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NATIONAL MEDIATION BOARD

Washington, D.C. 20572


In the Matter of the

REPRESENTATION OF EMPLOYEES

of

ILLINOIS & MIDLAND

RAILROAD, INC.

Clerical Office Station and

Storehouse Employees

25 NMB No. 36

CASE NO. R-6556

CERTIFICATION

December 29, 1997

The services of the National Mediation Board were invoked by the Transportation Communications' International Union, on December 24, 1996, to investigate and determine who may represent for the purposes of the Railway Labor Act, as provided by Section 2, Ninth, thereof, personnel described as "Clerical Office Station and Storehouse Employees", employees of the Illinois & Midland Railroad, Inc..

At the time this application was received, these employees were not represented by any organization or individual.

The Board assigned Mediator Samuel J. Cognata to investigate.

FINDINGS

The investigation disclosed that a dispute existed among the craft or class of Clerical Office Station and Storehouse Employees, and by direction of the Board the Mediator was instructed to conduct an election by secret ballot to determine the employees' representation choice.

The following is the result of the election as reported by Mediator John J. Bavis, who was assigned to count the ballots in this case.

Number of Employees Voting:

 

TCU

BLE

Void		 Number of Employees Eligible
Clerical Office Station and Warehouse Employees 7 1 0 10



The National Mediation Board further finds that the Carrier and employees in this case are, respectively, a Carrier and employees within the meaning of the Railway Labor Act, as amended; that this Board has jurisdiction over the dispute involved herein; and that the interested parties, as well as the Carrier, were given due notice of the Board's investigation.

CERTIFICATION

NOW, THEREFORE, in accordance with Section 2, Ninth, of the Railway Labor Act, as amended, and based upon its investigation pursuant thereto, the National Mediation Board certifies that the Transportation Communications' International Union, has been duly designated and authorized to represent for the purposes of the Railway Labor Act, as amended, the craft or class of Clerical Office Station and Storehouse Employees, employees of the Illinois & Midland Railroad, Inc., its successors and assigns.

By direction of the NATIONAL MEDIATION BOARD.



Stephen E. Crable

Chief of Staff


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