High Point Furniture Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Jan 29, 1942

38 N.L.R.B. 687 (N.L.R.B. 1942)

In the Matter of HIGH POINT FURNITURE COMPANY and FURNITURE
WORKERS LOCAL No. 2999, CHARTERED BY THE BROTHERHOOD OF
CARPENTERS AND JOINERS OF AMERICA, AFFILIATED WITH THE A. F.
OF L.'
Case No. R-3459.-Decided January 29, 1942
Investigation and Certification of Representatives : stipulation for certification
upon consent election.
Mr. William M. Aiclzer, for the Board.
Mr. George C. Welch, of High Point, N. C., for the Company.
Mr. Joe Boyd, of High Point, N. C., for the Union.
Mr. Heenan J. DeKoven, of counsel to the Board.
DECISION
AND
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
STATEMENT OF THE CASE
On November 8, 1941, Furniture Workers Local No. 2999, Char-
tered by the Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America,
affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, herein called the
Union, filed with the Regional Director for the Fifth Region (Balti-
more, Maryland) a petition alleging that a question affecting com-
merce had arisen concerning the representation of employees of
High Point Furniture Company, herein called the Company, en-
gaged in the manufacture and distribution of furniture at High
Point, North Carolina, and requesting an investigation and certifica-
tion of representatives pursuant to Section 9 (c) of the National
Labor Relations Act, 49 Stat. 449, herein called the Act. On De-
cember 26, 1941, the Company, the Union, and the Regional Director
entered into a "Stipulation for Certification Upon Consent Election."
On December 31, 1941, the National Labor Relations Board, herein
called the Board, acting pursuant to Section 9 (c) of the Act, and
Article III, Section 3, of National Labor Relations Board Rules and
Regulations-Series 2, as amended, ordered an investigation and
authorized the Regional Director to conduct it and. to provide for
an appropriate hearing upon due notice.
38 N. L. R. B., No. 139.
688 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD
Pursuant to the Stipulation, an election by secret ballot was con-
ducted on January 6, 1942, under the direction and supervision of
the Regional Director, among all production and maintenance em-
ployees of the Company, excluding clerical and supervisory em-
ployees, to determine whether or not they desired to be represented
by the Union for the purposes of collective bargaining. On Jan-
uary 7, 1942, the Regional Director issued an Election Report, copies
of which were duly served upon the parties. 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 on eligibility list___________________________________ 180
Total ballots cast---------------------------------------- 168
Total ballots challenged___________________________________ 0
Total blank ballots _______________________________________ 2
Total void ballots________________________________________ 0
Total valid votes counted_________________________________ 166
Votes cast for Furniture Workers Local No 2999, Chartered
by the Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America,
affiliated with the American Federation of Labor --------- 139
Votes cast against Furniture Workers Local No. 2999, Char-
tered by the Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of
America, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor_ 27
Upon the basis of the Stipulation, the Election Report, and the
entire record in the case, the Board makes the following :
FINDINGS OF FACT
1. A question affecting commerce has arisen concerning the repre-
sentation of employees of High Point Furniture Company, High
Point, North Carolina, within the meaning of Section 9 (c) and
Section 2 (6) and (7) of the National Labor Relations Act.
2. All production and maintenance employees of the Company,
excluding clerical and supervisory employees, constitute a unit appro-
priate for the purposes of collective bargaining, within the meaning
of Section 9 (b) of the National Labor Relations Act.
3. Furniture Workers Local No. 2999, Chartered by the Brother-
hood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, affiliated with the
American Federation of Labor, has been designated and selected by
a majority of the employees in the above unit as their representative
for the purposes of collective bargaining, and is the exclusive repre-
sentative of all employees in said unit, within the meaning of Section
9 (a) of the National Labor Relations Act.
IIIGII POINT FURNITURE COMPANY
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
689
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,
IT Is HEREBY CERTIFIED that Furniture Workers Local No. 2999,
Chartered by the Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of Amer-
ica, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, has been
designated and selected by a majority of all production and mainte-
nance Employees of High Point Furniture Company, High Point,
North Carolina, excluding clerical and supervisory employees, as
their representative for the purposes of collective bargaining, and
that, pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the Act, Furniture Workers Local
No. 2999, Chartered by the Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners
of America, 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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