NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD

164 THIRD ANNEAL REPORT OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD
In giving weight to the forms of self-organization the Board has
considered the fact that certain groups of employees have been excluded
by a union in its organization as tending to indicate the propriety
of their exclusion from a unit, 6 and it has considered the fact
that such groups have been included by a union and have shown their
desire to be organized by joining the union, as ten ding to support their
inclusion in an appropriate unit.G
In Matter of Chase Brass and Copper Company, Ine., 7 where the
petitioning union contended that employees in one of the company's
plants constituted an appropriate unit, and the company contended
that employees in two plants constituted such a unit, the fact that
employees in the second plant were eligible to membership in a different
organization was one of the reasons given by the Board for
finding that a Unit limited to the first plant was appropriate.
The fact that certain employees have indicated their desire not to be
included with other employees in a .single unit has been (riven weight
by the Board. Thus the fact that a particular group of employees
Company, Inc. and American Radio Telegraphers Association, Broadcast Local No. 15,
4 N. L. R. B. 443; Matter of Associated Press and The American Newspaper Guild, 5 N.
L. R. B. 43; Matter of American Woolen Company, Nat'l. and Providence Mills and Independent
Textile Union of 0/neyvii/e, 5 N. L. It. B. 144; Matter of National Motor Bearing .
Company and International Union, United Automobile Workers of America, Local No. 76,
5 N. L. R. B. 409; Matter of Red River Lumber Company and Lumber and Sawmill Workers
Union Local No. 53 of International Woodworkers of America, 5 N. L. It. B. 663;
Matter of United Shipyards, Inc. and Locals No. 12, No. 13, No. 15 of the Industrial Union
of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers of America, 5 N. L. R. B. 742; Matter of Lids
Brothers, Incorporated and United Wholesale Employees, (Local No. 65), 5 N. L. R. B.
757; Matter of General Petroleum Corp. of Calif. and Pacific Coast Marine Foremen, Oilers,
Watertenders & Wipers Assn., 5 N. L. R. B. 982; Matter of The Warfield Company, a
corporation formerly known as The Thomson Taylor Company and International Union
of Operating Engineers, Local No. 399, and International Brotherhood of Firemen and
Oilers, Local No. 7, 6 N. L. It. B. 58; Matter of C. A. Lund Company and Novelty Workers
Union, Local 1866 (A. F. of L.) successor, 6 N. L. R. B. 423; Matter of Phelps Do dge
Corporation United Verde Branch and International Association of Machinists, Local No.
223; International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Ship Builders and Helpers, Local
No. 406; International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local No. B 657; and International
Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners, Local No. 1061, 6 N. L. R. B. 824; and
Matter of The International Nickel Company, Inc. and Square Deal Lodge No. 40, Amalgamated
Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers of North America, through Steel
Workers Organizing Committee, 7 N. L. It. B. 46.
6 Matter of Holfman Beverage Company and Joint Local Executive Board of International
Union of United Brewery, Flour, Cereal, and Soft Drink Workers of America,
3 N. L. It. B. 584; Matter of General Mills, Inc., doing business under the trade name
of Washburn Crosby Company and Flour, Feed, and Cereal Workers Federal Union No.
19184, and United Grain and Cereal Workers, Local No. 240, 3 N. L. R. B. 730; Matter of
U. S. Testing Co., Inc. and Federation of Architects, Engineers, Chemists & Technicians,
C. I. 0., 5 N. L. R. B. 696; Matter of L. A. Nut House and United Cracker, Bakery &
Confectionery Workers of America, 5 N. L. R. B. 799; Matter of Stackpole Carbon 00171-
pany and United Electrical & Radio Workers of America, Local No. 502, 6 N. L. It. B. 171;
Matter of Tennessee Electric Power Company and International Brotherhood of Electrical
Workers, 7 N. L. It. B. 24; and Matter of Utah Copper Company, a corporation, and
Kennecott Copper Corporation, a corporation, and International Union of Mine, Mill, and
Smelter Workers, Local No. 392, 7 N. L.13.. B. 928.
Matter of Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company of California and United Rubber Workers
of America, Local 131, 3 N. L. R. B. 431; Matter of Friedman Blau Farber Company
and International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union, Local No. 295, 4 N. L. It. B. 151;
Matter of McKesson & Robbins, Inc., Biumauer Frank Drug Division and International
Longshoremen & Warehousemens Union, Local 9, District 1, affiliated with the C. I. 0.,
5 N. L. R. B. 70; Matter of Daily Mirror, Inc. and The Newspaper Guild of New York,
5 N. L. R. B. 362; Matter of Fansteel Metallurgical Corporation and Amalgamated Association
of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers of North America. Local 66, 5 N. L. R. B. 930;
Matter of Mergenthaler Linotype Co. and Federation of Architects, Engineers, Chemists
and Technicians, 6 N. L. R. B. 671; Matter of American Oil Company and Oil Workers'
International Union, 7 N. L. R. B. 210; Matter of Paramount Pictures, Inc. and Newspaper
Guild of New York, 7 N. L. R. B. 1106. See also : Matter of Des Moines Steel Company and
Lodge 2071, Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel & Tin Workers of North America,
through Steel Workers Organizing Committee, affiliated with C. I. 0., 6 N. L. R. B. 532,
where the two truck drivers, whose inclusion in a plant unit was in issue, had both joined
one industrial union, and then another. Thereafter one of them joined a union for truck
drivers only. The Board held that since a majority had not evinced a desire for separate
representation, it would include the truck drivers in the plant unit.
Matter of Chase Brass and Copper Company, Inc. and Waterbury Brass Workers
Union, 4 N. L. It. B. 47.