South Portland Shipbuilding Corp.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Apr 7, 1942

40 N.L.R.B. 271 (N.L.R.B. 1942)

In the Matter Of SOUTH PORTLAND SHIPBUILDING CORPORATION and
INDEPENDENT UNION OF SHIPYARD WORKERS OF SOUTH PORTLAND
Case No. R-3561
-CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
April 7,1942
On March 5, 1942, the National Labor Relations Board issued a
Decision and Direction of Election in the above-entitled proceeding.)
Pursuant to the Direction of Election, an election by secret ballot
was conducted on March 24, 1942, under the direction and super-
vision of the Regional Director for the First, Region (Boston, Massa-
chusetts). On March 25, 1942, the Regional Director, acting pur-
suant 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 :
Total number eligible to vote--------- --------------------- 3,248
Total number of votes cast ---------------------------------- 2,351
Total number of valid votes------------------------------- 2,291
Total number of ballots marked for independent Union of
Shipyard Workers of South Portland-------------------- 511
Total number of ballots marked for Industrial Union of
Marine and Shipbuilding Workers of America ( C. I. O.)--_ 433
Total number of ballots marked for American Federation
of Labor----------------------------------------------- 1,261 ,
Total number of ballots marked for none------------------ 86
Total number of blank ballots--------------------------- 8
Total number of void ballots------------------------------- 7
Total number of challenged ballots------------------------ 45
By virtue of and pursuant to the power vested in the National
Labor Relations Board by Section 9 (c) of the National Labor Re-
lations Act, 49 Stat. 449, and pursuant to Article III, Sections 8 and
9, of National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series
2, a,,, amended,
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272 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD
IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that the American Federation of Labor has
been designated and selected by a majority of all hourly paid pro-
duction and maintenance employees of South Portland Shipbuilding
Corporation, South Portland, Maine, including truck drivers, guards,
and watchmen (except the chief and captains at the Company's South
Portland yard), but excluding foremen, assistant foremen, super-
visory employees having the right to hire and fire, salaried em-
ployees, office janitors, first-aid employees, timekeepers, counters,
chauffeurs operating company cars and beach wagons, technical engi-
neers, draftsmen, and architects, as their representative for the pur-
poses of collective bargaining, and that, pursuant to the provisions
of Section 9 (a) of the Act, 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 em-
ployment, and other condition's of employment.
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