Virginia Bridge Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Mar 17, 1941

30 N.L.R.B. 374 (N.L.R.B. 1941)

In the Matter Of VIRGINIA BRIDGE COMPANY and INTERNATIONAL
ASSOCIATION OF BRIDGE, STRUCTURAL & ORNAMENTAL IRON WORKERS,
SIIOPNIEN's LOCAL 530
Case No. R-2251,
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
March 17, 1941
On January 28, 1941, the National Labor Relations Board, herein
called the Board, issued a 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 21, 1941,
under the direction and supervision of the Regional Director for
the Tenth Region (Atlanta, Georgia). On February 26, 1941, the
Regional Director, acting pursuant to Article III, Section 9, of Na-
tional 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 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_______________________________________ 229
Total
Total
ballots cast------------------------------------------
number of ballots cast for International Association of
214
Bridge, Structural & Ornamental Iron Workers, Shopmen's
Local 530, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor- 152
Total number of ballots against International Association of
Bridge, Structural & Ornamental Iron Workers, Shopmen's
Local 530, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor_ 61
Total number"of challenged ballots-------------------------- 0
Total number of void ballots------------------------------- 1
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,
129 N L R B 241
30 N. L. R. B., No. 56.
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VIRGINIA BRIDGE COMPANY 375
IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that International Association of Bridge,
Structural & Ornamental Iron Workers, Shopmen's Local 530, affili-
ated with the American Federation of Labor, has been designated
and selected by a majority of all.employees at the Memphis plant
of Virginia Bridge Company, Memphis, Tennessee, excluding watch-
men, clerical employees, superintendents, assistant superintendents,
general foremen, foremen, and subforemen who spend at least 50
per cent of their time in actual supervisory duties, as their represen-
tative for the purposes of collective -bargaining, and that, pursuant
to Section "9 (a) of the Act, International Association of Bridge,
Structural & Ornamental Iron Workers, Shopmen's Local 530, affili-
ated with the American Federation of Labor, is the exclusive repre-
sentative of all such employees for the purposes of collective bar-
gaining in respect to rates of pay, wages, hours of employment, and
other, conditions of employment.