Westinghouse Electric & Manuifacturing Company Aw United Electrical, Radio & Machine Workers Of America, Local 724, Affiliated With The Congress Of Industrial Organizations, 64 (1939)

In the Matter of WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC & MANUiFACTURING COMPANY aw UNITED ELECTRICAL, RADIO & MACHINE WORKERS OF AMERICA, LOCAL 724, AFFILIATED WITH THE CONGRESS OF INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATIONS Case No. R-1411 CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES September 2, '1939 On August 5, 1939, the National Labor Relations Board, herein called the Board, issued its Decision and Direction of Election in the above-entitled proceedings.' The Direction of Election provided that an election by secret ballot be conducted within twenty (20) days from the date of the Direction among all hourly paid employees of the Lima plant of Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company, who were employed by the Company during the pay-roll period next preceding the (late of the Direction, including employees who did not work during such pay-roll period because they were ill or on vacation, and employees who were then or have since been temporarily laid off, but excluding all persons who have quit or have been discharged for cause since that date, and further excluding all supervisors, i. e., foremen and assistant foremen, clerical employees, designing engineers, tool designers, draftsmen, time-study employees, and policemen, to determine whether they desire to be represented by United Electrical, Radio & Machine Workers of America, Local No.

724, affiliated with the Congress of Industrial Organizations, or by Lima Westinghouse Employees Association, Inc., for the purposes of collective bargaining, or by neither.

Pursuant to the Direction of Election, an election by secret ballot was conducted on August 17, 1939, under the direction and supervision of the Regional Director for the Eighth Region (Cleveland,

Ohio). On August 18, 1939, the Regional Director, acting pursuant to Article III, Section 9, of National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series 2, issued an Election Report, copies of which were duly served upon the parties. No objections or exceptions to the Election Report have been filed by any of the parties.

64 As to the balloting and its results, the Regional Director reported as follows:

Total number of employees eligible -------_------------ 1, 214 Total number of ballots cast-----------_______------- _ 1, 135 Total number of votes for Lima Westinghouse Employees Association, Inc.-----_ ---------__ ----------------_ 510 Total number of votes for United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America, Local 724, C. I. 0 ----.------- 574 Total number of votes...