Canisteo Mining Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Apr 2, 1942

40 N.L.R.B. 103 (N.L.R.B. 1942)

In the Matter-Of CANISTEO MINING COMPANY, MESADA-CLIFFS MINING
COMPANY9 `AND THE CLEVELAND-CLIFFS IRON COMPANY and LOCAL
UNION No. 2073, STEEL WORKERS ORGANIZING COMMITTEE, "AFFILIATED
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Case No. R-3473
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
April 2,1942
On February. 19, 1942, the National Labor Relations Board, herein
called the Board, issued a Decision and Direction of Elections- in the
above-entitled proceeding.' Pursuant to the Direction of Elections,
elections by secret ballot were conducted on March 13, 1942, under the
direction and supervision of the Regional Director for the Eighteenth
Region (Minneapolis, Minnesota). On March 16, 1942, the Regional
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. 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 the results thereof, the Regional Director
reported as follows :
(1) Canisteo Mining Company and The Cleveland-Cliffs Iron
Company
Total on eligibility list-------------------------------------- 130
Total ballots cast------------------------------------------ 74
Total ballots challenged------------------------------------ 1
Total blank ballots----------------------------------------- none
Total void ballots------------------------------------------ 3
Total valid votes counted----------------------------------- 70
Votes cast for Local Union No. 2073, Steel Workers Organizing
Committee, C. I. 0---------------------------------------- 41
Votes cast for American Union------------------------------ 27
Votes cast for neither organization--------------- ^ ---------- 2
(2)'Mesaba-Cliffs Mining Company and The Cleveland-Cliffs Iron
Company
Total on eligibility list-------------------------------------- 428
Total ballots cast------------------------------------------ 212
Total ballots challenged------------------------------------ 1
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Total blank ballots----------------------------------------- 0
Total void ballots------------------------------------------ 1
Total valid votes counted------------------------------ --- 210
Votes cast for Local Union No. 2073, Steel Workers Organizing
Committee, C. I. 0---------------------------------------- 186
Votes cast against Local Union No. 2073, Steel Workers Organiz-
ing Committee, C. I. 0------------------------------------ 24
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 CERTIFIED that Local Union No. 2073, Steel Workers
Organizing Committee, affiliated with the Congress of Industrial Or-
ganizations, has been designated and selected by a majority of all
production and maintenance employees of Canisteo Mining Company,
Duluth, Minnesota, and The Cleveland-Cliffs Iron Company, Hibbing,
Minnesota, at the mines, shops, plants, and laboratory, known as the
Canisteo Mine, excluding foremen and assistant foremen who from
time to time act as foremen, policemen and watchmen, clerical and office
employees, as their representative for the purposes of collective bar-
gaining, and that, pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the Act, Local Union
No. 2073, Steel Workers Organizing Committee, affiliated with the
Congress of Industrial Organizations, is the exclusive representative
of all such employees for the purposes of collective bargaining in re-
spect to rates of pay, wages, hours of employment, and other conditions
of employment; and
IT IS FURTHER CERTIFIED that Local Union No. 2073, Steel Workers
Organizing Committee, affiliated with' the Congress of Industrial Or-
ganizations, has been designated and selected by a majority of all pro-
duction and maintenance employees of Mesaba-Cliffs Mining Company
and The Cleveland-Cliffs Iron Company, Hibbing, Minnesota, at the
mines, shops, and plants, known as the Hill-Trumbull and Holman-
Cliffs Mines, excluding foremen and assistant foremen who from time
to time act as foremen, policemen, and watchmen, clerical and office
employees, as their representative for the purposes of collective bar-
gaining, and that, pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the Act, Local Union
No. 2073, Steel Workers Organizing Committee, affiliated with the
Congress 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.