Crane Co.

In the Matter of CRANE COMPANY and SHIPPING, RECEIVING CLERKS, AND ASSISTANTS UNION, LOCAL 21648, AFFILIATED WITH THE AMERI- CAN FEDERATION OF LABOR Case No. R-2174 CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES February 11, 19411 On December 23, 1940, the National Labor Relations Board issued a Decision and Direction of Election in the above-entitled proceed- ing.) Pursuant to the Direction of Election, an election by secret ballot was conducted on January 21, 1941, under the direction and supervision of the Acting Regional Director for the Thirteenth Re- gion (Chicago, Illinois). On January 24, 1941, the Acting 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 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 Acting Regional' Director reported as follows : Total number of ballots cast_________________________________ 177 Total number on eligibility list_____________________________ 176 Total number of ballots cast for Shipping , Receiving Clerks, and, Assistants Union, Local 21648, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor______________________________________ 102 Total number of ballots cast against Shipping, Receiving Clerks, and Assistants Union, Local 21648, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor____________________________ 47 Total number of challenged ballots___________________________ 27 Total number of blank ballots_______________________________ 0 Total number of void 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 Rela- tions 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, 128 N L R B 756 29 N. L R. B., No. 94. 533 534 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATION'S BOARD IT is HEREBY CERTIFIED that Shipping, Receiving Clerks, and Assist- ants Union, Local 21648, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, has been designated and selected by a majority of the hourly paid employees in Department 9 of the Chicago, Illinois, plant of Crane Company, excluding office clerks and supervisory employees, as their representative for the purposes of collective bargaining, and that, pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the National Labor Relations Act,- Shipphig, Receiving Clerks, and Assistants Union, Local 21648, affili- ated with the American Federation of Labor, is the exclusive repre- sentative of all such- employees for the purposes of collective bar- gaining in respect to rates of pay, wages, hours of employment, and other conditions of employment. -