Solvay Process Co.

In the Matter Of SOLVAY PROCESS CO. AND WM. G. B. THOIrpSON and DISTRICT 50, UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA Case No. R-1864 CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES September 19,1940 On August 15, 1940, the National Labor Relations Board, herein called the Board, issued its Decision and Direction of Election in the above-entitled proceedings.' Pursuant to the Direction of Election, an election by secret ballot was conducted on August 30,1940, under the direction and supervision of the Regional Director for the Fifth Re- gion (Baltimore, Maryland). On September 5, 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 eligible voters______________________________ 714 Total number of ballots cast________________________________ 433 Total number of votes for : District 50, United Mine Workers of America---------------- 421 Total number of votes against : District 50, United Mine Workers of America _______________ 2 Total number of blank ballots_______________________________ 1 Total number of void ballots_________________________________ 1 Total number of challenged votes _____________________________ 10 The Regional Director made no ruling on the 10 challenged ballots as they could not affect the result of 'the election. 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 District 50, United Mine Workers of America, has been designated and selected by a majority of the em- 1 26 N L R B 650 27 N L. R B., No. 72. 328 SOLVAY PROCESS, CO. 329' ployees of Solvay Process Company, Hopewell, Virginia, who were working pursuant to the agreements between the Company, and Wm. G. B. Thompson, including laborers used in and around the plant of the Company and longshoremen and stevedores working on the docks of the Company, but excluding clerical and supervisory employees, as their representative for the purposes of collective bargaining, and that, pursuant to the provisions of Section 9 (a) of the National Labor- Relations Act, District 50, United Mine Workers of America, is the exclusive representative of all such employees for the purposes of col- lective bargaining in respect to rates of pay, wages, hours of employ- ment, and other conditions of employment.