The George W. Borg Corp.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Sep 7, 1940

27 N.L.R.B. 95 (N.L.R.B. 1940)

In the Matter of THE GEORGE W . BORG CORPORATION and UNITED
CLOCK WORKERS UNION
Case No. R-1879
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
September 7,1940
On July 16, 1940, the National Labor Relations Board, herein
called the Board, issued a Decision and Direction of Election in this
.proceeding.' On August 3, 1940, the Board issued an Order Denying
Petition For Rehearing and Amendment to Decision and Direction of
Election.2 Pursuant to the Direction of Election, as amended, an
election by secret ballot was conducted on August 13, 1940, under the
direction and supervision of the Regional Director for the Thirteenth
Region, Chicago, Illinois. On August 20, 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.
As to the balloting and its results, the Regional Director reported
as follows:
Total number eligible, and alleged by company to be on payroll
of June 1, 1940, even though some may not have been working
on the pay-roll date but were temporarily laid off ------------ 221
Total number of ballots cast--------------------------------- 215
Total number of valid ballots cast---------------------------- 180
Total number of ballots cast for United Clock Workers Union__ 13
Total number of ballots cast for Local Union No. B-713, Interna-
tional Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, affiliated with the
American Federation of Labor----------------------------- 119
Ballots cast for neither organization__________________________ 48
Protested ballots --------------------------- ------ 35
Blank ballots----------------------------------------------- 0
Void ballots------------------------------------------------ 0
No objections to the conduct of the ballot or to the Election Report
were filed by any of the parties. Since the challenged ballots, if
counted, can not affect the result of the election, we find it unnecessary
to pass upon the challenges.
'25 N L R B, 481
2 26 N L R B 72
27 N. L. R. B, No, 24
95
96 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD
By virtue of and pursuant to 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, as amended,
IT IS HEREBY cERTIrIED that, Local Union No. B-713 of the Inter-
national Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, affiliated with the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor, has been designated and selected by a major-
ity of all production and maintenance employees and working f ore-
men of The George W. Borg Corporation, at the Chicago plant, ex-
cluding supervisory, clerical, and toolroom employees, as their repre-
sentative for the purposes of collective bargaining, and that, pursuant
to Section 9 (a) of the National Labor Relations Act, Local Union
B-713 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, affili-
ated with the American Federation of Labor, is the exclusive repre-
sentative of all such employees for the purposes of collective bargain-
ing in respect to rates of pay, wages, hours of employment, and other
conditions of employment.