Firestone Tire and Rubber Co. of Tennessee

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

May 20, 1942

41 N.L.R.B. 159 (N.L.R.B. 1942)

III the Matter of FIRESTONE TIRE AND RUBBER COMPANY OF TENNESSEE
and UNITED RUBBER WORKERS OF AMERICA, AFFILIATED WITH THE
C.I.O.
Case,No. R--3624
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
May 20, 1942
On April 2, 1942, the National Labor Relations Board, herein
called the Board, issued its Decision and Direction of Election in_ the
above-entitled proceeding.' Pursuant to the Direction of Election,
an election by secret ballot was conducted on April 28, 1942, under
the direction and supervision of the Regional Director for the Fif-
teenth Region (New Orleans, Louisiana). On May 1, 1942, the
Regional Director, acting pursuant to Article III, Section 9, of
National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series 2,
as amended, issued an Election Report, copies of which were duly
served upon the parties. No objections to the conduct of the ballot
or to the Election Report have been filed by any of the parties.
As. to the balloting and the results thereof the Regional Director
reported as follows :
Total on eligibilty list____________________________________ 1,821
Total ballots cast________________________________________ 1,458
Total ballots challenged___________________________________ - 15
Total blank ballots______________________________________ 2
Total void ballots________________________________________ 6
Total valid votes counted_________________________________ 1,435
Votes cast for Rubber Workers Local Union No. 22456
(A. F. L.) --------------------------------------------- 521'
Votes cast for United Rubber Workers of America (C. I. O.)__ 911
Votes cast for No Union___________________________________ 3
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,
IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that United Rubber Workers of America,
affiliated with the Congress of Industrial Organizations, has been des-
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ignated and selected by a majority of the production and maintenance
employees of Firestone Tire and Rubber Company, Memphis, Tennes-
see, including cafeteria workers, but excluding supervisory, clerical,
office, and technical employees, inspectors, watchmen, guards and time-
keepers, as their representative for the purposes of collective bargain-
ing and that, pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the National Labor Re-
lations Act, United Rubber Workers of America, 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 condi-
tions of employment.