Central Ohio Steel Products Company

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

May 18, 1939

12 N.L.R.B. 1105 (N.L.R.B. 1939)

In the Matter Of CENTRAL OHIO STEEL PRODUCTS COMPANY, THE
NATIONAL GRAVE VAULT COMPANY, THE GALION ALL STEEL BODY
COMPANY and INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS, LODGE
No. 1151 (A. F. of L.)
Case No. R-1146
SUPPLEMENTAL DECISION
AND
ORDER
May 18, 1939
On March 10, 1939, the National Labor Relations Board, herein
called the Board, issued a Decision, Order, and Direction of Election
in the above-entitled case., The Direction of Election directed that
an election by secret ballot be conducted within thirty (30) days
from the date of the Direction among the employees of Central Ohio
Steel Products Company, at its Galion, Ohio, plant, herein called
the Company, whose names appeared on the Company's pay roll for
the period August 16 to August 31, 1938, inclusive, excluding sales-
men, draftsmen, supervisory and clerical employees, and specifically
excluding Ezra Stroup, Ralph Hitsman, Paul Jewell, W. L. Poland,
Clifford Young, R. Stall, and Cleo Armstrong, and those who had
since quit or had been discharged for cause, but specifically including
Frank Auker, B. H. Clark, and Russell C. Sipes, to determine whether
or not they desire to be represented by International Association of
Machinists, Lodge No. 1151 (A. F. of L.), for the purposes of
collective bargaining.
Pursuant to the Direction, an election by secret ballot was held on
March 22, 1939, at Galion, Ohio, under the direction and supervision
of James P. Miller, the Regional Director for the Eighth Region
(Cleveland, Ohio). On March 23, 1939, the said Regional Director,
acting pursuant to Article III, Section 9, of National Labor Re-
lations Board Rules and Regulations-Series 1, as amended, issued
and duly served upon the parties his Intermediate Report on the
election.
111 N. L. R. B. 1064.
12 N. L. R. B., No. 109.
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As to the balloting and its results , the Regional Director reported as
follows :
Total number of employees eligible___________________________ 124
Total number of ballots cast_________________________________ 117
Total number of votes for the International Association of
Machinists, Lodge No. 1151 ( A. F. of L.) ------------------- 52
Total number of votes against the International Association of
Machinists , Lodge No. 1151 (A. F. of L.) ------------------- 63
Total number of blank bal lots_______________________________ 0
Total number of void ballots________________________________ 0
Total number of challenged ballots___________________________ 2
On March 30, 1939, the Union filed an objection to the election 2
,on the ground that "just before the election the Company started a
story among its employees if we won they would close the plant."
The Regional Director has investigated this allegation and has re-
ported that no proof has been adduced to support it. The objection is
hereby overruled.
The results of the election show that no collective bargaining rep-
resentative has been selected by a majority of the employees. The
petition for investigation and certification of representatives will,
therefore, be dismissed.
By virtue of Section 9 (c) of the National Labor Relations Act,
49 Stat. 449, and pursuant to Article III, Sections 8 and 9, of Na-
tional Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series 1, as
amended, it is hereby ordered that the petition for investigation and
certification of representatives of the employees of Central Ohio Steel
Products Company, be, and it hereby is, dismissed.
2 The objection was made in a telegram . to the Board dated March 29, 1939