Standard Lime & Stone Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Jan 18, 1940

19 N.L.R.B. 617 (N.L.R.B. 1940)

In the Matter of STANDARD LIME & STONE Co . and LOCAL #175,
QUARRY WORKERS UNION
Case No. R-1246
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 18, 1940
On November 2, 1939, 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 November 28, 1939, under
the direction and supervision of the Regional Director for the Fifth
Region (Baltimore, Maryland). On November 29, 1939, the Regional
Director, acting pursuant to Article III, Section 9, of National Labor
Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series 2, issued an Election
Report, copies of which were duly served on the parties.:
As to the balloting and its results, the Regional Director reported
as follows :
Total number of eligible voters_____________________________ 468
Total number of ballots cast_______________________________ 406
Total number of votes for :
Independent Employees Organization of the Martinsburg
Plant, Standard Lime & Stone Co--------------------- 387
Total number of votes for :
Local #175, Quarry Workers Union (C. I. 0.) ------------ 6
Total number of votes for neither__________________________ 12
Total number of blank ballots______________________________ 0
Total number of void ballots______________________________ 1
Total number of challenged votes__________________________ 0
On December 20, 1939 , Local #175 , Quarry Workers Union, herein
called Local 175, filed with the Regional Director Objections to the
Election Report. On December 22, 1939, the Regional Director , acting
pursuant to Article III, Section 9, of National Labor Relations Board
Rules and Regulations-Series 2, issued and duly served upon the
parties a Report on Objections to Election Report in which he reported
that the objections are without merit.
The Board has considered the Objections to the Election Report and
finds that they do not raise substantial or i naterial issues with respect
to the conduct of the ballot or the Election Report.
1 17 N. L. R. B. 147.
19 N. L. R. B., No. 63.
617
618 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD
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,
49 Stat. 449, and pursuant to Article III, Sections 8 and 9, of National
Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series 2,
IT IS 'I-IEREBY CERTIFIED that Independent Employees Organization,
of the Martinsburg Plant, Standard Lime & Stone Company, has been
designated and selected by a majority of all employees in the Standard
Lime & Stone Co., at its plant in Martinsburg, West Virginia, ex-
cluding laboratory and office employees, officials, and foremen having
subforemen under them, as their representative for the purposes of
collective bargaining, and that pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the Act,
Independent Employees Organization of the Martinsburg Plant,
Standard Lime & Stone Company is the exclusive representative of
all such employees for the purpose of collective bargaining with respect
to rates of pay, wages, hours of employment, and other conditions
of employment.