Iowa Southern Utilities Co.

In the Matter of IOWA SOUTHERN UTILITIES COMPANY and UTILITY WORKERS ORGANIZING COMMITTEE LOCAL 109, (C. I. 0.) In the Matter of IOWA SOUTHERN UTILITIES COMPANY and UNION OF EMPLOYEES OF THE IOWA SOUTHERN UTILITIES COMPANY Cases Nos. R-1456 and R-1457, respectively CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES November 14, 1939 On September 22, 1939, the National Labor Relations Board, herein called the Board, issued a Decision, Order, and Direction of Election in the above-entitled case? Pursuant to the Direction of Election, an election by secret ballot. was conducted on October 6 and 7, 1939, at Grinnell, Creston, Osceola, Centerville, Ottumwa, Washington, and Burlington, Iowa, under the direction and-supervision ofrthe'Regional Director for the Eighteenth Region (Minneapolis, Minnesota). On October 12, 1939, the Regional Director, acting pursuant to Article III, Section 9, of National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regu- lations-Series 2, issued, and on October 13 and 14, 1939, duly served upon the parties an Election Report containing a tally of the ballots and his findings and recommendations. On October 19, 1939, Utility Workers Organizing Committee, by Fred Thomason, National Repre- sentative, filed with-.the<Regional•Director its objections to. the: Election Report, alleging in substance that a number of ineligible voters had participated in the election. On October 28, 1939, Utility Workers Organizing Committee, by said Fred Thomason, withdrew its objec- tions previously filed. No other.objections or exceptions to the Election Report have been filed by any of the parties: 15 N. L. R. B. 580. 17 N. L. R. B., No. 55. 681 682 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR REF ATIONS BOARD The Regional Director reported the following results of the ballot- ing : Total number of eligible voters----- -------------------------- 291 Total number of ballots cast---------------------------------- 284 Total number of votes counted ----------------------------- 269 Total number of ballots cast for Utility Workers Organizing Committee (C. I. 0.) -------------------------------------- 40 Total number of ballots cast for Union of Employees of the Iowa Southern Utilities Company-------------------------- 150 Total number of ballots cast for International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 347 (A . F. of L.)------------------ 77 Total number of ballots cast for none of the above organizations_ 2 Total number of blank ballots -------------------------------- 0 Total number of void ballots-------------------------------- 0 Total number of challenged ballots------------------ -------- 15 By virtue of and pursuant to the power vested in the National Labor Relations Board by Section 9 (c) of the National Labor Relations Act, 49 Stat. 449, and pursuant to Article III, Sections 8 and 9, of National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series 2, .. IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that Union of Employees of the Iowa South- ern Utilities Company has been designated and selected by a majority of the production and maintenance employees of Iowa Southern Utilities Company throughout its system, including temporary em- ployees who had worked a total of 350 hours or more from-January 1, 1939, to July 15, 1939, whose names appeared on the company's pay roll of July 15, 1939, but exclusive, of casual labor, officials, supervisory employees, clerical and office workers, managers, local managers, col- lectors, the combined meter reader and collector at Osceola (L. L_ Linder) 'all foremen, all bus-garage employees at Burlington and Ot- -tumwa, railway-department employees, district accountants, all super- intendents, part-time j anitresses, chief engineers, engineers in general construction department, engineer in general, district engineers, chief gas makers, distributive engineers, attendant, street-light employees, servicers of street lights, head electrician of the new business and nier- schandise department at Washington, line and service department em- ployee at Sigourney (W. G. Shafer), material and stock clerk in the: office at Centerville and temporary employees who worked less than 350 hours from January 1, 1939 to July 15, 1939, as their representa- tive for the purposes of collective bargaining, and that pursuant toy Section 9 (a) of the National Labor Relations Act, Union of Em- ployees of the Iowa Southern Utilities Company is the exclusive rep- resentative of all such employees for the purposes of collective bar- gaining in respect to rates of pay, wages, hours of employment, anc other conditions of employment.