Barclay Compress Co., Inc.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Apr 25, 1939

12 N.L.R.B. 462 (N.L.R.B. 1939)

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In the Matter of BARCLAY COMPRESS Co.. INC., SHIPPERS' COMPRESS &
WAREHOUSE, INC., COTTON TRADE WAREHOUSES , INC., FEDERAL
COMPRESS & WAREHOUSE Co., NEW ORLEANS COMPRESS, INC. and
INTERNATIONAL LONGSHOREMEN & WAREHOUSEMEN'S UNION, AFFILI-
ATED WITH C. I. O.
Cases Nos. R-1250 to R-1254 , inclusive
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
April 25, 1939
On March 8 , 1939, the National Labor Relations Board, herein
called the Board , issued a Decision and Direction of Elections in
the above entitled cases. ' The Direction of Elections directed that
elections by secret ballot be conducted within thirty (30) days from
the date of the Direction , as follows : ( 1) among the employees of
Barclay Compress Co., Inc., who are drivers , press hands (tyers,
head sewers and bond reefers ), samplers and common laborers, ex-
cluding supervisory , office, or clerical employees , to determine
whether they desire to be represented by the C. I. O. or
the A. F. of L. for the purposes of collective bargaining, or by
neither; (2) among the employees of Shippers ' Compress & Ware-
house, Inc., who are drivers, press hands ( tyers, head sewers and
bond reefers ), samplers, and common laborers , excluding supervisory,
office, or clerical employees , to determine whether they desire to be
represented by the C. I. O. or the A. F. of L. for the purposes of
collective bargaining , or by neither ; ( 3) among the employees of
Cotton Trade Warehouses, Inc., who are drivers, press hands (tyers,
head sewers and bond reefers ), samplers, and common laborers, ex-
cluding supervisory , office, or clerical employees , to determine
whether they desire to be represented by the C. I. O. or the A. F.
of L. for the purposes of collective bargaining , or by neither; (4)
among the employees of Federal Compress & Warehouse Co., who
are drivers , press hands ( tyers, head sewers and bond reefers),
samplers, and common laborers , excluding supervisory, office, or cler-
ical employees, to determine whether they desire to be represented
by the C. I. O. or the A. F. of L. for the purposes of collective
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bargaining, or by neither; and (5) among the employees of New Or-
leans Compress, Inc., who are drivers, press hands (tyers, head
sewers and bond reefers), samplers, and common laborers, excluding
supervisory, office, or clerical employees,-to determine whether they
desire to be represented by the C. I. O. or the A. F. of L. for the
purposes of collective bargaining, or by neither.
Pursuant to the Direction, elections by secret ballot were conducted
under the direction and supervision of the Regional Director for
the Fifteenth Region. Full opportunity was afforded all parties to
this investigation to participate in the conduct of the secret ballot
and to make challenges. Thereafter said Regional Director, acting
pursuant to Article III, Section 9, of National Labor Relations Board
Rules and Regulations-Series 1, as amended, issued and duly served
upon the parties an Intermediate Report and on April 10, 1939, an
amended Intermediate Report upon the secret ballot. No objections
or exceptions to the amended Intermediate Report have been filed
by any of the parties.
As to the balloting and its results, the Regional Director reported
as follows :
1. BARCLAY COMPRESS Co., INC.
Total number of employees eligible to vote__________________ 92
Total number of votes cast________________________________ 62
Total number of votes for International Longshoremen and
Warehousemen's Union, affiliated with C. I. 0_____________ 62
Total number of votes for International Longshoremen's As-
sociation, Locals 1594 and 1496, affiliated with A. F. of L__ 0
Total number of votes for neither organization______________ 0
Total number of blank ballots______________________________ 0
Total number of void ballots_______________________________ 0
Total number of challenged ballots__________________________ 0
Total number of spoiled ballots_____________________________ 0
2. SHIPPERS ' COMPRESS & WAREHOUSE, INC.
Total number of employees eligible to vote__________________ 71
Total number of votes cast_________________________________ 40
Total number of votes for International Longshoremen and
Warehousemen's Union, affiliated with C. I. 0------------ 40
Total number of votes for International Longshoremen's As-
sociation, Locals 1594 and 1496, affiliated with A. F. of L___ 0
Total number of votes for neither organization______________ 0
Total number of blank ballots______________________________ 0
Total number of void ballots________________________________ 0
Total number of challenged ballots_________________________ - 0
Total number of spoiled ballots_____________________________ 0
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3. COTTON TRADE WAREHOUSES, INC.
Total number of employees eligible to vote___________________ 128
Total number of votes cast__________________________________ 71
Total number of votes for International Longshoremen and
Warehousemen's Union, affiliated with C. I. 0_____________ 61
Total number of votes for International Longshoremen's Asso-
ciation, Locals 1594 and 1496, affiliated with A. F. of L______ 10
Total number of votes for neither organization_______________ 0
Total number of blank ballots_______________________________ 0
Total number of void ballots________________________________ 0
Total number of challenged ballots__________________________ 0
Total number of spoiled ballots_______________________________ 0
4. FEDERAL COMPRESS & WAREHOUSE CO.
Total number of employees eligible to vote___________________ 44
Total number of votes cast_________________________________ 37
Total number of votes for International Longshoremen and
Warehousemen's Union, affiliated with C. I. 0______________ 37
Total number of votes for International Longshoremen's Asso-
ciation, Locals 1594 and 1496, affiliated with A. F. L--------- 0
Total number of votes for neither organization_______________ 0
Total number of blank ballots_______________________________ 0
Total number of void ballots________________________________ 0
Total number of challenged ballots__________________________ 0
Total number of spoiled ballots___________ ___________________ 0
5. NEW ORLEANS COMPRESS COMPANY
Total number of employees eligible to vote------------------- 465
Total number of votes cast__________________________________ 308
Total number of votes for International Longshoremen and
Warehousemen's Union, affiliated with C. I. 0______________ 308
Total number of votes for International Longshoremen's Asso-
ciation, Locals 1594 and 1496, affiliated with A. F. of L______ 0
Total number of votes for neither organization_______________ 0
Total number of blank ballots_______________________________ 0
Total number of void ballots________________________________ 0
Total number of challenged ballots__________________________ 0
Total number of spoiled ballots_____________________________ 0
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, Sections 8 and 9,
of National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series 1,
as amended,
IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that International Longshoremen and Ware-
housemen's Union, affiliated with C. I. 0., has been designated and
selected by a majority of the employees at Barclay Compress Co., Inc.,
who are drivers, press hands (tyers, head sewers and bond reefers),
samplers, and common laborers, excluding supervisory, office, and
clerical employees, as their representative for the purposes of collec-
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tive bargaining and that, pursuant to the provisions of Section 9 (a)
of the Act, International Longshoremen and Warehousemen's Union,
affiliated with C. I. 0., is the exclusive representative of all such
employees for the purposes of collective bargaining in respect to
wages , rates of pay, hours of work, and other conditions of em-
ployment.
IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that International Longshoremen and Ware-
housemen's Union, affiliated with C. I. 0., has been designated and
selected by a majority of the employees at Shippers' Compress &
Warehouse, Inc., who are drivers, press hands (tyers, head sewers
and bond reefers ), samplers , and common laborers, excluding super-
visory, office, and clerical employees, as their representative for the
purposes of collective bargaining and that, pursuant to the provisions
of Section 9 (a) of the Act, International Longshoremen and Ware-
housemen's Union, affiliated with C. I. 0., is the exclusive representa-
tive of all such employees for the purposes of collective bargaining in
respect to wages, rates of pay, hours of work, and other conditions of
employment.
IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that International Longshoremen and Ware-
housemen's Union, affiliated with C. I. 0., has been designated and
selected by a majority of the employees at Cotton Trade Warehouses,
Inc., who are drivers , press hands (tyers, head sewers and bond reef-
ers), samplers, and common laborers, excluding supervisory, office,
and clerical employees, as their representative for the purposes of
collective bargaining and that, pursuant to the provisions of Section
9 (a) of the Act, International Longshoremen and Warehousemen's
Union, affiliated with C. I. 0., is the exclusive representative of all
such employees for the purposes of collective bargaining in respect
to wages, rates of pay, hours of work, and other conditions of
employment.
IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that International Longshoremen and Ware-
housemen's Union, affiliated with C. I. 0., has been designated and
selected by a majority of the employees at Federal Compress & Ware-
house Co., who are drivers, press hands (tyers, head sewers and bond
reefers ), samplers, and common laborers, excluding supervisory, of-
fice, and clerical employees, as their representative for the purposes of
collective bargaining and that, pursuant to the provisions of Section
9 (a) of the Act, International Longshoremen and Warehousemen's
Union, affiliated with C. I. 0., is the exclusive representative of all
such employees for the purposes of collective bargaining in respect
to wages, rates of pay, hours of work, and other conditions of
employment.
IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that International Longshoremen and Ware-
housemen 's Union, affiliated with C. I. 0., has been designated and
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selected by a majority of the employees at New Orleans Compress
Company, who are drivers, press hands (tyers, head sewers and bond
reefers), samplers, and common laborers, excluding supervisory, office, '
and clerical employees, as their representative for the purposes of col-
lective bargaining and that, pursuant to the provisions of Section 9
(a) of the Act, International Longshoremen and Warehousemen's
Union, affiliated with C. I. 0., is the exclusive representative of all
such employees for the purposes of collective bargaining in respect
to wages, rates of pay, hours of work, and other conditions of
employment.