National Metal-Art Manufacturing Co., Inc.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Feb 14, 1942

38 N.L.R.B. 1235 (N.L.R.B. 1942)

In the Matter of NATIONAL METAL-ART MANUFACTURING CO., INC. and
WHOLESALE AND WAREHOUSE WORKERS UNION, LOCAL 65, C. I. O.
Case No. R-3232
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 14, 19.1.,2
On December 13, 1941, the National Labor Relations Board, herein
called the 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 December 30, 1941, under
the direction and supervision of the Regional Director for the Second
Region (New York City). On January 2, 1942, the Regional Director,
acting pursuant to Article III, Section 9, of National Labor Relations
Board Rules and Regulations-Series 2, as amended, issued an Election
Report, copies of which were duly served upon the parties. 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 its results, the Regional. Director reported
as follows :
Total on eligibility list______________________________________ 55
Total ballots cast --------------------------------------------- 54
Total ballots challenged_____________________________________ 1
Total blank ballots__________________________________________ 0
Total void ballots ------------------------------------------- 0
Total valid votes counted____________________________________ 53
Votes cast for Wholesale and Warehouse Workers Union, Local
65, affiliated with the Congress of Industrial Organizations__ 21
Votes cast for Wholesale Hardware, Crockery & Housefurnish-
ing Specialties Union, Local 18943, affiliated with the American
Federation of Labor_______________________________________ 32
Votes cast for neither union__________________________________ 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.
1 37 N. L. R. B. 561.
38 N. L. R. B., No. 220.
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1236 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD
IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that Wholesale Hardware, Crockery & House-
furnishing Specialties Union, Local 18943, affiliated with the American
Federation of Labor, has been designated and selected by a majority
of all production and maintenance employees of National Metal-Art
Manufacturing Co., Inc., at both its Twelfth Street and Eighth Avenue
plants in Brooklyn, New York, including packing, shipping, inspec-
tion, and assembly employees, but excluding office and clerical em-
ployees, outside salesmen, chauffeurs , Samuel Katzman (foreman),
Aaron Katzman (treasurer of the Company), Harris Katzman
(president-of the Company), and Benjamin H. Katzman (secretary of
the Company), as their representative for the purposes of collective
bargaining, and that, pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the National Labor
Relations Act, Wholesale Hardware, Crockery & Housefurnishing
Specialties Union, Local 18943, 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.