Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp.

In the Matter Of JONES & LAUGHLIN STEEL CORPORATION and INTER- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BRIDGE, STRUCTURAL AND ORNAMENTAL IRON WORKERS , AFFILIATED WITH THE A. F. OF L. Case No. R-2714 CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES September 13, 1941 On August 9, 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 August 21, 1941, under the direction and supervision of the Regional Director for the Fifteenth Region (New Orleans, Lou- isiana). On August 22, 1941, the Regional 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. 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 on eligibility list-------------------------------------- 186 Total ballots cast___________________________________________ 180 Total- ballots challenged------------------------------------- 0 Total-blank ballots__________________________________________ 1 Total void ballots------------------------------------------- 1 Total valid votes cast_______________________________________ 178 Votes cast for International Association of Bridge , Structural and Ornamental Iron Workers, affiliated with American Federation of Labor-------------------------------------- 96 Votes cast for Independent Employees Mutual Association ----- 79 Votes cast for no union---=---------------------------------- 3 By virtue of and pursuant to the power vested in the National Labor Relations Board by Section 9 (c) of the National Labor Re- lations 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, 134 N. L. R. B. 95. 35 N. R. L. B., No. 93. 430 JONES & LAUGHLIN STEEL CORPORATION ' 431 IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that International Association of Bridge, Structural and Ornamental Iron Workers, affiliated with the Ainer- ican Federation of Labor, has been designated and selected by a ma- jority of all warehouse and shop employees at the New Orleans ware- house and shop of Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation, New Orleans, Louisiana, including the truck mechanic and truck drivers, but ex- cluding superintendents, assistant warehouse superintendents, fore- men, head shippers, employees in the drawing room, the office janitor, shipping clerks, watchmen, and L. Simoneaux, as their representa- tive for the purposes of collective bargaining, and that, pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the Act, International Association of Bridge, Struc- tural and Ornamental Iron Workers, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, is the exclusive representative of all such em- ployees for the purposes of collective bargaining in respect to rates of pay, wages, hours of employment, and other conditions of employment. f