Armour & Company

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Jan 27, 1939

10 N.L.R.B. 1437 (N.L.R.B. 1939)

In the Matter of ARMOUR & COMPANY and AMALGAMATED MEAT
CUTTERS AND BUTCHER WORKMEN OF NORTH AMERICA, LOCAL No.
641
In the Matter of ARMOUR & COMPANY and INTERNATIONAL UNION OF
OPERATING ENGINEERS , LOCAL No. 1.
In the Matter of ARMOUR & COMPANY and UNITED PACKING HOUSE
WORKERS LOCAL INDUSTRIAL UNION No. 300
In the Matter of ARMOUR & COMPANY and UNITED PACKING HOUSE
WORKERS LOCAL INDUSTRIAL UNION No. 300
Cases Nos. C-647, C-648, C-649, and R-710, respectively
AMENDED DIRECTION OF ELECTIONS
January 37,1939
On November 29, 1938, the National Labor Relations Board, herein
called the Board, issued its, Decision, Order, and Direction of Elec-
tions 1 in the above-entitled proceedings. The Direction of Elec-
tions provided that elections by secret ballot be conducted at such
time as the Board should in the future direct.
(1) Among all the packing-house workers of Armour & Company,
Denver, Colorado, who were employed by it during a pay-roll period
which the Board should in the future specify, excluding supervisory
and clerical employees, engineers, firemen, and helpers in the engine
and boiler rooms, and excluding also those who had since quit or been
discharged for cause, to determine whether they desired to be repre-
sented by United Packing House Workers Local Industrial Union
No. 300 or by Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of
North America, Local No. 641, for the purposes of collective bar-
gaining, or by neither;
(2) Among the engineers, firemen, and helpers in the engine and
boiler rooms, who were employed by the said Company during a pay-
roll period which the Board should in the future specify, excluding
those' who had since quit or been discharged for cause, to determine
whether they desired to be represented by International Union of
Operating Engineers, Local No. 1, or by United Packing House
10, N. L. R. B. 1295.
10 N. L. R. B, No. 129.
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Workers Local Industrial Union No. 300, for the purposes of collective
bargaining, or by neither.
The Board has been informed by the Regional Director for the
Twenty-second Region that the parties desire that the elections be
held at this time. The Board has also been informed by the Regional
Director that neither the United Packing House Workers Local In-
dustrial Union No. 300 nor the Amalgamated Meat Cutters and
Butcher Workmen of North America, Local No. 641, admit to mem-
bership watchmen or deputized officers.
Under the circumstances, the Board hereby amends its Direction
of Elections to read as follows :
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, Section, 8, of
National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series 1,
as amended, it is hereby
DIRECTED that, as part of the investigation authorized by the Board
to ascertain representatives for the purposes of collective bargaining
with Armour & Company, Denver, Colorado, elections by secret ballot
shall be conducted within fifteen (15) days from the date of this
Amended Direction, under the direction and supervision of the Re-
gional Director for the Twenty-second Region, acting in this matter as
agent for, the National Labor Relations Board, and subject to Article
III, Section 9, of said Rules and Regulations.
(1) Among all the packing-house workers of the Company who
were employed by the Company during the pay-roll period immedi-
ately preceding the date of this Amended Direction of Elections, in-
cluding persons laid off within sixty (60) days prior to said pay-roll
period, but excluding supervisory and clerical employees, engineers,
firemen, and helpers in the engine and boiler rooms, watchmen and
deputized officers and excluding those who have since quit or been
discharged for cause, to determine whether they desire to be repre-
sented by United Packing House Workers Local Industrial Union
No. 300 or by Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of
North America, Local No. 641, for the purposes of collective bar-
gaining, or by neither;
(2) Among the engineers, firemen, and helpers in the engine and
boiler rooms, who were employed by the Company during the pay-
roll period immediately preceding the date of this Amended Direc-
tion of Elections, including persons laid off within sixty (60) days
prior to said pay-roll period, but excluding those who have since quit
or been discharged for cause, to determine whether they desire to be
represented by International Union of Operating Engineers, Local
No. 1 or by United Packing House Workers Local Industrial Union
No. 300, for the purposes of collective bargaining, or by neither.