Faries Manufacturing Co.

In the Matter of FARIES MANUFACTURING COMPANY and LODGE 493, INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS, AFFILIATED WITH THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR Case No. R-3411 CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES March 5, 1942 On January 17, 1942, the National Labor Relations Board issued a Decision and Direction of Election in the above-entitled proceeding.' Pursuant to the Direction of Election, an election by secret ballot was conducted on February 16, 1942, under the direction and supervision of the Regional Director for the Thirteenth Region (Chicago, Illinois). On February 18, 1942, the Regional Director, acting pursuant to Article III, Sction 9, of National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regu- lations-Series 2, as amended, issued and duly served upon the parties an Election Report. No objections to the conduct of the election or to 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 eligible to vote____ ---- ----------- -------------------------- 223 Total ballots cast___________________________________________ 237 Total ballots challenged_____________________________________ 44 Total blank ballots_________________________________________ 0 Total void ballots________ 0 Total valid votes counted___________________________________ Votes cast for Lodge 493, International Association of Ma- 193 chinists,' affiliated with the American Federation of Labor___ 141 Votes cast against Lodge 493, International Association of Ma- chinists, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor____ 52 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 Lodge 493, International Association of Machinists, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, has 1 38 N. L R. B. 399. 39 N. L. R. B., No. 87. 494 FARIES MANUFACTURING COMPANY 495 been designated and selected by a majority of the production and maintenance employees of Faries Manufacturing Company, Decatur, Illinois, including truckers, 'packers, shipping clerks, and crating, stockroom, and painting employees, but excluding office workers, supervisors, non-working foremen, temporary inspectors, salesmen, janitors, and watchmen, as their representative for the purposes of collective bargaining, and that, pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the National Labor Relations Act, Lodge 493, International Association of Machinists, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, 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. 448105-42-vol. 39-33