American Furniture Novelty Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Jul 29, 1940

25 N.L.R.B. 1098 (N.L.R.B. 1940)

In the' Matter of AMERICAN FURNITURE NOVELTY COMPANY, A CORPORA-
TION and UNITED FURNITURE WORKERS OF AMERICA, LOCAL 18-B,
AFFILIATED WITH THE CONGRESS OF INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATIONS, AND
FURNITURE WOODWORKERS & FINISHERS UNION, LOCAL 18-B OF THE
UPHOLSTERERS INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA, AFFILIATED
WITH THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR '
Case No. R-1844
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
July 29, 1940.
On Time 7, 1940, the National Labor Relations Board, herein called
the Board, issued a Decision and Direction of Election in this proceed-
ing., Pursuant to the Direction of Election, an election by secret
ballot was conducted on July 2, 1940, under the direction and super-
vision of the Regional Director for the Thirteenth Region (Chicago,
Illinois). On July 13, 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 Election Report. 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 on eligible list_________________________________ 135
Total number ballots cast___________________________________ 120
Total number ballots east for C. 10__________________________ 104
Total number ballots cast for A. F. L________________________ 10
Total number ballots cast for neither________________________ 4
Total number ballots challenged______________________________ 1
Total number void ballots___________________________________ I
Total number 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 Rela-
tions 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,
124NLRB487.
25 N. L. R. B., No. 113.
1098
AMERICAN FURNITURE NOVELTY COMPANY 1099
IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that United Furniture Workers of America,
Local 18-B, affiliated with the Congress of Industrial Organizations,
has,been designated and selected by a majority of all employees of
American Furniture Novelty Company, Chicago, Illinois, who are in
the lumber yard, machine workers, machine helpers, cabinet depart-
ment, cabinet helpers, hand-sand machine operators in the cabinet de-
partment, machine-sand operators in the cabinet department, hand
carvers, spindle carvers, stockman in the cabinet department, finishers,
finishers' helpers, hand sanders and finishers, patchers, wrappers, rub-
bers, trimmers, trimmers' helpers, packers, and craters, excluding
artists, porters, engineers, watchmen, elevator men, and supervisory
and clerical employees, as their representative for the purposes of col-
lective bargaining and that, pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the National
Labor Relations Act, United Furniture Workers of America, Local
18-B, affiliated with the Congress of Industrial Organizations, is the
exclusive representative of all such employees for the purposes of col-
lective bargaining in respect to rates of pay, wages, hours of employ-
ment, and other conditions of employment.
MR. WILLIAM M. LEISERSON took no part in the consideration of the
above Certification of Representatives.