The Kentucky Fire Brick Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Feb 28, 1940

20 N.L.R.B. 942 (N.L.R.B. 1940)

IN THE MATTER of THE KENTUCKY FIRE BRICK COMPANY, anal," LOCAL
No. 510, UNITED BRICK & CLAY `YORKERS OF AMERICA
Case No. R-1659
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 28, .4940
On January 16, 1940, 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 Elec-
tion, an election by secret ballot was conducted on February 7 and
8, 1940, under the direction and supervision of the Regional Director
for the Ninth Region (Cincinnati, Ohio). On February 10, 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 on the ballot. No objections 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____________________________ 329
Number of ballots placed in ballot bog______________________ 300
Number of unchallenged ballots for United Clay and Tile
Workers, Local Industrial Union No. 795 affiliated with the
Congress of Industrial Organizations ______________________ 92
Number of unchallenged ballots for United Brick & Clay
Workers of America, Local No. 510, affiliated with the
American Federation of Labor_______ _____________________ 189
Number of-unchallenged ballots for neither ------------------- 17
Number of challenged ballots________________________________ 1
Number of spoiled ballots___________________________________ 1
Number of blank ballots____________________________________ 0
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,
119 N. L. R. B. 532.
20 N. L. R. B., No. 89.
942
THE KENTUCKY FIRE BRICK COMPANY 943
IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that United Brick & Clay Workers of Amer-
ica, Local No. 510, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor,
has been designated and selected by a majority of the production
and maintenance employees, including timekeepers and the supply-
house storekeeper, but excluding watchmen, salaried employees, fore-
men, and assistant foremen or supervisors in charge of any classes of
labor, employed by The Kentucky Fire Brick Company, Haldeman,
Kentucky, as their representative for the purposes of collective bar-
gaining, and that, pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the Act, United Brick
& Clay Workers of America, Local No. 510, affiliated with the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor, 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.