Richard Ore Co.

In the Matter of RICHARD ORE COMPANY and RICHARD MINE EMPLOYEES UNION Case No. R-3296 CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES January 19, 1942 On December 12, 1941, the National Labor Relations Board, herein called the Board, issued a Decision and Direction of Election in the above-entitled proceedings: On December 23, 1941, the Board issued an Amendment to Direction of Election.' Pursuant to the Direction of Election, as amended, an election by secret ballot was conducted on January 5, 1942, under the direction and supervision of the Re- gional Director, for the Second Region (New York City). On January 7, 1942, the Regional Director, acting pursuant to Article III, Section 9, of National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regu- lations-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 ____________________ -------------------------------------- 168 Total ballots cast__ ________________________________________ 141 Total-ballots challenged _____________________________________ 0 Total blank ballots_________________________________________ 1 Total void ballots__ _________________________________________ 2 Total valid votes counted ___________________________________ 138 Votes cast for Richard Aline Employees Union________________ 115 Votes cast against afore-mentioned Union____________________ 23 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, 1 37 N L R B 544. 2N L R B 544. 38 N L. R. B., No. 85. 422 RICHARD ORE COMPANY . 423 IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that Richard Mine Employees Union has been designated and selected by a majority of all production and maintenance employees of Richard Ore Company, Wharton, New Jersey, excluding employees on the confidential pay roll, strawbosses, clerical employees, and safety engineers, as their representative for the purposes of collective bargaining, and that, pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the Act, Richard Mine Employees Union 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.