L. S. Cohen & Co., Inc.

In the Matter of L. S. COHEN & Co., INC. and INTERNATIONAL UNION, MINE, MILL & SMELTER WORKERS, CASTING DIVISION , C. I. O. Case No. R-1684 CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES - May $2,1942 On April 18, 1942, the National Labor Relations Board issued a Decision and Direction of Election in the above-entitled proceeding.' On, May 5, 1942, the Board issued an Amendment to Direction of Election.2 Pursuant to the Direction of Election, as amended, an election by secret ballot was conducted on May 7, 1942, under the direction and supervision of the Regional Director for the Thirteenth Region (Chicago, Illinois). On May 8, 1942, the Regional Director, acting pursuant to Article III, Section 9, of National Labor Rela- tions Board Rules and Regulations-Series 2, as amended, issued and duly served upon the parties an 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. As to the balloting and its results, the Regional Director reported as follows : Number eligible--------------------------------------------- 26 Number of ballots cast_______________________________________ 26 Number of blank ballots----------------- -------------------- 0 Number of void ballots______________________________________ 0 Number of ballots challenged ( not opened )____________________ 1 Number of valid ballots counted_____________________________ 25 Number of valid ballots counted plus unopened challenged ballots_ 26 Number of valid ballots necessary for majority________________ 14 Number of valid ballots cast for the union-------------------- 19 Number of valid ballots cast against the union---------------- 6 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, 49 Stat. 449, and pursuant to Article III, Sections 8 and 9, 1 40 N. L. R. B. 711. 2 40 N. L. R B. 716. 41 N. L. R. B., No. 45. 204 L. S. COHEN & CO., INC. 205 of National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series 2, as amended, IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that International Union, Mine, Mill '& Smelter Workers, Casting Division, affiliated with the C. I. 0., has .been .designated and selected by a majority of all production and maintenance employees of L. S. Cohen & Co., Inc., Chicago, Illinois, excluding supervisory employees, foremen not engaged in production work, office employees, metallurgists, watchmen, chemists, and truck drivers, as their representative for the purposes of collective bar- gaining, and that, pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the Act, International Union, Mine, Mill & Smelter Workers, Casting Division, affiliated with the C. I. 0., is the exclusive representative of all such employees in respect to rates of pay, wages, hours of employment, and other conditions of employment.