Industrial Rayon Corp.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Jul 9, 1937

3 N.L.R.B. 8 (N.L.R.B. 1937)

In the Matter of INDUSTRIAL RAYON CORPORATION, A DELAWARE COR-
PORATION, and TEXTILE WORKERS ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
Case No. C-188
In the Matter of INDUSTRIAL RAYON CORPORATION, A DELAWARE COR-
PORATION, and INDUSTRIAL RAYON CORPORATION OF VIRGINIA, A
VIRGINIA CORPORATION, and TEXTILE WORKERS ORGANIZING COM-
MITTEE
Case No. R--156
Appearances :
Case No. C-188
Mr. Harry Lodish for the Board.
Tolles, Hogsett & Ginn, by Mr. W. T. Kinder, Mr. Thomas N.
Harman, and Mr. Leslie Nichols, of Cleveland, 0., for Industrial
Rayon Corporation.
Mr. Arthur A. Miller, of Cleveland, O., and Mr. Arthur P. Mc-
Nulty, of New York City, for Textile Workers Organizing Com-
mittee.
Mr. J. C. Calhoun, of Cleveland, 0., for Employees Association of
Industrial Rayon Corporation.
Mr. Frederick P. Mett, of counsel to the Board.
Case No. P-156
Mr. Philip Levy for the Board.
Tolles, Hogsett c Ginn, by Mr. Grover Higgins and Mr. Thomas
M. Harman, of Cleveland, 0., for Industrial Rayon Corporation any l
Industrial Rayon Corporation of Virginia.
Mr. Arthur P. McNulty, of New York City, for Textile Workers
Organizing Committee.
Mr. J. C. Calhoun, of Cleveland, 0., for Employees Association of
Industrial Rayon Corporation.
Mr. Frederick P. Mett, of counsel to the Board.
DIRECTION OF ELECTIONS
(Case No. R-156)
July 9, 1937
Having ordered the above-captioned matters consolidated for all
purposes and having found upon examination of the records in said
matters that a question affecting commerce has arisen concerning the
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DECISIONS AND ORDERS 9
representation of all of the employees of Industrial Rayon Corpora-
tion, Cleveland, Ohio, except supervisory, clerical and salaried em-
plnyees, that a question affecting commerce has also arisen concerning
the representation of all of the employees of the Industrial Rayon
Corporation of Virginia, Covington, Virginia, except supervisory,
clerical and salaried employees, that each of the aforesaid groups or
employees as to which a question affecting commerce concerning
representation has arisen constitutes a unit appropriate for the pur-
poses of collective bargaining within the meaning of Section 9 (b)
of the National Labor Relations Act, and that the Employees Asso-
ciation of Industrial Rayon Corporation is not a bona fide labor
organization such as is entitled to a place on a ballot in an election
ordered by the National Labor Relations Board, the National Labor
Relations Board, acting pursuant to the power vested in it by Section
9 (c) of said Act, and pursuant to Article III, Section 8 of National
Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations,-Series 1, as amended
hereby
DIRECTS that, as part of its investigation to ascertain representa-
tives for the purposes of collective bargaining with the Industrial
Rayon Corporation, Cleveland, Ohio, an election by secret ballot shall
be conducted within a period of ten (10) days after the date of this
Direction of Election, under the direction and supervision of the
Regional Director for the Eighth Region, acting in this matter as
the agent of the National Labor Relations Board and subject to
Article III, Section 9 of said Rules and Regulations, among all of the
employees of the Industrial Rayon Corporation, except supervisory,
clerical and salaried employees, on its payroll at any time during the
week immediately preceding May 17, 1937, to determine whether or
not they desire to be represented by the Textile Workers Organizing
Committee for the purposes of collective bargaining with the Indus-
trial Rayon Corporation;
DIRECTS that, as part of its investigation to ascertain representa-
tives for the purposes of collective bargaining with the Industrial
Rayon Corporation of Virginia, Covington, Virginia, an election by
secret ballot shall be conducted within a period of ten (10) days after
the date of this Direction of Election, under the direction and super-
vision of the Regional Director for the Eighth Region, acting in this
matter as agent of the National Labor Relations Board and subject
to Article III, Section 9 of said Rules and Regulations, among all
of the employees of the Industrial Rayon Corporation of Virginia,
except supervisory, clerical and salaried employees, on its payroll
at any time during the week immediately preceding March 29. 1937.
to determine whether or not they desire to be represented by the
Textile Workers Organizing Committee for the purposes of collective
bargaining with the Industrial Rayon Corporation of Virginia.