Columbia Pictures Corp. of California, Ltd.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Sep 13, 1939

15 N.L.R.B. 247 (N.L.R.B. 1939)

In the Matter of COLUMBIA PICTURES CORPORATION OF CALIFORNIA,
LTD. and THE SOCIETY OF MOTION PICTURE ART DIRECTORS
In the Matter of RKO. RADIO PICTURES , INC. and THE SOCIETY of
MOTION PICTURE ART DIRECTORS
In the Matter of UNIVERSAL PICTURES COMPANY, INC. and THE
SOCIETY OF MOTION PICTURE ART DIRECTORS
In the Matter Of WARNER BROS . PICTURES , INC. and THE SOCIETY OF
MOTION PICTURE ART DIRECTORS
In the Matter of TWENTIETH CENTURY -Fox FILM CORPORATION and
THE SOCIETY OF MOTION PICTURE ART DIRECTORS
In the Matter of SAMUEL GOLDWYN STUDIOS 1 and THE SOCIETY OF
MOTION PICTURE ART DIRECTORS
In the Matter of LoEw 's INCORPORATED and THE SOCIETY OF MOTION
PICTURE ART DIRECTORS
In the Matter Of PARAMOUNT PICTURES , INC . and THE SOCIETY OF
MOTION PICTURE ART DIRECTORS
Cases Nos. R-1083 to R 1089, inclusive, respectively
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
September 13, 1939
On July 22, 1939 , the National Labor Relations Board, herein called
the Board , issued a Decision , Certification of Representatives, and
Direction of Elections in the above-entitled proceeding? The Direc-
tion of Elections provided that elections by secret ballot be conducted
within twenty (20) days from the date of the Direction among all
1 The petition and amended petition in this case refer to United Artists Studio Corpora-
tion . Subsequent to the hearing, counsel for Samuel Goldwyn Studios and counsel for the
National Labor Relations Board stipulated in writing that on May 15, 1939, United Artists
Studio Corporation changed its name to ' Samuel Goldwyn Studios ; that "in all actions
taken and orders issued by the National Labor Relations Board subsequent to the date of
this Stipulation , the 'party to the above investigation formerly known as 'United Artists
Studio Corporation ' shall be known and designated as 'Samuel Goldwyn Studios"'; and
that "in all actions taken and orders issued by the National Labor Relations Board in the'
above matter between May 15, 1939, and the date of this Stipulation, whenever designa-
tion 'United Artists Studio Corporation ' was used, it shall be understood that reference
was had to 'Samuel Goldwyn Studios."'
213 N. L. R. B. 898.
15 N. L . R. B., No. 30.
247
248 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD
persons employed by Universal Pictures Company, Inc., Warner
Bros. Pictures, Inc., and United Artists Studio Corporation, respec-
tively, as supervisory or chief art directors, unit art directors, and
follow-up men, during the pay-roll period next preceding the date
of issuance of the Direction of Elections, excluding those persons who
had since quit or been discharged for cause, but including those per-'
sons who did not work during such pay-roll period because. they
were ill or on vacation, and persons who were then or had since been
temporarily laid off, to determine whether or not such employees
desire, in the case of each Company, to be represented by The Society
of Motion Picture Art Directors for the purposes of collective
bargaining.
Pursuant to the Direction, elections by secret ballot were conducted
on August 9, 1939, among the above-described employees of Samuel
Goldwyn Studios, and on August 10, 1939, among such employees of
Universal Pictures Company, Inc., and Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc.,
under the direction and supervision of the Acting Regional Director
for the Twenty-first Region (Los Angeles, California). On August
15, 1938, the Acting Regional Director, acting pursuant to Article III,
Section 9, of National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regula-
tions-Series 2, issued and duly served upon the parties her Election
Report. No objection or exceptions have been filed by any of the
parties.
As to the elections and their results, the Acting Regional Director
reported as follows :
UNIVERSAL PICTURES COMPANY, INC.
Total number eligible--------------------------------------- 6
Total number of ballots counted----------------------------- 6
Total number of votes for The Society of Motion Picture Art
Directors------------------------------------------------- 6
Total number of votes against The Society of Motion Picture
Art Directors--------------------------------------------- 0
Total number of blank ballots------------------------------- 0
Total number of void ballots-------------------------------- 0
Total number, of challenged ballots-------------------------- 0
WANNER BROS. PICTURES, INC.
Total number eligible--------------------------------------- 20
Total number of'ballots counted----------------------------- 18
Total number of votes for The Society of Motion Picture Art
Directors-------------------------'---------------------- 16
Total number of votes against The Society of Motion Picture
Art Directors--------------------------------------------- 2
Total number of blank ballots------------------------------- 0
Total number of void ballots-------------------------------- 0
Total number of challenged votes---------------------------- 0
COLUMBIA PICTURES CORPORATION OF CALIFORNIA, LTD . 249
SAMUEL GOLDWYN STUDIOS
Total number eligible --------------------------------------- 3
Total number of ballots counted----------------------------- 3
Total number of votes for The Society of Motion Picture Art
Directors------------------------------------------------- 3
Total number of votes against The Society of Motion Picture
Art Directors--------------------------------------------- 0
Total number of blank ballots------------------------------- 0
Total number of void ballots-- ------------------------------ 0
Total number of challenged votes---------------------------- 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 2,
IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that The Society of Motion Picture Art
Directors has been selected by a majority of the persons employed
as supervisory or chief art directors, unit art directors, and follow-up
men by Universal Pictures Company, Inc., Warner Bros. Pictures,
Inc., and Samuel Goldwyn Studios, respectively, as their representa-
tive for the purposes of collective bargaining, and that, pursuant to
Section 9 (a) of the Act, The Society of Motion Picture Art Directors
is the exclusive representative, in the case of each Company, 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.
MR. WILLIAM M. LEISERSON took no part in the consideration of
the above Certification of Representatives.