Friday Harbor Canning Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Nov 18, 1939

17 N.L.R.B. 915 (N.L.R.B. 1939)

In the Matter of FRIDAY HARBOR CANNING COMPANY, A CORPORATION
and CAN NERY WORKERS UNION LOCAL 20754, A. F. OF L.
Case No. R-1535
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
November 18, 1939
On October 11, 1939, the National Labor Relations Board, herein
called the Board, issued its Decision and Direction of Election 1 in
the above-entitled proceedings. Pursuant to the Direction of Elec-
tion, an election by secret ballot was conducted on November 2, 1939,
under the direction and supervision of the Regional Director for
the Nineteenth Region (Seattle, Washington). On November 4,
1939, the Regional Director, acting pursuant to Article III, Section
9, of National Labor . Relations Board Rules .and. Regulations-
Series 2, issued and duly served upon the parties an Election Report.
No objections to the conduct of the ballot or exceptions to the Elec-
tion 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 voters-------------------------------- 170
Total number of ballots cast-------------------------------- 136
Total number of votes in favor of Cannery Workers and
Farm Laborers Union Local 20754 , affiliated with the
AFL---------------------------------------------------- 94
Total number of votes in favor of Cannery Workers Local
19 of the United Fishermen of the Pacific, affiliated with
the CIO------------------------------------------------ 41
Total number of votes in favor of neither------------------ none
Total number of blank ballots----------------------------- none
Total number of void ballots------------------------------ none
Total number of challenged votes---------- ---------------- 1
Total number eligible voters not voting---------- --------- 34
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,
115 N. L. R. B. 1039.
17 N. L. R. B.. No. 79.
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916 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD
IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that Cannery Workers and Farm Laborers
Union, Local 20754, affiliated with the American Federation of La-
bor, has been selected by a majority of the employees of Friday
Harbor Canning Company, Friday Harbor, Washington, engaged
in handling, processing, and canning fish, including those engaged
in the warehousing of the finished product, but excluding executives,
office employees, supervisory officials, tenders, and machinists, as
their representative for the purposes of collective bargaining, and
that pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the Act, Cannery Workers and
Farm Laborers Union, Local 20754, 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.