R. K. LeBlond Machine Tool Co.

In the Matter of R. K. LEBLOND MACHINE TOOL Co., CINCINNATI ELECTRICAL TOOL CO. and INDEPENDENT EMPLOYEES ORGANIZATION Case No. R-1655 CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES May 7,1940 On March 30, 1940, the National Labor Relations Board, herein called the Board, issued a Supplemental Decision and Second Direc- tion of Election in the above-entitled proceeding.' Pursuant to the Second Direction of Election, an election by secret ballot was con- ducted on April 23, 1940, under the direction and supervision of the Regional Director for the Ninth Region (Cincinnati, Ohio). On April 24, 1940, the Regional Director, acting pursuant to Article III, Section 9, of National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regula- tions-Series 2, as amended, issued and duly served upon the parties an 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 eligible to vote________________________________________ 555 Total number of ballots cast_______________________________ 540 Ballots cast for Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel & Tin Workers of North America, Local No. 1702_________________ 229 Ballots cast for independent Employees Organization--------- 293 Total number of blank ballots_______________________________ 6 Total number of void ballots________________________________ 1 Total number of challenged ballots__________________________ 11 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, IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that Independent Employees Organization has been designated and selected by a majority of all production and maintenance employees of R. K. LeBlond Machine Tool Co. and Cin- 122 N. L. R. B. 465. 23 N. L. R. B., No. 50. 621 622 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD cinnati Electrical Tool Co., Cincinnati, Ohio, including hourly paid powerhouse employees and apprentices, but excluding watchmen, salaried powerhouse employees, foremen, assistant foremen, super- visors in charge of any class of labor, timekeepers, salaried employees, cooperative students, student summer employees, office employees, rate setters, and draftsmen, as their representative for the purposes of collective bargaining and that, pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the National Labor Relations Act, Independent Employees Organization 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.