Standard & Poor's Corp.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Jul 7, 1942

42 N.L.R.B. 116 (N.L.R.B. 1942)

In the Matter of STANDARD & POOR'S CORPORATION and NEWSPAPER
GUILD OF NEW YORK
In the Matter of STANDARD & POOR'S CORPORATION and STANDARD &
POOR'S INDEPENDENT ASSOCIATION
Cases Nos R-3783 and R-3784, respectively
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
July 7, 1942
On May 27, 1942, the National Labor Relations Board issued its
Decision and Direction of Elections in the above-entitled pi oceedings.'
Pursuant to the Direction of Elections, separate elections by secret,
ballot were conducted on June 16, 1942, under the direction and super-
vision of the Regional Director for the Second Region (New York
City). On June 19, 1942, the Regional Director, acting pursuant to
Article III, Section 9, of National Labor Relations Board Rules and
Regulations-Seises 2, as amended, issued an Elections Report, copies
of which were duly seived upon the parties No objections to the
conduct of the ballot or to the Elections Report have been filed by
any of the parties
As to the balloting and the iesults thereof, the Regional Director
i eported as follows.
Edrtoiial Employees
Total on eligibility list___________________________________
Total ballots cast________________________________________
Total ballots challenged__________________________________
Total blank ballots_______________________________________
Total void ballot, --------------------------________------
Total ialid cotes counted_________________________________
Total (ast tm Ne N% sp.ipei Guild of Ne" York_______________
Total cast for Staiidaid & Pooi s Independent Association__
Votes cast foi neither union ______________________________
155
144
0
0
0
144
81
60
3
Mailing and Distribution Employees
Total on eligibility list___________________________________ 75
Total ballots cast---------------------------------------- 63
Total ballots challenged__________________________________ 0
Total blank ballots_______________________________________ 0
Total void ballots---------------------------------------- 0
Total valid cotes counted_________________________________ 113
Votes cast foi Newspaper Guild of New Yoi k- ------------ 46
Votes cast foi Standard & Pow s Independent Association__ 13
Votes cast for neither union______________________________ 4
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STANDARD & POOR IS CORPORATION 117
The Remaining Employees
Total on eligibility list------------------------------------ 193
Total ballots cast________________________________________ 161
Total ballots challenged___________________________________ 9
Total blank ballots--------------------------------------- 6
Total void ballots ---------------------------------------- 0
Total valid cotes counted_________________________________ 146
Votes cast for Standard & Poor's Independent Association__ 123
Votes cast against aforementioned union__________________ 23
Since the challenged ballots in the election in the last mentioned
unit cannot affect the result of the election, we find it unnecessary to
pass upon the challenges
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 Newspaper Guild of New York, of
American Nei;spaper Guild, affiliated with the Congress of Indus-
trial Organizations, has been designated and selected by a majority
of all editorial employees at the New York office of Standard &
Poor's Corporation, New York City, including temporary employees
replacing those presently in the armed forces, but excluding super-
visory and confidential employees, and seasonal employees, as their
i epresentative for the purposes of collective bargaining, and that,
pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the Act, Newspaper Guild of New York,
of American Newspaper Guild, affiliated with the Congress of In-
dustrial Organizations, is the exclusive representative of all such em-
ployees for the purposes of collective bargaining in respect to rates
of pay, wages, hours of employment, and other conditions of employ-
ment.
IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that Newspaper Guild of New York, of
American Newspaper Guild, affiliated with the Congress of Indus-
trial Organizations, has been designated and selected by a majority
of all mailing and distribution employees, central files, library, and
Raiteri statistical employees at the New York office of Standard &
Poor's Corporation, New York City, including breakdown employees
and temporary employees replacing those presently in the armed
forces, but excluding supervisory and confidential employees, and
seasonal employees, as their representative for the purposes of col-
lective bargaining, and that, pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the Act,
Newspaper Guild of New York, of American Newspaper Guild,
affiliated with the Congress of Industrial Organizations, is the ex-
clusive 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
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IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that Standard & Poor's Independent Asso-
ciation has been designated and selected by a majority of all
remaining employees at the New York office of Standard & Poor's
Corporation, New York City, including temporary employees " re-
placing those presently in the armed forces, but excluding super-
visory and confidential employees, and seasonal employees, as their
representative' for the purposes=of collective bargaining, and that,
pursuant to Section 9 (a), of the Act, Standard & Poor's Independent
Association is the exclusive representative of all such employees for
the purposes of collective baigaining in respect to rates of pay, wages,
hours of employment, and other conditions of employment.