United Steel and Wire Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Feb 6, 1941

29 N.L.R.B. 437 (N.L.R.B. 1941)

In the Matter of UNITED STEEL AND WIRE COMPANY and LocAL 704,
INTERNATIONAL UNION, UNITED AUTOMOBILE WORKERS OF AMERICA,
AFFILIATED WITH THE C. I. 0., AND INTERNATIONAL UNION, UNITED
AUTOMOBILE WORKERS OF AMERICA, AFFILIATED WITH THE C. I. O.
Case No. R-°°160
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 6, 1941
On December 23, 1940, the National Labor Relations Board, herein
called the Board, issued a Decision and Direction of Election in this
proceeding.' Pursuant to the Direction of Election, an election by
secret ballot was conducted on January 17, 1941, under the direction
and supervision of the Regional Director for the Seventh Region
(Detroit, Michigan). On January 18, 1941, 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 his 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-------------------------------------- 612 ,
Total ballots east------------------------------------------- 555
Total ballots challenged------------------------------------- .
6
Total ballots blank----------------------------------------- 0
Total ballots void------------------------------------------ 0
Total valid votes cast--------------------------------------- 549
Total votes cast for Local 704 , International Union, United
Automobile Workers of America--------------------------- 330
Total votes cast for Independent Association of Employees of
United Steel and Wire Company--------------------------- 194
Total votes cast for neither--------------------------------- 25
Since the challenged ballots cannot affect the results of the election, 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,
1 28 N L. R B. 761.
29 N. L R B ., No. 84.
437
438 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD
of National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series 2,
as amended,
IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that Local 704, International Union, United
Automobile Workers of America, has been designated and selected by
a majority of all hourly paid employees of United Steel and Wire
Company at its Battle Creek, Michigan, plants, excluding executives,
supervisors, foremen, assistant foremen, clerks, draftsmen, watchmen,
firemen, supervisory inspectors and assistants, and other employees
having supervisory authority over employees' right to work, as their
representative for the purposes of collective bargaining, and that,
pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the National Labor Relations Act, Local
704, International Union, United Automobile Workers of America, is
the exclusive representative of all such employees for the purposes of
collective bargaining, in respect to rates of pay, wages, hours of em-
ployment, and other conditions of employment.