Ideal Seating Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Apr 7, 1942

40 N.L.R.B. 244 (N.L.R.B. 1942)

I n the Matter of IDEAL SEATING COMPANY and UNITED FURNITURE
WORKERS OF AMERICA , C. I. O.
Case No. R-3047
SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL DECISION
AND
ORDER
April 7, 1942
On October 16, 1941, 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 Elec-
tion, an election by secret ballot was conducted on November 6, 1941,
under the direction and supervision of the Regional Director for the-
Seventh Region (Detroit, Michigan). On March 12, 1942, the Board-
issued a Supplemental Decision and Direction 2 in which, among
other things, the,Board directed the Regional Director to open and
count 13 challenged ballots. On March 23, 1941, pursuant to the
Supplemental Decision and Direction, the Regional Director, acting
pursuant to Article III, Section 9, of National Labor Relations Board
Rules and Regulations-Series 2, as amended, issued and duly served
upon the parties a Supplemental Election Report, setting forth that
on March 20, 1942, the Regional Director opened the ballots, and
that upon a count of said ballots, the results, of the election were-
as follows :
Total on eligibility list______________________________________ 162
Total ballots cast------ -------------------------------------- 136
Total ballots, challenges to which have been sustained -------- 4
Total blank ballots----------------------------------------- 1
Total void ballots-------------------------------------------- 0
Total valid votes cast_______________________________________ 131
Votes cast for United Furniture Workers of America, C I. O---- 63
Votes cast against United Furniture Workers of America,
C. I 0--------------------------------------------------- 68
No objections to the counting of the ballots or to the Supplemental',
Election Report have been filed by any of the parties.
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IDEAL SEATING COMPANY 245
The results of the election show that no collective bargaining repre-
sentative has been selected by a majority of the employees in the unit
heretofore found to be appropriate for the purposes of collective
.bargaining. The petition for investigation and certification of rep-
resentatives of employees of Ideal Seating Company, Grand Rapids,
Michigan, 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, o'f
National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series 2, as
amended, -
IT is HEREBY ORDERED that the petition for investigation and cer-
tification of representatives of employees of Ideal Seating Company,
Grand Rapids, Michigan, filed by United Furniture Workers of
America, C. I. 0., be, and it hereby is, dismissed.
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