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Show NLRB DESIGNATES UTAH COPPER CO'S. BARGAINING AGENT The national labor relations board has designated the International Inter-national Union of Mine. Mill and Smelter Workers, local No. 3!)2 (CIO) as collective bargaining agent for three groups of employees em-ployees of Utah Copper company, in Utah, including those in the electrical department, the central cen-tral station, the boiler shop, the tin shop and the rigger department depart-ment and the remaining production produc-tion and maintenance employees, including part time employees, gardeners, carpenter repairmen and office janitors. Employees in one of the other voting groups failed to give a majority to either the CIO union or local 222, International Brotherhood Broth-erhood of Teamsters, Chauffers, Warehousmen and Helpers (AFL), the board said, and no collective bargaining agon was certified. In the remaining voting group preliminary count of ballots showed 100 favoring the CIO union, one for the AFL union and 78 against either union. Final determination de-termination will be made after the challenged votes are counted. Utah Metal Trades council (AFL) had complained that the copper company, despite a U. S. circuit court of appeals order, had continued to recognize the Independent Association of Mill Workers, which the national labor la-bor relations board had ordered disestablished. The council also accused the company with certain practices it claimed were prejudicial to the conduct of the election to determine de-termine a collective bargaining agent. Over ruling the objections, the board noted -the company had appealed the disestablishing order or-der to the United States supreme court. It said it found no- merit to allegations of misconduct. |