Red Jacket Manufacturing Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Jan 22, 1942

38 N.L.R.B. 468 (N.L.R.B. 1942)

In the Matter of RED JACKET MANUFACTURING COMPANY and INTER-
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS, LOCAL 388, A. F. OF L.
In the Matter of RED JACKET MANUFACTURING COMPANY and INTER-
NATIONAL MOLDERS,& FOUNDRY WORKERS UNION OF NORTH AMERICA,
LOCAL 230, A. F. of L.
Cases Nos. B-3043 and R-3044, respectively
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 22,1942
On November 14, 1941, the National Labor Relations Board issued
a Decision and Direction of Elections in the above-entitled pro-
ceedings.' Pursuant to the Direction of Elections elections by secret
ballot were conducted on December 12, 1941, under the direction
and supervision of the Regional Director for the Eighteenth Region
(Minneapolis, Minnesota). On December 16, 1941, the Regional Di-
rector, 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 ballots or the Election Report have been filed by
any of the parties.
As to the balloting and its results, tho Regional Director reported as
follows :
Group No. I
Total on eligibility list--------------------------------------- 112
Total ballots cast-- ----------------------------------------- 100
Total ballots challenged ------------------------------------- 1
Total blank ballots------ ------------------------------------ 0
Total void ballots------------------------------------------- 1
Total valid votes cast ---------------------------------------- 98
Votes cast for INTERNATIONAL MOLDERS & FOUNDRY
WORKERS UNION OF NORTH AMERICA, LOCAL 230,
A. F. of L------------------------------------------------- 85
Votes cast against INTERNATIONAL MOLDERS & FOUNDRY
WORKERS UNION OF NORTH AMERICA, LOCAL 230,
A. F. of L------------------------------------------------- 13
1 36 N. L. R. B. 932.
38 N. L. R. B., No. 97.
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RED JACKET MANUFACTURING COMPANY
Group No. II
469
Total on eligibility list__ _____________________________________ 78
Total ballots cast_______ ____________________________________ 74
Total ballots challenged_____________________________________ 0
Total blank ballots__________________________________________ 0
Total void ballots ------------------------------------------- 0
Total valid votes cast________________________________________ 74
Votes cast for INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHIN-
ISTS, LOCAL 388, A. F. of L_______________________________ 51
Votes cast against INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MA-
CHINISTS, LOCAL 388, A. F. of L__________________________ , 23
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,
IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that International Molders & Foundry
Workers Union of North America, Local 230, A. F. of L., has been
designated and selected by a majority of all foundry employees of
Red Jacket Manufacturing Company, Davenport, Iowa, including
employees in the following departments: pattern; flask; core; bench
molding; floor molding; squeezer molding; shake out; foundry labor;
melting; iron and coke; cleaning and grinding; foundry inspection,
weighing and shipping; and brass foundry; but excluding employees
in mill room performing machine-shop work, foremen, other super-
visory employees, clerical employees, salesmen , office employees, watch-
men, and janitors; as their representative for the purposes of collec-
tive bargaining, and that, pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the Act,
International Molders & Foundry Workers Union of North America,
Local 230, A. F. of L., 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.
IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that International Association of Machinists,
Local 388, A. F. of L., has been designated and selected by a majority
of all employees of Red Jacket Manufacturing Company, Davenport,
Iowa, in the following departments: machine shop; maintenance; car-
penter shop; hand-pump assembly; water-conditioner assembly; cen-
trifugal-pump assembly; deep-well assembly; shallow-well assembly;
pitcher-spout assembly; dip paint; spray paint; hand paint; cylinder
and leather packaging; water-conditioner packaging; motor and
switch assembly; water-system final assembly; delivery; hand-pump
final assembly, storage and shipping; engine room and watchmen;
and receiving, trucking and stockroom; and including employees
performing machine-shop work in mill room, but excluding foremen,
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other supervisory employees, clerical employees, salesmen, office em-
ployees, watchmen, and janitors; as their representative for the pur-
poses of collective bargaining, and that, pursuant to Section 9 (a)
of the Act, International Association of Machinists, Local 388, A. F.
of L., 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.