Sagamore Ore Mining Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Sep 17, 1942

44 N.L.R.B. 86 (N.L.R.B. 1942)

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In the Matter Of SAGAMORE ORE MINING COMPANY AND PICKANDS,
MATHER & COMPANY and LOCAL UNION 2690, UNITED STEELWORKERS
OF AMERICA, CIO
Case No. R-42.57.-Decided September 17,1942
Investigation and Certification of Representatives : stipulation for certification
upon consent election.
Mr. Aubrey McEachern, for the Board.
Messrs. Gillette, Nye, Harries and Montague, for the Company.
Mr. Adron Coldiron, of Hibbing, Minn., for the Union.
Mr. Robert F. Tillman, of counsel to the Board.
DECISION
AND
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
STATEMENT OF TILE CASE
On July 18, 1942, Local Union 2690, United Steelworkers of Amer-
ica, CIO, herein called the Union, filed with the Regional Director for
the Eighteenth Region (Minneapolis, Minnesota) a petition alleging
that a question affecting commerce had arisen concerning the repre-
sentation of employees of Sagamore Ore Mining Company and Pick-
ands, Mather & Company, herein called the Company, engaged in the
mining of ore at Ironton, Minnesota, and requesting an investigation
and certification of representatives pursuant to Section 9 (c) of the
National Labor Relations Act, 49 Stat. 449, herein called the Act. On
August 19, 1942, the Company, the Union, and a Field Examiner of
the Board entered into a "STIPULATION FOR CERTIFICATION
UPON CONSENT ELECTION." On August 24, 1942, the National
Labor Relations Board, herein called the Board, acting pursuant to
Section 9 (c) of the Act, and Article III, Section 3, of National Labor
Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series 2, as amended, ordered
an investigation and authorized the Regional Director to conduct it
and to provide for an appropriate hearing upon due notice.
Pursuant to the stipulation, an election by secret ballot was con-
ducted on August 27, 1942, under the direction and supervision of
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the Regional Director, among all employees of the Company at its
Sagamore Mine, excluding foremen, assistant foremen,'supervlsors in
charge of,any class of labor,'policemen, and clerical and salaried em-
ployees, to determine whether or not they desired to be represented by
the Union. On August 28, 1942, the Regional Director 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.
In his election Report the Regional Director reported as follows
concerning the balloting and its results :
Total on eligibility list____________________________________ 90
Total ballots cast_________________________________________ 84
Total ballots challenged ___________________________________ 0
Total blank ballots________________________________________ 0
Total void ballots_________________________________________ 0
Total valid-votes counted__________________________________ 84
Votes - cast' for LOCAL UNION 2690, UNITED STEEL-
WORKERS OF AMERICA, CIO____ ____________________ 81
Votes cast against LOCAL UNION 2690, UNITED STEEL-
WORKERS OF AMERICA, CIO_________________________ 3 i
Upon the basis of the stipulation, the Election Report, and the entire
record in the case, the Board makes the following :
FINDINGS OF FACT
1. A question affecting commerce has arisen concerning the repre-
sentation of employees of Sagamore Ore Mining Company and Pick-
ends, Mather & Company, Ironton, Minnesota, within the meaning of
Section 9 (c) and Section 2 (6) and (7) of the National Labor Relations
Act.
2. AM employees of the. Company at its •Sagamore Mine, excluding
foremen, assistant foremen, supervisors in charge of any class of labor,
policemen, and clerical and salaried employees, constitute a unit appro-
priate for the purposes of collective bargaining within the meaning
of Section 9 (b) of the National Labor Relations Act.
3. Local Union 2690, United Steelworkers of America, CIO, has
been designated and selected by a majority of the employees in the
above unit as their representative for the purposes of collective bar-
gaining, and is the exclusive representative of all employees in said
unit within the meaning of Section 9 (a) of the National Labor
Relations Act.
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
By virtue of and pursuant to the power vested in the National Labor
Relations Board by Section 9 (c) of the National Labor Relations
Act,
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IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that Local Union 2690 , United Steelworkers
,of America, 010, has been designated and selected by a majority of all
,employees of Saganiore . Ore Mining Company and Pickands , Mather
Company, Ironton, Minnesota,, at its Saganiore Mine, excluding fore-
men,, assistant foremen, supervisors iii charge of any class of labor,
policemen, and clerical and salaried employees, as their representative
for the purposes of -collective bargaining, and that, pursuant to Section
9 (a) of the Act, Local Union 2690, United Steelworkers of America,
CIO, is the exclusive representative of all such employees ' for the pur-
poses of collective bargaining in respect to rates of pay, wages, hours
of employment , and-other conditions of employment.
MR. W r. M. LEISERSON took no part in the consideration of the above
Decision and Certification -of Representatives.