Campbell Soup Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Jan 23, 1941

29 N.L.R.B. 173 (N.L.R.B. 1941)

In-the Matter Of CAMPBELL SOUP COMPANY , CAMDEN, NEW JERSEY
PLANTS and UNITED CANNERY , AGRICULTURAL , PACKING AND ALLIED
WORKERS OF AMERICA, LOCAL 80, AFFILIATED WITH THE CONGRESS OF
INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATIONS
Case No. R-2161
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 23,1941
On December 12, 1940, the National Labor Relations Board issued
a Decision and Direction of Election in the above-entitled proceed-
ings.' Pursuant to the Direction of Election, an election by, secret
ballot was conducted on December 20, 1940, under the direction and
supervision of the Regional Director for the Fourth Region (Phila-
delphia, Pennsylvania). On January 9, 1941, the Regional Director,
acting pursuant to Article III, Section 9, of National Labor Relations
Board Rules and Regulations-Series 2, as amended, issued and duly
served upon the parties his Election Report. 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 its results, the Regional Director reported
as follows :
Total on eligibility list------------------------------------ 3, 524
Total ballots cast----------------------------------------- 3,037
Total valid ballots cast---------------------------------- 2, 909
Ballots cast for United Cannery, Agricultural, Packing and
Allied Workers of America, Local 80, affiliated with the
C. I. 0------------------------------------------------- 1,918
Ballots cast for Campbell Soup Workers Independent Union,
Local No. 1--------------------------------------------- 886
Ballots cast for Neither ---------------------------------- 105
Challenged ballots---------------------------------------- 112
Blank ballots-------------------------------------------- 1
Void ballots' -------------------------------------------- 15
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,
128 N. L . R. B. 514.
29 N. L. R. B., No. 31.
173
174 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD
of National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series
2, as amended,
IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that United Cannery, Agricultural, Packing
and Allied Workers of America, Local 80, affiliated with the Congress
of Industrial Organizations, has been designated and selected by a
majority of all production and maintenance employees of Campbell
Soup Company, at its Camden, New Jersey, plant, including inside
truck drivers and pushers, but excluding management employees,
office clerical employees, factory clerical employees, engineers, firemen,
all supervisory employees above the rank of pusher, watchmen, and
timekeepers, as their representative for the purposes of collective
bargaining, and that, pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the National Labor
Relations Act, United Cannery, Agricultural, Packing and Allied
Workers of America, Local 80, affiliated with the Congress of Indus-
trial Organizations, is the exclusive representative of all such em-
ployees for the purposes of collective bargaining with respect to rates
of pay, wages, hours of employment, and other conditions of employ-
ment.