Bliss Properties

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

May 16, 1941

31 N.L.R.B. 938 (N.L.R.B. 1941)

In the Matter of BLISS PROPERTIES , PARK ROAD COMPANY, INC.,
ARTHUR L. BLISS, AND JAMES McD. SHEA and UNITED BUILDING
SERVICE WORKERS, LOCAL INDUSTRIAL UNION No. 675, C. I. O.
Case No. R-°376
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
May 16, 1941
On April 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 April 29, 1941, under the direction and supervision of
the Regional Director for the Fifth Region (Baltimore, Maryland).
On April 30, 1941, the Regional Director, acting pursuant to Article
III, Section 9, of National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regula-
tions-Series 2, as amended, issued an `Election Report, copies of
which were duly served upon the parties. No objections to the con-
duct of the ballot or to the Election Report were filed by any of the
parties.
As to the balloting and the results thereof the Regional Director
reported as follows :
Total on eligibility list______________________________________ 64
Total, ballots cast______________________________________ __ 61
Total ballots challenged_____________________________________ 0
Total blank ballots ------------------------------------------ .0
Total void ballots___________________________________________ 1
Total valid votes cast_______________________________________ 60
Votes cast for United Building Service Workers, Local Indus-
trial Union No 675, C. I. 0_________________________________ 55
Votes cast against United Building Service Workers, Local
Industrial Union' No. 675, C. I. 0___________________________ 5
By virtue of and pursuant to the power vested in the National La-
bor 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
National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations, Series 2, as
amended,
IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that, United Building Service Workers,
Local Industrial Union No. 675, C. I. 0., has been designated and se-
130 N. L . It. B. 1062.
31 N L R. B, No. 158.
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lected by a majority of all maintenance employees at the .19 apart-
ment houses in Washington, D. C., operated by Bliss Properties, Park.
Road Company, Inc., Arthur L. Bliss, and James McD . Shea, includ-
ing janitors , assistant janitors, elevator operators , hall men, and util-
ity men, but excluding supervisors and managers , as their representa-
tive for the purposes of collective bargaining , and that pursuant to
the provisions of Section 9 (a) of the National Labor Relations Act,
United Building Service Workers, Local Industrial Union No. 675,
C. I. O., is the exclusive representative of all such employees for the
purposes of collective bargaining with respect to rates of pay, wages
hours of employment, and other conditions of employment.