J. Arthur Anderson Laundry

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Jun 6, 1949

83 N.L.R.B. 1120 (N.L.R.B. 1949)

In the Matter of J. ARTHUR ANDERSON LAUNDRY, EMPLOYER and INTER-
NATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERS, LOCALS Nos. 2, 2A, 2B
AND 2C , AFL, PETITIONER
Case No. 14-RC-497.-Decided June 6, 1949
DECISION
AND
ORDER
Upon a petition duly filed, a hearing in this case was held before
Glenn L. Moller, hearing officer. The hearing officer's rulings made
at the hearing are free from prejudicial error and are hereby affirmed.
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 3 (b) of the National Labor
Relations Act, the Board has delegated its powers in connection with
this case to a three-member panel [Members Reynolds, Murdock, and
Gray].
Upon the entire record in this case, the National Labor Relations
Board makes the following :
FINDINGS OF FACT
THE BUSINESS OF THE EMPLOYER
The Employer, a partnership, is engaged in the operation of a
laundry in St. Louis, Missouri. It services residential customers
only, doing no work and providing no services for commercial or
industrial concerns. During the year 1947, the Employer purchased
and received equipment, raw materials, and supplies valued in excess
of $58,000, of which, approximately 3 percent was received from
points outside the State of Missouri. During the same period, the
Employer sold laundry service to individuals valued at approxi-
mately $279,000, of which, laundry valued at approximately $300
was shipped to customers outside the State of Missouri, who happened
to be on vacation.
The Employer does not admit that it is engaged in commerce
within the meaning of the National Labor Relations Act. While
we do not find that the operations of the Employer are wholly unre-
lated to commerce, we are of the opinion that as the relationship
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is remote and these operations are essentially local in character, to
assert jurisdiction in the case would not effectuate the policies of the
Act. The petition, therefore, will be dismissed.
ORDER
Upon the basis of the foregoing findings of fact, and upon the
entire record in this case, the National Labor Relations Board hereby
orders that the petition for investigation and certification of repre-
sentatives of employees of J. Arthur Anderson Laundry, St. Louis,
Missouri, filed herein by International Union of Operating Engineers,
Locals Nos. 2, 2A, 2B, and 2C, AFL, be, and it hereby is, dismissed-