Farr Spinning & Operating Co., Inc.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

May 12, 1941

31 N.L.R.B. 782 (N.L.R.B. 1941)

In the Matter Of PARR SPINNING & OPERATING COMPANY, INC. and COM-
MERCIAL TELEGRAPHERS' UNION, MARINE DIVISION, A. F. OF L.
Case No. R-2054
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
May 1.,1941
On February 17, 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 March 16. 17, 20, 24, 25,
and 28, and April 1, 2, and 11, 1941, under the direction and super-
vision of the Regional Director for the Second Region (New York
City). On April 25, 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 an Election Report on the ballot. 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 number eligible to vote________________________________ 10
Total number of ballots cast______ ___________________________ 10
Total number of valid ballots_______________________________ 10
Total number of votes in favor of American Communications
Association , Marine Division , C. I. 0.______________________ 3
Total number of votes in favor of Commercial Telegraphers'
Union, Marine Division , A. F. of L.__________________________ 7
Total number of votes in favor of neither union--------------- 0
Total number of blank votei--------------------------------- 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 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,
129 N. L. R. B. 726.
31 N. L R. B., No. 132.
782
FARR SPINNING & OPERATING COMPANY, INC. 783
IT Is HEREBY CERTIFIED that Commercial Telegraphers' Union, Ma-
rine Division; affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, has
been designated and selected by the majority of all radio telegraphers
and radio operators who are employed on vessels owned by Farr Spin-
ning & Operating Company, Inc., as their representative for the
purposes of collective bargaining, and that, pursuant to Section 9
(a) of the Act, Commercial Telegraphers' Union, Marine Division,
affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, 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.
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