James E. Stark Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Sep 26, 1941

35 N.L.R.B. 853 (N.L.R.B. 1941)

In the Matter of JAMES E. STARK COMPANY and UPHOLSTERERS' INTER-
NATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA, LOCAL No. 255
Case No. B-2542
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
September 26, 1941
On August 5, 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 September 4, 1941, under the direction and 'super-
vision of the Regional Director for the Tenth Region (Atlanta,
Georgia). On September 10, 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 an Election Report. 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 the results thereof, the Regional Director
reported as follows :
Total number eligible to vot( --------------------------------- 200
Total number of ballots cast________________________________ 171
Total number of valid ballots________________________________
Total number of ballots cast for Upholsterers' International
171
Union of North America, Local No. 255____________________ 110
Total number of ballots cast against Upholsterers' Inter-
national Union of North America, Local No. 255____________ 42
Total number of challenged ballots__________________________ 19
Total number of void ballots_________________________________ 0
Total number of blank ballots________________________________ 0
By virtue of and pursuant to the power vested in the National
Labor Relations Board by Section 9 (c) of the National Labor Rela-
tions 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 Upholsterers' International Union of
North America, Local No., 255, has been designated and selected by
133 N L. R. B. 1076
35 N. L. R. B. 181.
853
854 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD
a majority of the production and maintenance employees of James E.
Stark Company, Memphis, Tennessee, including employees working
under the supervision of Gilbert Fisher or any successor to the posi-
tion now occupied by Gilbert Fisher, but excluding clerical and non-
productive supervisory employees and Gilbert Fisher or any successor
to him, as their representative for the purposes of collective bargain-
ing, and that, pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the Act, Upholsterers'
International Union of North America, Local No. 255, 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.