United States Rubber Co.

In the Matter of UNITED STATES RUBBER COMPANY (PROVIDENCE PLANT ) and RUBBER WORKERS FEDERAL LABOR UNION, LOCAL #22014, AFFILIATED WITH THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR In the Matter Of UNITED STATES RUBBER COMPANY and UNITED RUBBER WORKERS OF AMERICA, AFFILIATED WITH THE C. I. O. In the Matter Of UNITED STATES RUBBER COMPANY and LOCAL UNION B102, IBEW Cases Nos. R-1669, R-1670, and R-1671, respectively CERTIFICATIONS OF REPRESENTATIVES March 27, 1940 On February 16, 1940, the National Labor Relations Board, herein called the Board, issued a Decision, Direction of Elections and Order 1 in the above-entitled proceeding. Pursuant to the Direction of Elec- tions, elections by secret ballot were conducted on March 6, 1940, under the direction and supervision of the Regional Director for the First Region (Boston, Massachusetts). On March 8, 1940, the Re- gional 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 conduct of the ballot or the Election Report have been filed by any of the parties. - As to the balloting and its results, the Regional Director reported as follows : PROVIDENCE PLANT Total number eligible to vote------------------------------- 2221 Total number of valid votes cast---------------------------- 1938 Total number of ballots cast for Rubber Workers Federal Labor Union, Local #22014, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor (A F. of L )------------------------- 1120 Total number of ballots cast for United Rubber Workers of America, affiliated with the Congress of Industrial Organiza- tions (C. I. 0 )------------------------------------------- 711 Total number of ballots cast for neither of the above-named labor organizations--------------------------------------- 103 Total number of blank ballots------------------------------- 3 Total number of void ballots-------------------------------- 1 Total number of challenged ballots--------------------------- 5 120 N L R B 473. 21 N. L. R B., No. 115. 1140 UNITED STATES RUBBER COMPANY 1141 PASSAIC PLANT Total number eligible to vote-------------------------------- 18 Total number of valid votes cast----------------------------- 18 Total number of ballots cast for Local Union B102 of Interna- tional Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor (A. F. of L.)--------- ------ 14 Total number of ballots cast against the afore -mentioned Union--------------------------------------------------- 4 Total number of blank ballots------------------------------- 0 Total number of void ballots -------------------------------- 0 Total number of challenged 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 Relations 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, IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that Rubber Workers Federal Labor Union, Local #22014, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, has been designated and selected by a majority of the production, main- tenace, and shipping employees at the Providence plant of United States Rubber Company, including non-supervisory instructors, but excluding supervisory employees, watchmen, office employees, and em- ployees of the product development, specialties, laboratory control, loans, and miscellaneous office and draft-room departments, as their representative for the purposes of collective bargaining, and that, pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the Act, Rubber Workers Federal Labor Union, Local #22014, affiliated with the American 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. IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that Local Union B102 of International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, affiliated with the American Fed- eration of Labor, has been designated and selected by a majority of the electrical workers at the Passaic plant of United States Rubber Company, as their representative for the purposes of collective bar-- gaining, and that, pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the Act, Local Union B102 of International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, is the exclusive representative of all such employees for the purpose of collective bargaining in re- spect to rates of pay, wages, hours of employment, and other conditions of employment. 283032-41-vol. 21-73