American Sheet Metal Works

In the Matter of AMERICAN SHEET METAL WORKS and STEEL WORKERS ORGANIZING COMMITTEE, LOCAL 2179, AFFILIATED WITH THE CONGRESS OF INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATIONS Case No. R-2633 CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES August 02, 1941 On duly 23, 1941, the National Labor Relations Board issued its Decision and Direction of Election in the above-entitled proceedings. Pursuant to the Direction of Election an election by secret ballot was conducted on August 1, 1941, under the direction and supervision of the Acting Regional Director for the Fifteenth Region (New Orleans, Louisiana). On August 2, 1941, the Acting Regional Director acting pursuant to Article III, Section 9, of National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series 2, as amended, issued an Election Re- port, copies of which were duly served upon the,parties. No objec- tions to the conduct of the balloting or to the Election Report were filed by any of the parties. As to the balloting and the results thereof the Acting Regional Director reported as follows : Total on eligibility list______________________________________ 144 Total ballots cast__________________________________________ 103 Total ballots challenged- ------------------------------------ 6 Total blank ballots________________________________________ 0 Total void ballots__________________________________________ 1 Total valid votes cast__ -- ------------------------------------ 96 Votes cast for the Congress of Industrial Organizations-____-__ 81 Votes cast against the Congress of Industrial Organizations____ 15 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 Steel Workers Organizing Committee, Local 2179, affiliated with the Congress of Industrial Organizations, has been selected by a majority of the inside production and mainte- nance employees of American Sheet Metal Works, New Orleans, 344 N. L. It. B., No. 97. 758 AMERICAN SHEET METAL WORKS 759 Louisiana, excluding foremen and supervisory and office. personnel, £nd further excluding Robert Schuler and L. Boettner, as their repre- sentative for the purposes of collective bargaining, and that, pursuant to the provisions of Section 9 (a) of the National Labor Relations Act, Steel Workers Organizing Committee, Local 2179, affiliated with the Congress of Industrial Organizations, is the exclusive representa- tive 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. MR. EDWIN S. SMITH took no part in the consideration of the'above Certification of Representatives.