Southern Cement Co.

In the Matter Of SOUTHERN CEMENT COMPANY and STEEL WORKERS ORGANIZING COMMITTEE Case No. R-217. CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES January 31,19.14 On December 16, 1940, the National Labor Relations 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 January 9, 1941, under the direction and supervision of the Regional Director for the Tenth Region (Atlanta, Georgia). On January 13, 1941, 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 his Elec- tion 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 eligible ---------------------------------------- 120 Total ballots cast____________________________________________ 113 Total number ballots cast for Steel Workers-Organizing Com- mittee, Affiliated with the - Congress of Industrial Organiza- tions ----------------------------------------------------- 99 Total number ballots cast against Steel Workers Organizing Committee , Affiliated with the Congress of Industrial Organi- zations -- ------------------------------------------------- 14 Total number of challenged ballots_________ ___________________ 0 Total number of void ballots__________________________________ 0 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 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 Steel Workers Organizing Committee, affiliated with the Congress of Industrial Organizations, has been des- ignated and selected by a majority of all maintenance and production 1 28 N L R B 596 29 N. L. R. B., No. 63. 337 338 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD employees, of Southern Cement Company, Birmingham, Alabama, in- cluding watchmen,,but excluding supervisory and clerical employees, as their, representative for the purposes of collective bargaining,, and that, pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the Act, Steel NVorkers Organizing Committee, affiliated with the Congress of Industrial Organizations, is the exclusive representative of all such employees for the purposes of collective bargaining with respect to rates of pay, wages, hours of employment, and other conditions of employment.