Roach-Appleton Manufacturing Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Jun 3, 1940

24 N.L.R.B. 299 (N.L.R.B. 1940)

In the Matter of ROACH-APPLETON MANUFACTURING COMPANY and
LOCAL 144, INTERNATIONAL UNION, UNITED AUTOMOBILE WORKERS
OF AMERICA, AFFILIATED WITH THE CONGRESS OF INDUSTRIAL OR-
GANIZATIONS
Case No. R-1775
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
June 3, 1940
On April 16, 1940, the National' Labor Relations Board, herein
called the Board, issued a Decision and Direction of Election in this.
proceeding.' Pursuant to the Direction of Election, an election by
secret ballot was conducted on May 14, 1940, under the direction and
supervision of the Regional Director for the Thirteenth Region
(Chicago, Illinois). 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 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 number of ballots cast________________________________ 215
Total number of eligible voters______________________________ 239
Total number of ballots cast for Local 144___________________ 135
Total number of ballots cast against Local 144_______________ 77
Total number of challenged ballots__________________________ 0
Total number of blank ballots______________________________ 1
Total number of void ballots________________________________ 2
Total number of valid ballots cast__________________________ 212
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 Local 144, International Union, United
Automobile Workers of America, affiliated with the Congress of
Industrial Organizations, has been designated and selected by a ma-
122 N. L. R. B. 1049.
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jority of all production and maintenance employees of Roach-
Appleton Manufacturing Company, at its South Bend, Indiana, plant,
excluding foremen and clerical and part-time employees, as their
representative for the purposes of collective bargaining and that,
pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the National Labor Relations Act,
Local 144, International Union, United Automobile Workers , of
America, affiliated with the Congress of Industrial Organizations,
is the exclusive bargaining 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.