NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD

56 SIXTH ANNUAL REPORT OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD
mated that a petition was tiled by the T. W. U. A. and that the showing of
representation made by the T. W. U. A. does not create a substantial doubt
concerning the Federal's majority at the time the contract was renewed or at
the time of the filing of the petition, we are of the opinion that as a matter of
policy under the Act and in the interest of the stability of collective bargaining
agreements the Board should not, in the circumstances here presented, make a
new determination of representatives at this time.
In Matter of Hatfield Wire and Cable Company 75 the Board refused
to proceed to an immediate election in the face of a collective bargaining
contract, although the contract was executed after a petition for
investigation and certification was filed, because the contract was
entered into pursuant to an understanding which had been made before
the petition was filed and in which the petitioning labor
organization had acquiesced.
As noted in prior annual reports, 76 a contract which does not provide
for exclusive recognition is not a bar to an immediate determination
of representatives. 77 Accordingly, and in view of the purposes
of the Act, the Board held, in Matter of Hardy Manufacturing Company,"
that such a determination could not be precluded by a contract
executed by a committee of the petitioning union which provided for
a deferment of the question of exclusive recognition for 6 months.
In Matter of National Battery Company" the Board ordered an
immediate election where the evidence raised substantial doubt as to
the continued existence of the contradting union. In Matter of
United Stove Company, 8° subsequent to the execution of an exclusive
recognition contract, the employees took the necessary steps to change
the affiliation of their organization: The Board directed an election,
stating :
The Board notes that this case does not involve a contest between rival labor
organizations competing for majority representation during the existence of a
valid outstanding exclusive bargaining contract, but that substantially the
entire membership of Local 630, A. F. L.-U. A. W., acting upon their own
initiative, disbanded the local, surrendering its charter, and transferred their
affiliation to the C. I. A. W.
As has been stated in previous annual reports, the Board will not
customarily exercise jurisdiction where a dispute exists solely
between unions affiliated with the same parent organization.81
Where another labor organization not affiliated with the same
parent organization also seeks to represent the employees, the Board
has directed that an election be held and that both affiliated organizations,
as well as the other organization, be put on the ballot,
stating, however, that if as a result of the election either of the
affiliated organizations should be certified the
certification would not be a holding that the Foundry Workers or Local No. 655
Is the union authorized by the American Federation of Labor to assert juris-
75 Matter of Hatfield Wire cf Cable Co. and International Brotherhood of Electrical
Workers, etc., 30 N. L. R. B., No. 532—
"Fifth Annual Report, pp. 55-56; Fourth Annual Report, pp. 74 et seg.; Third Annual
Report, pp. 134 et seq.
1'7 Matter of Crescent Bed Co., Inc. and United Furniture Workers of America, 29
N. L. R. B., No. 6a.
78 Matter of Hardy Mfg. Co. and United Automobile Workers of America, etc., 30
N. L. R. B., No. 5.
' b Matter of National Battery Co. and International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers,
etc., 28 N. L. R. B., No. 128.
80 Matter of United Stove Co. and United Automobile Workers of America, etc., 30
N. L. R. B., No. 49. Cf. Matter of Kahn cf Feldman, Inc. and United Textile Workers of
America, 30 N. L. R. B. No. 45.
a See particularly, Third Annual Report, pp. 132-133; Fifth Annual Report, pp. 56-57.