Vermont Marble Co.

In the Matter Of VERMONT MARBLE COMPANY and INDEPENDENT MARBLE WORKERS OF VERMONT In the Matter of VERMONT MARBLE COMPANY and UNITED STONE AND ALLIED PRODUCTS WORKERS OF - AMERICA, AFFILIATED WITH THE C. I. O. Cases Nos. R-19/7 and R-1948 CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES March 4, 19/1 On January 14, 1941, the National Labor Relations Board, herein called the Board, issued a Decision and Direction of Election 1 in the above-entitled proceeding. Pursuant thereto, an election by secret ballot was conducted on February 12 and 13, 1941, under the direction and supervision of the Regional Director for the First Region (Bos- ton, Massachusetts). On February 15, 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 on the parties an Election Report; No objections to the con- duct 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 to vote________________________________ 893 Total number of valid votes cast_____________________________ 672 Total number of ballots marked for "Independent Marble Workers of Vermont -------------------------------------- 372 Total number of ballots marked for "United Stone and Allied Products Workers of America, Affiliated with the C. I. O."__ 276 Total number of ballots marked "Neither"____________________ 24 Total number of blank ballots______________________________ 2 Total number of void ballots________________________________ 4 Total number of challenged ballots___________________________ 38 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, 128 N. L. R. B 1239. The caption of the Decision and Direction of Election errone- ously set forth the name of Independent Marble Workers of Vermont. The name of Quarry Workers' International Union of North America (CIO) appeared in place of the name of United Stone and Allied Products Workers of America, Affiliated with the C. I. 0., prior to January 30, 1941, when the Board issued an.order granting the motion of the latter organization to substitute its name for that of the former organization. 30 N. L. R. B., No. 10. 58 VERMONT MARBLE COMPANY 59 49 Stat. 449 , and pursuant to Article III, Sections 8 and 9, of Na- tional Labor -Relations' Board Rules and Regulations-Series 2, as amended, IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that Independent Marble Workers of Ver- mont has been designated and selected by a majority of the produc- tion, maintenance, and railroad employees of Vermont Marble Company and its auxiliary companies, Vermarco Lime Company and Clarendon and Pittsford Railroad, at Center Rutland, West Rutland, Danby, Florence, Proctor, Swanton, and Middlebury, Vermont, in- cluding the tablemen and helpers, the sampler, the office janitors, the passenger chauffeurs , the truck drivers, the automobile repairmen, and Mario Gatti and Armand Vardi, but excluding supervisory, clerical, office, and powerhouse employees , executives, part-time exhibit em- ployees other than Mario Gatti and Armand Vardi, mill graders, mill checkers, shop designers, shop checkers , and watchmen, as their rep- resentative for the purposes of collective bargaining , and that, pursu- ant to Section 9 (a) of the National Labor Relations Act, Independent Marble Workers of Vermont 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.