Columbia Steel Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Jul 30, 1942

42 N.L.R.B. 1125 (N.L.R.B. 1942)

In the Matter of COLUMBIA STEEL COMPANY and UNITED STEEL
WORKERS OF AMERICA
Case No R -3971 -Decided July 30, 1942
Investigation and Certification of Representatives : stipulation for certification
upon consent elections
Mr H T Lintott, of San Francisco, Calif , for the Company.
Mr. Lee Pressman, of Washington, D C , for the Union.
Mr George H Gentitltes, of counsel to the Board.
DECISION N
AND
CERTIFICATION OYREPRESENTATIVES
STATEMENT OF THE CASE
Upon petition duly filed by Steel Workers Organizing Committee,
heiem called the Union, alleging that a question affecting commerce
has arisen concerning the representation of employees of Columbia
Steel Company, herein' called the Company, engaged in the manufac-
ture and sale of steel, steel products, and byproduct coke at plants
located in Utah 'and California, the National Labor Relations Board
provided for an appropriate hearing upon due notice On April 29,
1942, before a hearing was held, the Company, the Union, and the
Regional Director for the Sixth Region (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
entered into a "STIPULATION FOR CONSENT ELECTIONS
AND CERTIFICATION BY NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS
BOARD "
Pursuant to the stipulation separate elections by secret ballot were
cdliductdd on May 12, 1942, under the direction and supervision of
the Regional Director among all employees at the following plants
of the Company
Y1'ori aiice Works, Torrance, California
Pittsburg Works, Pittsburg, California
Ironton Works, Ironton, Utah,
except salaried employees, foremen, assistant foremen, supervisors in
charge of any classes of labor, or watchmen, guards, confidential cler-
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ical employees regardless of method,of compensation (but not exclud-
ing other cleiical employees on an hourly wage-rate 'basis), to deter-
mine whether or not they desned to be represented by the Union.
On May 21, 1942, the Regional Dnector issued and duly served upon
the partre§ an'Election Report on the ballot No objections to the con-
duct of the ballot or the Election Report have been filed by any of
the parties ,
As to the balloting and its results, the-Regional Director reported
as Mallows':
A TORE NCE WORT{S, TORRANCE CALIFORNIA
Total- on eligibility list--- ------ ---------------------1,420
Total ballots, cast-f________________________________________ 1,091
Total ballots challenged ---------------------------------5
Total blank ballots---------------
Total void ballots---------------------------------------- 4
Total valid Notes counted________________________________ 1,083
Votes cast fot Steel WVoikeis Organizing Committee--------- 1,055
Votes cast against Steel Woikeis Oiganizing Committee------ 28
B Pi [TSRURC' AVOL'riS, PITrSBURG, CALIFORNIA
Total, on eligibility llt_--------------------------------- 2,003
Total ballots fact--- ----------------------------- -------- 1,834
,Tota'l' ballots challenged---------------------------------- 27,,'
,,Total_blank ballots-------------'--------------------------- 3
Total void ballots------__ __________________________ 3 {
Total valid Notes counted__________________________________ 1, 801
Votes east tot Steel `Votkei s Oi gatnrieg Committee=------ 1; 680-`
Votes cast against Steel Woikei9 O1ganl7tng Committee------ 121 '
C IIIONrON WORKS, IRONTON, UTAH
;Total on eligibility list ------------------------ 276
Total ballots (ast----------------------------------------- 218
Total ballots"challenged ----------_-------------- 4
Total blank ballots--------------------------------------- 0 -T
Total void ballots --------- -------------------------------
- -
Total valid votes counted--------------------------------- - 214
Votes cast for Steel,Wotkers Olgamzing'Committee---- ------ 2)7
Votes cast against Steel Workers Organizing Committee------ 7 r7 ,
Upon emotion duly filed by the Steel Workers Otganizing Com-
mittee praying that the name "United Steelworkers'of America" be
substituted for the name "Steel Workers Organizing Committee" in
the caption and relevant portions of the record in this proceeding,
the Board on July 16, 1942, issued and duly served upon the parties
its notice to show cause why said motion should not be granted No
sufCr-crerit"c, iiise"to" the contrary having been shown, the Board "On'
July 24,'1942, issued its older granting said motion to substitute the
name "United Steelworkers of America" for the name "Steel,Workeis
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Organizing Committee'' We accordingly correct the caption' and
will certify the United Steelworkers of America as exclusive bar-
gaining representative
' Upon the basis of the stipulation, the, Election Report,,and the
entire record in this case, the Board makes the following -
FINDINGS OF FACT,
1. A question affecting commerce has arisen concerning the repre-
sentation of employees of Columbia Steel Company , San Francisco,
California , within the meaning of Section 9 (c) and Section '2 (6)
and (7 ) of the National Labor Relations Act.
2 All employees at the following plants of the Columbia Steel
Company
Torrance Works, Torrance , California
Pittsburg Works, Pittsburg , California
Ironton Works , Ironton, Utah,
except salaried employees , foremen, assistant foremen, supervisors
in charge of any classes of labor, or watchmen, guards , confidential
clerical employees regardless of method of compensation (but not
excluding other clerical employees on an hourly wage-rate basis),
constitute a unit appropriate for the purposes of collective bargain-
ing within the meaning of Section 9 (b) of the Act'
3 United Steelworkers of America has been designated and
selected by a majority of employees in the above-unit as their repre-
sentative for the purposes of collective bargaining and is the ex-
clusive representative of all employees in said unit within the
meaning of Section 9 (a) of the Act
CERTIFICATION OF 1 ,EPRESENTATIVES
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,
IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that Ui ited Steelworkers of America has
been designated and selected by a majority of all the employees
at the following plants of the Columbia Steel Company-
Torrance Works, Torrance, California
Pittsburg Works, Pittsburg, California
Ironton Works, Ironton, Utah,
' The parties stipulated that the Board may in its Decision and Certification determine
that those plants in which the Union receives a majority of the valid ballots cast shall
comprise a single appropriate unit and that the Board may certify the Union as the
exclusive collective bargaining iepcesentative for said single appropriate unit
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except salaried employees , foremen, assistant foremen, supervisors
in charge of any classes of labor, or watchmen, guards, confidential
clerical employees regardless of method of compensation (but not
excluding other clerical employees on an hourly wage-rate basis),
as their representative for the purposes of collective bargaining
and that , pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the Act,, United Steelworkers
of America is the exclusive representative of all such employees
for the purposes of collective bargaining with respect to rates of
pay, wages,-hours-of employment , and other conditions of 'employ-
ment.