Fentress Coal and Coke Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Sep 30, 1942

44 N.L.R.B. 495 (N.L.R.B. 1942)

In the Matter Of FENTRESS COAL AND COKE COMPANY and DISTRI(9r
19, UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA
Case No. R-4067
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES,
September 52, 1942
On August 13, 1942, the National Labor Relations Board issued a
Decision and Direction of Election in the above-entitled case.- Pur-
suant to the Direction of Election, an election by secret ballot was
conducted on September 9, 1942, under the direction and supervision
of the Regional Director for the Tenth Region (Atlanta, Georgia).
On September 11, 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 to the Election Report have been filed by any of the parties.
As to the balloting and its results, the Regional Director reported
-is follows:
Approximate number of eligible voters_ ______________________ 297
Total ballots cast___________________________________________ 259
Total ballots challenged _____________________________________ 6
Total void ballots___________________________________________ 2
Total valid votes counted ____________________________________ 251
-Votes cast for District 19, United Mine Workers of America__' 215
Votes cast against Union___________________________________ 36
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, 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 District 19, United Mine Workers of
America has been designated and selected by a majority of the pro-
duction and maintenance employees of the Company, excluding mine
foremen, assistant mine foremen, fire bosses, bosses in charge of any
class of labor inside or outside the mine, coal inspectors, weighbosses,
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watchmen, clerks, and members of the executive, technical, and super-
visory forces of the Company, as their representative for the pur-
poses of collective bargaining, and that pursuant to Section 9 (a)
of the Act, District 19, United Mine Workers of America is the ex-
;clusive representative of all such- employees, for the, purposes, of
collective bargaining iii respect to rates of pay, wages, hours of
employment, and other conditions of employment.
MR. Wbi. M. LEISERSON took no part in the consideration of the
above Certificatioli ' of.Representatives.
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