Champion Blower and Forge Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board DecisionsMar 11, 1940

21 N.L.R.B. 457 (N.L.R.B. 1940)

In the Matter of CHAMPION BLOWER AND FORGE COMPANY and UNITED ELECTRICAL, RADIO, AND MACHINE WORKERS OF AMERICA, LOCAL No. 132 Case No. R 1679 CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES March 11, 1940 On February 8, 1940, 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 February 21, 1940, under the direction and supervision of the Regional Director for the Fourth Region (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania). On February 23, 1940, 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 its results, the Regional Director reported as follows : Total eligible to vote________________________________________ 151 Total number of ballots cast_______________________________ 145 Ballots cast FOR United Electrical, Radio & Machine Workers of America, Local No. 132_________________________________ 116 Ballots cast AGAINST United Electrical, Radio & Machine Workers of America, Local No. 132________________________ 24 Total number of blank ballots_______________________________ Total number of void ballots_________________________________ Total number of challenged ballots ------------------------ -_ 5 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 United Electrical, Radio, and Machine Workers of America, Local No. 132, has been designated and selected by a majority of all production employees of Champion Blower and 1 20 N. L. R. B. 276. 21 N. L. R. B., No. 37. 457 458 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD Forge Company, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, at its Lancaster plant, excluding foremen and supervisory and office employees, as their representative for the purposes of collective bargaining and that, pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the National Labor Relations Act, United Electrical, Radio, and Machine Workers of -America, Local No. 132, 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.