Sloss-Sheffield Steel & Iron Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Aug 7, 1941

33 N.L.R.B. 1246 (N.L.R.B. 1941)

In the Matter Of SLOSS-SHEFFIELD STEEL & IRON COMPANY and UNITED
OFFICE AND PROFESSIONAL WORKERS OF AMERICA, C. I. O.
Case No. R-2539
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
August 7, 1941
On June 17, 1941, 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 July 14, 1941, under
the direction and supervision of the. Regional Director for the Tenth
Region (Atlanta, Georgia). On July 21, 1941, the Regional Di-
rector, 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 his Election Report. No objections
to the conduct of the ballot or the Election Report have been filed by
any of the parties.
The Regional Director reported as follows as to the balloting and
its results:
Total number eligible_______________________________________ 83
Total ballots cast__________________________________________ 79
Total number of ballots cast for United Office and Professional
Workers of America, C. I. O.______________________________ 43
Total number of ballot$ cast against United Office and Profes-
sional Workers of America, C. I. O_________________________ 31
Total number of challenged ballots__________________________ 5
Total number of void ballots________________________________ 0
Total number of blank ballots_______________________________ 0
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 cERTmED that United Office and Professional Workers
of America, Local No. 97, affiliated with the Congress of Industrial
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Organizations, has been designated and selected by a majority of the
office and clerical employees of Sloss-Sheffield Steel & Iron Company,
Birmingham, Alabama, excluding employees employed at the gen-
eral offices of the Sloss-Sheffield Steel & Iron Company in Birming-
ham, Alabama, and in the office at the Russellville Brown Ore Mines,
and further excluding plant accountants, store managers, and other
employees having the right to hire and fire, as their representative
for the purposes of collective bargaining, and that, pursuant to
Section 9 (a) of the Act, United Office and Professional Workers of
America, Local No. 97, 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.