R. K. LeBlond Machine Tool Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

May 7, 1940

23 N.L.R.B. 621 (N.L.R.B. 1940)

In the Matter of R. K. LEBLOND MACHINE TOOL Co., CINCINNATI
ELECTRICAL TOOL CO. and INDEPENDENT EMPLOYEES ORGANIZATION
Case No. R-1655
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
May 7,1940
On March 30, 1940, the National Labor Relations Board, herein
called the Board, issued a Supplemental Decision and Second Direc-
tion of Election in the above-entitled proceeding.' Pursuant to the
Second Direction of Election, an election by secret ballot was con-
ducted on April 23, 1940, under the direction and supervision of the
Regional Director for the Ninth Region (Cincinnati, Ohio). On
April 24, 1940, the Regional Director, acting pursuant to Article III,
Section 9, of National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regula-
tions-Series 2, as amended, issued and duly served upon the parties
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 to vote________________________________________ 555
Total number of ballots cast_______________________________ 540
Ballots cast for Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel & Tin
Workers of North America, Local No. 1702_________________ 229
Ballots cast for independent Employees Organization--------- 293
Total number of blank ballots_______________________________ 6
Total number of void ballots________________________________ 1
Total number of challenged ballots__________________________ 11
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 Independent Employees Organization
has been designated and selected by a majority of all production and
maintenance employees of R. K. LeBlond Machine Tool Co. and Cin-
122 N. L. R. B. 465.
23 N. L. R. B., No. 50.
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cinnati Electrical Tool Co., Cincinnati, Ohio, including hourly paid
powerhouse employees and apprentices, but excluding watchmen,
salaried powerhouse employees, foremen, assistant foremen, super-
visors in charge of any class of labor, timekeepers, salaried employees,
cooperative students, student summer employees, office employees, rate
setters, and draftsmen, as their representative for the purposes of
collective bargaining and that, pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the
National Labor Relations Act, Independent Employees Organization
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.