033 NLRB 509
International Harvester Co.
In the Matter Of INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER COMPANY
( EAST MOLINE
WORKS )
and PATTERN MAKERS LEAGUE OF NORTH AMERICA AND
PATTERN MAKERS ASSOCIATION OF QUAD CITIES & VICINITY (A. F.
of L.)
In the Matter Of INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER COMPANY
(EAST MOLINE
WORKS )
and FARM EQUIPMENT WORKERS ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
(LOCAL 104, UNITED FARM EQUIPMENT WORKERS OF AMERICA) AF-
FILIATED WITH THE CONGRESS OF INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATIONS
In the Matter Of INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER COMPANY
( EAST MOLINE
WORKS ) and FEDERAL LABOR UNION No. 22634, AFFILIATED WITH THE
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR
Cases Nos. R-2501 to R-2503 ino7rusive
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
July 17, 194.1
On May 22, 1941, the National Labor Relations Board issued a
Decision, Direction of Election and Certification of Representatives
in the above-entitled proceeding.'
Pursuant to the Direction of
Election an election by secret ballot was conducted on June 18, 1941,
under the direction and supervision of the Regional Director for the
Thirteenth Region (Chicago, Illinois).
On June 20, 1941, the Re-
gional Director, 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 his 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 on eligible list______________________________ 1,627
Total number of ballots cast_______________________________ 1,516
Total number of ballots challenged ________________________
22
Total number of blank ballots_____________________________
2
Total number of void ballots_______________________________
1
Total number of ballots cast for the A. F. of L. Union_____
630
Total number of ballots cast for the C. I. 0. Union ----------
815
Total number of ballots cast for-neither --------------------
46
132 N. L.R.B 58.
33 N. L. R. B., No. 99.
509
510
DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD
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 Local 104, Farm Equipment Workers
Organizing Committee affiliated with the Congress of Industrial
Organizations has been designated and selected by a majority of all
production and maintenance employees at the East Moline Works of
the International Harvester Company excluding salaried employees,
supervisory employees on, hourly rates above the rank of working
group leaders, factory clerical employees, office clerical employees,
indentured apprentices, progressive executive students, fire and watch
employees (except production and maintenance employees who act
as voluntary firemen), temporary employees, and pattern makers, as
their representative for the purposes of collective bargaining, and
that, pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the National Labor Relations Act,
Local 104, Farm Equipment Workers Organizing Committee affili-
ated 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.