Henry Disston & Sons, Inc.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Apr 13, 1940

22 N.L.R.B. 959 (N.L.R.B. 1940)

In the Matter of HENRY DISSTON & SONS, INCORPORATED and STEEL
WORKERS ORGANIZING COMMITTEE, LODGE 1073
Case No. R-1752
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
April 13, 1940
On March 22, 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 March 29, 1940, under
the direction and supervision of the Regional Director for the Fourth
Region (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania). On April 1, 1940, the Re-
gional 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 hereto 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 voters ________________________________________ 1997
Total number of ballots cast__ ____________________________ 1873
Total number of votes cast for the United Saw, File and
Steel Products Workers of America, Local No. 22254,
affiliated with A. F. L _________________^_______________ 1098
Total number of votes cast for the Steel Workers Organizing
Committee (S W. 0. C.) Lodge 1073, affiliated with C. I. 0. 717
Total number of votes cast for neither______________________ 40
Total number of blank ballots______________________________ 5
Total number of void ballots _______________________________ - 10
Total number of challenged ballots_________________________ 3
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,
1 21 N. L R B 856.
22 N. L . R. B., No. 68.
959
960 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD
IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that United Saw, File, and Steel Products
Workers of America, Local No. 22254, affiliated with the American
Federation of Labor, has been designated and selected by a major-
ity of all of the hourly paid and piece-work employees in the produc-
tion and maintenance departments of Henry Disston & Sons, Incor-
porated, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with the exception of carpen-
ters, bricklayers, truck drivers, office employees, and supervisory em-
ployees, down through and including working group leaders, as their
representative for the purposes of collective bargaining and that, pur-
suant to Section 9 (a) of the National Labor Relations Act, United
Saw, File, and Steel Products Workers of America, Local No. 22254,
affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, is the exclusive
representative of all such employees for the purposes of collective bar-
gaining in respect to rates of pay, wages, hours of employment, and
other conditions of employment.