Newcoal Corp.

In the Matter of NEWCOAL CORPORATION and UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA, DISTRICT #23, AFFILIATED WITH THE C. I. O. and PROGRESSIVE MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA, DISTRICT # 5, AFFILIATED WITH THE A. F. OF L., PARTY TO THE CONTRACT In the Matter of NEWCOAL CORPORATION and UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA , DISTRICT #23, AFFILIATED WITH THE C. I. O. Cases Nos. C-1410 and R-1609, respectively CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES January 18, 1940 On November 13, 1939, the National Labor Relations Board, herein called the Board, issued its 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 December 11, 1939, near Anton, Kentucky, under the direction and supervision of the Regional Director for the Eleventh Region (Indianapolis, Indiana). On December 15, 1939, the Regional Director, acting pursuant to Article III, Section 9, of National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regu- lations-Series 2, issued and duly served upon the parties an Election Report containing a tally of the ballots, and his findings and recom- mendations. No objections to the conduct of the ballot or the Election Report have been filed by any of the parties. The Regional Director reported the following results of the balloting : Total number of eligible voters______________________________ 73 Total number of ballots cast_________________________________ 69 Total number of ballots counted____ __________________________ 67 Total number of ballots cast for United Mines Workers of America, District #23, affiliated with the C. I. 0.__________ 35 Total number of ballots cast for Progressive Mine Workers of America, District #5, affiliated with the A. F. of L___________ 32 Total number of ballots cast for neither organization ---------- 0 Total number of blank ballots ________________________________ 0 Total number of void ballots_______________________________ 0 Total number of challenged ballots__ ________________________ 2 117 N. L. R. B. 617. 19 N. L. R. B., No. 64. 619 620 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS, BOARD 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 United Mine Workers of America, Dis- trict #23, affiliated with the C. I. 0., has been designated and selected by a majority of the persons employed in the mining operations of the Newcoal Corporation, Madisonville, Hopkins County, Kentucky, as production employees, excluding superintendents, mine foremen, sec- tion foremen, room bosses, face bosses, top bosses, entry bosses, electri- cians in a supervisory capacity, all other supervisory employees, and "guards" or "watchmen," as their representative for the purposes of collective bargaining and that pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the National Labor Relations Act, United Mine Workers of America, Dis- trict #23, affiliated with the 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 con- ditions of employment.