Sloss-Sheffield Steel & Iron Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Oct 3, 1939

15 N.L.R.B. 825 (N.L.R.B. 1939)

In the Matter of SLOSS-SHEFFIELD STEEL & IRON COMPANY and INTER-
NATIONAL UNION OF MINE, MILL AND SMELTER WORKERS
Case No. R-1438
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
October 3, 1939
On August 29, 1939, the National Labor Relations Board, herein
called the Board, issued in the above-entitled proceeding a Decision
and Direction of Election.' The Direction of Election provided that
an election by secret ballot be conducted within fifteen (15) days
from the date of the Direction among the production and mainte-
nance employees of Sloss-Sheffield Steel &. Iron Company at its red-
ore mine, Sloss, Alabama, who were employed by the Company
during the pay-roll period immediately preceding August 29, 1939,
including employees who did not work during such pay-roll period
because they Were ill or on vacation and employees who were then or_
had since been temporarily laid off, but excluding clerical, super-
visory, and commissary employees and those who, had since quit or
been discharged for cause, to determine whether or not they desire'
to be represented for the purposes of collective bargaining by Sloss
Red Ore Local 109, international Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter
Workers.
Pursuant to the Direction of Election, an election by secret ballot
was conducted on September 12, 1939, at Bessemer, Alabama, under
the direction and supervision of the Regional Director for the Tenth
Region (Atlanta, Georgia). On September 15, 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 his Election Report. No objections to the
conduct of the ballot or the Election Report have been filed by any
of the parties.
114 N. L. R. B. 1185.
15 N. L. R. B., No. 92.
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The Regional Director reported the following results of the
balloting :
Total number eligible to vote________________________________ 416
Total number of ballots cast________________________________ 318
Total number of ballots cast for Sloss Red Ore Local 109,
International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers_____ 314
Total number of ballots cast against Sloss Red Ore Local 109,
International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers____- 2
Total number of challenged ballots__________________________ 0
Total number of void ballots________________________________ 2
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
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 HEREBY CERTIFIED that Sloss Red Ore Local 109, International
Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter 'Yorkers, has been selected by a
majority of the production and maintenance employees of Sloss-Shef-
field Steel & Iron Company, Sloss, Alabama, exclusive of clerical,
supervisory, and commissary employees, as their representative for
the purposes of collective bargaining, and that pursuant to Section
9 (a) of the National Labor Relations Act, Sloss Red Ore Local 109,
International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter `Yorkers, 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.