The National Copper and Smelting Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

May 13, 1941

31 N.L.R.B. 839 (N.L.R.B. 1941)

In the Matter of THE NATIONAL COPPER AND SMELTING Co. and
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF DIE CASTING WORKERS, LOCAL No. 15
(C. .1. O.)
Case No. R-92369
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
May' 13, 1941
On April 7,1941, the National Labor Relations Board issued a Deci-
sion and* Direction of Election in the above-entitled proceedings.'
Pursuant to the Direction'of Election, an election by secret ballot was
conducted on April 18, 1941, under the direction and supervision of
the Regional Director for the Eighth Region (Cleveland, Ohio). On
April 25,,1941, the Regional Director, acting pursuant to Article III,
Section 9, of National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regula-
tions-Series S, as amended, issued and duly served upon the parties
an Election Report. No objections to the conduct of the ballot or the
Election Report have been filed by 'any of the parties.
As to the balloting and its results, the Regional Director reported
as follows :
Total on eligibility list------------------------------------- 142
Total ballots cast------------------------------------------- 135
Total ballots challenged------------------------------------ 5
Total blank ballots----------------------------------------- 0
Total void ballots------------------------------------------- 2
Total valid votes cast--------------------------------------- 128
Votes cast for National Association of Die Casting Workers,
Local No. 15 (C. V0.) ------------------------------------ 59
Votes cast for The Independent Workers Association---------- 67
Votes cast for neither -------------------------------------- - 2
Since the five challenged ballots cannot affect the results of the elec-
tion, 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,
130N L R. B. 973
- 31 N.,L R. B., No. 138.
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840 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RE'LATION'S BOARD
IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that The Independent, Workers Association
has been designated and selected by a majority of all production and
maintenance employees at the, Cleveland plant of The National Cop-
per and Smelting Co., Cleveland, Ohio, including working foreman,
watchmen, and student employees, but excluding the superintendent,
assistant superintendent, clerical employees, and timekeepers, as their
representative for the purposes of collective bargaining, and that, pur-
suant to Section 9 (a) of the National Labor Relations Act, The Inde-
pendent Workers Association 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.