The Ashtabula Telephone Coimpany And International Brotherhood Of Electrical Workers, Local Union B-899, A. F. Of L., 14 (1943)

In the Matter of THE ASHTABULA TELEPHONE COIMPANY and INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS, LOCAL UNION B-899, A. F. oF L.

Case No. 8-R-12.7.-Decided October 23, 1943 Mr. A. T. Ullman and Mr. J. D. Bonnar, of Ashtabula, Ohio, for the Company.

Mr. James Preston, of Washington, D. C., and Mrs. Theresa Donahey, of Cleveland, Ohio, and Mrs. Francis McCoy, of Ashtabula, Ohio, for the I. B. E. W.

Mr. Joseph Corrigan, Mr. R. W. Day, and Mr. F. P. Sachs, of Cleveland, Ohio, for the Federation.

Mr. Louis Cokin, of counsel to the Board.

DECISION AND DIRECTION OF ELECTION STATEMENT OF TIE CASE Upon petition duly filed by International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local Union B-899, A. F. of L., herein called the I. B. E. W., alleging that a question affecting commerce had arisen concerning the representation of employees of The Ashtabula Telephone Company, Ashtabula, Ohio, herein called the Company, the National Labor Relations Board provided for an appropriate hearing upon due notice before Louis Plost, Trial Examiner. Said hearing was held at Ashtabula, Ohio, on October 1, 1943. At the commencement of the hearing, the Trial Examiner granted a motion of The Ohio Federation of Telephone Workers, Inc., Local 108, herein called the Federation, to intervene. The Company, the I. B. E. W., and the Federation appeared at and participated in the hearing and were afforded full opportunity to be heard, to examine and cross-examine witnesses, and to introduce evidence bearing on the issues. During the course of the hearing the Federation moved to dismiss the petition. The Trial Examiner reserved ruling. The motion is hereby denied. The Trial Examiner's rulings made at the hearing are free from prejudicial error and are hereby affirmed. All parties were afforded opportunity to file briefs with the Board.

Upon the entire record in the case, the Board makes the following:

FINDINGS OF FACT I. THE BUSINESS OF THE COMPANY The Ashtabula Telephone Company is an Ohio,rporation with its principal place of business at Ashtabula, Ohio, where it furnishes telephone communication facilities. During 1942, the Company purchased equipment, material, and supplies valued at about $20,000, 58 percent of which was shipped to it from points outside the State of Ohio. The Company is the only one operating telephone facilities in Ashtabula, Ohio, and handles long distance telephone service over its own lines and over the lines of the Ohio Bell Telephone Company and...