The Ingalls Iron Works Co., Inc.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Sep 14, 1940

27 N.L.R.B. 233 (N.L.R.B. 1940)

In the Matter of BIRMINGHAM TANK COMPANY, DIVISION OF THE INGALLS
IRON WORKS COMPANY, INC. and INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF
BRIDGE, STRUCTURAL AND ORNAMENTAL IRON WORKERS, SHOPMEN'S
LOCAL #539
Case No. B-1938
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
September 14, 1940
On July 31, 1940, the National Labor Relations Board , herein called
the Board , issued a Decision and Direction of Election in the above-
entitled proceeding .' On August 17,1940, the Board issued an Amend-
ment to Decision and Direction of Election.2 Pursuant to the Decision
and Direction of Election and Amendment to Decision and Direction
of Election , an election by secret ballot was conducted on August 21,
1940, under the direction and supervision of the Regional Director for
the Tenth Region ( Atlanta, Georgia ). On August 27, 1940, the Re-
gional 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 on the
ballot. 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 :
Total number eligible______________________________________ 77
Total ballots cast___________________________________________ 50
Total number of ballots cast for International Association of
Bridge, Structural and Ornamental Iron Workers, Shopmen's
Local #539, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor__ 44
Total number of ballots cast against International Association of
Bridge, Structural and Ornamental Iron Workers, Shopmen's
Local #539, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor__ 5
Total number of challenged ballots___________________________ 0
Total number of void ballots__________________________________ 1
Total number of blank ballots _________________________________ -0
By virtue of and pursuant to the power vested in the National Labor
Relations Board by Section 9 (c) of the National Labor Relations
125 N. L. R. B. 1306.
2 26 N. L. It. B 739
27 N. L. It. B, No. 52.
233
234 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD
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 International Association of Bridge,
Structural and Ornamental Iron Workers, Shopmen's ,Local #539,
affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, has been designated
and selected by a majority of the production and maintenance em-
ployees of Birmingham Tank Company, Birmingham, Alabama, in-
cluding clerical workers in the plant, but excluding all supervisory
employees, employees engaged solely in clerical work, and watchmen,
as their representative for the purposes of collective bargaining, and
that, pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the Act, International Association
of Bridge, Structural and Ornamental Iron Workers, Shopmen's Local
#539, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, is the exclusive
representative 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.