Southern California Gas Company And Utility Workers Organizing Committee, Local No. 132, 1123 (1939)

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Southern California Gas Company And Utility Workers Organizing Committee, Local No. 132, 1123 (1939)

In the Matter of SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GAS COMPANY and UTILITY WORKERS ORGANIZING COMMITTEE, LOCAL No. 132 Case No. R-861.-Decided January 14, 1939 Natural Gas Utility Industry--Jurisdiction: effect on interstate commerce-Investigation of Representatives: controversy concerning representation of employees: rival organizations; controversy as to appropriate unit; majority status disputed by employer-Unit Appropriate for Collective Bargaining:,central division of company; geographical unit; extent of organization by rival labor organizations; exclusion of minor supervisory and clerical employees;

exclusive of gang foremen, meter readers, bill deliverers, bill collectors, watchmen; inclusion of temporary employees-Election Ordered: eligibility of temporary employees limited.

Mr. William R. Walsh and Mr. David L. Sokol, for the Board.

Mr. Leroy M. Edwards and Mr. Thomas J. Reynolds, of Los Angeles, Calif., for the Company.

Gallagher, Wirin, and Johnson, by Mr. A. L. Wirin and Mr. Lee Stanton, of Los Angeles, Calif., for the U. W. O. C.

Mr. Mort L. Olopton, of Los Angeles, Calif., representing Walter Miller.

Mr. Harvey R. McKee and Mr. Keith Clark, of Los Angeles, Calif., for the Gas Workers.

Mr. David Rein, of counsel to the Board.

DECISION AND DIRECTION OF ELECTION STATEMENT OF THE CASE On January 6, 1938, Utility Workers Organizing Committee, Local No. 132,1 herein called the U. W. O. C., filed with the Regional Director for the Twenty-first Region (Los Angeles, California) a petition alleging that a question affecting commerce had arisen concerning the representation of employees of Southern California Gas 1The petition as filed set forth the name of the petitioning union as United Electrical Radio and Machine Workers of America, Local No. 1414. The petition was amended at the hearing to change the designation of the petitioner to Utility Workers Organizing Committee, Local No. 132. The change in character and affiliation of the local which resulted in this change in name is discussed in Section II below.

1123 NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD Company, Los Angeles, California, herein called the Company, 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 May 27, 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 an appropriate hearing upon due notice.

On May 27, 1938, the Regional Director issued a notice of hearing, copies of which were duly served upon the Company and the U. W. O. C. Pursuant to the notice, a hearing was held from June 2 to June 27, 1938, at Los Angeles, California, before George E.

Kennedy, the Trial Examiner duly designated by the Board. On June 6, 1938, petitions for leave to intervene were filed with the Regional Director by Pacific Gas Workers Union, herein called the Gas Workers, which alleged that it represented employees of the Company, and by Walter Miller, an individual employee of the...

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