Solar Electric Corp., 35 (1960)

1. All plant and maintenance employees, excluding all truckdrivers, office employees, salesmen, guards, and all supervisors as defined in the Act.

2. All truckdrivers, excluding all other employees, salesmen, guards, and all supervisors as defined in the Act.

[Text of Direction of Elections omitted from publication.] Solar Electric Corporation 1 and International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, AFL-CIO, Petitioner. Case No. 6-RO2538. July 12, 1960 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 William S. Jacobs, hearing officer. The hearing officer's rulings made at the hearing are free from prejudicial error and are hereby affirmed.

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 3(b) of the Act, the Board has delegated its powers in connection with this case to a three-member panel [Members Rodgers, Bean, and Fanning].

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.

4. The Petitioner seeks a production and maintenance unit at the Employer's Warren, Pennsylvania, plant where it manufactures incandescent lamps. The parties are substantially in agreement as to the appropriateness of such unit except that the Petitioner and the Intervenor, Employees Association, would include and the Employer would exclude the following job classifications: 2

The cafeteria employees prepare and serve food to the other employees and anyone else who visits the plant. They work every work1 The name of the Employer appears as corrected at the hearing. The hearing officer properly granted Petitioner's request to amend the name of the Employer at the commencement of the hearing. As the Employer was not prejudiced by being referred to in the petition as the Solar Electric Company rather than Solar Electric Corporation, the motion of the employer to dismiss the petition because of the misnomer is denied.

2 The record indicates that the Employees Association for several years has represented all the disputed employee classifications except the mail clerk under an informal verbal agreement with the Employer.

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day but fewer hours than the other employees. In accordance with Board policy we shall include the cafeteria employees in the unit.' The quality control employees perform tests with meters and gauges on certain lamps they select from the production assembly.

They submit a report of their findings to the engineering department.

Their work is of a routine nature, and no special technical skill or educational background is required. It is sufficient that they be good at figures and have good eyes and good common sense. They are hourly paid at a rate somewhat higher than that of the production employees. Their training period is only slightly longer than that of the latter. The quality control employees work in close contact with the production...