Covington Weaving Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Jul 7, 1941

33 N.L.R.B. 167 (N.L.R.B. 1941)

In the Matter Of COVINGTON WEAVING COMPANY and TE%TI E
WORKERS UNION OF AMERICA, LOCAL 330, COVINGTON, VIRGINIA
1
Case No. R-2316
SUPPLEMENTAL DECISION
AND
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
July 7, 1941
On May 21, 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 June 10, 1941, under
the direction and supervision of the Regional Director for the Fifth
Region (Baltimore , Maryland ). On June 16,. f941, the Regional Di-
rector , 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 an Election Report on the ballot.
As to the balloting and 'its results , the Regional Director reported
as follows :
Total on eligibility list------------------------------------- 251
Total ballots cast------------------------------------------ 225
Total ballots challenged------------------------------------ 10
Total blank ballots----------------------------------------- 0
Total void ballots------------------------------------------ 0
Votes cast for Textile Workers Union of America, Local 330
(C. I. 0.) ------------------------------------------------ 129
Votes cast against Textile Workers Union of America, Local
330 (C. I. 0.) -------------------------------------------- 86
On June.21, 1941, Covington Weaving Company, Covington, Vir-
ginia, herein called the Company, filed with the Regional Director
Objections to Conduct of Ballot and to Election Report. On June
26, 1941, the Regional Director issued a Report on Objections to Con-
duct of Ballot and to Election Report, finding the Objections to be
without merit. We have considered the Objections filed by the
Company and the Regional Director's Report thereon. We are of
the opinion that the Objections raise no substantial or material issues
1 31 N. L. R. B. 1145.
33 N. L. R. B., No. 39.
167
168 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD
with respect to the' conduct of the Election. The Objections are
hereby overruled.
By virtue of and pursuant to the power vested in the National
Labor Relations Board by Section 9 (c) of the National Labor Re-
lations 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, I .
IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that Textile Workers Union 'of America,
Local 330, affiliated with the Congress of Industrial Organizations,
has been designated and selected by a majority of all production
and maintenance employees of Covington Weaving Company, Coving-
ton, Virginia, excluding office help, foremen, foreladies, and super-
visory employees, as their representative for the purposes of collective
bargaining, and that, pursuant to Section.9 (a) of the Act, Textile
Workers Union of America, Local 330, affiliated with the Congress
of Industrial Organizations, is the exclusive representative 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.