The Peoples Gas Light and Coke Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Nov 20, 1939

17 N.L.R.B. 931 (N.L.R.B. 1939)

In the Matter of THE PEOPLES GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANY AND
CHICAGO BY-PRODUCT COKE COMPANY' and UNITED MINE `YORKERS
of AMERICA, DISTRICT 50, AFFILIATED WITH THE CONGRESS OF INDUS-
TRIAL ORGANIZATIONS
Case No. R-140
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
November 00, 1939
On October 11, 1939, the National Labor Relations Board, herein
called the Board, issued its Decision and Direction of Elections in the
above-entitled proceeding8.2 Pursuant to the Direction of Elections,
elections by secret ballot were conducted on November 1, 1939, under
the direction and supervision of the Regional Director for the Thir-
teenth Region (Chicago, Illinois). On November 4,1939, 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 on the ballot. No objections
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 :
(1) Unit of production and maintenance employees:
Total number eligible to vote__________________________ 2868
Total number of ballots cast___________________________ 292
Total number of valid ballots cast________________________ 275
Total number of votes in favor of United Mine Workers of
America, District 50, affiliated with the Congress of Indus-
trial Organizations ----------------------------------- 104
Total number of votes in favor of Gas Workers Union, Local
18007, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor__ 163
Total number of votes in favor of neither organization____ 8
Total number of void or blank ballots____________________ 0
Total number of challenged ballots_____________________ 17
1 These proceedings are concerned only with the Crawford Production Station plant,
one of five gas production plants maintained by the Peoples Gas Light and Coke Company:
Chicago By-Product Coke Company , which is also named in the caption , operates this plant
as agent of the Peoples Gas Light and Coke Company.
2 15 N. L. R. B. 1024.
8 This is the number eligible to vote according to the Company 's pay roll.
4 Six persons, not eligible to vote according to the Company 's pay roll, were permitted to
vote under challenge . As the results of the balloting indicate , it was unnecessary to
resolve the challenges. '
17 N. L. R. B., No. 82.
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932 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD
(2) Unit of watchmen :
Total number eligible to vote____________________________ 14
Total number of valid ballots cast________________________ 12
Total number of votes in favor of Gas Workers Union, Local
18007, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor__ 7
Total number of votes against the aforementioned union__ 5
Total number of blank, void, or challenged votes---------- 0
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,
IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that Gas Workers Union, Local 18007, affili-
ated with the American Federation of Labor, has been designated, and
selected by a majority of the production and maintenance employees at
the Crawford Production Station plant of the Peoples Gas Light and
Coke Company,5 excluding supervisory and clerical employees, first-aid
men, telephone operators, and watchmen, as their -representative for
the purposes of collective bargaining, and that, pursuant to Section
9 (a) of the Act, Gas Workers Union, Local 18007, affiliated with the
American 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; and
IT IS HEREBY FURTHER CERTIFIED that Gas Workers Union, Local
18007, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, has been
designated and selected by a majority of the watchmen employed at
the Crawford Production Station plant of the Peoples Gas Light and
Coke Company,' as their representative for the purposes of collective
bargaining, and that, pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the Act, Gas Work-
ers Union, Local 18007, affiliated with the American 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.
5 See footnote 1, supra.
a.See footnote 1, supra.