Little Rock Furniture Manufacturing Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

May 8, 1942

40 N.L.R.B. 1228 (N.L.R.B. 1942)

In the Matter- of LITTLE. ROCK FURNITURE MANUFACTURING COMPANY
and UNITED FURNITURE WORKERS OF AMERICA, LOCAL 286, AFFILI-
ATED WITH CONGRESS OF INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATIONS
Case No. R-3582
SUPPLEMENTAL DECISION
AND
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
May 8, 1942
On March 18, 1942, the National Labor Relations Board, herein
called the Board, issued a Decision and Direction of Election in the
above-entitled proceedings.,, Pursuant to the Direction of Election,
an election by secret ballot was conducted on April 7, 1942, under the
direction and supervision of the Regional Director for the Fifteenth
Region (New Orleans, Louisiana). On April 9, 1942, 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 on the ballot.
As to the balloting and its results, the Regional Director reported
as follows :
Total on eligibility list____-------------------------------------- 224
Total ballot cast___________________________________________ 202
Total ballots challenged____________________________________ 1
Total blank ballots________________________________________ 0
Total void ballots_________________________________________ 0
Total valid votes counted__________________________________
Votes cast for Upholsterers International Union of North
201
America, affiliated with A. F. L__________________________ 131
Votes cast for United Furniture Workers of America, Local.
286, affiliated with C. I. O________________________________ 67
Votes cast for no union____________________________________ 3
On, April 16, 1942, United Furniture Workers of America, Local
286, affiliated with the Congress of Industrial Organizations,, filed
Objections to the Election Report. On May 2, 1942, the Regional
Director issued a Report on Objections finding that the.objections
had no substantial effect on the results of the election. We have
139 N. L. R. B. 892.
40 N. L. R. B., No. 217.
1228
LITTLE ROCK FURNITURE MANUFACTURING COMPANY 1229
considered the objections and the Regional Director's report thereon
and find that the objections raise no substantial or material issues
with respect to the conduct of the ballot. The objections are hereby
overruled.
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, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor,
has been designated and selected by a majority of all production and
maintenance employees of Little Rock Furniture Manufacturing
Company, Little Rock, Arkansas, including watchmen, firemen; truck
drivers, truck washer, inspectors, stockman, and assistant shipping
clerks, but excluding supervisory, office, and clerical employees, sales-
men, 0. M. Whitfield, Virgil Cole, and E. Lambert, as their repre-
sentative for the purposes of collective bargaining, and that, pursuant
to Section 9 (a) of the Act, Upholsterers International Union of
North America, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor,
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.
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