Woodward Iron Company

In the Matter Of WOODWARD IRON COMPANY and LIPSCOMB RED ORE LOCAL UNION No. 103 OF' THE INTERNATIONAL UNION OF MINE, MILL, AND SMELTER WORKERS Case No. R-1370 CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES August 22, 1939 On July 17, 1939, the National Labor Relations Board, herein called the Board, issued in the above-entitled case a Decision and Direction of Election.' The Direction of Election directed that an election by secret ballot be conducted with fifteen (15) days from the date of the Direction among all maintenance and production em- ployees located in the Company's Red Ore Division including "con- tractors" and clerical employees in the mines, who were employed dur- ing the pay-roll period ending April 15, 1939, including employees who had not worked during such pay-roll period because they were ill or on vacation, but excluding supervisory employees and office clerical employees, and employees who had since quit or been dis- charged for cause, to determine whether they desired to be represented by Lipscomb Red Ore Local Union No. 103 of the International Union of Mine, Mill, and Smelter Workers, affiliated with the Congress of Industrial Organizations, or by Red Ore Miners' Union No. 21971, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, for the purposes of collective bargaining, or by neither. Pursuant to the Direction of Election, an election by secret ballot was conducted at Lipscomb, Alabama, on July 29, 1939, under the direction and supervision of the Regional Director for the Tenth Region (Atlanta, Georgia). On August 4, 1939, the Regional Di- rector, acting pursuant to Article III, Section 9, of National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series 2, issued and duly served upon the parties an Election Report on the ballot. In his report, the Regional Director certified that the election was fairly and impartially conducted and that the ballots cast were duly and fairly counted under his supervision, and that there had been filed with him by the tellers statements to that effect. No objections or 113 N. L. It. B. 624. 14 N. L. R. B., No. 67. 860 WOODWARD IRON COMPANY 861 exceptions 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 number of eligible voters ----- ------------------------- 570 Total number of ballots cast-------------------------------- 540 Total number of ballots cast for Lipscomb Red Ore Local Union No. 103 of the International Union of Mine, Mill, and Smelter Workers, affiliated with the Congress of Industrial Organizations-------------------------------------------- 454 Total number of ballots cast for Red Ore Miners' Union No. 21971, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor---- 81 Total number of ballots cast for neither of these labor organ- izations-------------------------------------------------- 4 Total number of challenged ballots------------------------- 1 Total number of void ballots------------------ ------------- 0 Total number of blank ballots--------------- --------------- 0 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, Section 8, of National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series 2, IT Is HEREBY CERTIFIED that Lipscomb Red Ore Local Union No. 103. of the International Union of Mine, Mill, and Smelter Workers, affiliated with the Congress of Industrial Organizations, has been designated and selected by a majority of the maintenance and pro- duction employees who are located in the Red Ore Division of the Woodward Iron Company, Woodward, Alabama, including "con- tractors" and clerical employees in the mines, but exclusive of super- visory and office clerical employees, as their representative for the purposes of collective bargaining and that, pursuant to the provisions of Section 9 (a) of the National Labor Relations Act, Lipscomb Red Ore Local Union No. 103 of the International Union of Mine, Mill, and Smelter Workers, affiliated with the Congress of Industrial Or ganizations, 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. MR. EDwiN S. SMITH took no part in the consideration of the above Certification of Representatives.