Crane Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Feb 11, 1941

29 N.L.R.B. 533 (N.L.R.B. 1941)

In the Matter of CRANE COMPANY and SHIPPING, RECEIVING CLERKS,
AND ASSISTANTS UNION, LOCAL 21648, AFFILIATED WITH THE AMERI-
CAN FEDERATION OF LABOR
Case No. R-2174
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 11, 19411
On December 23, 1940, 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 January 21, 1941, under the direction and
supervision of the Acting Regional Director for the Thirteenth Re-
gion (Chicago, Illinois). On January 24, 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
and duly served upon the parties his Election Report. No objections
to the conduct of the ballot or the Election Report have been filed
by any of the parties.
As to the balloting and its results, the Acting Regional' Director
reported as follows :
Total number of ballots cast_________________________________ 177
Total number on eligibility list_____________________________ 176
Total number of ballots cast for Shipping , Receiving Clerks, and,
Assistants Union, Local 21648, affiliated with the American
Federation of Labor______________________________________ 102
Total number of ballots cast against Shipping, Receiving
Clerks, and Assistants Union, Local 21648, affiliated with the
American Federation of Labor____________________________ 47
Total number of challenged ballots___________________________ 27
Total number of blank ballots_______________________________ 0
Total number of void ballots________________________________ 1
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,
128 N L R B 756
29 N. L R. B., No. 94.
533
534 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATION'S BOARD
IT is HEREBY CERTIFIED that Shipping, Receiving Clerks, and Assist-
ants Union, Local 21648, affiliated with the American Federation of
Labor, has been designated and selected by a majority of the hourly
paid employees in Department 9 of the Chicago, Illinois, plant of
Crane Company, excluding office clerks and supervisory employees,
as their representative for the purposes of collective bargaining, and
that, pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the National Labor Relations Act,-
Shipphig, Receiving Clerks, and Assistants Union, Local 21648, affili-
ated with the American Federation of Labor, is the exclusive repre-
sentative of all such- employees for the purposes of collective bar-
gaining in respect to rates of pay, wages, hours of employment, and
other conditions of employment. -