Broderick & Bascom Rope Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Nov 21, 1941

36 N.L.R.B. 1193 (N.L.R.B. 1941)

In the Matter of BRODERICK & B^\scoit ROPE Co. aind UNITED CON-
STRUCTION 1`7ORKERS ORGANIZING COMMITTEE LOCAL 324, C. I. O.
Case No. R-3239.-Decided November 21, 1941
Investigation ` and Certification of Representatives : stipulation for Certification
of Representatives upon consent election
Mr. Jack C. Evans, for the Board.
Messrs. Lashly, Lashly, Miller and' Clifford, of St. Louis, Mo., for
the Company.
Mr. James 7'. Nash, of St. Louis, Mo., for the C. I. O.
Mr. W. C. Hambleton, Mr. H. P. Koenig, and Mr. Vergil D. Belfi,
of St. Louis, Mo., for the A. F. L.
Mr. Armin tlhler, of counsel to the Board.
DECISION
AND
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
STATEMENT OF THE CASE
On August 8, 1941, United Construction Workers Organizing Com-
mittee, Local 324, C. I. 0., hereinafter called the C. I. 0., filed with
the Regional Director for,the Fourteenth Region (St. Louis; Mis-
souri) a petition alleging that a question affecting commerce had
arisen concerning the representation of employees of Broderick &
Bascom Rope Co., St. Louis, Missouri, herein called the Company,
engaged in the manufacture, sale, and distribution of wire-rope
cables, and requesting an investigation and certification of represent-
atives pursuant to Section 9 (c) of the National Labor Relations
Act, 49 Stat. 449, herein called the Act. On October 3, 1941, the
National Labor Relations Board, herein called the Board, acting pur-
suant to Section 9 (c) of the Act, and Article III, Section 3, of
National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series 2,
as amended, ordered an investigation and authorized the Regional
Director to conduit it and to provide for an appropriate hearing
upon due notice. On October 13, 1941, the Company, the C. I. 0.,
International Association of Machinists, District No. 9, A. F. L.,
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International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local No. 1,
A. F. L., International Union of Operating Engineers, Locals 2,
2A, and 2B, labor organizations claiming to represent employees
directly affected by this investigation, herein collectively called the
A. F. L. Locals, and the Board entered into a "STIPULATION
FORiCERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES UPON CON-
SENT ELECTION."
Pursuant to the Stipulation, an election by secret ballot was con-
ducted on October 21, 1941, under the direction and supervision of
the Regional Director, among all production and maintenance em-
ployees of the Company, excluding clerical, office, supervisory, and
assistant supervisory employees and watchmen, to determine whether
they desire to be represented by the C. I. 0., or by the A. F. L. Locals,
for the purposes of collective bargaining, or by neither. On October
27, 1941, the Regional Director issued and duly served upon the parties
his ,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.
In his Election Report the Regional Director reported as follows
concerning the balloting and its results :
Total number eligible to vote------------------------------- 192
Total number of ballots cast--------------------------------- 191
Number of ballots challenged-------------------------------- 1
Number of blank ballots------------------------------------- 0
Number of void ballots-------------------------------------- 0
Total number of ballots counted-----------------------------
Number of ballots voted for United Construction Workers Or-
190
ganizing Committee, Local 324, affiliated with the C. I. 0 ---- 110
Number of ballots voted for American Federation of Labor and
its Affiliated Locals--------------------------------------- 78
Number of ballots voted for Neither-------------------------- 2
Upon the basis of the Stipulation, the Election Report, and the
entire record in the case, the Board makes the following :
FINDINGS OF FACT
1. A question affecting commerce has arisen concerning the represen-
tation of employees of Broderick & Bascom Rope Co., St. Louis, Mis-
souri, within the meaning of Section 9 (c) and Section 2 (6) and (7)
of the National Labor Relations Act. -
-2. All production and maintenance employees of the Company,
excluding clerical, -office, supervisory, and assistant supervisory em-
ployees and watchmen, constitute a unit appropriate for the purposes
of collective bargaining within the meaning of Section 9 (b) of the
National Labor Relations Act.
3. United Construction Workers Organizing Committee, Local 324,
affiliated with the C. I. 0., has been designated and selected by a
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majority of the employees in the above unit as their representative
for the purposes of collective bargaining, and is the exclusive repre-
sentative of all employees in said unit within the meaning of Section
9 (a) of the-National Labor Relations Act.
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES ! z s
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,
IT IS HEREI3Y CERTIFIED that United Construction Workers Organiz-
ing Committee, Local 324, affiliated with the C. I. 0., has been desig-
nated and selected by a majority of all production and maintenance
employees of Broderick & Bascom Rope Co., St. Louis, Missouri, ex-
cluding clerical, office, supervisory, and assistant supervisory em-
ployees and watchmen, as their representative for the purposes of
collective bargaining, and that, pursuant to the provisions of Section
9 (a) of the Act, United Construction Workers Organizing Committee,
Local 324, affiliated with the C. I. 0., 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.