Standard Ultramarine Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Oct 2, 1942

44 N.L.R.B. 749 (N.L.R.B. 1942)

In the Matter of STANDARD ULTRAMARINE COMPANY and CONGRESS OF
INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATIONS
Case No. R-4183
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
October 2, 1942
On September 12, 1942, the National Labor Relations 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 September 21, 1942, under the direction and supervision
of the Regional Director for the Ninth Region, (Cincinnati, Ohio).
On September 22, 1942, • the 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 the ballot. No objections to the conduct
of the ballot or the Election Report were filed by any of the parties.
A As to the balloting and its results, the Regional Director reported
as follows :
Total on'eligibility list--------------------------------------- 331
Total ballots cast-------------------------------------------- 300
Total ballots challenged-------------------------------------- 26
Total blank ballots------------------------------------------- 0
Total void ballots-------------------------------------------- 1
Total valid votes counted------------------------------------ 273
Votes cast for District 50, United Mine Workers of America----- 34
Votes cast for Congress of Industrial Organizations------------ 238
Votes cast for neither--------------------------------------- 1
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 Congress of Industrial Organizations
has been designated and selected by a majority of all employees of
the Standard Ultramarine Company, Huntington, West Virginia, in-
cluding leaders and the three inside watchmen, but excluding foremen,
143 N. L. R. B, 1345.
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chemists and assistants in laboratories, departmental superintendents,
office employees, blend office employees and assistants, storekeepers and
assistants, gate watchmen, foremen watchmen, and sewer foremen as
their representative for the purposes of collective bargaining, and
that, pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the Act, Congress of Industrial Or-
ganizations is the exclusive representative of all such employees for
the purposes of collective bargaining with respect to rates of pay,
wages, hours of employment, and-other conditions of employment.