Portland Iron Works

In the Matter of PORTLAND IRON WORKS and WILLAMETTE LODGE #63, INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS, AFFILIATED WITH THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR Case No. R-1719 CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES April 15, 1940 On March 11, 1940, the National Labor Relations Board, herein called the Board, issued a Decision and Direction of Election in the above-entitled proceeding.' Pursuant to the Direction of Election, an election by secret ballot was conducted on March 22, 1940, under the direction and supervision of the Regional Director for the.Nine- teenth Region (Seattle, Washington). On March 25, 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 on eligibility list______________________________________ 28 Total ballots cast___________________________________________ 28 Total votes in favor of Willamette Lodge #63, I. A. M., A. F. L__ 22 Total votes against Willamette Lodge #63, I. A. M., A. F. L____ 5 Total blank ballots_________________________________________ 1 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 Willamette Lodge #63, International Association of Machinists, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, has been designated and selected by a majority of all persons employed by the Portland Iron Works, Portland, Oregon, at its Portland, Oregon, plant, excluding office employees, full-time watch- 1 21 N L R B 491 22 N. L. R. B., No. 71. 984 PORTLAND IRON WORKS 985 men, and supervisory personnel, as their representative for the pur- poses of collective bargaining and that, pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the National Labor Relations Act, Willamette Lodge #63, Inter- national Association of Machinists, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, is the exclusive representative of all such per- sons for the purposes of collective bargaining in respect to rates of pay, wages, hours of employment, and other conditions of employment.