Indiana Brass Co.

In the Matter Of INDIANA BRASS COMPANY and STEEL WoRB-ERS' ORGANIZING COMMITTEE, AFFILIATED WITH THE C. I. O. Case No. R-:062 Investigation and Certification of Representatives : run-off election directed. SUPPLEMENTAL DECISION AND SECOND DIRECTION OF ELECTION Januavy 10, 1942 On November 15, 1941, the National Labor Relations Board, herein called the 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 December 10, 1941, under the direction and supervision of the Regional Director for the Elev- enth Region (Indianapolis, Indiana ). On December 16, 1941, the Re- gional 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__ __________________________________ 210 Total ballots cast___________________ 203 Total ballots challenged ___________________________________ 4 Total blank ballots__________ ______________________________ 0 Total void ballots_________________________________________ 1 Total valid votes counted__________________________________ 198 Votes cast for CIO-SWOC Local No 1795 ___________________ 70 Votes cast for AFL-Brass Workers Federal Labor Union____ 89 Votes cast for NEITHER organization _____________________ 39 Steel Workers ' Organizing Committee , affiliated with the Congress of Industrial Organizations , and Brass Workers' Federal Labor Union No. 22915, affiliated with the 4merican Federation of Labor, have each 1 36NLRB 967 38 N L R B., No. 36. 147 148 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD requested that a run-off election be conducted by the Board. Although neither of the competing labor organizations received a majority of the votes cast, the results of the election show that a substantial major- ity of the employees voting desire to bargain collectively with the Company. Accordingly , we shall direct a run-off election in which the eligible employees will be given an opportunity to decide whether they desire to be represented by Steel Workers' Organizing Com- mittee, affiliated with the Congress of Industrial Organizations, or by Brass Workers' Federal Labor Union No. 22915, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, for the purposes of collective bargaining. SECOND DIRECTION OF ELECTION By virtue of and pursuant to the power vested in the National Labor Relations Board by Section 9 (c) of the National Labor Relations 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 DIRECTED that, as part of the investigation authorized by the Board to ascertain representatives for the purposes of collective bargaining with Indiana Brass Company, Frankfort, Indiana, an election by se- cret ballot shall be conducted as early as possible , but not later than thirty (30) days from the date of this Second Direction of Election, under the direction and supervision of the Regional Director for the Eleventh Region, acting in this matter as agent for the National Labor Relations Board and subject to Article III, Section 9, of said Rules and Regulations, among the employees described in the Direc- tion of Election issued on Novmber 15 , 1941, but excluding those who have since quit or been discharged for cause, to determine whether they desire to be represented by Steel Workers' Organizing Committee, affiliated with the Congress of Industrial Organizations , or by Brass Workers' Federal Labor Union No. 22915 , affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, for the purposes of collective bargaining.