Banner Bed Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Sep 23, 1941

35 N.L.R.B. 712 (N.L.R.B. 1941)

In the Matter of BANNER BED COMPANY and FURNITURE WORKERS
UNION LOCAL 18-B, C. I. O.
Case No. R-2685
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
September 23, 1941
On August 9, 1941, the National Labor Relations Board issued its
Decision and Direction of Election in the above-entitled proceeding.'
Pursuant to the Direction of Election, an election by secret ballot
was conducted on August 25, 1941, under the direction and super-
vision of the Acting Regional Director for the Thirteenth Region
(Chicago, Illinois). On August 26, 1941, the Regional Director,
acting pursuant to Article III, Section 9, of National Labor Rela-
tions Board Rules and Regulations-Series 2, as amended, issued an
Election Report, copies of which were duly served upon the parties.
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 the results thereof, the Regional Director
reported as follows :
Total Number Eligible to Vote______ 44
Total Number of Ballots Cast____________________________ 38
Total Number of Valid Ballots____________________________ 37
Total Number of Votes for Upholsterers International Union
of North America, A. F. L______________________________ 26
Total Number of Votes for the Furniture & Bedding Workers
Union, Local 18-B, C. I. O______________________________ 10
Total Number of Votes for "Neither"_____________________ 1
Total Number of Blank Votes_____________________________ 0
Total Number of Void Ballots_____________________________ 0
Total Number of Challenged Votes________________________ 1
By virtue of and pursuant to the power vested in the National
Labor Relations Board by Section 9 (c) of the National Labor Re-
lations 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,
IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED, that Upholsterers International Union of
North America, A. F. L., has been designated and selected by a
1 34 N. L. R. B. 90.
35 N. L. R. B., No. 157.
712
BANNER BED COMPANY 713:
majority of production and maintenance employees of Banner Bed
Company, Chicago, Illinois, excluding clerical and supervisory em-
ployees and teamsters, as their representative for the purposes of'
collective bargaining, and that, pursuant to the provisions of Section
9 (a) of the National Labor Relations Act, Upholsterers Interna-
tional Union of North America, affiliated with the American Federa-
tion 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.