The Ingalls Iron Works Co., Inc.

In the Matter of BIRMINGHAM TANK COMPANY, DIVISION OF THE INGALLS IRON WORKS COMPANY, INC. and INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BRIDGE, STRUCTURAL AND ORNAMENTAL IRON WORKERS, SHOPMEN'S LOCAL #539 Case No. B-1938 CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES September 14, 1940 On July 31, 1940, the National Labor Relations Board , herein called the Board, issued a Decision and Direction of Election in the above- entitled proceeding.' On August 17,1940, the Board issued an Amend- ment to Decision and Direction of Election.2 Pursuant to the Decision and Direction of Election and Amendment to Decision and Direction of Election , an election by secret ballot was conducted on August 21, 1940, under the direction and supervision of the Regional Director for the Tenth Region (Atlanta, Georgia ). On August 27, 1940, the Re- gional 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 on the ballot. 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 eligible______________________________________ 77 Total ballots cast___________________________________________ 50 Total number of ballots cast for International Association of Bridge, Structural and Ornamental Iron Workers, Shopmen's Local #539, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor__ 44 Total number of ballots cast against International Association of Bridge, Structural and Ornamental Iron Workers, Shopmen's Local #539, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor__ 5 Total number of challenged ballots___________________________ 0 Total number of void ballots__________________________________ 1 Total number of blank ballots _________________________________ -0 By virtue of and pursuant to the power vested in the National Labor Relations Board by Section 9 (c) of the National Labor Relations 125 N. L. R. B. 1306. 2 26 N. L. It. B 739 27 N. L. It. B, No. 52. 233 234 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD 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 International Association of Bridge, Structural and Ornamental Iron Workers, Shopmen's ,Local #539, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, has been designated and selected by a majority of the production and maintenance em- ployees of Birmingham Tank Company, Birmingham, Alabama, in- cluding clerical workers in the plant, but excluding all supervisory employees, employees engaged solely in clerical work, and watchmen, as their representative for the purposes of collective bargaining, and that, pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the Act, International Association of Bridge, Structural and Ornamental Iron Workers, Shopmen's Local #539, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, 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.