Republic Steel Corp.

In the Matter of TROY IRON WORKS, SUBSIDIARY OF REPUBLIC STEEL CORPORATION and BROTHERHOOD OF RAILROAD TRAINMEN Case No. R-2928.-Decided September 12, 1941 Investigation and Certification of Representatives : stipulation for certification upon pay-roll check. Mr. Thomas F. Patten, of Cleveland, Ohio, for the Company. Mr. J. R. Lavin, of Jamaica, N. Y., for the Union. Mr. William H. Bartley, of counsel to the Board. DECISION AND CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES STATEMENT OF THE CASE . On June 2, 1941, the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, herein called the Union, filed with the Regional Director for the Second Region (New York City), a petition alleging that a question affecting commerce had arisen concerning the representation of employees of Troy Iron Works, subsidiary of Republic Steel Corporation, herein called the Company, engaged in the manufacture of steel at Troy, New York, and requesting investigation and certification of repre- sentatives pursuant to Section 9 (c) of the National Labor Relations Act, 49 Stat. 449, herein called the Act. On August 13, 1941, the National Labor Relations Board, herein called the Board, acting pursuant to Section 9 (c) of the Act and Article III, Section 3, of National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series 2, as amended, ordered, nuns pro tune, as of July 31, 1941, an investi- gation and authorized the Regional Director to conduct it and to provide for an appropriate hearing on due notice. On July 31, 1941, the Company, the Union, and an attorney for the Board entered into a "STIPULATION FOR CERTIFICATION UPON PAY-ROLL CHECK." Pursuant to the stipulation, a pay-roll check by comparing the Union's authorization cards with the pay roll furnished by the Company was conducted on August 8, 1941, under the direction and supervision of the Regional Director among all conductors, engi- neers, brakemen, and firemen employed in yard service at the Troy 35 N. L. R. B., No. 80. 389 390 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD Iron Works Division of the Company in Troy, New York, to deter- mine whether or not said employees desired to be represented by the Union for the purposes of collective bargaining with the Company. On August 14, 1941, the Regional Director issued and duly served upon the parties her Cross-Check Report. No objections to the Cross-Check Report have been filed by any of the parties. In her Cross-Check Report the Regional. Director reported that of the 15 eligible employees on the pay roll of the Company as of July 15, 1941, 13 employees have signed cards authorizing the Union to represent them for the purposes of collective bargaining. Upon the basis of the stipulation, the Cross-Check Report, and the entire record in the case, the Board makes the following : FINDINGS OF FACT 1. A question affecting commerce has arisen concerning the rep- resentation of employees of Troy Iron Works, subsidiary of Republic Steel Corporation, Troy, New York, within the meaning of Section 9 (c) and Section 2 (6) and (7) of the National Labor Relations Act. 2. All conductors,, engineers, brakemen, and firemen employed in yard service at the Troy Iron Works Division of the Company constitute a unit appropriate for the purposes of collective bargain- ing, within the meaning of Section 9 (b) of the National Labor Relations Act. 3. Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen has been designated and selected by a majority of the employees in the above unit as 'their representative for the purposes of collective bargaining and is the exclusive representative of all the employees in said unit, within the meaning of Section 9 (a) of the National Labor Relations Act. CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES 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. IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen has been designated and selected by a majority of all conductors, engineers, brakemen, and firemen employed in yard service at the Troy Iron Works, subsidiary of Republic Steel Corporation, Troy, New York, as their representative for the purposes of collective bar- gaining and that, pursuant to the provisions of Section 9 (a) of the Act, Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen is the exclusive representa- tive 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.