Federal Electric Products Co. Inc. And International Brotherhood Or Electrical Workers, A. F. Of L., 601 (1945)

In the Matter of FEDERAL ELECTRIC PRODUCTS CO. INC. and INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD or ELECTRICAL WORKERS, A. F. OF L.

Case No. 1-R-2595.-Decided October 30, 19415 Mr. Charles Kurz, of New York City, for the Company.

Mr. Francis X. Moore, of Boston, Mass., for the AFL.

Mr. William,S. Zeman, of Hartford, Conn., for the CIO.

Mr. Glenn L. Moller, of counsel to the Board.

DECISION AND DIRECTION OF ELECTION STATEMENT OF THE CASE Upon a petition duly filed by International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, A. F. of L., herein called the AFL, alleging that a question affecting commerce had arisen concerning the representation of employees of Federal Electric Products Co. Inc., Hartford, Connecticut, herein called the Company, the National Labor Relations Board provided for an appropriate hearing upon due notice before Robert E. Greene, Trial Examiner.' The hearing was held at Hartford, Connecticut, on September 19, 1945. At the commencement of the hearing the Trial Examiner granted a motion of United Electrical, Radio & Machine Workers of America, Amalgamated Local 281, C. I. O., herein called the CIO, to intervene. The Company, the AFL, and the CIO appeared, participated, and were afforded full opportunity to be heard, to examine and cross-examine witnesses, and to introduce evidence bearing on the issues. The Trial Examiner's rulings made at the hearing are free from prejudicial error and are hereby affirmed. All parties were afforded opportunity to file briefs with the Board.

Upon the entire record in the case, the Board makes the following:

1 The Trial Examiner granted a motion of the Company to amend the pleadings in the case so that the name of the Company would read 'Federal Electric Products Co., Inc.' instead of Federal Electrical Co. or Federal Electric Products Company.

FINDINGS OF FACT I. THE BUSINESS OF THE COMPANY Federal Electric Products Co. Inc. is a New Jersey corporation, with its principal office located in Newark, New Jersey. The only plant involved in the instant proceeding is located in Hartford, Connecticut.

The Hartford plant is engaged in the manufacture of motor controls, circuit breakers, and service equipment. In the course of its operations during the fiscal year from July 1944, to July 1945, the Company used raw materials, including copper, brass, and steel, valued at in excess of $800,000. Approximately 65 percent of these raw materials was shipped to the Hartford plant from points outside the State of Connecticut. During the same fiscal year the Company produced at the Hartford plant finished products valued at in excess of $1,000,000, of which approximately 90 percent was shipped to points outside the State of...