Aponaug Mfg. Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Dec 15, 1941

37 N.L.R.B. 626 (N.L.R.B. 1941)

In the Matter,of APONAUG 'MFG. COMPANY +cuYLd TEXTILE WORKERS
UNION 'OF AMERIOI , AFFILIATED WITH TIIE -CONGRE SS OF INDUSTRIAL
ORGANIZATIONS
Case No. R-3002
-CERT'I'F.IC'ATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
December 15, 1941
On October 23, 1941, the National Labor Relations Board issued
a Decision and Direction of Election 1 in the above-entitled pro-
ceedings. Pursuant to the Direction of Election an election by secret
ballot was conducted on November 22, 1941, -under the -direction and
supervision of the Regional Director' for the Fifteenth Region (New
Orleans, Louisiana). On November 23, 1941, 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 his 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 on'eligibility'list--------------------------------------- 513
Total 'ballots -cast ------------------------------------------- 440
Total'ballots challenged------------------------------------- 0
Totallblank ballots ------------------------------------------ 0
Total void ballots------------------------------------------ 0
Total valid ballots cast--------------------------------------
Votes cast for Textile Workers Union of America, affiliated witlr
440
the-Congress of -Industrial Organizations--------------------246
Votes-cast-for'Federal-Labor'Union #20850, 'afiliated'with Amer-
ican Federation of -Labor ---------------------------------- 176
Votes cast for No Union------------------------------------- 18
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,
1 36 N. L . R.B M.
37 N. L. R. B., No. 103
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APONAUG MFG. CONIPANY 627
IT Is Iiuu nY OED that Textile `Yorkers Union of America,
affiliated with the Congress of Industrial Organizations, has been
designated and selected by all production and maintenance employees
and watchmen, including the electricians, grinders and fixers, section
men, Bell and Summerlin, headslashers, J. Smith, and "learners" of
Aponaug Mfg. Company at its Kosciusko, Mississippi, plant, exclud-
ing second hands, office and clerical employees, and supervisory em-
ployees having authority to hire and discharge, as their representa-
tive for the purposes of collective bargaining, and that, pursuant to
Section 9 (a) of the National Labor Relations Act, Textile Workers
Union of America, affiliated with the Congress of Industrial Organi-
zations, 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.