Karastan Rug Mills

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Mar 22, 1938

6 N.L.R.B. 104 (N.L.R.B. 1938)

In the Matter of KARASTAN RUG MILLS and TEXTILE WORKERS
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
Case No. R-532
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
March 12, 1938
On February 18, 1938, the National Labor Relations Board, herein
called the Board, issued a Decision and Direction of Election in
the above -entitled case .' The Direction of Election directed that an
election by secret ballot be conducted among all employees of Marshall
Field & Company who were on the pay roll of the Company at its
Karastan Rug Mills , Leaksville , North Carolina , during the pay-roll
period next preceding the filing of the petition , exclusive of clerical,
sales, and supervisory employees and except those who have quit or
have been discharged for cause between that period and the date
of the election , to determine whether or not they desire to be repre-
sented by Textile Workers Organizing Committee, for the purposes
of collective bargaining.
Pursuant to the Direction , an election by secret ballot was conducted
on March 3 , 1938, under the direction and supervision of the Regional
Director for the Fifth Region ( Baltimore, Maryland ). Thereafter,
on March 7 , 1938, the Regional Director , acting pursuant to Article
III, Section 9, of National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regula-
tions-Series 1, as amended , issued and duly served upon the parties
an Intermediate Report on the election . No objections or exceptions
to the Intermediate Report have been filed by any of the parties.
As to the balloting and its results the Regional Director reported as
follows :
Total Number Eligible to Vote------------------------------ 815
Total Number of Ballots Cast------------------------- ------
Total Number of Ballots Cast for Textile Workers Organizing
680
Committee ------------------------------------------------- 367
Total Number of Ballots Cast against Textile Workers Organ-
izing Committee------------------------------------------ 304
Total Number of Blank Ballots------------------------------ 1
Total Number of Void Ballots------------------------------- 0
Total Number of Challenged Votes-------------------------- 8
1 5 N L R. B. 393.
104
DECISIONS AND ORDERS 105
By virtue of and pursuant to the power vested in the National Labor
Relations Board by Section 9 (c) of the National Labor Relations
Act, 49 Stat. 449, and pursuant to Article III, Section 8, of National
Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series 1, as amended,
IT IS ]HERESY CERTIFIED that Textile Workers Organizing Com-
mittee has been designated and selected by a majority of all em-
ployees of Marshall Field & Company at its Karastan Rug Mills,
Leaksville , North Carolina , excluding clerical , sales, and supervisory
employees , as their representative for the purposes of collective bar-
gaining and that, pursuant to the provisions of Section 9 (a) of the
National Labor Relations Act, Textile Workers Organizing Com-
mittee 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.