Item Co., Ltd.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

May 28, 1941

32 N.L.R.B. 177 (N.L.R.B. 1941)

In the Matter of ITEM COMPANY, LIMITED and INTERNATIONAL
TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION, UNAFFILIATED
Case No. R-2342
SUPPLEMENTAL DECISION
AND
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
May 08, 1941
On April 24, 1941, the National Labor Relations Board issued a
decision and Direction of Election in the above-entitled proceeding.'
Pursuant to the Direction of Election, an election by secret ballot
was conducted on May 2, 1941, under the direction and supervision of
the Regional Director for the Fifteenth Region (New Orleans, Louis-
iana). On May 3, 1941, 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 his Election Report.
As to the balloting and its results, the Regional Director reported
as follows :
Total number eligible to vote___ _____________________________ 83
Total number of ballots cast ________________________________ 77
Total number of challenged ballots 8
Total number of blank ballots _______________________________ 1
Total number of void ballots________________________________ 0
Total number of valid ballots________ _______________________ 68
Total number of votes in favor of International Typograph-
ical Union, Unaffiliated____________________________________ 41
Total number of votes in favor of Bargaining Committee of the
Composing Room Employees of the Item Company, Limited ___ 25
Total number of votes in favor of neither organization --------- 2
Objections to the conduct of the election and to the Election Report,
dated May 6, 1941, were filed by Item Company, Limited, herein
called the Company. On May 14, 1941, the Regional Director issued
his Report on Objections, copies of which were served on all parties.
The Board has considered the Objections filed by the Company and
the Regional Director's Report thereon and finds that the Objections
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raise no substantial or material issues with respect to the conduct of
the election or the Election Report. The Objections are hereby over-
ruled.
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
By virtue of and pursuant to the power vested in the National
Labor Relations Board by Section 9 (c) of the National Labor Re-
lations 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 International Typographical Union,
Unaffiliated , has been designated and selected by a majority of all
foremen, journeymen , printers , apprentices, and beginners employed
in the composing room of Item Company, Limited, New Orleans,
Louisiana , excluding the general superintendent , the general super-
intendent's secretary , and porters , as their representative for the
purposes of collective bargaining , and that, pursuant to Section 9 (a)
of the National Labor Relations Act, International Typographical
Union, Unaffiliated , is the exclusive representative of all such em-
ployees for the purposes of collective bargaining with respect to rates
of pay, wages , hours of employment , and other conditions of em-
ployment.