TWENTY-SIXTH ANNUAL REPORT - National Labor Relations Board

70 Twenty-sixth Annual Report of the National Labor Relations Board
made to coincide with the time when a representative number of the
contemplated enlaiged work force is employed 67
The Boaid declined to dismiss a petition which sought a unit of
employees at a construction company's fabrication yard although
no substantial and iepresentative employee complement was presently
employed at the yard because of the completion of contracts aftei
the filing of the petition 68 However, in view of the expected increase
in yard peisonnel as new contemplated contracts are obtained, the
Board tieated the yard operations here as analogous to seasonal operations
and dilectecl the regional directoi to conduct an election "in
the foreseeable future when, in the opinion of the regional director, a
substantial and representative complement is employed" at the employer's
yard
c Standards of Election Conduct
Board elections are conducted m accordance with strict standards
designed to assure that the participating employees have an oppoitunity
to register a free and untrammeled choice in selecting a bargaining
representative Any party to an election who believes that
the standards were not met may, within 5 days, file objections to the
election with the regional director under whose supervision it was
held The regional &lector then may either make a report on the
objections, or may issue a decision disposing of the issues raised by
the objections which is subject to a limited review by the Board 7"
Tn the GI ea the iegional director issues a report, any party may file
exceptions to this iepoit with the Board The issues reused by the
objections, and exceptions if any, are then finally determined by the
Board
(1) Mechanics of Election
Election details, such as the time, place, and notice of an election,
are left largely to the regional director 72 The Board does not inter-
J R Simplot Co, 130 NLRB 272 See also National Gypsum Co, 128 NLRB 315.
Boum Chemical Co 129 NLRB 929, and Ifolker Chemical Corp, 130 NLRB 1'394, n here
unit expansion was held not to justify post ponement because it vris shown thlt a substantial
and representative segment of the employee complement would be employed at Um
normal election date
W Horace Williams Co, 130 NLRB 223
so See also Ernest Renda Contracting Co, 130 NLRB 1515, where the Board postponed
the election because construction work on a sanitary sewer project may be intermittent on
gccount of adverse climatic conditions.
70 This procedure applies only to directed elections, not consent or stipulated elections
For the latter procedures, see Board's Rules and Regulations. Series 8, secs 102 62 and
102 69(c)
71 The procedures for filing objections and exceptions and for their disposition are set
out in sec 102 69 of the Board's Rules and Regulations, Series 8, as amended, effective
with respect to any petition filed under sec 9 (c) or (e) of the act on or after May 15, 1961
Under the old bec 102 09, in force during the greater part of fiscal 1961, the procedures
provided that If any party to an election should timely file objections, the regional director
could then only make a report on the objections
*2 See, e g, Jat Transportation Corp, 131 NLRB No 39, Member Fanning dissenting in
other respects, where the Board rejected the contention that the free choice of the em-