Solvay Process Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Feb 17, 1942

38 N.L.R.B. 1357 (N.L.R.B. 1942)

In the Matter Of SOLVAY PROCESS COMPANY , DETROIT PLANT and THE
ASSOCIATED CHEMICAL WORKERS OF MICHIGAN
Case No. R-2903
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 17,19V,
On September 19, 1941, the National Labor Relations Board,
herein called the. Board, issued a Decision and Direction of Election
in the above-entitled proceedings.' Pursuant to the Direction of
Election, an election by secret ballot was conducted on October 9,
1941, under the direction and supervision of the Regional Director
for the Seventh Region (Detroit, Michigan). On October 23, 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 an Election
Report. On December 27, 1941, the Board issued a Supplemental
Decision and Direction,2 directing that the Regional Director (1)
open and count the ballots of Charles Happ, Frank Olinn, and
George Plotts; (2) conduct a further investigation as to the eligibility
of Norman Krietsch if the counting of his ballot could affect the
results of the election; and (3) thereafter prepare a Supplemental
Election Report embodying his findings and recommendations as to
the results of the balloting. On January 15, 1942, the Regional
Director, acting pursuant to said Rules and Regulations, issued and
duly served upon the parties a Supplemental Election Report, report-
ing as follows concerning the balloting and its results : -
Total on eligibility list------------------------------------- 740
Total ballots cast_ _________________________________________ 716
Total ballots, challenges as to which have been sustained----- 6
Total ballots challenged as to which no ruling has been made__ 1
Total blank ballots _________________________________________ 0
Total void ballots ------------------------- ------ 0
Total valid votes cast --------------------------------------- 709
Votes cast for The Associated Chemical Workeis of Michigan_ 358
Votes cast for United Mine Workers of America, District No.
50, affiliated with the Congress of Industrial Organizations- 340
Votes cast for neither______________________________________ 11
135N L R B, No 125
2 37 N. L R B 983
38 N. L. R B., No., 241.
1357
1358 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD
No objections to the Supplemental Election Report have been filed
by any of the parties. Since the ballot of Norman Krietsch could
not, if valid, affect the result of the election, it is unnecessary to
consider and determine the eligibility of the voter who cast it.
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,
IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that The Associated Chemical Workers of
Michigan has been designated and selected by a majority of the
hourly paid production and maintenance employees of Solvay Proc-
ess Company, Detroit, Michigan, excluding foremen and other super-
visory employees and office and plant-protection employees, as their
representative for the purposes of collective bargaining, and that,
pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the National Labor Relations Act, The
Associated Chemical Workers of Michigan is the exclusive repre-
sentative of all such employees for the purpose of collective bar-
gaining in respect to rates of pay, wages, hours of employment, and
other conditions of employment. -