The Kentucky Fire Brick Co.

IN THE MATTER of THE KENTUCKY FIRE BRICK COMPANY, anal," LOCAL No. 510, UNITED BRICK & CLAY `YORKERS OF AMERICA Case No. R-1659 CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES February 28, .4940 On January 16, 1940, the National Labor Relations Board, herein called the Board, issued its Decision and Direction of Election in the above-entitled proceeding." Pursuant to the Direction of Elec- tion, an election by secret ballot was conducted on February 7 and 8, 1940, under the direction and supervision of the Regional Director for the Ninth Region (Cincinnati, Ohio). On February 10, 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 on the ballot. No objections 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____________________________ 329 Number of ballots placed in ballot bog______________________ 300 Number of unchallenged ballots for United Clay and Tile Workers, Local Industrial Union No. 795 affiliated with the Congress of Industrial Organizations ______________________ 92 Number of unchallenged ballots for United Brick & Clay Workers of America, Local No. 510, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor_______ _____________________ 189 Number of-unchallenged ballots for neither ------------------- 17 Number of challenged ballots________________________________ 1 Number of spoiled ballots__ _________________________________ 1 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 Re- lations 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. 532. 20 N. L. R. B., No. 89. 942 THE KENTUCKY FIRE BRICK COMPANY 943 IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that United Brick & Clay Workers of Amer- ica, Local No. 510, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, has been designated and selected by a majority of the production and maintenance employees, including timekeepers and the supply- house storekeeper, but excluding watchmen, salaried employees, fore- men, and assistant foremen or supervisors in charge of any classes of labor, employed by The Kentucky Fire Brick Company, Haldeman, Kentucky, as their representative for the purposes of collective bar- gaining, and that, pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the Act, United Brick & Clay Workers of America, Local No. 510, affiliated with the Ameri- can Federation of Labor, 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.