General Dry Batteries, Inc.

In the Matter of GENERAL DRY BATTERIES, INC. and BATTERY `'VORKERS' FEDERAL LABOR UNION No. 22516, A. F. or, L. Case No. R-2283 CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES March 24, 1941 On February 21, 1941, the National Labor Relations Board issued its Decision and Direction of Election in the above-entitled proceed- 1 ings.' Pursuant to the Direction of Election, an election by secret ballot was conducted on March 6, 1941, under the direction and super- vision of the Regional Director, for the Eighteenth- Region (Min- neapolis, Minnesota). On March 8, 1941, the Regional Director, act- ing 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 ballots cast-------------------------------- 540 Total number of ballots counted---------------------------- 539 Total number of ballots cast for Battery Workers' Federal Labor Union No. 22516, A F. of L----------------------- 370 Total number of ballots cast for United Electrical, Radio & Machine Workers of America, Local 812, C I. 0---------- 167 Total Number of ballots cast for neither of the above organi- zations -------------------------------------------------- 2 Total number of blank ballots------------------------------ 0 Total number of void ballots-------------------------------- 0 Total number of challenged 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 Relations Act, 49 Stat. 449, and pursuant to Article III, Sections 8 and 9, of National Labor Relations Boi rd Rules and Regulations- Series 2, as amended, ' 29 N. L R B 1017. 30 N L. R B, No. 84. 543 544 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD -IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that Battery Workers' Federal Labor Union No. 22516, A. F. of L. has been designated and selected by a majority of the employees of General Dry Batteries, Inc., em- ployed at its plant in Dubuque, Iowa, excluding office, clerical, super- visory and machine-shop employees, as their' representative for the purposes of collective bargaining, and that pursuant to the provi- sions of Section 9 (a) of the National Labor Relations Act, Battery Workers' Federal Labor Union No. 22516, A. F. of L., is the ex- clusive 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.