The International Nickel Co., Inc.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Feb 26, 1940

20 N.L.R.B. 860 (N.L.R.B. 1940)

In the Matter of THE INTERNATIONAL NICKEL COMPANY, INC. and
SQUARE DEAL LODGE No. 40, AMALGAMATED ASSOCIATION OF IRON,
STEEL AND TIN WORKERS OF NORTH AMERICA, THROUGH STEEL
WORKERS ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
Case No. R-640
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 26, 1940
On January 27, 1940 the National Labor Relations Board, herein
called the Board, issued its Third Supplemental Decision, Order, and
Third Direction of Election' in the above-entitled proceedings. Pur-
suant to the Third Direction of Election, an election by secret ballot
was conducted on February 1, 1940, under the direction and super-
vision of the Regional Director for the Ninth Region (Cincinnati,
Ohio). On February 5, 1940, 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. No objections to the conduct of the
ballot or exceptions 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 :
Number of alleged eligible voters-------------------------- - 1,261
Number of ballots placed in ballot bog---------------------- 1,192
Number of unchallenged ballots for Nickel Alloys Employees'
Association, Inc----------------------------------------- 407
Number of unchallenged ballots for Square Deal Lodge No.
40, S. W. 0. C------------------------------------------ 636
Number of unchallenged ballots for neither----------------- 141
Number of challenged ballots------------------------------ 0
Number of blank ballots----------------------------------- 3
Number of spoiled ballots---------------------------------- 5
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.
119 N. L. R. B. 951.
20 N. L. R. B., No. 78.
860
THE INTERNATIONAL NICKEL COMPANY, INC. 861
IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that Square Deal Lodge. No. 40, Amalga-
mated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers of North
America, through Steel Workers Organizing Committee has been
designated and selected by a . majority of the. employees of Inter-
national Nickel Company, Inc., at its Huntington, West Virginia,
plant, who are paid on an hourly, piece, or tonnage basis except
watchmen, chemists, mill inspectors, and cooperative students, as their
representative for the, purposes of collective bargaining, and that pur-
suant to Section 9 (a) of the National Labor Relations Act, Square
Deal Lodge No. 40, Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin
Workers of North America, through Steel Workers Organizing Com-
mittee, is the exclusive 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.