Robert Jacobs, Inc.

In the Matter of ROBERT JACOBS, INC. and INDUSTRIAL UNION OF MARINE AND SHIPBUILDING WORKERS OF AMERICA, LOCAL 38, AFFILI- ATED WITH THE C. I. O. and NEW YORK DISTRICT COUNCIL, UNITED BROTHERHOOD OF CARPENTERS & JOINERS OF AMERICA, LOCAL 488, Case No. R-0587 CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES October 10, 19411 On June 14, 1941, the National Labor Relations Board, herein called the Board, issued its 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 27, 1941, under the direction and supervision of the Regional Director for the Second Region (New York City). On July 18, the Regional Director issued an Election Report, and on August 14, a Report on Objections to, the Election Report, copies of both of which were served upon the parties. On September 4, 1941, the Board issued a Supplemental Decision and Direction in which it directed the Regional Director to open and count certain challenged ballots and to prepare a Sup- plemental Election Report embodying her findings as to the results of the balloting.' On September 15, 1941, the Regional Director,. acting pursuant to the Supplemental Decision and Direction and Article III, Section 9, of National Labor Relations Board Rules and• Regulations-Series 2, as amended, issued a Supplemental Election Report, copies of which were duly served upon the parties. No objec- tions to the Supplemental Election Report were filed by any of the parties. As to the balloting and its results, the Regional Director in the Supplemental Election Report reported as follows : Total number eligible to vote_________________________ _ 361 Total number of ballots cast________________________________ 297 Total number of valid ballots including the challenged votes held valid by the Board __________________________________ 294 Total number of votes in favor of United Brotherhood of Carpenters & Joiners of America , A. F. L__________________ 42 1 32 N . L. R. B., No. 120. 2 35 N. L. R. B., No. 40. 36 N. L. R. B., No. 4. 44 ROBERT JACOBS, INC. 45 Total number of votes in favor of Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers of America, Local 38, C. I. O______ 151 Total number of votes in favor of neither Union ------------ 101 Total number of blank votes________________________________ 0 Total number of void ballots_______________________________ 0 Total number of challenged ballots held invalid by the Board 3 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 Industrial Union of Marine and Ship- building Workers of America, Local 38, affiliated with the Congress of Industrial Organizations, has been designated and selected by a majority of the production and maintenance employees of Robert Jacobs, Inc., New York City, excluding foremen, supervisors, watch- men, and clerical employees, as their representative for the purposes of collective bargaining, and that, pursuant to the provisions of Section 9 (a) of the National Labor Relations Act, Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers of America, Local 38, affiliated with the Congress of Industrial Organizations, is the exclusive rep- resentative of all such employees for the purposes of collective bar- gaining with respect to rates of pay, wages, hours of employment, and other conditions of employment.