Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Jan 16, 1942

38 N.L.R.B. 352 (N.L.R.B. 1942)

In the Matter Of JONES & LAUGHLIN STEEL CORPORATION and NATIONAL
ORGANIZATION MASTERS, MATES & PILOTS OF AMERICA, LOCAL NO.
25, AFFILIATED WITH THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR
In the Matter Of JONES & LAUGHLIN STEEL CORPORATION and
NATIONAL MARINE ENGINEERS BENEFICIAL ASSOCIATION, AFFILIATED
WITH THE CONGRESS OF INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATIONS
In the Matter . of JONES & LAUGHLIN STEEL CORPORATION and
NATIONAL MARITIME UNION, AFFILIATED WITH THE CONGRESS OF
INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATIONS
Cases Nos. R-3246, R-3247, and R-3.248, respectively
SUPPLEMENTAL DECISION
CERTIFICATIONS OF REPRESENTATIVES
AND
ORDER
January 16, 1942
On December 6, 1941, the National Labor Relations Board, herein
called the Board, issued a Decision and Direction of Elections in the
above-entitled proceedings.' Pursuant to the Direction of Elections,
elections by secret ballot were conducted on December 22 and 23,
1941, under the direction and supervision of the Acting Regional
Director for the Sixth Region (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania). On
December 27, 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 Elections Report. No objections to the conduct of the
ballots or the Elections Report have been filed by any of the parties.
As to the balloting and its results, the Acting Regional Director
reported as follows :
(1) Unit of Masters , Licensed Mates, and Pilots
Total on eligibility list---------------------------------------- 38
Total ballots cast _____ 37
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JONES & LAUGHLIN STEEL CORPORATION 353
(1) Unit of Masters, Licensed Mates, and Pilots-Continued
Total ballots challenged _____________________________________ 0
Total blank ballots --------- -------------- ------------------- 0
Total void ballots ------------------------------------------ 0
Total valid votes counted ------------------------------------- 37
Votes cast for National Organization Masters, Mates & Pilots of
America, Local No. 25_____________________--------------------- ---------------- 18
Votes cast against National Organization Masters, Mates &
Pilots of America, Local No. 25__________________________ 19
(2) Unit of Licensed Marine Engineers
Total on eligibility list---------------------------------------- 23
Total ballots cast___________________________________________ 22
Total ballots challenged _____________________________________ 0
Total blank ballots------------------------------------------ 0
Total void ballots--------------------------------------------- 0
Total valid votes counted____________________________________ 22
Votes cast for National Marine Engineers Beneficial Association- 13
Votes cast against National Marine Engineers Beneficial
Association ----------------------------------------------- 9
(3) Unit of Unlicensed Personnel
Total on eligibility list-------------------------------------- 166
Total ballots cast 2------------------------------------------ 128
Total ballots challenged____________________________________ 0
Total blank ballots__ ________________________ _ 0
Total void ballots-------------------------------------------- 0
Total valid votes counted_______________--------------- ------- -------------- 128
Votes cast for National Maritime Union, affiliated with the
C. LO --------------------------------------------------- 81
Votes cast against National Maritime Union, affiliated with the
C. I. 0--------------------------------- ----- --- 47
2 The Acting Regional Director reported that in this election , ballots with instructions
for return mailing not later than December 23, 1941, were mailed to 4 employees , the only
employees in the three units who were in military service. Although their ballots had not
been returned on December 26, 1941, when the count was made, they cannot affect the
result of the election.
The results of the elections show that in the unit of masters,
licensed mates, and pilots no collective bargaining representative has
been selected by a majority of the Company's employees. We shall,
therefore, dismiss the petition of National Organization Masters,
Mates & Pilots of America, Local No. 25, affiliated with the American
Federation of Labor, for investigation and certification of representa-
tives of the Company's employees in that unit and certify the repre-
sentatives respectively designated by the majorities of the Company's
employees in each of the other two units.
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354 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD
CERTIFICATIONS'OF REPRESENTATIVES
Pursuant to the power vested in 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 CERTIFIED that National Marine Engineers Beneficial
Association , affiliated with the Congress of Industrial Organizations,
has been designated and selected by a majority of all licensed marine
engineers of Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation, Pittsburgh , Pennsyl-
vania, as their representative for the purpose of collective bargaining,
and that, pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the Act, National Marine
Engineers Beneficial Association , affiliated with the Congress of
Industrial Organizations , is the exclusive representative of such em-
ployees for the purposes of collective bargaining in respect to rates
of pay, wages, hours of employment , and other conditions of employ-
ment ; and
IT IS HEREBY FURTHER CERTIFIED that National Maritime Union,
affiliated with the Congress of Industrial Organizations , has been
designated and selected by all watchmen , deck hands , boiler deck
hands, firemen , strikers , cook house or galley employees, stewardesses,
chambermaids , coal passers and all other categories of unlicensed
personnel employed by Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation , Pitts-
burgh, Pennsylvania , on river boats , as their representative for the
purposes of collective bargaining , and that, pursuant to Section 9
(a) of the Act , National Maritime Union, affiliated with the Congress
of Industrial Organizations , is the exclusive representative of such
employees for the purposes of collective bargaining in respect to
rates of pay , wages, hours of employment , and other conditions of
employment.
ORDER
By virtue of 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,
the National Labor Relations Board hereby orders that the petition
of National Organization Masters, Mates & Pilots of America, Local
No. 25, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, for investi-
gation and certification of representatives of employees of Jones &
Laughlin Steel Corporation , filed herein be, and it hereby is, dismissed.