Western Massachusetts Electric Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Jul 12, 1940

25 N.L.R.B. 334 (N.L.R.B. 1940)

In the Matter Of WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS ELECTRIC COMPANY and
INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOr OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS, LOCAL UNION
#761 (AFL) -
Case No. R-18,23
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
July lo. 1940
On June 6, 1940, 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 Election, an elec-
tion by secret ballot was conducted on June 27, 1940, under the direc-
tion and supervision of the Regional Director for the First Region
(Boston, Massachusetts). On June 28, 1940, 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 an Election Report on the ballot. No objec-
tions 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 to vote________________________________ 72
Total number of valid votes cast____________________________ 70
Total number of ballots marked "Yes"_______________________ 42
Total number of ballots marked "No"_______________________ 28
Total number of void ballots________________________________ 0
Total number of blank ballots______________________________ 0
Total number of challenged ballots___________________________ 3
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, as amended,
IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that International Brotherhood of Electrical
Workers, Local Union #761, affiliated with the American Federation of
Labor, has been designated and selected by a majority of the employ-
ees in the line and meter departments of Western Massachusetts Elec-
tric Company at Greenfield, Amherst, Easthampton, South Deerfield,
and Gardner's Falls, Massachusetts, including linemen, groundmen,
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WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS COMPANY 335
truck drivers, cable splicers and helpers, lamp trimmers, meter readers,
meter installers, meter testers, and operators and helpers, but exclud-
ing executives, supervisory employees, line foremen, meter-department
foremen, trouble and meter-district employees, radio-interference em-
ployees, stockroom employees, garage employees, line- department
clerks, and meter-department clerks, as their representative for the
purposes of collective bargaining, and that, pursuant to Section 9 (a)
of the Act, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local
Union #761, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, is the
exclusive representative of all such employees for the purposes of
collective bargaining, with respect to rates of pay, wages, hours of
employment, and other conditions of employment.
MR. WILLIAM M. LEISERSON took no part in the consideration of the
above Certification of Representatives.