Great Lakes Terminal Warehouse Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Apr 8, 1940

22 N.L.R.B. 733 (N.L.R.B. 1940)

In the Matter of GREAT LAKES TERMINAL WAREHOUSE COMPANY and
INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERS , A. F. of L.
Case No. R-1720
SUPPLEMENTAL DECISION
AND
ORDER
April 8, 1940
On March 13 , 1940, the National Labor Relations Board, herein
called the Board, issued a Decision and Direction of Election 1 in the
above-entitled proceeding . The Direction of Election provided that
an election by secret ballot be conducted within thirty ( 30) days from
the date of the Direction among the engineers employed by Great
Lakes Terminal Warehouse Company, Toledo, Ohio, during the pay-
roll period next preceding the date of the Direction , including those
who did not work during such pay-roll period because they were ill,
on vacation , or temporarily laid off , but excluding those who had
since quit or been discharged for cause , to determine whether they
desired to be represented by International ! Union of Operating
Engineers , Local No. 10 , affiliated with the American Federation of
Labor, or by United Wholesale, Warehouse , and Delivery Employees
of America , Local No. 363 , affiliated with the Congress of Industrial
Organizations , for the purposes of collective bargaining, or by
neither.
Pursuant to the Direction , the election by secret ballot was held
on March 16 , 1940, at Toledo , Ohio, under the direction and super-
vision of the Regional Director for the Eighth Region. On March
18, 1940, the Regional Director , acting pursuant to Article III, Sec-
tion 9 , of National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations-
Series 2, as amended, issued and duly served upon the parties an
Election Report containing a tally of the ballots. In his Report the
Regional Director certified that the ballot was fairly and impartially
conducted , that the ballots cast were duly and fairly counted under
his supervision , and that statements to such effect had been filed with
him by the observers.
121 N. L. R. B 580.
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As to the balloting and its results, the Regional Director reported
as follows :
Total on eligibility list-------------------------------------- 4
Total ballots cast------------------------------------------- 4
.Total ballots challenged------------------------------------- 0
Total blank ballots------------------------------------------ 0
Total void ballots------------------------------------------ 0
Total valid votes cast--------------------------------------- 4
Votes cast for International Union of Operating Engineers,
Local No 10, A. F. of L---------------------------------- 1
Votes cast for United Wholesale, Warehouse and Delivery
Employees of America, Local No. 363, C. I. 0------------ 0
Votes cast for neither-------------------------------------- 3
No objections to the conduct of the ballot or to the Election Report
have been filed by any of the parties.
The results of the election show that no collective bargaining repre-
sentative has been selected by a majority of the employees in the
appropriate unit. The petition of International Operating Engi-
neers, Local No. 10, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor,
for investigation and certification of representatives of employees of
Great Lakes Terminal Warehouse Company, Toledo, Ohio, will there-
fore, be dismissed.
ORDER
By virtue of 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 ORDERED that the petition for investigation and certifi-
cation of representatives of employees of Great Lakes Terminal
Warehouse Company, Toledo, Ohio, filed by International Operating
Engineers, Local No. 10, affiliated with the American Federation of
Labor, be, and it hereby is, dismissed.