Enterprise Upholstering Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Jan 28, 1942

38 N.L.R.B. 657 (N.L.R.B. 1942)

In the Matter of ENTERPRISE UPHOLSTERING COMPANY and BEDDING
WORKERS' LOCAL UNION No. 421, AFFILIATED WITH THE UPHOL-
STERERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF N. A. (A. F. OF L.)
Case No. R-3026
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
January y 28,1942
On December 10, 1941, the National Labor Relations Board issued
its Decision and Direction of Election in the above-entitled proceed-
ing.) Pursuant to the Direction of Election, an election by secret
ballot was conducted on January 6, 1942, under the direction and
supervision of the Regional Director for the First Region (Boston,
Massachusetts). On January 7, 1942, 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 to the Election Report were filed by any of the parties.
As to the balloting and the results thereof, the Regional Director
reported as follows :
Total number eligible to vote________________________________ 21
Total number of votes cast __________________________________ 15
Total number of valid votes_________________________________ 15
Total number of ballots marked for Bedding Workers' Local
Union No. 421, affiliated with the Upholsterers' International
Union of N. A., (A. F. of L)_______________________________ 2
Total number of ballots marked for United Furniture Workers
of America , Local 136-B (CIO)____________________________ 12
Total number of ballots marked for "Neither"_________________ 1
Total number of blank ballots ________________________________ 0
Total number of void ballots________________________________ 0
Total number of challenged ballots_ __________________________ 0
By virtue of and pursuant to the power vested in the National Labor
Relations Board by 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,
i 37 N. L. R. B. 436.
38 N. L. R. B., No. 131.
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IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that United Furniture Workers of America,
Local 136-B, affiliated with the Congress of Industrial Organizations,
has been designated and selected by a majority of all production
employees of Enterprise Upholstering Company, Boston, Massachu-
setts, excluding supervisory; office, and clerical employees, foremen,
timekeepers, and watchmen, as their representative for the purposes
of collective bargaining, and that pursuant to the provisions of Sec-
tion 9 (a) of the National Labor Relations Act, United Furniture
Workers of America, Local 136-B, affiliated with the Congress of
Industrial Organizations, is the exclusive representative of all such
employees for the purposes of 'collective bargaining 'with respect to
rates of pay, wages, hours of employment, and other conditions of
employment.