Great Lakes Steel Corp.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Oct 26, 1939

16 N.L.R.B. 467 (N.L.R.B. 1939)

In the Matter of GREAT LAKES STEEL CORPORATION and BROTHERHOOD
OF RAILROAD TRAINMEN
In the Matter of GREAT LAKES STEEL CORPORATION and BROTHERHOOD
OF LOCOMOTIVE FIREMEN AND ENGINEMEN
Cases Nos. R-1311 and R-1312, respectively
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
October 26, 1939
On September 19, 1939, the National Labor Relations Board, herein
called the Board, issued a Supplemental Decision, Second Direction
of Election, and Certification of Representatives in the above-entitled
cases? The Second Direction of Election, as amended on October 2,
1939,2 provided that an election by secret ballot be conducted within
thirty (30) days from the date of the Second Direction among the
engineers, firemen, and hostlers, employed by the Great Lakes Steel
Corporation at its Great Lakes Division, Ecorse, Michigan, who were
eligible to vote in the election of August 18, 1939, which was held pur-
suant to 'a Decision and Direction of Elections herein,3 excluding
those employees who had- since quit or been discharged for cause, to
determine whether or not they desired to be represented by Independ-
ent Steel Workers Association for the purposes of collective bar-
gaining.
Pursuant to the Second Direction, an election by secret ballot was
held on October 11, 1939, under the direction and supervision of the
Regional Director for the Seventh Region, Detroit, Michigan. On
October 13, 1939, the said Regional Director, acting pursuant to Ar-
ticle III, Section 9, of National Labor Relations Board Rules and
Regulations-Series 2, issued and duly served upon the parties an
Election Report on the election. No objections to the conduct of the
ballot or to the Election Report have been filed by any of the parties.
115 N. L. R. B. 510.
2 15 N. L. R. B. 513.
814 N. L. R. B. 197.
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As to the balloting and its results, the Regional Director reported
as follows :
Total number eligible to vote------------------------------- 40
Total number of ballots cast------------------------------- 40
Total number of valid votes cast---------------------------- 40
Total number of votes for Independent Steel Workers
Association---------------------------------------------- 25
Total number of votes against Independent Steel Workers
Association---------------------------------------------- 15
Total number of challenged ballots ------------------------- 0
Total number of blank ballots ------------------------------ 0
Total number of void ballots------------------------------- 0
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,
IT Is HEREBY CERTIFIED that Independent Steel Workers Association
has been designated and selected by a majority of all engineers, fire-
men, and hostlers employed by the Great Lakes Steel Corporation at
its Great Lakes Division, Ecorse, Michigan, as their representative
for the purposes of collective bargaining and that, pursuant to the
provisions of Section 9 (a) of the Act, Independent Steel Workers
Association 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;
MR. WILLIAM M. LEISERSON took no part in the consideration of the
above Certification of Representatives.