Southern Indiana Gas and Electric Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

May 5, 1941

31 N.L.R.B. 590 (N.L.R.B. 1941)

In the Matter Of SOUTHERN INDIANA GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY and'
INDEPENDENT UTILITY WORKERS UNION, LOCAL NUMBER 1,, INC. a ,
Case No. R-9187
SUPPLEMENTAL DECISION
AND
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
May 5, 1941
On January 8, 1941, the National Labor Relations Board, herein
called the Board, issued a Decision and Direction of.:•Election 1 in
the above-entitled case directing that an election by secret ballot be
conducted among certain employees of Southern Indiana Gas and
Electric Company, Evansville, Indiana, herein called the Company, to
determine whether they desired to be represented by Independent
Utility Workers Union, Local Number 1, Inc., herein called the
Independent, or International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers,
Local No. 702, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor,
herein called I. B. E. W., for the purposes of collective bargaining,
or by neither.
Pursuant to the Direction an election by secret ballot was con-
ducted, on January 22, 1941, under the direction and supervision of
the Regional Director for the Eleventh Region (Indianapolis, In-
diana). On January 23, 1941, the Regional Director, acting pur-
suant to Article III, Section 9, of • National Labor , RelationsnBoard
Rules and Regulations-Series 2, as amended, prepared and duly
served upon the parties his Election Report setting forth the results
of the election. -
As ' to ,the results of the balloting the Regional Director reported
as follows :
Total number eligible to vote_____________ _________________ 281
Total number of ballots cast_________________________________ 273
Total number of valid votes cast____________________________
Total number' of votes for Independent Utility Workers Union,
266
Local Number 1, Inc-------------------------------------- 14C^
Total number of votes for International. Brotherhood of Elec-
trical Workers, Local No. 702, affiliated with the American
Federation of Labor______________________________________ 104
1 28 N. L. R B 960.
31 N. L. R. B., No. 98.
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590
SOUTHERN INDIANA GAS & ELECTRIC CO. 591
Total number of votes for neither organization_______________ 13
'Total number of blank ballots_______________________________ 0
Total number of void ballots-------------------------------- 0
Total number of challenged- ballots___________________________ . 7
Since the number of challenged ballots cannot affect the result of the
election, we find it unnecessary to pass upon the challenges.
On January 31 and February 4, 1941, the I. B. E. W. filed with
the Regional Director charges which the Regional Director treated
as objections to the Election Report. On April 5, 1941, the Regional
Director, acting pursuant to Article III, Section 9, of National Labor
Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series 2, as amended, issued
his Report on Objections, in which he reported the results of his
investigation.
The Board has considered the Election Report, the objections filed
by the I. B. E. W., and-the Report on the Objections and finds that
'the objections filed by the I. B. E. W. do not raise substantial or
.material issues with respect to the conduct of the ballot or the Elec-
tion Report.
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 Utility Workers Union,
Local Number 1, Inc., has been designated and selected by a majority
of all production, transmission, and distribution employees of the
Company, excluding supervisory, office, and clerical employees, Paul
Hartman and Oliver W. Summers, and all other' employees on Board
Exhibit Number 5 in evidence, and all employees covered by the con-
tract between the Company and Amalgamated 'Association of Street
and Electrical Railway and Motor Coach Employees of America'cov-
'ering bus operators and bus-garage employees, as their representa-
tive for the purposes of collective bargaining and that pursuant 'to
Section 9 (a) of the National Labor Relations Act, Independent
'Utility Workers Union, Local Number 1, Inc., is the exclusive rep-
resentative of all such employees for the purposes of collective bar-
gaining 'in respect"to rates of pay, wages, hours of employment, and
other Conditions' of employment.