Standard Forgings Corp.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Oct 29, 1940

27 N.L.R.B. 1140 (N.L.R.B. 1940)

i In the Matter of STANDARD FORGINGS CORPORATION and LODGE 1720,
AMALGAMATED ASSOCIATION OF IRON, STEEL & TIN WORKERS OF NORTH
-AMERICA, S. W. O. C., C. 1. 0.
In the Matter of STANDARD FORGINGS CORPORATION and INTERNATIONAL
ASSOCIATION or MACHINIS!rs, (A. F. or L.)
Cases Nos. R-1958 and R-1959
SUPPLEMENTAL DECISION
AND
DIRECTION
October 29, 1940
On August 26, 1940, the National Labor Relations Board, herein
called the Board, issued a Decision and Direction of Elections in the
above-entitled proceedings, Pursuant to the Direction of Elections,
two elections by secret ballot were conducted on September 25, 1940,
under the direction and supervision of the Regional Director for the
Thirteenth Region (Chicago, Illinois). On October 2, 1940, the Re-
gional 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.
As to the balloting and its results in the election which is made the
subject of this Supplemental Decision and Direction, the Regional
Director reported as follows :
Unit No. 1
Total number of employees alleged eligible to vote_____________ 122
Total number of ballots cast_________________________________ 120
Total ballots cast for Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel
and Tin Workers of North America, S. W. 0. C., C. I. 0______ 49
Total ballots cast for International Association of Machinists,
affiliated with the A. F. of L_______________________________ 34
Total ballots cast-for neither organization____________________ 1
Total number of ballots cast containing the words "Chicago Die
Sinkers Lodge #100" in substitution for neither____________ 19
Total number of challenged ballots___________________________ 17
126 N. L. R B. 1339
27 N. L R. B, No. 185.
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STANDARD FORGINGS CORPORATION 1141
In his Election Report the Regional Director recommended, inter
alia, that the 17 challenges to ballots be overruled.
No objections to this recommendation have been filed .2 We accord-
ingly approved the Regional Director's findings and recommendations
concerning the 17 challenged ballots. Since the election may be
affected by the counting of these ballots, we shall direct that they be
opened and counted.
DIRECTION
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
DIRECTED that, as part of the investigation directed by the Board
to ascertain representatives for the purposes of collective bargaining
with Standard Forgings Corporation, Chicago, Illinois, the Regional
Director for the Thirteenth Region (Chicago, Illinois). shall, pursuant
to the Rules and Regulations of the Board set forth above, and subject
to Article III, Section 9, of said Rules and Regulations, within ten
(10) days from the date of this Direction, open, count, and include
the ballots of J. A. Johnson, George Borovich, Jr., Daniel Kosovac,
J. T. Spurgeon, Walter Hilding, Paul Kotul, Fred Nordin, Steve
Kotull, K. G. Rundle, R. Sekularac, Edwin J. Nelson, John Kotull,
Jerry G. Reed, John Budinski, Frank Horvath, Arvid Rydbeck, and
Elmer Rydbeck, in the election designated in the Election Report as
Unit No. 1, and shall thereafter prepare and cause to be served upon
the parties in this case a Supplemental Election Report embodying
his findings therein and his recommendations as to the result of the
secret ballot.
2 The Board is cognizant of, but makes no present disposition of the objections filed by
the Chicago Die Sinkers , Lodge #100 to the Election Report, since they do not concern
the validity of the challenged ballots.