Globe Newspaper Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Nov 8, 1939

17 N.L.R.B. 420 (N.L.R.B. 1939)

In the Matter of GLOBE NEWSPAPER COMPANY and NEWSPAPER GUILD
OF BOSTON
Case No. R-1413
SUPPLEMENTAL DECISION
AND
ORDER
November 8, 1939
On October 7, 1939, the National Labor Relations Board, herein
called the Board, issued a Decision and Direction of Election 1 in the
above-entitled proceeding. The Direction of Election provided that
an election by secret ballot be conducted as early as possible but not
later than-thirty (30) days from October 7, 1939, among the follow-
ing employees of the Globe Newspaper Company, of Boston, Massa-
chusetts, who were on the pay roll of the Company immediately pre-
ceding the Direction, including Phyllis Watts, whose name has not
previously been carried on the company's editorial pay roll, those
who did not work during such pay-roll period because they were ill
or on vacation, and employees who were then or have since been
temporarily laid off, but excluding those who have since quit or who
have been discharged for cause : All employees on the editorial pay
roll (including artists and photographers), business office (or com-
mercial), and building maintenance pay rolls, the composing-room
boys and helpers, and those persons on the composing-room pay roll
whose names appear in Appendix C of the Decision and Direction of
Election, but excluding those whose names appear in Appendices
A and B of the Decision and Direction of Election and, in addition,
Alexander Haviland, Victor Jones, and F. Ambler Welch; to deter-
mine whether or not they desire to be represented by Newspaper
Guild of Boston for the purposes of collective bargaining.
Pursuant to the Direction an election by secret ballot was con-
ducted on October 24, 1939, at Boston, Massachusetts, under the direc-
tion and supervision of the Regional Director for the First Region
(Boston, Massachusetts). On October 25, 1939, the Regional Direc-
tor, acting pursuant to Article III, Section 9, of National Labor Re-
115 N. L. R. B. 953.
17 N. L. R. B., No. 29.
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GLOBE NEWSPAPER COMPANY 421
lations Board Rules and Regulations-Series 2, issued and served
upon the parties an Election Report. No objections or exceptions to
the Election Report have been filed by any of the parties.
As to the results of the ballot, the Regional Director reported
as follows :
Total number eligible to vote-------------------------------- 381
Total number of ballots cast________________________________ 369
Total number of blank ballots------------------------------- 0
Total number of void ballots-------------------------------- 0
Total number of challenged ballots-------------------------- 9
Total number of ballots cast for Newspaper Guild of Boston___ 175
Total number of ballots cast against Newspaper Guild of
Boston---------------------------------------------------- 194
The results of the election show that no collective bargaining repre-
sentative has been selected by a majority of employees in the appro-
priate unit. The petition for investigation and certification filed by
Newspaper Guild of Boston will therefore be dismissed.
ORDER
By virtue of Section 9 (c) of the National Labor Relations Act,
49 Stat. 449, and pursuant to Article III, Sections 8 and 9, of Na-
tional Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series 2,
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the petition for investigation and certi-
fication of representatives of Globe Newspaper Company, Boston,
Massachusetts, filed by Newspaper Guild of Boston, be, and it hereby
is, dismissed.