Koppers Co.

In the Matter of, KOPPERS COMPANY and UNITED 'MINE WORKERS or AMERICA, GAS AND BY-PRODUCT ^ COKE WORKERs, DISTRIVr No. 50 Case No. R-2524- CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES July 3, 191 On May 16, 1941, the National Labor Relations Board,' herein called the 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 June 10, 1941, under the direction and supervision of the Regional Director for the Second Region (New York City). On June ' 14, 1941, the Regional Direc- tor, 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 an Election Report on the ballot. 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______________________________ 579 Total number of ballots -east ----------------------------- 545 Total number of valid ballots________________________________ 543 Total number of votes in favor of United Mine Workers of America, Gas and By-Product Coke Workers, District No. 50, affiliated with the Congress of Industrial Organiza- tions-----------------------------=----------------------- 49S Total number of votes in favor of Gas, Coke and Chemical Products Workers Union, Local 22311, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor__________________________ 5 Total number of votes in favor of neither union ------------ 40 Total number of blank votes ------------------------------- - 0 Total number of void ballots______________________________ 2 Total number of challenged votes___________________________ ' 0 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 131 N. L. R. B. 923. 33 N. L. R. B., No. 31. 136 KOPPERS COMPANY 137 8 and 9, of National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations- Series.2, as amended, IT is HEREBY CERTIFIED that United Mine Workers of America, Gas and By-Product Coke Workers, District No. 50, affiliated with the Congress of Industrial Organizations, has been designated and se- lected by a majority of all production and maintenance employees at the Kearny plant of Koppers Company, Kearny, New Jersey, in- cluding shift and maintenance foremen on the plant's salaried pay roll, including hourly research employees of those departments. which are under direct supervision of the superintendent of manufacture,. but excluding supervisory, clerical, and office employees, and watch- men at the gate, as their representative for the purposes of collective bargaining, and that, pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the, Act, United Mine Workers of America, Gas and By-Product Coke Workers, Dis- trict No. 50, affiliated with the Congress of Industrial Organizations, ,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.