Tuttrru Silver Company, Inc. And International Jewelry Workers Union, Afl, 238 (1946)

In the Matter of TuTTrru SILVER COMPANY, INC. and INTERNATIONAL JEWELRY WORKERS UNION, AFL Case No. 1-R-29659.-Decided March 1, 1946 Messrs. Benjamin E. Gordon and Arthur F. Smith, of Boston,

Mass., for the Company.

Mrs. Rose Norwood, of Boston, Mass., and Roewer, Reel and Donovan, by Mr. WTV. R. Donovan, of Boston, Mass., for the Union.

Miss Helen Hart, of counsel to the Board.

DECISION AND DIRECTION OF ELECTION STATEMENT OF THE CASE Upon a petition duly filed by International Jewelry Workers Union, AFL, herein called the Union, alleging that a question affecting commerce had arisen concerning the representation of employees of Tuttle Silver Company, Inc., Boston, Massachusetts, herein called the Company, the National Labor Relations Board provided for an appropriate hearing upon due notice before Walter Wilbur, Trial Examiner. The hearing was held at Boston, Massachusetts, on November 9, 1945. The Company and the Union 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 an opportunity to file briefs with the Board.

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

FINDINGS OF FACT I. THE BUSINESS OF THE COMPANY Tuttle Silver Company, Inc., a Massachusetts corporation with its principal place of business in Boston, Massachusetts, is presently 238 engaged in converting to its peacetime work of manufacturing silverware. In 1944, and in the first 6 months of 1945, the Company was almost exclusively engaged in the production of electronic parts for radar equipment. During 1944, and the first 6 months of 1945, the Company imported raw materials valued in excess of $75,000, of which more than 50 percent was shipped to the Company from points outside the Commonwealth. During the same period, the Company sold products valued in excess of $75,000, of which about 3 percent was transported to points outside Massachusetts. The remaining 97 percent of the Company's products was shipped to points within the Commonwealth for assembly into radar equipment which was destined for delivery to the United States Government.

We find that the Company is engaged in commerce within the meaning of the National Labor Relations Act.

2. THE ORGANIZATION INVOLVED International Jewelry Workers Union, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, is a labor organization admitting to membership employees of the Company.

3. THE QUESTION CONCERNING REPRESENTATION The Company has refused to grant...