Burlington Mills Corp.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

May 28, 1941

32 N.L.R.B. 155 (N.L.R.B. 1941)

In the Matter of LEXINGTON SILK MILLS DIVISION OF BURLINGTON
MILLS CORPORATION, LEXINGTON, N. C. and UNITED TEXTILE WORKERS
OF AMERICA LOCAL UNION #2610, A. F. OF L., LEXINGTON, N. C.
Case No. R-2445
SUPPLEMENTAL DECISION
AND
ORDER
May 28, 19.¢1
On April 28, 1941, the National Labor Relations Board, herein
called the 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 May 9, 1941, under
the direction and supervision of the Regional Director for the Fifth
Region (Baltimore, Maryland). On May 10, 1941, the Regional
Director, acting pursuant to Article III, Section 9, of National Labor
Relations 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 of employees eligible to vote__________________ 203
Total number of ballots cast_______________________________ 197
Total number of votes for United Textile Workers of America,
American Federation of Labor___________________________ 88
Total number of votes against United Textile Workers of
America, American Federation of Labor_________________ 104
Total number of Blank Ballots ___________________________ 0
Total number of Void Ballots____________________________ 0
Total number of Challenged Ballots__ ______________________ 5
The results of the election show that no collective bargaining
representative has been selected by a majority of the employees of
the Company in the unit heretofore found to be appropriate for col-
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lective bargaining. The petition for investigation and certification
of representatives of the Company will therefore be dismissed.
ORDER
By virtue of 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,
the National Labor Relations Board hereby orders that the peti-
tion for investigation and certification of representatives of employees
of Lexington Silk Mills Division of Burlington Mills Corporation,
Lexington, North Carolina, filed herein be, and it hereby is, dismissed.