Olive & Myers Manufacturing Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Nov 29, 1944

59 N.L.R.B. 650 (N.L.R.B. 1944)

In the Matter of OLIVE & MYERS MANUFACTURING COMPANY and
CONGRESS OF INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATIONS
Case No.1ti-R-1047.Decided November 29, 1944
Mr. Arthur J. Riggs, of Dallas, Tex., for the Company.
Mr. Lindsey P. Walden, of Ft. Worth, Tex., and Mr. A. R. Hardesty,
of Dallas, Tex., for the C. I. 0
Mr. Reinhald Wilke, of Houston, Tex., for the A. F. L.
Mr. Thomas A. Ricci, of counsel to the Board.
DECISION
AND
DIRECTION OF ELECTION
STATEMENT OF THE CASE
Upon a petition duly filed by Congress of Industrial Organizations,
herein called the C. I. 0., alleging that a question affecting commerce
had arisen concerning the representation of employees of Olive &
Myers Manufacturing Company, Dallas, Texas, herein called the Com-
pany, the National Labor Relations Board provided for an appropriate
hearing upon due notice before Lewis Moore, Trial Examiner. Said
hearing was held at Dallas, Texas, on October 26, 1944. The Company,
the C. I. 0., Upholsterers' International Union of North America,
A. F. L., herein called the International, and its local, Upholsterers'
and Bedding Workers' Local Union No. 251, herein called Local 251,
both collectively called the ' A. F. L., appeared and participated.,
All parties were afforded full opportunity to be heard, to examine
and cross-examine witnesses, and to introduce evidence bearing on
the issues. The Trial Examiner's rulings made at the hearing are
free from prejudicial error and are hereby affirmed. All parties were
afforded an opportunity to file briefs with the Board.
Upon the entire record in the case, the Board makes the following :
' Reinhald Wilke stated at the^hearing