Libbey-Owens-Ford Glass Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Jun 2, 1941

32 N.L.R.B. 268 (N.L.R.B. 1941)

In the Matter of LIBBEY-OWENS-FORD GLASS COMPANY and FEDERA-
TION OF GLASS, CERAMIC AND SILICA SAND WORKERS OF AMERICA '
In the Matter of LIBBEY-OWENS-FORD GLASS Co. and NATIONAL FLAT
GLASS WORKERS OF 7HE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR
Cases Nos. C-1771 and R-2164
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
June 2, 1941
On April 23, 1941, the National Labor Relations Board, herein called
the Board, issued a Decision. Order, and Direction of Election' in
the above-entitled proceedings. Pursuant to the Direction of Election,
an election by secret ballot was conducted on May 16, 1941, at Parkers-
burg, West Virginia, Linder the direction and supervision of the
Regional Director for the Ninth Region (Cincinnati, Ohio). On May
19, 1941, 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 his Election
Report. No objections to the conduct of the ballot or to the Election
Report have been filed by any of the parties.
As to the balloting and its results, the Regional Director reported
as follows :
Number of alleged eligible voters ------------------------- 107
Number of ballots placed in ballot box -------------------- 133
Number of unchallenged ballots for National Flat Glass
Workers of the American Federation of Labor____________ 123
Number of unchallenged ballots for Federation of Glass,
Ceramic and Silica Sand Workers of America ------------ 10
Number of unchallenged ballots for neither________________ 0
Number of challenged ballots______________________________ 0
Number of blank ballots__________________________________ 0
Number of spoiled 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 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.
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LIBBY-OWENS-FORD GLASS COMPANY 269
IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that National Flat Glass Workers Union of
the American Federation of Labor has been designated and selected by
a majority of all production and maintenance employees at the Park-
ersburg, West Virginia, plant of Libbey-Owens-Ford Glass Company,
,including watchmen, janitors, firemen, power employees, truck,drivers,
and subforemen, but excluding window-glass cutters, supervisory
employees, timekeepers, and clerical employees not directly connected
with production, as their representative for the purposes of collective
bargaining, and that, pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the National Labor
Relations Act, National Flat Glass Workers Union of the American
Federation of Labor is the exclusive representative of all such em-
ployees for the purposes of collective bargaining with respect to rates
of pay, wages,,hours of employment, and other conditions of employ-
ment.