Roach-Appleton Manufacturing Co.

In the Matter of ROACH-APPLETON MANUFACTURING COMPANY and LOCAL 144, INTERNATIONAL UNION, UNITED AUTOMOBILE WORKERS OF AMERICA, AFFILIATED WITH THE CONGRESS OF INDUSTRIAL OR- GANIZATIONS Case No. R-1775 CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES June 3, 1940 On April 16, 1940, the National' Labor Relations Board, herein called the Board, issued a Decision and Direction of Election in this. proceeding.' Pursuant to the Direction of Election, an election by secret ballot was conducted on May 14, 1940, under the direction and supervision of the Regional Director for the Thirteenth Region (Chicago, Illinois). On May 16, 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. 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 number of ballots cast________________________________ 215 Total number of eligible voters______________________________ 239 Total number of ballots cast for Local 144___________________ 135 Total number of ballots cast against Local 144_______________ 77 Total number of challenged ballots__________________________ 0 Total number of blank ballots______________________________ 1 Total number of void ballots________________________________ 2 Total number of valid ballots cast__________________________ 212 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 Local 144, International Union, United Automobile Workers of America, affiliated with the Congress of Industrial Organizations, has been designated and selected by a ma- 122 N. L. R. B. 1049. 24 N. L. R. B., No. 18. 299 300 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD jority of all production and maintenance employees of Roach- Appleton Manufacturing Company, at its South Bend, Indiana, plant, excluding foremen and clerical and part-time employees, as their representative for the purposes of collective bargaining and that, pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the National Labor Relations Act, Local 144, International Union, United Automobile Workers , of America, affiliated with the Congress of Industrial Organizations, is the exclusive bargaining 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.