Wick Wire Spencer Steel Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Jun 9, 1941

32 N.L.R.B. 444 (N.L.R.B. 1941)

In the Matter of AMERICAN WIRE FABRICS CORPORATION, SUBSIDIARY
OF WICK WIRE SPENCER STEEL Co. and STEEL WORKERS ORGANIZING
CoMMITTEE'LOCAL 2408, AFFILIATED WITH THE C. I. O.
Case No. R,0593.-Decided June 9, 1941
Investigation , and Certification of Representatives : stipulation for certification
upon consent election.
Mr. Robert C. Williams, for the Board.
Mr. Edivin H. Cassels, of Chicago, Ill., for the Company.
Mr. Raymond Sarocco, of Harvey, Ill., for the Union.
Mr. William H. Bartley, of counsel to the Board.
"DECISION
AND
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
STATEMENT OF THE CASE
On May 8, 1941, Steel Workers Organizing Committee, Local 2408,
affiliated with the C. I. 0., herein called the Union, filed with the
Regional Director for the Thirteenth Region (Chicago, Illinois) a
petition alleging that a question affecting commerce had arisen con-
cerning the representation of employees of American Wire Fabrics
Corporation, a subsidiary of Wick Wire Spencer Steel Co., herein
called the Company, engaged in the manufacture of wire fabrics
products at Blue Island, Illinois, and requesting an investigation and
certification of representatives pursuant to Section 9 (c) of the Na-
tional Labor Relations Act, 49 Stat. 449, herein called the Act. On
May 10, 1941, the National Labor Relations Board, herein called the
Board, acting pursuant to Section 9 (c) of the Act and Article III,
Section 3, of National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regula-
tions-Series 2, as amended, ordered an investigation and authorized
the Regional Director to conduct it and to provided for an appro-
priate hearing upon duo notice. On May 9, 1941, the Company, the
Union, the Regional Director, and an attorney for the Board entered
into a "STIPULATION FOR CERTIFICATION UPON CON-
SENT ELECTION."
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AMERICAN WIRE . FABRICS. CORPORATION 445
Pursuant, to the stipulation, an election by secret) ballot was con-
ducted on May 13, 1941, under the direction and supervision of the
Regional Director, among all hourly paid production and' mainte-
nance employees, exclusive of foremen, clerical and supervisory em-
ployees, and watchmen to determine whether or not said employees
desired to be represented by the Union for the purposes of collective
bargaining with the Company. On May 15, 1941; the Regional Di-'
rector issued and duly served upon the parties his 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:
In his Election Report the Regional Director ' reported' as follows
concerning the balloting and its results :
Total number of employees eligible to vote __________________ 71
Total number voting______________________________________ 66
Total number of challenged ballots _______________________ 0
Total number of void ballots_______________________0
Total number of blank ballots_____________________________ 0,
Total number of valid votes cast___________________________ 66
Total number of votes for Steel Workers Organizing Com-
mittee, Local 2408, affiliated with the C. I. 0_____________ 65
Total number against Steel Workers Organizing Committee,
Local 2408, affiliated with the C . I 0_____________________ 1
Upon the basis of the stipulation, the Election Report, and the
entire record in the case, the Board makes the following :
FINDINGS OF FACT
1. A question affecting commerce has arisen concerning the repre-
sentation of employees of American Wire Fabrics Corporation, a
subsidiary of Wick Wire Spencer Steel Co., Blue Island, Illinois,
within the meaning of Section 9 (c) and Section 2 (6) and (7) of
the National Labor Relations Act.
2. All hourly paid production and maintenance employees of the
Company, excluding foremen, clerical and supervisory employees,
and watchmen, constitute a unit appropriate for the purposes of
collective bargaining within the meaning of Section 9 (b) of the
National Labor Relations Act.
3. Steel Workers Organizing Committee, Local 2408, affiliated with
the C. I. 0., has been designated and selected by a majority of the
employees in the above unit as their representative for the purposes
of collective bargaining, and is the exclusive representative of all the
employees in said unit within the meaning of Section 9 (a) of the
National Labor Relations Act.
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CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
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,
IT Is HEREBY CERTIFIED that Steel Workers Organizing Committee,
Local 2408 , affiliated with the C. I. 0., has been designated and
selected by a majority of the hourly paid production and mainte-
nance employees of American Wire Fabrics Corporation, a subsidiary
of Wick Wire Spencer Steel Co., Blue Island, Illinois, exclusive of
foremen, clerical , and supervisory employees, and watchmen, as their
representative for the purposes of collective bargaining, and that
pursuant to the provisions of Section 9 (a) of the Act, Steel Workers
Organizing Committee, Local 2408, affiliated with the C. I. 0., 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.