American Sugar Refining Co.

In the Matter of AMERICAN SUGAR REFINING COMPANY and COMMIT. TEE FOR INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATION In the Matter of AMERICAN SUGAR REFINING COMPANY and UNITED SUGAR WORKERS UNION, LOCAL 21023 Cases Nos. R-363 and R-364 CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES February 14, 1938 On August 14, 1937, the Committee for Industrial Organization, herein called the C. I. 0., and United Sugar Workers Union, Local 21023, herein called the Federal Union, each filed with the Regional Director for the Fifth Region (Baltimore, Maryland) a petition alleging that a question affecting commerce had arisen concerning the representation of employees of American Sugar Refining Company, herein called the Company, at its refinery located in Baltimore, Maryland, and requesting an investigation and certification of rep- resentatives pursuant to Section 9 (c) of the National Labor Rela- tions Act, 49 Stat. 449, herein called the Act. On September 25, 1937, the National Labor Relations Board, herein called the Board, acting pursuant to Article III, Section 10 (c) (2), of National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series 1, as amended, di- rected that the cases be consolidated for the purposes of a hearing, and acting pursuant to Article III, Section 3, of said Rules and Reg- ulations, ordered an investigation and authorized the Regional Direc- tor to conduct it and to provide for an appropriate hearing upon due notice. On October 7, 1937, the Regional Director issued a notice of hear- ing, copies of which were duly served upon the Company, upon the C. I. O. and upon the Federal Union. On October 20, 1937, the Regional Director also issued to the International Longshoremen's Association and to the Truck Drivers' and Helpers' Union notices advising each such organizations of its right to intervene in this case. Pursuant to the notices, a hearing was held on October 25, 1937, at Baltimore, Maryland, before Leo J. Kriz, the Trial Examiner duly designated by the Board. On January 13, 1938, the Board issued a Decision and a Direction of Election.' The Direction of Election 14 N. L. R. B. 897. 299 300 NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD provided that an election by secret ballot be held within 15 days from the date of the Direction among production employees of American Sugar Refining Company at its plant in Baltimore, Maryland, who were on its pay roll of October 16, 1937, including weighers, checkers, samplers, and chauffeurs, but excluding longshoremen, guards, lab- oratory workers, supervisory and clerical employees, and those who since had voluntarily quit or been discharged for cause, to determine whether they desired to be represented by the Committee for Indus- trial Organization or by the United Sugar Workers Union, Local 21023, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, for the pur- poses of collective bargaining, or by neither. The Regional Director, acting pursuant to Article III, Section 9, of National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series 1, as amended, issued and duly served upon the parties to the proceed- ing his Intermediate Report on the ballot. No exceptions to the Intermediate Report have been filed by any of the parties. As to the balloting and its results the Regional Director reported as follows : Total number of eligibles-------------------------------------- 675 Total number of ballots cast------------------------------------ 613 Total number of blank ballots---------------------------------- 0 Total number of void ballots------------------------------------ 1 Total number of challenged ballots------------------------------ 0 Total number of votes for the Committee for Industrial Organiza- tion---------------------------------------------------------- 486 Total number of votes for United Sugar Workers Union, Local 21023, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor-------- 67 Total number of ballots cast for neither labor organization------ 59 By virtue of and pursuant to the power vested in the National Labor Relations Act and pursuant to Article III, Sections 8 and 9, of National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series 1, as amended, IT Is HEREBY- CERTIFIED that the Committee for Industrial Organi- zation has been designated and selected by a majority of the produc- tion employees of the American Sugar Refining Company at its plant in Baltimore, Maryland, including weighers, checkers, samplers, and chauffeurs , but excluding longshoremen , guards, laboratory workers, supervisory and clerical employees, as' their representative for the purposes of collective bargaining, and that, pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the National Labor Relations Act, the Committee for Indus- trial Organization is the exclusive representative of all such em- ployees for the purposes of collective bargaining in respect to rates of pay, wages , hours of employment , and other conditions of employment.