General Chemical Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

May 27, 1941

32 N.L.R.B. 133 (N.L.R.B. 1941)

In the Matter of GENERAL CHEMICAL COMPANY and UNITED MINE
WORKERS OF AMERICA DISTRICT 50, C. I. O.
In the Matter of GENERAL CHEMICAL COMPANY and INTERNATIONAL
BROTHERHOOD OF TEAMSTERS, CHAUFFEURS, WAREHOUSEMEN & HELP-
ERS, LOCAL 676, A. F. OF L.
Cases Nos. I?-&423 and R-2424
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
May 27, 1941
On April 28, 1941, the National Labor Relations Board issued
a Decision and Direction of Elections in the above entitled pro-
ceedings., Pursuant to the Direction, separate elections by secret
ballot were conducted on May 2, 1941, under the direction and super-
vision of the Regional Director for the Fourth Region (Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania). On May 8, 1941, the Regional Director, acting pur-
suant 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. 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 Regional Director reported
as follows:
Warehouse Employees
Total on eligibility list-------------------------------------- 26
Total ballots cast------------------------------------------ 25
Total ballots challenged------------------------------------ 0
Total blank ballots----------------------------------------- 0
Total void ballots- ------------------------------------------ 0
Total valid ballots cast------------------------------------ 25
Votes cast for International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauf-
feurs, Warehousemen and Helpers, Local 676, A. F. of L----- 23
Votes cast against International Brotherhood of Teamsters,
Chauffeurs, Warehousemen and Helpers, Local 676, A. F
of L----------------------------------------------------- 2
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Production and Maintenance Employees
Total on eligibility list ----------------------------------- 98
Total ballots cast ----------------------------------------- 93
Total ballots challenged------------------------------------ 9
Total blank ballots---------------- ------------------------- 1
Total void ballots----------------------------------------- 0
Total valid ballots cast ------------------------------------ 83
Votes cast for United Mine Workers of America,
District 50, C. I. 0-------------------------------------- 50
Votes cast against United Mine Workers of America,
District 50, C I. 0-------------------------------------- 33
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 International Brotherhood of Team-
sters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen and Helpers, Local 676, A. F. of L.,
has been designated and selected by a majority of all employees in
the warehouse department of General Chemical Company, Camden,
New Jersey, including truck drivers, truck drivers' helpers, ware-
housemen, platform men, shipping and receiving employees, and the
two tractor drivers who are listed as yard employees, and garage
mechanics, but excluding salaried supervisors, as their representative
for the purposes of collective bargaining, and that, pursuant to Sec-
tion 9 (a) of the National Labor Relations Act, International Brother-
hood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen and Helpers, Local
676, A. F. of 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;
and
IT IS HEREBY FURTHER CERTIFIED that United Mine Workers of
America, District 50, C. I. 0., has been designated and selected by a
majority of all production and maintenance employees of General
Chemical Company, Camden, New Jersey, including watchmen and
hourly rated working foremen, but excluding truck drivers, truck
drivers' helpers, other employees of the warehouse department, lab-
oratory employees, salaried supervisory and clerical employees, and
the utility and safety man, as their representative for the purposes
of collective bargaining, and that, pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the
National Labor Relations Act, United Mine Workers of America,
District 50, C. I. 0., is the exclusive representative of all such em-
ployees for the purposes of collective bargaining in respect to the
rates of pay, wages, hours of employment, and other conditions of
employment.