Columbus & Southern Ohio Electric Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Dec 9, 1941

37 N.L.R.B. 403 (N.L.R.B. 1941)

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In the Matter Of COLUMBUS & SOUTHERN OHIO ELECTRIC COMPANY and
TRANSPORT WORKERS UNION (C. I. 0.)
Case No. R-2868
SUPPLEMENTAL DECISION
AND
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
December 9, 1941
On October 24, 1941, the National Labor Relations Board, herein
called the Board, issued its Decision and Direction of Election in the
above-entitled proceeding.' Pursuant to the Direction of Election,
an election by secret ballot was conducted on November 12, 1941,
under the direction and supervision of the Regional Director for the
Ninth Region (Cincinnati, Ohio). On November 13, 1941, the Re-
gional Director, acting pursuant to Article III, Section 9, of National
Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series 2, as amended,
issued an Election Report, copies of which were duly served upon
the parties.
As to the balloting and its results, the Regional Director, reported
as follows :
Total on eligibility list------------------------------------ 515
Total ballots cast------------------------------------------ 504
Total ballots challenged----------------------------------- 0
Total blank ballots---------------------------------------- 0
Total void ballots----------------------------------------- 0
Total valid votes counted---------------------------------- 504
Votes cast for Transport Workers Union No 208------------ 285
Votes cast for The Amalgamated Association of Street,
Electric Railway and Motor Coach Employees of America,
Division 1111------------------------------------------- 205
Votes cast for neither------------------------------------- 14-
On November 15, 1941, Columbus & Southern Olio Electric Com-
pany, herein called the Company, filed with the Regional Director
Objections and Exceptions to the Election Report solely on the
ground that the Board has no jurisdiction in the premises. On
November 19, 1941, the Regional Director, acting pursuant to Article
136 N L R B. 386
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404 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD
III, Section 9, of National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regu-
lations-Series 2, as amended , issued and duly served upon the'
parties his Report on Objections , stating that the Objections and
Exceptions raised no substantial and material issues.
The Board has, considered the Company's Objections and Excep-
tions to the Election Report and the Regional Director 's Report on
Objections. Since the Board has previously determined in its De,
cision and Direction of Election that the Company is within the
jurisdiction of the Board, the Board finds that the Objections and
Exceptions raise no substantial or material issues with respect to the
conduct of the ballot or the Election Report, and- they are hereby
overruled.
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
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 Transport Workers Union, Local 208,
affiliated with the Congress of Industrial Organizations, has been
designated and selected by a majority of the employees of the trans-
portation division of Columbus &, Southern Ohio Electric Company,
Columbus, Ohio, including working foremen,` but excluding operating
foremen, supervisors, foremen having authority to hire and discharge,
clerical employees in the office of the superintendents, and all persons
employed in the transportation division, other than car, coach, and
bus operators, who have any connection with the sale and distribution
of tickets and transfers and/or the collection of the transportation-
division operating receipts, as their representative for the purposes
of collective bargaining, and that pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the
National Labor Relations Act, Transport Workers Union, Local
208, affiliated with the Congress of Industrial Organizations, is the
exclusive representative of all such employees for the purposes of
collective bargaining iii respect to rates of pay, wages, hours of
employment, and other conditions of employment.