Arkwright Corp.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Dec 17, 1941

37 N.L.R.B. 721 (N.L.R.B. 1941)

In the Matter of ARKWRIGHT CORPORATION and TEXTILE WORKERS
UNION OF AMERICA (C. I. 0.)
Case No. R-2981
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
December 17, 1941
On7Nove'mber% 1941 , the National Labor Relations Board issued
a Decision and Direction of Election in the above-entitled 'Proceed-
ings.' Pursuant to the Direction of Election , an election by secret
ballot was conducted on December 5, 1941, under the direction and
supervision of the Regional Director for the First Region ( Boston,
Massachusetts ). On December 8, 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 an Election 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 on eligibility list------------------------------------- 1,272
Total ballots cast----------------------------------------- 1, 114
Total valid votes cast-- ------------------------------------ 1,104
Total number of ballots marked for "Yes" (indicating a desire
to be - represented by Textile Workers Union of -America
(C. I. 0 )) --------------------------------------------- 608
Total number of ballots marked for "No " ( indicating a desire
not to be represented by Textile Workers Union of America
(C -I. 0.)) --------------------------------------------- 496
Total blank 'ballots---------------------------------------- 1
Total void ballots----------------------------------------- 2
Total ballots challenged----------------------------------- 7
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, _
1 36 N.L. R. B. 687.
37 N. L. R.B, No. 116.
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IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that Textile Workers Union of America, affili-
ated with the Congress of Industrial Organizations, has been desig-
nated and selected by a majority of all production and maintenance
employees at the cotton mill of Arkwright Corporation, Fall River,
Massachusetts, including watchmen-and the head fixer, but excluding
shipping and receiving, employees, executives, supervisory employees,
office and clerical employees, boss shearers in the cloth room, and the
floorlady in the cloth room, as their representative for the purposes
of collective bargaining, and that, pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the
Act, Textile Workers Union of America, affiliated with the Congress
of Industrial Organizations, 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.