Extract
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 568 (1963)
exclude the wife of the president of the Company, who works in the office, in accordance with Section 2(3) of the Act. Hammond, a production employee who also answers the plant telephone during the absence of the president and his wife, does not responsibly direct employees, nor possess any of the other statutory indicia of supervisory authority, and we shall, therefore, include her in the unit.4
The chief function of the two truckdrivers, Arrendale and John Garratt, is to load their trucks, deliver bakery products to the grocery stores, pick up the stale rolls, stock the store shelves, and prepare sales slips. When they return from their routes, they unload their cargo and then work with the bakery employees for the remainder of the day. Garratt, who is the baker's son, works in the plant for several hours every day and usually on Sunday also. Arrendale works in the plant to a somewhat lesser extent. The only selling done by a driver consists of asking the manager of a new store on his route for permission to leave products in the store. The drivers, who are supervised by the president, are paid a straight salary. Under all the circumstances, we find that the drivers share a close community of employment interest with the bakery employees, and we shall therefore include them in the unit.5Accordingly, we find that all the employees of the Employer's Atlanta, Georgia, bakery, including truckdrivers, but excluding the baker, the president's wife, office clerical employees, professional employees, guards, and supervisors, as defined in the Act, constitute a unit appropriate for purposes of collective bargaining within the meaning of Section 9 (b) of the Act.[Text of Direction of Election omitted from publication.] 4 The parties appare...See the full content of this document
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