Fruehauf Trailer Co. of California

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Jan 28, 1942

38 N.L.R.B. 659 (N.L.R.B. 1942)

In the Matter of FRUEHAUF TRAILER COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA and
UNITED AUTO, AIRCRAFT AND AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT `YORKERS
OF AMERICA, LOCAL 811, C. I. O.
Case No. R-3089
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 28, 1942
On December 18,1941, the National Labor Relations 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 January 7, 1942, under the direction and supervision of
the Regional Director for the Twenty-first Region (Los Angeles,
California). On January 8, 1942, the Regional Director, acting pur-
suant to Article III, Section 9, of National Labor Relations Board
Rules and Regulations-Series 2, as amended, issued an Election Re-
port, copies of which were duly served upon the parties. 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 its results, the Regional Director reported
as follows :
Total on eligibility list_____ _________________________________ 236
Total ballots cast__________________________________________ 172
Total ballots challenged _____________________________________ 5
Total blank ballots_________________________________________ 0
Total void ballots___________________________________________ 0
Total valid votes counted ____________________________________ 167
Votes cast for United Auto, Aircraft and Agricultural Implement
Workers of America, Local 811, C. I. O_____________________ 151
Votes cast for International Association of Machinists, Welders
and Production Workers, Local 311, and International Brother-
hood of Teamsters , Chauffeurs, Warehousemen and Helpers
of America , Local 495, of the Garage, Automotive and Service
Station Employees , A F. of L_____________________________ 8
Votes cast for neither_______________________________________ 8
Since the challenged ballots cannot affect the result of the election,
we find it unnecessary to pass upon them.
137 N. L. R. B. 757.
38 N. L. R. B., No. 132.
659
660 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD
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,
IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that United Auto, Aircraft and Agricultural
Implement Workers of America, Local 811, affiliated with the Congress
of Industrial Organizations, has been designated and selected by a
majority of all production and maintenance employees in the manu-
facturing and sales departments and in the service shops of Fruehauf
Trailer Company of California, Los Angeles, California, including
truck drivers, but excluding supervisors and salaried and office em-
ployees, as their representative for the purposes of collective bargain-
ing, and that, pursuant to the provisions of Section 9 (a) of the
National Labor Relations Act, United Auto, Aircraft and Agricultural
Implement Workers of America, Local 811, 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.