American Bemberg Corp.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Jun 15, 1940

24 N.L.R.B. 727 (N.L.R.B. 1940)

In the Matter of AMERICAN BEMBERG CORPORATION, NORTH AMERICAN
RAYON CORPORATION and TEXTILE WORKERS UNION.No. 21999, AFFILI-
ATED WITH THE A. F. OF L.
Case No. B-1714
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
June, 15, 1940
On May 7, 1940, the National Labor Relations Board issued a Deci-
sion and Direction of Election in the above-entitled proceeding.: Pur-
suant to the Direction of, Election, an election by secret ballot was con-
ducted on May 28, 1940, under the direction and supervision of the
Regional Director for the Tenth Region (Atlanta, Georgia). On
June 1, 1940, the Regional 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 Elec-
tion 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------------------------ _----------- 4,127
Total ballots cast----------------------------------------- 2,658
Total number ballots cast for Textile Workers Union No.
21999, affiliated with United Textile Workers of America,
American Federation of Labor--------------------------- 1,748
Total number ballots cast for Textile Workers Union of
America, affiliated with the Congress of Industrial Organ-
izations ------------------------------------------------ 681
Total number ballots cast for neither organization--------- 221
Total number of challenged ballots ------------I------------ 2
Total number of void ballots------------------------------- 4
Total number of blank ballots----------------------------- 2
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, as amended,
123 N. L. R. B. 623.
24 N. L. R. B., No. 70.
727
728 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD
IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that Textile Workers Union No. 21999, affili-
ated with United Textile Workers of America, American Federation
of Labor, has been designated and selected by a majority of all hourly
paid,, non-supervisory employees of American Bemberg Corporation
and North American Rayon Corporation, Elizabethton, Tennessee,
excluding clerical and supervisory employees, but including head
spinners and including relief foremen whose supervisory duties con-
sume less than 50 per cent of their total working'hours, as their repre-
sentative for the purposes of collective bargaining, and that pursuant
to Section 9 (a) of the National Labor Relations Act, Textile Workers
Union No. 21999, affiliated with United Textile Workers of America,
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.