United States Pipe & Foundry Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Feb 16, 1942

38 N.L.R.B. 1308 (N.L.R.B. 1942)

In the Matter Of UNITED STATES PIPE & FOUNDRY COMPANY and
FEDERAL UNION #19403, AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR
Case No. R-3223
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 16, 19.2
On December 31, 1941, the National Labor Relations Board issued
a Decision and Direction of Election in the above-entitled proceed-
ing.' Pursuant to the Direction of Election, an election by secret
ballot was conducted on January 21, 1942, under the direction and
supervision of the Regional Director for the Tenth Region (Atlanta,
Georgia). On January 24, 1942, the Regional Director, acting pur-
suant 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 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 number eligible_______________________________________ 16
Total ballots cast__________________________________________ 14
Total number of ballots cast for Federal Union #19403, Amer-
ican Federation of Labor_________________________________ 14
Total number ballots cast against Federal Union #19403,
American Federation of Labor______ ________________ 0
Total number of challenged ballots___________________________ 0
Total number of void ballots________________________________ 0
Total 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 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,
IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that Federal Union #19403, American
Federation of Labor, has been designated and selected by a majority
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UNITED STATES PIPE & FOUNDRY COMPANY 1309
of all office employees, timekeepers, and employees working in the
production and maintenance departments who spend the majority
of their time in clerical work, employed by the Company at its
Bessemer, Alabama, plant, including Bruner, Barnett, Howard,
Knight, Harris, Sides, and Whatley, but excluding supervisory em-
ployees, the draftsmen, the safety engineer, the nurse, Bainbridge,
Bradford, Roberts, Kinard, Green, and Paschal, as their representa-
tive for the purposes of collective bargaining, and that, pursuant
to Section 9 (a) of the National Labor Relations Act, Federal Union
#19403, 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 condi-
tions of employment. I