The Western Foundry Co.

In the Matter of THE WESTERN FOUNDRY COMPANY and STEEL `YORKERS ORGANIZING COMMITTEE, AFFILIATED WITH C I. O. On May 26. 1942, the National Labor Relations Board issued a Decision and Direction of Election,, and on June 30, 1942, an Amend- ment to Direction of Election 2 In the above-entitled proceeding. Pursuant to the Direction of Election, as amended, an election by seciet ballot was conducted on June 22, 1942, under the direction and supeivision of the Regional Dnector for the Thirteenth Region (Chicago, Illinois). On June 23, 1942,.tlie,Regional Diiector, acting pursuant to Aiticle III, Section 9, of National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Seises 2, as amended, issued and duly served upon the parties an Election Report. No objections to the conduct of the ballot of to the Election Report have been filed by any of the pai ties As to the balloting and its results, the Regional Diiector reported as follows. Number eligible -------------------------------------------- 353 Number of ballots cast----------------- -------------- 317 Number of blank ballots---------------------- ------------- 2 Number of void ballots --------------------------- - --------- 2 Number of ballots challenged (riot opened) ------------------ 3 Number of valid ballots counted---------------------------- 310 Number of valid ballots counted plus unopened challenged ballots--------------------------------------------------- 313 Case No. R-3771 CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES July 10, 1940 Number of valid ballots necessary for majouty--------------- 157 Number of valid ballots cast for C I 0---------------------- 224 Number of valid ballots cast for A F of L------------------- 71 Number of %alld ballots cast for neither union--------------- 15 By virtue of and pursuant to the power vested in the National Labor Relations Boaid by Section 9 (c) of the National Labor Rela- tions Act, 49 Stat 449, and pursuant to Aiticle III, Sections 8 and 9, of National Laboi Relations Boaid Rules and Regulations-Seiies 2, as amended, 1 41 N L R Ii 301 241N L R B 306 42NLRB,No73 309 310 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that United Steelworkers of America, affil- iated with C I 0, has been designated and selected by a majority of all production and maintenance employees of The Western ,Foundry Company at its Kedzie and Albany Avenue plant in Chi- cago, Illinois, excluding supervisory,, office, clerical and sales em- ployees, chemists and technicians, watchmen, outside truck drivers, licensed firemen, and students, as,their representative for the pur- poses of collective bargaining, and that, pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the National Labor Relations Act, United - Steelworkers of America, affiliated with C I 0 , 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. I