The Robinson-Ransbottom Pottery Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Nov 22, 1940

28 N.L.R.B. 52 (N.L.R.B. 1940)

In the Matter of THE RoBINSON-RANSBOTTOM POTTERY COMPANY and
HARRY F. KINNAN AND RAYMOND J.'WILLIAMS, EMPLOYEES OF THE
ROBINSON-RANSBOTTOM POTTERY COMPANY
In the Matter of THE NELSON McCoY POTTERY COMPANY and THE-
EMPLOYEES OF THE NELSON MCCOY POTTERY COMPANY
Cases Nos. R-2062 and R-2063
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
November 02, 1940
On October 24, 1940, the National Labor Relations Board issued
its Decision and Direction of Elections in the above-entitled pro-
ceedings.' Pursuant to the Direction of Elections, elections by secret
ballot were conducted on November 4, 1940, under the direction and
supervision of the Regional Director for the Eighth Region (Cleve-
land, Ohio). On November 6, 1940, the-Regional Director, 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 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 :
The Robinson-Ransbottom Pottery Company :
Total on eligibility list_____________________________________ 162,
Total ballots cast___________________________________________ 154
Total votes cast for Harry F. Kinnan and Raymond J. Williams- 103
Total votes cast` for Local No. 135 of National Brotherhood
of Operative Potters (A. F. L.) --------------------------- 46
Total votes cast for neither_________________________________ 2
Total blank ballots________________________________________ 0
Total void ballots___________________________________________ 1
Total challenged votes-------------------------- _------------ 2
,127 N . L. R. B. 1093.
.28 N. L. R. B, No. 15.
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THE ROBINSON -RANSBOTTOM POTTERY COMPANY 53
The Nelson McCoy Pottery Company :
Total on eligibility list--- ----------------------------------- 219
Total ballots cast------------------------------------------ 218
Total votes cast for Orland C. Swackhamer and Elmer Rich-
ardson -- ------------------------------------------------ 126
Total votes cast for Local No. 135 of National Brotherhood of .
Operative Potters (A F. L.) ------------------------------- 86
Total votes cast for neither---------------------------------- 5
Total blank ballots----------------------------------------- 0
Total void ballots------------------------------------------- 0
Total challenged votes---- ---------------------------------- 1
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 V 8 and 9,
of National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations- Series 2,
as amended,
IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that Harry F. Kinnan and Raymond J. Wil-
liams have been designated and selected by a majority of the produc-
tion and maintenance employees of The Robinson-Ransbottom Pot-
tery Company, Roseville, Ohio, excluding clerical and supervisory
employees, as their representatives for the purposes of collective bar-
gaining, and that, pursuant to the provisions of Section 9 (a) of the
National Labor Relations Act, Harry F. Kinnan and Raymond J.
Williams are the exclusive representatives 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.
IT IS HERESY FURTHER CERTIFIED that Orland Swackhamer and El-
mer Richardson have been designated and selected by a majority of
the production and maintenance employees of The Nelson McCoy
Pottery Company, Roseville, Ohio, excluding clerical and supervisory
employees, as their representatives for the purposes of collective bar-
gaining, and that, pursuant to the provisions of Section 9 (a) of the
National Labor Relations Act, Orland Swackhamer and Elmer Rich-
ardson are the exclusive representatives 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. ,