Chain Belt Co.

In the Matter of CHAIN BELT COMPANY and STEEL WORKERS ORGANIZ- ING COMMITTEE, ON BEHALF OF THE AMALGAMATED ASSOCIATION OF IRON, STEEL & TIN WORKERS OF NORTH AMERICA, LODGE #1527 Case No. R-1541 SUPPLEMENTAL DECISION AND ORDER December 9, 19.39 On November 2, 1939, the National Labor Relations Board, herein called the Board, issued a Decision and Direction of Election in the above-entitled proceedings.' The Direction of Election provided that an election by secret ballot be conducted within thirty (30) days from the date of the Direction among all production and maintenance em- ployees engaged at the Milwaukee County plants of Chain Belt Com- pany, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, excluding supervisory and clerical em- ployees and employees who have since quit or been discharged for cause, to determine whether or not they desire to be represented by the Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel & Tin Workers of North America, Lodge #1527, for the purposes of collective bargaining. Pursuant to the Direction, the election by secret ballot was held on November 17, 1939, at Milwaukee and West Milwaukee, Wisconsin, under the direction and supervision of the Regional Director for the Twelfth Region. On November 21,1939, the Regional Director, 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 containing a tally of the ballots. In his Report the Regional Director certified that the ballot was fairly and impartially conducted, that the ballots cast were duly and fairly counted under his supervision, and that statements to such effect had been filed with him by the observers. As to the balloting and its results, the Regional Director reported as follows : 117 N. L. R. B. 155. 18 N. L. R. B., No. 33. 222 CHAIN BELT COMPANY 223 1. Number of Employees Eligible to Vote____________________ 771 2. Total Number of Ballots Cast____________________________ 762 3. Number of Votes Counted________________________________ 4. Number of Votes for the Amalgamated Association of Iron, 762 Steel & Tin Workers of North America, Lodge #1527____ 356 5. Number of Votes against the Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel & Tin Workers of North America, Lodge #1527_ 406 6. Number of Blank Ballots________________________________ 0 7. Number of Void Ballots__________________________________ 0 8. Number of Challenged Ballots____________________ ________ 0 No objections to the conduct of the ballot or the Election Report have been filed by any of the parties. The results of the election show that no collective bargaining repre- sentative has been selected by a majority of the employees in the appropriate unit. The petition of Steel Workers Organizing Com- mittee, on behalf of the Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel & Tin Workers of North America, Lodge #1527, for investigation and certification of representatives of employees of Chain Belt Company will, therefore, be dismissed. ORDER By virtue of 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 ORDERED that the petition for investigation and certification of representatives of employees of Chain Belt Company, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, filed by Steel Workers Organizing Committee, on behalf of the Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel & Tin Workers of North America, Lodge #1527, be, and it hereby is, dismissed.