American Sheet Metal Works

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Aug 22, 1941

34 N.L.R.B. 758 (N.L.R.B. 1941)

In the Matter of AMERICAN SHEET METAL WORKS and STEEL WORKERS
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE, LOCAL 2179, AFFILIATED WITH THE CONGRESS
OF INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATIONS
Case No. R-2633
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
August 02, 1941
On duly 23, 1941, the National Labor Relations Board issued its
Decision and Direction of Election in the above-entitled proceedings.
Pursuant to the Direction of Election an election by secret ballot was
conducted on August 1, 1941, under the direction and supervision of
the Acting Regional Director for the Fifteenth Region (New Orleans,
Louisiana). On August 2, 1941, the Acting Regional Director acting
pursuant to Article III, Section 9, of National Labor Relations Board
Rules and Regulations-Series 2, as amended, issued an Election Re-
port, copies of which were duly served upon the,parties. No objec-
tions to the conduct of the balloting or to the Election Report were
filed by any of the parties.
As to the balloting and the results thereof the Acting Regional
Director reported as follows :
Total on eligibility list______________________________________ 144
Total ballots cast__________________________________________ 103
Total ballots challenged- ------------------------------------ 6
Total blank ballots________________________________________ 0
Total void ballots__________________________________________ 1
Total valid votes cast__-------------------------------------- 96
Votes cast for the Congress of Industrial Organizations-____-__ 81
Votes cast against the Congress of Industrial Organizations____ 15
By virtue of and pursuant to the power vested in the National
Labor Relations Board by Section 9 (c) of the National Labor Rela-
tions Act, 49 Stat. 449, and pursuant to Article III, Sections 8 and 9,
of National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series
2, as amended.
IT Is HEREBY CERTIFIED that Steel Workers Organizing Committee,
Local 2179, affiliated with the Congress of Industrial Organizations,
has been selected by a majority of the inside production and mainte-
nance employees of American Sheet Metal Works, New Orleans,
344 N. L. It. B., No. 97.
758
AMERICAN SHEET METAL WORKS 759
Louisiana, excluding foremen and supervisory and office. personnel,
£nd further excluding Robert Schuler and L. Boettner, as their repre-
sentative for the purposes of collective bargaining, and that, pursuant
to the provisions of Section 9 (a) of the National Labor Relations
Act, Steel Workers Organizing Committee, Local 2179, affiliated with
the Congress of Industrial Organizations, is the exclusive representa-
tive of all such employees for the purposes of collective bargaining
with respect to rates of pay, wages, hours of employment and other
conditions of employment.
MR. EDWIN S. SMITH took no part in the consideration of the'above
Certification of Representatives.