Boston Iron & Metal Co.

In the Matter of BOSTON IRON & METAL Co. and CONGRESS OF INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATIONS Case No. R-0178 CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES January 31, 1941 On December 30, 1940, the National Labor Relations Board, herein called the Board, issued a Decision and Direction of Election in the above-entitled proceedings' Pursuant to the Direction of Election, an election by secret ballot was conducted on January 17, 1941, under the direction and supervision of the Regional Director for the Fifth Region (Baltimore, Maryland). On January 21, 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 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 of eligible voters------------------------------ 79 Total number of'ballots cast--------------------------------- 60 Total number of votes for Congress of Industrial Organizations 39 Total number of votes against Congress of Industrial Organi- zations--------------------------------------------------- 17 Total number of blank ballots------------------------------- 0 Total number of void ballots--------------------------------- 1 Total number of challenged votes---------------------------- 4 By virtue of and pursuant to the power vested in the National Labor Relations Board by Section 9 (c) of the National Labor Re- lations 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 Congress of Industrial Organizations has been designated and selected by a majority of all production em- ployees of Boston Iron & Metal Co., Baltimore, Maryland, excluding supervisory and clerical employees, as their representative for the 1 28 N L. R. B. 804 29 N. L. R. B., No. 64. 339 413602-42-vol 29--23 340 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD purpose of collective bargaining, and that, pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the Act, Congress of Industrial Organizations 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.