The Central Foundry Co.

In the Matter of THE CENTRAL 'FOUNDRY COMPANY and. -. STEEr WORKERS ORGANIZING COMMITTEE Case No. R-16500 SUPPLEMENTAL DECISION AND CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES May 17, 1940 On February 5, 1940, the National Labor Relations Board, herein called the Board, issued a Decision and Direction of Elections 1 in the above-entitled proceedings. On February 21, 1940, the Board issued an Amendment to Direction of Elections 2 granting the re- quest of International Molders' Union of North America that its name not appear upon the ballot. Pursuant to the Direction of Elections, as amended, an election by secret ballot was conducted on March. 5, 1940, under the direction and supervision of the Regional Director for the Tenth Region (Atlanta, Georgia).s On April 23, 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.4 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 : 1 20 N. L. R. B. 131. 2 20 N. L. R. B. 138. 8 The Direction of Elections ordered separate elections among two groups of employees : (a) production and maintenance employees and (b) pattern makers and pattern makers' apprentices . In his Election Report, the Regional Director reported that no election was conducted among pattern makers for the reason that no eligible employees were within that group. ' The Regional Director had issued an Election Report on March 11, 1940 , which was duly served on the parties. On April 23, 1940, the Regional Director served notice on all parties of the withdrawal of the said Election Report of March 11, 1940. 23 N. L. R. B., No. 94. 914 THE CENTRAL FOUNDRY COMPANY 915 Total number eligible______________________________________ 351 Total Total ballots number cast__________________________________________ of ballots cast for Amalgamated Association 278 of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers of North America, Lodge No. 2133, through Steel Workers Organizing Committee____ 249 Tgtal.nunber of ballots cast against Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers of North America, Lodge No. 2133, through Steel Workers Organizing Committee____ 26 Total number of challenged ballots __________________________ 3 Total number of void ballots__ ______________________________ 0 Total number of blank ballots_____ __________________________ 0 In the Decision and Direction of Elections above referred to, the Board made no final determination as to the appropriate unit or units since such determination depended upon the results of the elections. In view of the fact that no election was conducted among pattern makers and pattern makers' apprentices for the reason that no eli- gible employees were employed within that group, we make no de- termination as to the appropriateness of a unit of such employees or their inclusion in a broader units .Upon the entire record in the case, the Board makes the following : SUPPLEMENTAL FINDINGS OF FACT We find that the production and maintenance employees, excluding supervisory and clerical employees, employed by The Central Foundry Company at its Bessemer, Alabama, plant, constitute a unit appro - priate,for the purposes of collective bargaining, and that said unit will insure to employees of the Company the full benefit of their right to self-organization and to collective bargaining and otherwise will effectuate the policies of the Act. Upon the basis of the above findings of fact and upon the entire record in the case, the Board makes the following : SUPPLEMENTAL CONCLUSION OF LAW The production and maintenance employees, excluding supervisory and clerical employees, employed by The Central Foundry Company at its Bessemer, Alabama, plant, constitute a unit appropriate for the purposes of collective bargaining, within the meaning of Section 9 (b) of the National Labor Relations Act. 5 Under these circumstances, it is unnecessary to rule upon the request of Pattern Makers Association of Birmingham , Alabama, filed February 27, 1940, that its name be removed from the ballot among such employees without prejudice to its right to petition in the future for an election among pattern makers should any be employed by the Company 916 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES 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, 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 Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers of North America, Lodge No. 2133, through Steel Workers Organizing Committee, has been designated and -se- lected by a majority of the production and maintenance employees, excluding supervisory and clerical employees, employed by The Cen- tral Foundry Company at its Bessemer, Alabama, plant, as their rep- resentative for the purposes of collective bargaining and that, pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the Act, Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers of North America, Lodge No. 2133, through Steel Workers Organizing Committee, is the exclusive rep- resentative of all such employees for the purposes of collective bar- gaining in respect to rates of pay, wages, hours of employment, and other conditions of employment.