Standard Steel Spring Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Feb 8, 1940

20 N.L.R.B. 268 (N.L.R.B. 1940)

In the Matter Of STANDARD STEEL SPRING COMPANY and LODGE.. No.
2143; STEEL WORKERS ORGANIZING COMMITTEE.
Case No. R-1648
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 8, 1940
On December 26, 1939, the National Labor Relations Board, herein
called the Board, issued its Decision and Direction of Election in the
above-entitled proceeding.' Pursuant to the Direction of Election an
election by secret ballot was conducted on January 20, 1940, under the
direction and supervision of the Regional Director for the Thirteenth
Region (Chicago, Illinois). On January 22, 1940, the Regional
Director, acting pursuant to Article III, Section 9, of National Labor
Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series 2, issued and duly
served upon the parties an Election Report.
As to the balloting and its results, the Regional Director reported
as follows :
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Total number of ballots cast------------------------------ 157
Total number eligible -------------------------------------- 180
Total number of ballots cast for Steel Workers' Organizing
Committee----------------------------------------------- 125
Total number of ballots cast for International Brotherhood
of Blacksmiths, Drop Forgers & Helpers------------------ 28
Total number of ballots cast for neither-------------------- 3
Total number of challenged ballots------------------------ 0
Total number of blank ballots------------------------------ 0
Total number of void ballots------------------------------ 1
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, as amended,
IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that Lodge No. 2143, Amalgamated Associa-
tion of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers of North America, of Steel
Workers Organizing Committee, affiliated with the Congress of In-
dustrial Organizations, has been designated and selected by a ma-
jority of the production and maintenance employees at the Gary,
118 N. L. R. B. 713.
20 N. L. R. B., No. 24.
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STANDARD STEEL SPRING COMPANY 269
Indiana, plant of Standard Steel Spring Company, excluding fore-
men, clerical and office employees, watchmen, and supervisors with
power to hire or discharge or with authority to recommend hiring
or discharge, as :their representative for the purposes of collective
bargaining, and that, pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the Act, Lodge
No. 2143, Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers
of North America, of Steel Workers Organizing Committee, affiliated
with the Congress of Industrial Organizations, is the exclusive repre-
sentative of all, such employees for the purposes of collective bargain-
ing with respect to rates of pay, wages, hours of employment, and
other conditions of employment.