International Harvester Co.

In the Matter Of INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER COMPANY ( MCCORMICK WORKS) and FEDERAL LABOR UNION No. 22604, AFFILIATED WITH THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR In the Matter Of INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER COMPANY (MCCORMICK WORKS ) and PATTERN MAKERS LEAGUE OF NORTH AMERICA , CHICAGO ASSOCIATION, AFFILIATED WITH THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR Cases Nos. R-2507 and R-2508 CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES August 15, 1941 On May 22, 1941, the National Labor Relations Board, herein called the Board, issued a Decision and Direction of Elections in the above- entitled proceeding.' On July 11, 1941, the Board issued a Supple- mental Decision, Second Direction of Election, and Certification of Representatives.2 Pursuant to the Second Direction of Election, an election by secret ballot was conducted on July 30, 1941, under the direction and supervision of the Regional Director for the Thirteenth Region (Chicago, Illinois). On July 31, 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 on eligibility list________________________________________________ 6,092 Total number of ballots cast__________________________________________ 5,505 Total number challenged ballots_______________________________________ 109 Total number blank ballots ------------------------------------------- 12 Total number void ballots_____________________________________________ 13 Total ballots cast for C. I. 0. union____________________________________ 2,806 Total ballots cast for A. F. of L. union________________________________ 2,565 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, ' 32 N L R B. 40. 2 33 N L R. B. 333. 34 N. L. R. B, No. 55. 323 324 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD of National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series 2, as amended, IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that 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 McCormick Works of Inter- national Harvester Company, Chicago, Illinois, excluding salaried employees, supervisory employees on hourly rates above the rank of working group leaders, factory clerical employees, office clerical em- ployees, indentured apprentices, progressive executive students, fire and watch employees (except production and maintenance employees who act as volunteer firemen), pattern makers, and pattern makers' :apprentices, as their representative for the purposes of collective bargaining, and that, pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the Act, Farm Equipment Workers Organizing ,Committee, 'affiliated with the Con- gress 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. MR. EDWIN S. SMITH took 110 part in the consideration of the above Certification of Representatives.