Allied Paper Mills, King Division

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Jun 14, 1939

13 N.L.R.B. 300 (N.L.R.B. 1939)

In the Matter of ALLIED PAPER MILLS, KING DIVISION and UNITED
PAPER MILL WORIIERs' LOCAL INDUSTRIAL UNION 398 (C. I. 0.)
Case No. R-1057
SUPPLEMENTAL DECISION
AND
ORDER
Jane 14. 1939
On May 3, 1939, the National Labor Relations Board issued a
Decision and Direction of Election in the above-entitled proceeding.'
The Direction of Election provided that an election by secret ballot
be conducted within fifteen (15) days from the date of the Direction
among all of the hourly paid production and maintenance employees,
exclusive of C. E. Corning and foremen, supervisors, boss machine
tenders, and office help, in the powerhouse, machine room, beater
room, maintenance department, box shop, finishing room, and/or
coating room and coloring room in the King Division of the Allied
Paper Mills, whose names appear on the pay roll for the period next
preceding the date of the issuance of the Direction, to determine
whether or not they desired to be represented by the United Paper
Mill Workers' Local Industrial Union 398, affiliated with the Com-
mittee for Industrial Organization, for the purposes of collective
bargaining.
Pursuant to the Direction an election by secret ballot was conducted
on May 17, 1939, at Kalamazoo, Michigan, under the direction and
supervision of the Regional Director for the Seventh Region (Detroit,
Michigan). On May 20, 1939, the Regional Director, acting pursu-
ant to Article III, Section 9, of National Labor Relations Board Rules
and Regulations-Series 1, as amended, issued and duly served upon
the parties to the proceeding his Intermediate Report upon the secret
ballot. No objections or exceptions to the Intermediate Report have
been filed by any of the parties.
312 N L R B. 677.
13 N L. R. B., No. 33.
300
ALLIED PAPER MILLS, KING DIVISION 30 1
As to the results of the secret ballot, the Regional Director reported
as follows :
Total number eligible to vote___________________________ _____ 344
Total number of votes cast __________________________________ 328
Total number of votes for United Paper Mill Workers' Local
Industrial Union 398 , Affiliated with C. I. O_________________ 105
Total number of votes against United Paper Mill Workers'
Local Industrial Union 398, Affiliated with C. I O__________ 221
Total number of challenged ballots___________________________ 0
Total number of blank ballots ________________________________ 2
Total number of void ballots_________________________________ 0
The results of the election show that no collective bargaining
representative has been selected by a majority of the employees. The
petition for investigation and certification of representatives of em-
ployees of Allied Paper Mills, King Division, Kalamazoo, Michigan,
will therefore be dismissed.
ORDER
By virtue of 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 1, as amended,
IT Is HEREBY ORDERED that the petition for investigation and certifi-
cation of representatives of employees of Allied Paper Mills, King
Division, Kalamazoo, Michigan, filed by United Paper Mill Workers'
Local Industrial Union 398 (C. I. 0.), be, and it hereby is, dismissed.
MR. WILLIAM M. LEISERSON took no part in the consideration of the
above Supplemental Decision and Order.