Elk Tanning Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Sep 18, 1940

27 N.L.R.B. 300 (N.L.R.B. 1940)

In the Matter Of ELK TANNING COMPANY and INTERNATIONAL FUR
AND LEATHER WORKERS' UNION, AFFILIATED WITH C. I. O.
Case No. I?-193f
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
September 18, 1940
On August 21, 1940, the National Labor Relations, Board, herein
called the Board, issued a Decision and Direction of Election in this
proceeding., Pursuant to the Direction of Election, an election by
secret ballot was conducted on August 31, 1940, under 'the direction
and supervision of the Regional Director for the Sixth Region (Pitts-
burgh, Pennsylvania). On September 3, 1940, 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 an Election Report. No objections to the,
conduct of the ballot or the Election Report have been filed by any
of the parties. N
As to the balloting and its results, the Regional Director reported
as follows :
Total on eligibility list------------------------------------- 163
Total ballots cast --------------------------------- 163
Total ballots challenged------------------------------------- 0
Total blank ballots----------------------------------------- 0
Total void ballots------------------------------------------ 0
Total valid votes cast-------------------------------------- 163
Votes cast for International Fur and Leather Workers' Union,
affiliated with C I. 0-------------------------------------- 92
Votes cast for Tannery Workers' Union ---------------------- 69
Votes cast for neither-------------------------------------- 2
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, as amended,
1 25 N L R B 837.
27 N. L R. B., No 63
300
EIK TANNING COMPANY 301
IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that International Fur and Leather Work-
ers' Union, affiliated with the Congress of Industrial Organizations,
has been designated and selected by a majority of all production'and
maintenance employees of the Elk Tanning Company, Wilcox, Penn-
sylvania, at its Wilcox, Pennsylvania, tannery, excluding clerical and
supervisory employees, as their representative for the-purposes of
collective bargaining and that, pursuant to Section 9 (a) of'the Na-
tional Labor Relations Act, International Fur and Leather Workers'
Union, 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.