Stephen Ransom, Inc.

In the Matter of STEPHEN RANSOM , INC. and INDUSTRIAL UNION OF MARINE AND SHIPBUILDING WORKERS OF AMERICA, LOCAL No. 13 0 Case, No. 8-530 CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES April 4,1938 On February 28, 1938, the National Labor Relations Board, herein called the Board, issued a Decision and Direction of Election in the above-entitled case.' The Direction of Election directed that an elec- tion by secret ballot be conducted among all the employees of Stephen Ransom, Inc., New York City, herein called the Company, whose names appear either on the Company pay roll of June 9, 1937, or on the Company pay roll of December 15, 1937, excluding timekeepers, office and clerical employees, janitors and janitresses, draftsmen and engineering department employees, watchmen, and salaried persons in executive or supervisory positions who do not work with tools, to determine whether they desired to be represented by Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers of America, Local No. 13, affiliated with the Committee for Industrial Organization, or by Gen- eral Maintenance Workers, International Longshoremen's Association, Local 1474, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, for the purposes of collective bargaining, or bye neither. Pursuant to the Direction, an election by secret ballot was con- ducted on March 14, 1938, at New York City, under the direction and supervision of the-Regional Director for the Second Region (New York City). Full opportunity was accorded all of the parties to this investigation to participate in the conduct of the secret ballot and to make challenges. On March 16, 1938, the Regional Director, acting pursuant to Article III, Section 9, of National Labor Rela- tions Board Rules and Regulations-Series 1, as amended, issued and duly served upon the parties to the proceedings an Intermediate Report on the election. No exceptions to the Intermediate Report have been filed by any of the parties. 15 N L R B. 689 409 410 NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD As to the balloting and its results, the Regional Director reported as follows : Total Number Eligible to Vote------------------------------ 96 Total Number of Ballots Cast ------------------------------- 77 Total Number of Ballots Counted---------------------------- 77 Total Number of Votes in favor of Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers of America, Local No. 13, C, I. O- 68 Total Number of Votes in favor of General Maintenance Work- ers, International Longshoremen's Association , Local 1474, A. F. L-------------------------------------------------- 6 Total Number of Votes in favor of Neither Union- ----------- 3 Total Number of Blank Ballots----------------------------- 0 Total Number of Void Ballots------------------------------ 0 Total Number of Challenged Votes-------------------------- 0 By virtue of and pursuant to the power vested in the National Labor Relations Board by Section 9 (c) of the National Labor Re- lations Act, 49 Stat. 449, and pursuant to Article III, Section 9, of National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series 1, as amended, IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that Industrial Union of Marine and- Ship- building Workers of America, Local No. 13, affiliated with the Com- mittee for Industrial Organization, has been designated and selected by a majority of all the employees of Stephen Ransom, Inc., New York City, excluding timekeepers, office and clerical employees, jani- tors and janitresses, draftsmen and engineering department em- ployees, watchmen, and salaried persons in executive or supervisory positions who do not work with tools, as their representative for the purposes of collective bargaining and that, pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the National Labor Relations Act, Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers of America, Local No. 13, affiliated with the Committee for Industrial Organization, is the exclusive representa- tive 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. 0