Vanadium Corporation Of America

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Dec 2, 1938

10 N.L.R.B. 86 (N.L.R.B. 1938)

IN THE MATTER OF VANADIUM CORPORATION OF AMERICA and LOCAL No.
12067, GAS & BY-PRODUCT COKE & CHEMICAL WORKERS UNION,
DISTRICT 50, UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA
Case No. R-1022
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
December 2, 1938
On October 25, 1938, the National Labor Relations Board issued a
Decision and Direction of Election in the above-entitled case.' The
Direction of Election provided that an election by secret ballot be
conducted, within fifteen (15) days from the date of the Direction,
among all the employees at the Niagara plant of Vanadium Corpora-
tion of America, Niagara Falls, New York, herein called the Coin-
pany, whose names appear on the Company's pay roll for August 27,
1938, excluding executives, foremen, inspectors, recorders, watchmen,
supervisors, and technical and clerical employees and 'excluding em-
ployees who have since quit or been discharged for cause, to determine
whether or not they desire to be represented by Local No. 12067, Gas
& By-Product Coke & Chemical Workers Union, District 50, United
Mine Workers of America, for the purposes of collective bargaining-
Pursuant to the Direction of Election, an election by secret ballot
was conducted on November 7, 1938, under the direction and super-
vision of the Regional Director for the Third Region (Buffalo, New
York). On November 9, 1938, the Regional Director, acting pursuant
to Article III, Section 9, of National Labor Relations Board Rules
and Regulations-Series 1, as amended; issued and duly served upon,
the parties an Intermediate Report on the election. No objections or
exceptions to the Intermediate Report have been filed by any of the
parties.
As to the balloting and its results, the Regional Director reported
as follows:
Total number eligible to vote-------------------------------- 135
Total number of valid' ballots cast-------------------------- 119
Ballots in favor of Local No. 12067, Gas & By-Product Coke &
Chemical Workers Union, District 50, United Mine Workers
of America ----------------------------------------------- 79
1 9 N. L R B. 490.
f The word "valid" was obviously inserted erroneously in the Intermediate Repoi t_
10 N. L . It B., No. 9.
86
DECISIONS AND O DE1tS 87,'
Ballots against Local No. 12067, Gas & By-Product Coke &
Chemical Workers Union, District 50, United Mine Workers
of America ----------------------------------------------- 34
Challenged ballots ------------------------------------------ 4-
Blank votes------------------------------------------------- 2:
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 l°,
as amended,
IT IS IIERLBY CERTIFIED that Local No. 12067, Gas & By-Product
Coke & Chemical Workers Union, District 50, United Mine Workers
of America, has been selected by a majority of all the employees at
the Niagara plant of Vanadium Corporation of America, Niagara:
Falls, New York, excluding executives, foremen, inspectors, recorders,_
watchmen, supervisors, and technical and clerical employees, as their-
representative for the purposes of collective bargaining,' and tYra4=,-
pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the Act, Local No. 12067, Gas & By-
Product Coke & Chemical Workers Union, District 50, United Mine
Workers of America, is the exclusive representative of all such em-
ployees for the purposes of collective bargaining in respect to rates:
of pay, wages, hours of employment, and other conditions of
employment.