The Ingalls Shipbuilding Corp.

In the Matter of THE INGALLS SHIPBUILDING CORPORATION and METAL . TRADES DEPARTMENT, AFFILIATED WITH A. F. OF L. Case No. R-1738 CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES May 1, 1940 On March 20, 1940, the National Labor Relations Board, herein called the Board, issued a Decision and Direction of Election 1 in the above-entitled proceeding. Pursuant to the Direction of Election, an election by secret ballot was conducted on April 3, 1940, under the direction and supervision of the Regional Director for the Fifteenth Region (New Orleans, Louisiana). On April 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 his Election Report. 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 : Total on eligibility list------------------------------------- 715 Total ballots cast------------------------------------------ 661 Total ballots challenged------------------------------------- 3 a Challenged ballots determined eligible---------------- 0 b. Challenged ballots determined not eligible------------- 0 Total blank ballots----------------------------------------- Total void ballots------------------------------------------ Total valid votes cast-------------------------------------- Votes cast for Metal Trades Department, affiliated with A. F. of L------------------------------------------------ 548 Votes cast against Metal Trades Department , affiliated with A. F. of L----------------------------------------------- 110 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, 12t N L R B 789 23 N. L. R. B, No. 33. 0 0 658 485 283034-41-col 23--32 486 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD IT Is HEREBY CERTIFIED that Metal Trades Department, affiliated with the A. F. of L., has been designated and selected by a majority of the production and maintenance employees of The Ingalls Ship- building Corporation at its Pascagoula, Mississippi, plant, excluding managerial employees, supervisory employees, office clerks, instructors in the welding school or other craft schools that may be established by the Company, watchmen or policemen who are deputized, com- missioned, or appointed by the City of Pascagoula, or other public authority, instrument men, inspectors, office porters, cost-department clerks, and checkers, as their representative for the purposes of col- lective bargaining and that, pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the National Labor Relations Act, Metal Trades Department, affiliated with the A. F. of L., 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.