Armour and Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Aug 25, 1942

43 N.L.R.B. 657 (N.L.R.B. 1942)

In the Matter of ARMOUR AND COMPANY and TEAMSTERS, CHAUFFEURS,
WAREHOUSEMEN AND HELPERS, LOCAL 983 , A: F. L.
Case No. R-4158 .-Decided August 25, 1042
Investigation and Certification of Representatives : stipulation for certification
upon consent election. ' '
.,Vr. Thomas P. Graham, Jr., for the Board.
Mr. Frank Smith., of Pocatello, Idaho, for the Company.
Mr. Lee IV. Owen, of Pocatello, Idaho, for the Union.
Mr. Gilbert V. Rosenberg, of counsel to the Board.
DECISION
AND
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
STATEMENT OF THE CASE
Upon petition duly filed by Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen
and Helpers, Local 983, A. F. L., herein called the Union, alleging
that a question affecting commerce had arisen concerning the repre-
sentation of employees of 'Armour and Company, herein called the
Company, engaged at Pocatello, Idaho, in the manufacture of butter
and condensed milk, the National Labor Relations Board provided
for an appropriate hearing upon due notice. On July 28, 1942, before
a hearing was held,, the Company, the Union,, and the Regional
Director for the Nineteenth Region (Seattle, Washington) entered
into a "Stipulation for Certification Upon Consent Election."
Pursuant to the stipulation, an election by secret ballot was con-
ducted on July 31, 1942, under the direction and supervision of the
Regional Director, among all production and maintenance employees
of the Comi pany, at its Pocatello, Idaho, plant, excluding the manager,
the foreman, and office employees, to determine whether or not they
desired to be represented by the Union, for the purposes of collective
bargaining. On August 4, 1942, the Regional. Director 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 reportedi
as follows:
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Total on eligibility list_______________________________________
- Total ballots cast____________________________________________
Total ballots challengech____________________________________
Total'blank ballots------------------------------------------
Total void ballots-------------- _________________------
Total valid votes cast_______________________________________
Votes cast for Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen and
Helpers, Local 983, A: F. L_________________________________
Votes cast against the afore -mentioned Union__________________
25
19
0
0
0
19
19
0
Upon .the basis of, the stipulation, the Election Report, and the
entire record in the case, the Board makes the following :
FINDINGS OF FACT
1. A question affecting commerce has arisen concerning the repre-
sentation of employees of Armour and Company, Pocatello, Idaho,
-within the meaning of Section'9 (c) and Section '2 (6) and (7) of the
National Labor Relations Act.
2. All production and maintenance employees of the Company,
its Pocatello, Idaho, plant, excluding the manager, the foreman, and
office employees, constitute a unit appropriate for the purposes of
collective bargaining, within the meaning of Section 9 (b) of the Act.
3. Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen and Helpers, Local 983,
affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, has been designated
and selected by a majority of the employees in the above unit as their
representative for the purposes of collective bargaining and is the
exclusive representative of all employees in said unit, within the
meaning of Section 9 (a) of the Act.
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
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,
IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen'
and ' Helpers, Local 983, , affiliated with the American Federation of
Labor, has been designated and selected by a majority of all production
and maintenance workers of Armour and Compaiiy, Pocatello, Idaho,
excluding the manager, the foreman, and office employees, as their
representative for the purposes of collective bargaining, and that,
pursuant to Section 9 (a) 'of the Act, Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Ware-
housemen and Helpers, Local 983, affiliated with the American Fed-
eration of Labor, is the exclusive representative of all such employees
for the purposes of collective bargaining in respect to the rates of pay,
wages, hours of employment, and other conditions of employment.
CH'AIRMAN MILLIS took no part in the consideration of the above
'Decision and Certification of Representatives.