Phelps Dodge Copper Products Corp.

In the Matter Of PHELPS DODGE COPPER PRODUCTS CORPORATION and UNITED ELECTRICAL, RADIO & MACHINE WORKERS OF AMERICA, AFFILI- ATED WITH THE CONGRESS OF INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATIONS Case'No. R-2310 CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES March 26, 1941 On February 20, 1941, 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 March 7, 1941, under the direction and supervision of the Regional Director for the Second Region (New 'York • City). On March 11, 1941, the Regional Director, acting pursuant to Article III, Section 9, of National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regu- lations-Series 2, as amended, issued and duly served upon the parties her 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 eligible to vote______________________________ 1,536 Total number of ballots cast______________________________ 1,411 Total number of valid ballots______________________________ 1,357 Total number of votes in favor of Bayway Copper Products Employees Association__________________________________ 48 Total number of votes in favor of United Electrical, Radio & Machine Workers of America, C. I. 0___________________ 1, 287 Total number of votes in favor of International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, A. F. of L__________________________ 44 Total number of votes in favor of none of these organizations- 8 Total number of blank votes_______________________________ 1 Total number of void ballots_______________________________ 12 Total number of challenged votes --------- ---------------- 11 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. 129 N. L.R.B 988 30 N. L. R B., No. 92. 621 622 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD IT IS IIEREBY CERTIFIED that United Electrical, Radio & Machine Workers of America, affiliated with the Congress of Industrial Organi- zations, has been designated and selected by a majority of all produc- tion and maintenance employees employed on an hourly basis at the Elizabeth, New Jersey, plant of the Phelps Dodge Copper Products Corporation, Elizabeth, New Jersey, including mill clerks andInspec-, tors, but excluding executives, superintendents, foremen, assistant foremen, supervisory employees, employees having the right to recom- mend or the authority to hire or discharge, technical and engineering employees, office employees, timekeepers, watchmen, and salaried em- ployees, as their representative for the purposes of collective bargain- ing, and that, pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the Act, United Electrical, Radio & Machine Workers of America, 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.