Wickwire Spencer Steel Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Feb 2, 1940

20 N.L.R.B. 99 (N.L.R.B. 1940)

In the Matter Of AVICKwIRE SPENCER STEEL COMPANY and FEDERATED
INDUSTRIAL UNION
Case No. R-1598
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 2, 1940
On December 16, 1939, the National Labor Relations Board, herein
called the Board, issued a Decision and Direction of Election in the
above-entitled proceedings., Pursuant to the Direction of Election,
an election by secret ballot was conducted on January 15, 1940, at
the plant of the Company at Tonawanda, New York, under the
direction and supervision of the Regional Director for the Third
Region (Buffalo, New York). On January 16, 1940, the Regional
Director, acting pursuant to Article III, Section 9, of National Labor
Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series 2, issued an Election
Report, copies of which, were served upon the parties. No objec-
tions to the conduct of the ballot or to the Election Report have
been filed by any of the parties.
The Regional Director reported the following results of the secret
ballot :
Total on eligibility list----- --------------------------- 1290
Total ballots cast------------------------------------- 1179
Total valid votes cast--------------------------------- 1168
Ballots in favor of Federated Industrial Union , Wickwire
Local No. 106 of Federated Industrial Union---------- 355
Ballots in favor of S. W. 0. C. Lodge No. 1060 of Amalga-
mated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers of
North America-------------------------------------- 785
Ballots in favor , of_n6itfier----------------------------- 28
Challenged ballots------------- ------------------------ 3
Void ballots------------------------------------------ 8
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,
1I8 N. L. R. B. 372.
20 N. L. R. B., No. 6.
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100 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD
IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that S. W. 0. C., Lodge No. 1060 of Amal-
gamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers of North
America, has been designated and selected by a majority of the pro-
duction and maintenance employees, including 'heaters and weigh-
masters in the open hearth, employed by Wickwire Spencer Steel
Company, Tonawanda, New York, at the plant of said Company in
Tonawanda, excluding executives, foremen, assistant foremen, rollers
in the rod mill, office employees, timekeepers, weighers, production
clerks, police, chemists, and nurses, as their representative for the
purposes of collective bargaining, and that, pursuant to the provi-
sions of Section 9 (a) of the National Labor Relations Act,
S. W. 0. C., Lodge No. 1060 of Amalgamated Association of Iron,
Steel and Tin Workers of North -America, is the exclusive repre-
sentative of all such employees for the purposes of collective bargain-
ing in respect to rates of pay, wages, hours of employment, and other
conditions of employment.