refrigeration engineers as their skills are substantially identical and because their work is functionally related.

    The stationary engineers comprise the plant's entire boilerroom complement. They are administratively part of the maintenance department which includes pipefitters, maintenance electricians, and refrigeration engineers. Like the,others in the maintenance department, their immediate supervisor is the maintenance foreman. He enters the powerhouse infrequently but at least once a day in order to 'sign a book.' The engineers work on 5 successive 8-hour shifts.

    ' The Employer' s name appears as amended at the hearing.

    The AFL and CIO having merged since the hearing, we are amending the affiliation of the Unions accordingly.

    a Ibid.

    115 NLRB No. 36.

    The boilerroom is a separate area, bricked off from ceiling to floor in the northwest corner of a production building. Although there is a door leading to the refrigeration engineers' area of work, the powerhouse is locked at all times and only the stationary engineers and their foreman are permitted, inside. There are 'lockers and showers in the'boilerroom as the stationary engineers may leave the room only for a few minutes...

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