Day & Zimmermann, Inc.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

May 5, 1942

40 N.L.R.B. 1201 (N.L.R.B. 1942)

In the Matter of DAY & ZIMMERMANN, INC., IOWA ORDNANCE PLANT
and BROTHERHOOD OF LOCOMOTIVE FIREMEN AND ENGINEMEN
In the .Matter of DAY &C ZIMMERMANN, INC., IOWA ORDNANCE PLANT
and BROTHERHOOD OF RAILROAD TRAINMEN
Cases Nos. R-3580 and R-3581, respectively
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
May 5, 19.412
On March 31, 1942, the National Labor Relations Board issued a
Decision and Direction of Elections in the above-entitled proceedings.'
Pursuant to the Direction of Elections, elections by secret ballot were
conducted on April 17, 1942, under the direction and supervision of
the Regional Director for the Eighteenth Region (Minneapolis, Min-
nesota). On April 20, 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 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 :
TRAINMEN
Total on eligibility list-------------------------------------- 73
Total ballots cast------------------------------------------- 65
Total ballots challenged------------------------------------- 0
Total blank ballots----------------------------------------- 0
Total void ballots------------------------------------------ 0^
Total valid votes counted___________________________________ 05'
Votes cast for Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen------------ 64
Votes cast against Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen--------- 1
FIREMEN AND ENGINEMEN
Total on eligibility list- ------------------------------------- 40
Total ballots cast------------------------------------------- 39
Total ballots challenged------------------------------------- 7
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Total blank ballots ---------------------------------------- 0
Total \old ballots------------------------------------------- 0
Total valid votes counted----------------------------------- 32
Votes cast for Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engine-
men ----------------------------------------------------- 29
Votes cast for International Union of Operating Engineers,
affiliated with the American Federation of Labor------------ 3
Votes cast for neither-------------------------------------- 0
By virtue of and pursuant to the power vested in the National
Labor Relations Board by Section 9 (c) of the National Labor Re-
lations 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 Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen has
been designated and selected by a majority of all yardmasters, dis-
patchers, yardmen, yard conductors, yard foremen, pilots, switchmen,
yard-brakemen, switchtenders, and towermeu employed in the train or
yard switching service on the railroad operated by Day & Zimmer-
mann, Inc., Iowa Ordnance plant, Burlington, Iowa, as their repre-
sentative for the purposes of collective bargaining, and that, pursuant
to Section 9 (a) of the Act, Brotherhoood of Railroad Trainmen is
the exclusive representative of all such employees for the purposes of
collective bargaining in respect to rates of pay, wages, hours of em-
ployment, and other conditions of employment.
IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
and Enginemen has been designated and selected by a majority of all
locomotive engineers, diesel operators, firemen, helpers, oilers, hos-
tlers, and hostler helpers employed in the locomotive engine service on
the railroad operated by Day & Zimmerman, Inc., Iowa Ordnance
plant, Burlington, Iowa, as their representative for the purposes of
collective bargaining, and that, pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the
Act, Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen is the
exclusive representative of all such employees for the purposes of col-
lective bargaining in respect to rates of pay, wages, hours of^ employ-
ment, and other conditions of employment.