Armour & Co. of Delaware

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Jan 5, 1942

38 N.L.R.B. 37 (N.L.R.B. 1942)

In the Matter of ARMOUR & COMPANY OF DELAWARE AND ARMOUR &
COMPANY OF ILLINOIS and AMALGAMATED MEAT CUTTERS AND BUTCHER
WORKMEN OF NORTH AMERICA, LOCAL 416, AFFILIATED' WITH THE
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR
Case No. R-0998
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 5, 1942
On November 13, 1941, the National-Labor Relations Board issued
a Decision and Direction of Election in the above-entitled proceeding.'
Pursuant to the Direction of Election, an election by secret ballot was
conducted on December 12, 1941, under the direction and supervision
of the Regional Director for the Eighteenth Region (Minneapolis,
Minnesota). On December 15, 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 1i^4 _______________________________________ 377
Total ballots cast______________________________ ______ 188
Total ballots challenged_____________________________________ 2
Total blank ballots__________________________________________ 0
Total void ballots___________________________________________ 0
Total valid votes cast_______________________________________ 186-
Votes cast for Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen
of North America, Local 416, Affiliated with the American
Federation of Labor_______________________________________ 147
Votes cast against Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher
Workmen of North America, Local 416, Affiliated with the
American Federation of Labor_____________________________ 39
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
1 N L. R. B. 886
38 N. L. R. B., No. 8.
37
38 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD
National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series 2, as
amended,
IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher
Workmen of North America, Local 416, affiliated with the American
Federation of Labor, has been designated and selected by a majority
of all production employees at the Huron, South Dakota, plant of
Armour & Company of Delaware and Armour & Company of Illinois,
engaged in killing, dressing, processing, packing, and shipping, exclud-
ing maintenance employees, general office and clerical employees, plant
clerks, scalers and checkers, supervisors, foremen, assistant foremen,
watchmen, jobbing-room employees, and livestock drivers, as their
I epresentative for the purposes of collective bargaining, and that, pur-
suant to Section 9 (a) of the Act, Amalgamated Meat Cutters and
Butcher Workmen of North America, Local 416, affiliated with the
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.