Indiana Brass Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Jan 10, 1942

38 N.L.R.B. 147 (N.L.R.B. 1942)

In the Matter Of INDIANA BRASS COMPANY and STEEL WoRB-ERS'
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE, AFFILIATED WITH THE C. I. O.
Case No. R-:062
Investigation and Certification of Representatives : run-off election directed.
SUPPLEMENTAL DECISION
AND
SECOND DIRECTION OF ELECTION
Januavy 10, 1942
On November 15, 1941 , the National Labor Relations Board, herein
called the Board, issued a Decision and Direction of Election in the
above-entitled proceeding .' Pursuant to the Direction of Election,
an election by secret ballot was conducted on December 10, 1941, under
the direction and supervision of the Regional Director for the Elev-
enth Region ( Indianapolis , Indiana ). On December 16, 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 and duly served upon the parties an Election Report on the
ballot. 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 :
Total on eligibility list__ __________________________________ 210
Total ballots cast___________________ 203
Total ballots challenged ___________________________________ 4
Total blank ballots__________ ______________________________ 0
Total void ballots_________________________________________ 1
Total valid votes counted__________________________________ 198
Votes cast for CIO-SWOC Local No 1795 ___________________ 70
Votes cast for AFL-Brass Workers Federal Labor Union____ 89
Votes cast for NEITHER organization _____________________ 39
Steel Workers ' Organizing Committee , affiliated with the Congress
of Industrial Organizations , and Brass Workers' Federal Labor Union
No. 22915, affiliated with the 4merican Federation of Labor, have each
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requested that a run-off election be conducted by the Board. Although
neither of the competing labor organizations received a majority of
the votes cast, the results of the election show that a substantial major-
ity of the employees voting desire to bargain collectively with the
Company. Accordingly , we shall direct a run -off election in which
the eligible employees will be given an opportunity to decide whether
they desire to be represented by Steel Workers ' Organizing Com-
mittee, affiliated with the Congress of Industrial Organizations,
or by Brass Workers' Federal Labor Union No. 22915, affiliated
with the American Federation of Labor, for the purposes of collective
bargaining.
SECOND DIRECTION OF ELECTION
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,
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
DIRECTED that, as part of the investigation authorized by the Board
to ascertain representatives for the purposes of collective bargaining
with Indiana Brass Company , Frankfort , Indiana, an election by se-
cret ballot shall be conducted as early as possible , but not later than
thirty (30) days from the date of this Second Direction of Election,
under the direction and supervision of the Regional Director for the
Eleventh Region, acting in this matter as agent for the National
Labor Relations Board and subject to Article III, Section 9, of said
Rules and Regulations , among the employees described in the Direc-
tion of Election issued on Novmber 15 , 1941, but excluding those who
have since quit or been discharged for cause , to determine whether they
desire to be represented by Steel Workers' Organizing Committee,
affiliated with the Congress of Industrial Organizations , or by Brass
Workers' Federal Labor Union No. 22915 , affiliated with the American
Federation of Labor, for the purposes of collective bargaining.