Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Company

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Jan 30, 1939

10 N.L.R.B. 1489 (N.L.R.B. 1939)

In the Matter of ALASKA JUNEAU GOLD MINING COMPANY and JUNEAU
MINE & MILL WORKERS UNION, LOCAL No. 203, OF INTERNATIONAL
UNION OF MINE, MILL AND SMELTER WORKERS
Case No. R-10919
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 30, 1939 -
On November 8, 1938, the National Labor Relations Board, herein
called the Board, issued a Decision and Direction of Election in the
above-entitled case 1 which provided that an election by secret ballot
be conducted -within thirty (30) days among the production and
maintenance employees of Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Company,
Juneau, Alaska, on the pay roll of the company immediately pre-
ceding the date of the election, excluding supervisory personnel, office
employees, and technical engineers, and any employees who had since
quit or been discharged for cause, but including watchmen, to de-
termine whether they desired to be represented by Juneau Mine &
Mill Workers Union, Local No. 203, of International Union of Mine,
Mill and Smelter Workers, affiliated with the Committee for Indus-
trial Organization, or by Joint Committee of Federal Labor Union
#21001, International Association of Machinists, Local #514, Inter-
national Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local #B-462, all
affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, for the purposes
of collective bargaining, or by neither.
Pursuant to the Direction, an election by secret ballot was con-
ducted under the direction and supervision of the Regional Director
for the Nineteenth Region. Full opportunity was afforded all parties
to this investigation to participate in the conduct of the secret ballot
and to make challenges. On December 20, 1938, the Regional Di-
rector, acting pursuant to Article III, Section 9, of National Labor
Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series 1, as amended, issued
and duly served upon the parties an Intermediate Report upon the
secret ballot. No objections or exceptions to the Intermediate Report
were filed by any of the parties.
19 N. L R. B. 755.
10 N. L. R. B., No 136.
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As to the balloting and its results , the Regional Director reported
as follows :
Total number of eligible voters___________________________ 949
Total number of ballots cast____________------------------------------ 896
Total number of blank ballots_____________________________ none
Total number of void ballots______________________________ none
Total number of ballots cast for Juneau Mine & Mill W orkers
Union, Local No. 203, of International Union of Mine, Mill
and Smelter Workers, affiliated with the Committee for
Industrial Organization_________________________________ 21
Total number of ballots cast for Joint Committee of Fed-
eral Labor Union #21001, International Association of
Machinists, Local #514, International Brotherhood of
Electrical Workers, Local #B-462, all affiliated with the
American Federation of Labor___________________________ 32
Total number of ballots cast for neither organization------ 39
Total number of challenged votes________________________ 4
Total number of eligible voters not voting__________________ 53
By virtue of and pursuant to the power vested in the National
Labor Relations Board by Section 9 (c) of the National Labor
Relations Act, 49 Stat. 449, and pursuant to Article III, Sections 8
and 9, of National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations-
Series 1, as amended,
Jr IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that Juneau Mine & Mill Workers Union,
Local No. 203, of International Union of Mine, M,ll and Smelter
Workers, affiliated with the Committee for Industrial Organization,
has been designated and selected by a majority of the production
and maintenance employees of Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Com-
pany, Juneau, Alaska, excluding supervisory personnel, office em-
ployees, and technical engineers, but including watchmen, as their
representative for the purposes of collective bargaining and that,
pursuant to the provisions of Section 9 (a) of the Act, Juneau Mine
Mill Workers Union, Local No. 203, of International Union of
Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers, affiliated with the Committee for
Industrial Organization, is the exclusive representative of all such
employees for the purposes of collective bargaining in respect to
wages, rates of pay, hours of work, and other conditions of employ-
ment.