Ohio Ferro-Alloys Corp.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Aug 27, 1942

43 N.L.R.B. 740 (N.L.R.B. 1942)

In the Matter of OHIO FERRO-ALLOYS Conr-ORATION and UNITED STEEL-
WORKERS or AMERICA, LOCAL 2626, C. I. O.
Case N. R-3733
'SUPPLEMENTAL DECISION
AND
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
August 27,1942
On May 19, 1942, the National Labor Relations Board issued a De-
cision and Direction of Election in the above-entitled proceedings
Pursuant to the Direction of Election, an election by secret ballot
was conducted on June 11, 1942, under the direction and supervision
of the Regional Director for the Nineteenth Region (Seattle, Wash-
ington). On June 13, 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 :
Total on eligibility list-------------------------------------- 48
Total ballots cast ----------- - ------------------------------- 38
Total ballots challenged------------------------------------- 0
Total blank ballots---------------'--------------------------- 0
Total void ballots-------------------------------------------- 0
Total valid votes counted------------------------------------ 38
Votes cast for Steel Workers Organizing Committee, Local 2626,
affiliated with the C. I. 0---------------------------------- 21
Votes cast for Tacoma Metal Trades Council, affiliated with the
A. F. of L------------------------------------------------- 12
Votes cast for neither--------------------------------------- 5
By a motion filed July 6, 1942,'United Steelworkers of America
moved the Board to amend the caption and record in this proceeding
by ' substituting its present name, United Steelworkers of America,
1 41 N.L.R B 103.
43 N. L. R. B., No. 114
740
OHIO FERRO-ALLOYS CORPORATION 741
for its former name, Steel Workers Organizing Committee, wher-
ever' appearing in this proceeding. The parties, having been served
with orders to show cause why this motion should` not be granted,
and no response thereto having been received, the Board hereby
amends the instant proceeding by striking therefrom the words
"Steel Workers Organizing Committee" wherever they appear and
substituting therefor the words "United Steelworkers of America."
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 CERTIFIED that United Steelworkers of America, Local
2626, affiliated with the Congress of Industrial Organizations, has'
been designated and selected by a majority of all production and main-'
tenance employees at the Tacoma Plant of Ohio Ferro-Alloys Corpora-
tion, Tacoma, Washington, including the storerooth clerk, but exclud-
ing office, clerical, and supervisory employees, chemists, and mainte-
nance foremen; as their, representative for the purposes of collective
bargaining, and that, pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the Act, United
Steelworkers of America, Local 2626, affiliated with the Congress of
Industrial Organizations, is the exclusive representative of all such
employees for the purposes of collective bargaining in respect to
rates of pay, wages, hours of employment, and other conditions of'
employment.