The International Nickel Co., Inc.

In the Matter of THE INTERNATIONAL NICKEL COMPANY, INC. and SQUARE DEAL LODGE No. 40, AMALGAMATED ASSOCIATION OF IRON, STEEL AND TIN WORKERS OF NORTH AMERICA, THROUGH STEEL WORKERS ORGANIZING COMMITTEE Case No. R-640 CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES February 26, 1940 On January 27, 1940 the National Labor Relations Board, herein called the Board, issued its Third Supplemental Decision, Order, and Third Direction of Election' in the above-entitled proceedings. Pur- suant to the Third Direction of Election, an election by secret ballot was conducted on February 1, 1940, under the direction and super- vision of the Regional Director for the Ninth Region (Cincinnati, Ohio). On February 5, 1940, the Regional Director acting pursuant to Article III, Section 9, of National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series 2, as amended, issued and duly served upon the parties an Election Report. No objections to the conduct of the ballot or 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 : Number of alleged eligible voters-------------------------- - 1,261 Number of ballots placed in ballot bog---------------------- 1,192 Number of unchallenged ballots for Nickel Alloys Employees' Association, Inc----------------------------------------- 407 Number of unchallenged ballots for Square Deal Lodge No. 40, S. W. 0. C------------------------------------------ 636 Number of unchallenged ballots for neither----------------- 141 Number of challenged ballots------------------------------ 0 Number of blank ballots----------------------------------- 3 Number of spoiled ballots ---------------------------------- 5 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, Sections 8 and 9, of National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series 2, as amended. 119 N. L. R. B. 951. 20 N. L. R. B., No. 78. 860 THE INTERNATIONAL NICKEL COMPANY, INC. 861 IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that Square Deal Lodge. No. 40, Amalga- mated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers of North America, through Steel Workers Organizing Committee has been designated and selected by a . majority of the. employees of Inter- national Nickel Company, Inc., at its Huntington, West Virginia, plant, who are paid on an hourly, piece, or tonnage basis except watchmen, chemists, mill inspectors, and cooperative students, as their representative for the, purposes of collective bargaining, and that pur- suant to Section 9 (a) of the National Labor Relations Act, Square Deal Lodge No. 40, Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers of North America, through Steel Workers Organizing Com- mittee, 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.