Southern Indiana Gas and Electric Co.

In the Matter Of SOUTHERN INDIANA GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY and' INDEPENDENT UTILITY WORKERS UNION, LOCAL NUMBER 1,, INC. a , Case No. R-9187 SUPPLEMENTAL DECISION AND CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES May 5, 1941 On January 8, 1941, the National Labor Relations Board, herein called the Board, issued a Decision and Direction of.:•Election 1 in the above-entitled case directing that an election by secret ballot be conducted among certain employees of Southern Indiana Gas and Electric Company, Evansville, Indiana, herein called the Company, to determine whether they desired to be represented by Independent Utility Workers Union, Local Number 1, Inc., herein called the Independent, or International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local No. 702, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, herein called I. B. E. W., for the purposes of collective bargaining, or by neither. Pursuant to the Direction an election by secret ballot was con- ducted, on January 22, 1941, under the direction and supervision of the Regional Director for the Eleventh Region (Indianapolis, In- diana). On January 23, 1941, the Regional Director, acting pur- suant to Article III, Section 9, of • National Labor , RelationsnBoard Rules and Regulations-Series 2, as amended, prepared and duly served upon the parties his Election Report setting forth the results of the election. - As ' to ,the results of the balloting the Regional Director reported as follows : Total number eligible to vote_____________ _________________ 281 Total number of ballots cast_________________________________ 273 Total number of valid votes cast____________________________ Total number' of votes for Independent Utility Workers Union, 266 Local Number 1, Inc-------------------------------------- 14C^ Total number of votes for International. Brotherhood of Elec- trical Workers, Local No. 702, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor______________________________________ 104 1 28 N. L. R B 960. 31 N. L. R. B., No. 98. a 590 SOUTHERN INDIANA GAS & ELECTRIC CO. 591 Total number of votes for neither organization_______________ 13 'Total number of blank ballots_______________________________ 0 Total number of void ballots-------------------------------- 0 Total number of challenged- ballots___________________________ . 7 Since the number of challenged ballots cannot affect the result of the election, we find it unnecessary to pass upon the challenges. On January 31 and February 4, 1941, the I. B. E. W. filed with the Regional Director charges which the Regional Director treated as objections to the Election Report. On April 5, 1941, the Regional Director, acting pursuant to Article III, Section 9, of National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series 2, as amended, issued his Report on Objections, in which he reported the results of his investigation. The Board has considered the Election Report, the objections filed by the I. B. E. W., and-the Report on the Objections and finds that 'the objections filed by the I. B. E. W. do not raise substantial or .material issues with respect to the conduct of the ballot or the Elec- tion Report. 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, 'IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that Independent Utility Workers Union, Local Number 1, Inc., has been designated and selected by a majority of all production, transmission, and distribution employees of the Company, excluding supervisory, office, and clerical employees, Paul Hartman and Oliver W. Summers, and all other' employees on Board Exhibit Number 5 in evidence, and all employees covered by the con- tract between the Company and Amalgamated 'Association of Street and Electrical Railway and Motor Coach Employees of America'cov- 'ering bus operators and bus-garage employees, as their representa- tive for the purposes of collective bargaining and that pursuant 'to Section 9 (a) of the National Labor Relations Act, Independent 'Utility Workers Union, Local Number 1, Inc., is the exclusive rep- resentative 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.