Monroe Packing Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Jul 23, 1941

33 N.L.R.B. 755 (N.L.R.B. 1941)

In the Matter of MONROE PACKING COMPANY and LocAL UNION No.
138, UNITED PACKINGHOUSE WORKERS OF AMERICA OF PACKINGHOUSE
WORKERS ORGANIZING COMMITTEE AFFILIATED WITH THE CONGRESS OF
INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATIONS
Case No. R-2583
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
July 23,1941
On June 18, 1941, the National Labor Relations Board, herein called
the Board, issued its Decision and Direction of Election in the above-
entitled proceeding.' Pursuant to the Direction of Election an elec-
tion by secret ballot was conducted on July 3, 1941, under the direction
and supervision of the Regional Director for the Thirteenth Region
(Chicago, Illinois). On July 7, 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. No objections to the conduct
of the ballot or the Election Report have been filed by any of the
parties.
The Regional Director reported the following results of the
balloting :
Total on eligibility list_______________________________________ 39
Total ballots cast____________________________________________ 38
Total ballots cballenged____________________________________ 2
Total blank ballots_________________________________________ 0
Total void ballots___________________________________________ 0
Total valid votes cast_______________________________________ 36
Votes cast for Local Union No. 138, United Packinghouse
Workers of America of Packinghouse Workers Organizing
Committee (C. I. 0.) ------------------------------------- 31
Votes cast for Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Work-
men of North America, Local No. 350 (A. F. of L )_________ 5
Votes cast for neither of the above organizations------------- 0
Since the number of challenged ballots can not affect the result of the
election, we find it unnecessary to pass upon the challenges.
By virtue of and pursuant to the power vested in the National
Labor Relations Board by Section 9 (c) of the National Labor Re-
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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 Local Union No. 138, United Packing-
house Workers of America of Packinghouse Workers Organizing
Committee, affiliated with the Congress of Industrial Organizations,
has been designated and selected by a majority of all production and
maintenance employees of Monroe Packing Company, Gary, Indiana,
excluding truck drivers, demonstrators, and supervisory and clerical
employees, as their representative for the purposes of collective bar-
gaining, and that, pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the Act, Local Union
No. 138, United Packinghouse Workers of America of Packinghouse
Workers Organizing Committee, affiliated with the Congress of In-
dustrial Organizations, 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.