The A. S. Abell Co., 425 (1976)

The A. S Abell Company and Baltimore Typographical Union No 12, ITU and Washington-Baltimore Newspaper Guild, Local 35, AFL-CIO-CLC. Case 5-RM-786

June 7, 1976 DECISION AND ORDER

By MEMBERS JENKINS, PENELLO, AND WALTHER Upon a petition duly filed under Section 9(c) of the National Labor Relations Act, as amended, a hearing was held before Hearing Officer Albert W Palewicz At the close of the hearing, and pursuant to Section 102 67 of the National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations, Series 8, as amended, and by direction of the Regional Director for Region 5, this proceeding was transferred to the Board for Decision Thereafter, the parties filed briefs in support of their respective positions Pursuant to the provisions of Section 3(b) of the National Labor Relations Act, as amended, the National Labor Relations Board has delegated its authority in this proceeding to a three-member panel The Board has reviewed the Hearing Officer's rulings made at the hearing and finds that they are free from prejudicial error They are hereby affirmed Upon the entire record in this proceeding, the Board finds 1 The Employer is engaged in commerce within the meaning of the Act, and it will effectuate the purposes of the Act to assert jurisdiction herein 2 The Baltimore Typographical Union No 12, hereafter called the BTU, and the Washington-Baltimore Newspaper Guild, Local 35, AFL-CIO-CLC, hereafter called the Guild, are labor organizations within the meaning of the Act 3 No question affecting commerce exists concerning the representation of employees of the Petitioner within the meaning of Sections 9(c)(1) and 2(6) and (7) of the Act The Petitioner, A S Abell Company, is a Maryland corporation and maintains its principal place of business in Baltimore, Maryland, where it is engaged in the publication of daily and Sunday newspapers called The Sun, The Evening Sun, and The Sunday Sun During the preceding 12 months, a representative period, Petitioner had gross revenues exceeding $200,000 and regularly printed advertisements of products which are nationally advertised and sold, published nationally syndicated articles and news stories, and shipped newspapers to points outside the State of Maryland The Guild is the certified collective-bargaining representative of approximately 700 of Petitioner's employees The employees represented by the Guild are classified in either of two broad categories, commercial or editorial employees The commercial...

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