Illinois Iron & Bolt Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board DecisionsApr 10, 1942

40 N.L.R.B. 422 (N.L.R.B. 1942)

I n the Matter of ILLINOIS IRON & Bohr COMPANY and METAL TRADES DEPARTMENT OF TIDE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR Case No. B-3542 CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES April 10, 1942 - - On March 11, 1942, 'the National Labor Relations Board, herein called the Board, issued a Decision'and' Direction of Election 1 in the above-entitled proceeding. Pursuant to the Direction of Election, an election by secret ballot was conducted on March 24, 1942, under the direction-and supervision of the Regional Director for the Thirteenth Region (Chicago, Illinois). On March 25, 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. As to the balloting and its results, the Regional Director reported as follows : Number eligible____________________________________________ 310 Number of ballots cast_____________________________________ 294 Number of blank ballots____________________________________ 0 Number of void ballots______________________________________ 1 Number of ballots challenged (not opened)___________________ 0 Number of valid ballots counted_____________________________ 293 Number of valid ballots necessary for majority________________ 147 Number of valid ballots cast for the union____________________ 171 Number of valid ballots cast against the union________________ 122 No objections to the conduct of the election or to the Election Report have been filed by any of the parties. By virtue of and pursuant to the power vested in the National Labor Relations Board by Section 9 (c) of the National Labor Rela- tions 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 CERTirr D that Metal Trades Department of the Amer- ican Federation of Labor has been designated and selected by a ma- 139 N. L. R. B. 678. 40 N. L. R. B., No. 72. 422 ILLINOIS IRON & BOLT COMPANY 423 jority of all factory - employees of Illinois Iron & Bolt Company, Carpentersville, Illinois, excluding office employees, company execu- tives, shop clerks, foremen and assistant foremen, and all others in supervisory positions or in confidential relations with the manage- ment, as their representative for the purposes of collective bargain- ing, and that, pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the Act, Metal Trades Department of the American Federation of Labor, is the exclusive representative of all such employees for the purposes of collective bargaining with respect to rates of pay, wages, hours of employment,' and other conditions of employment.