Kalamazoo Paper Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Jun 4, 1940

24 N.L.R.B. 357 (N.L.R.B. 1940)

In- the Matter of KALAMAZOO PAPER COMPANY and INTERNATIONAL
BROTHERHOOD OF FIREMEN AND OILERS (A. F. of L.)
Case No. R-1780
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
Jwn,e 4, 1940
On April. 22, 1940, the National Labor Relations Board, herein
called the Board, issued its Decision and Direction of Election in the
above-entitled proceeding., Pursuant to the Direction, an election
by secret ballot was conducted under the direction and supervision
of the Regional Director for the Seventh Region (Detroit, Michi-
gan). On May 16, 1940, the 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 an Election Report. No objections to the conduct of the
ballot or to the Election Report were filed by any of the parties.
As to the balloting and its results, the Regional Director reported
as follows :
Total on eligibility list_____________________________________ 29
Total ballots cast___________________________________________ 29
Total ballots challenged____________________________________ 0
Total blank ballots _________________________________________ 0
Total void ballots__________________________________________ 0
Total valid votes cast_____________________________________ 29
Votes cast for Local 78, International Brotherhood of Firemen,
Oilers , Helpers, Roundhouse and Railroad Shop Laborers,
affiliated with the American Federation of Labor____________ 25
Votes cast against Local 78, International Brotherhood of Fire-
men, Oilers , Helpers, Roundhouse and Railroad Shop
Laborers, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor__ . 4
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,
123 N. L. R. B. 76.
24 N. L. R. B., No. 26.
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358 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD
IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that Local 78, International Brotherhood of
Firemen, Oilers, Helpers, Roundhouse and Railroad Shop Laborers,
affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, has been desig-
nated and selected by a majority of the powerhouse employees of
Kalamazoo Paper Company, including first and second fireman at
Powerhouse No. 1 and firemen at Powerhouse No. 3, engineers,
oilers, motor oiler, crane operators, boiler repairmen, and filter-plant
operator, but excluding the chief and assistant chief engineers and
the electricians, as their representative for the purposes of collective
bargaining, and that, pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the Act, Local
78, International Brotherhood of Firemen, Oilers, Helpers, Round-
house and Railroad Shop Laborers, affiliated with the American
Federation of Labor, 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.