Appalachian Electric Power Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Mar 14, 1942

39 N.L.R.B. 817 (N.L.R.B. 1942)

In the Matter of 'APPALACHIAN ELECTRIC PowiR Co. and INTERNA-
TIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS, L. U. B-1182
(A. F. L.)
Case No. R-3351
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
March 14, 1942
On January 28, 1942, the National Labor Relations Board issued
a Decision and Direction of Election in the above-entitled proceed-
ing.) Pursuant to the Direction of Election, an election by secret
ballot was conducted 'on February 27, 1942, under the direction and
supervision of the Regional Director for the Fifth Region (Balti-
more, Maryland). On March 2, 1942, the Regional Director, acting
pursuant to Article III, Section 9, of National Labor Relations
Board Rules and Regulations-Series 2, as amended, issued and duly
served upon the parties an Election Report on the ballot. No ob-
jections to the conduct of the ballot or to the Election Report have
been filed by any of the parties. '
As to the balloting and its results, the Regional Director reported
as follows
Total on eligibility list -------------------------------------- 88
Total ballots cast------------------------------------------ 81
Total ballots challenged------------------------------------ 0
Total blank ballots----------------------------------------- 0
Total void ballots--___---------------------------------------- 0
Total valid votes counted----------------------------------- 81
Votes cast for International Brotherhood of Electrical Work-
ers, L. U B-1182 (A. F L)------------------------------ 41
Votes cast against International Brotherhood of Electrical
Workers, L. U. B-1182 (A. F. L.) ------------------------ 40
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,
1,18 N L R B 630.
39N L R B,No 159.
817
818 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD
IT is h EREBY CERTIFIED that International Brotherhood of Elec-
trical Workers, L. U. B-1182 (A. F. L.), has been designated and
selected by a majority of all linemen, groundmen, laborers, street-
light cleaners, trouble men, electricians, electricians' helpers, oper-
ators, metermen, cut-in men, meter helpers, meter readers, appliance
servicemen, the storeroom helper, maintenance men, mechanics' help-
ers, inspectors, and car washers, employed by Appalachian Electric
Power Co. in its Lynchburg, Virginia, District, excluding surveyors,
rodmen, janitors, and sales, accounting, clerical, and supervisory
employees, as their representative for the purposes of collective
bargaining, and that, pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the Act, Inter-
national Brotherhood of Electrical'Workers, L. U. B-1182 (A. F. L.),
is the exclusive representative of all such employees for the purposes
of collective bargaining in respect to rates of pay, wages, hours of
employment, and other conditions of employment.