Columbia Steel Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board DecisionsMar 9, 1942

39 N.L.R.B. 614 (N.L.R.B. 1942)

In the Matter Of COLUMBIA STEEL COMPANY and STEEL WORKERS' ORGANIZING COMMITTEE, LOCAL UNION No. 2586, C. I. O. Case No. R-3583.-Decided March 9, 1942 Investigation and Certification of Representatives : stipulation for certification upon consent election. Mrs. Alice M. Rosseter, for the Board. Mr. C. T. Redmond, of San Francisco, Calif., for the Company. Mr. Ken Hunter, of South San Francisco, Calif., for the Union. Miss Melvern Krelow, of counsel to the Board. DECISION AND CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES STATEMENT OF THE CASE On January 21 and February 9, 1942, Steel Workers' Organizing Committee, Local Union No. 2586, C. I. 0., herein called the Union, filed with the Regional Director for the Twentieth Region (San Fran- cisco, California) a petition and an amended petition, respectively, alleging that a question affecting commerce had arisen concerning the representation of employees of Columbia Steel Company, San Francisco, California, herein called the Company, engaged in the manufacture and sale of steel and steel products at Torrance, Cali- fornia, herein called the Torrance Works, and requesting an investi- gation and certification of representatives pursuant to Section 9 (c) of the National Labor Relations Act, 49 Stat. 449, herein called the Act. On February 4, 1942, the Company, the Union, and the Board entered into a "STIPULATION FOR CERTIFICATION UPON CONSENT ELECTION." On February 5, 1942, the National Labor Relations Board, herein called the Board, acting pursuant 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 conduct it and to provide for an appropriate hearing on due notice. Pursuant 'to the Stipulation, an election by' secret ballot was conducted on February 12, 1942, under the direction and supervision 39 N. L. R. B., No. 112. 614 COLUMBIA STEEL COMPANY 615 of the Regional Director, among all salaried employees of the Com- pany at the Torrance Works, excluding supervisory (supervisors in charge of any classes of employees), administrative and confidential employees, watchmen and guards, and trainees who do not occupy regular salaried positions not otherwise excluded, to determine whether or not said employees desired to be represented by the Union. On February 14, 1942, the Regional Director issued and duly served upon the parties her 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 her Election Report the Regional Director reported as follows concerning the balloting and its results: Total number eligible to vote_____________________________ 80 Number of votes for Steel Workers' Organizing Committee, Local No. 2586, C. I. O________________________________ 65 Number of votes against Steel Workers' Organizing Commit- tee, Local No. 2586, C. I. O____________ ----------------------------- 6 TOTAL NUMBER OF VOTES COUNTED. ______________ 71 Number of blank ballots__________________________________ 0 Number of void ballots___________________________________ 0 Number of challenged ballots_____________________________ 0 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 repre- sentation of employees of Columbia Steel Company, San Francisco, California, at the Torrance Works, Torrance, California, within the meaning of Section 9 (c) and Section 2 (6) and (7) of the National Labor Relations Act. 2. All salaried employees of the Company at the Torrance Works, excluding supervisory (supervisors in charge of any classes of employ- ees), administrative and confidential employees, watchmen and guards, and trainees who do not occupy regular salaried positions not other- wise excluded, constitute a unit appropriate for the purposes of col- lective bargaining, within the meaning of Section 9 (b) of the National Labor Relations Act. 3. Steel Workers' Organizing Committee, Local Union No. 2586, C. I. 0., has been designated and selected by a majority of the employ- ees in the above unit as their representative for the purposes of col- lective bargaining, and is the exclusive representative of all employees in said unit, within the meaning of Section 9 (a) of the National Labor Relations Act. . 616 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES 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 HEREBY CERTIFIED that Steel Workers' Organizing Committee, Local Union No. 2586, C. I. 0., has been designated and selected by a majority of all salaried employees of Columbia Steel Company, San Francisco, California, at the Torrance Works, Torrance, Cali- fornia, excluding supervisory (supervisors in charge of any classes of employees), administrative and confidential employees, watchmen and guards, and trainees who do not occupy regular salaried positions not otherwise excluded, as their representative for the purposes of collective bargaining, and that, pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the Act, Steel Workers' Organizing Committee, Local Union No. 2586, 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. MR. WM. M. LEISERSON took no part in the consideration of the above Decision and Certification of Representatives.