Paramount Film Distributing Corp.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Jul 30, 1942

42 N.L.R.B. 1151 (N.L.R.B. 1942)

In the Matter Of PARAMOUNT- FILM DISTRIBUTING CORPORATION and
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR
Case No. B-3743
SUPPLEMENTAL DECISION
AND
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
July 30,194..
On May 27, 1942, the National Labor Relations Board issued a
Decision and Dnection of Election in the above-entitled proceeding 1
Pursuant to the Diiection of Election, an election by secret ballot was
conducted on June 22, 1942, under the direction and,supervision of the
Regional Director, for the Fouiteenth Region (St Louis, Missouri)
On June 23, 1942, the Regional Diiector, acting pursuant to Article
III, Section 9, of National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regula-
tions-Series 2, as amended, issued and duly served upon the paities
an Election Repoit on the ballot 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
Numbei of names on eligibility list___________ 10
Total number of ballots 10
Number of ballots challenged________________________________ 2
Numbei of blank ballots_____________________________________ - 0
Number of void ballots______________________________________ 0
TotalTnumbei of valid votes counted_______________________'___ 8
Number of; ballots voted for American Federation of Laboi____ 7
Numbei of ballots voted against Ameiican Federation of Labor__ 1
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After the issuance of the Decision and Direction of Election, Para-
mount Film Dlstlibuting Coipoiation requested that assistant bookers
be excluded fiom the unit. It appears that the duties of the assistant
bookers involved heiein aie the same as those of bookers excluded by
us in seven other cases involving the motion pictuie distributing
business in St Louis, Missouri Under the cncumstances, we shall
exclude the assistant bookers from the unit Both of the assistant
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bookers voted at the election under challenge. In view of the over-
whelming number of votes received by the Union, their votes could
not affect the results of the election.
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
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, Sections $, and 9, of National
Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series 2, as amended,
IT IS IIEREBY CERTIFIED that American Federation of Labor has
been designated and selected by a majority of all office employees at the
St. Louis film exchange of Paramount Film Distributing Corporation,
excluding the office manager, branch manager, outside salesmen, jani-
tor, porter, back-room employees, booking manager, confidential sec-
retary, and assistant bookers, as their representative for the purpose
of collective bargaining, and that, pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the
National Labor Relations Act, the American Federation of Labor is
the exclusive representative of all such employees for the puiposes of
collective bargaining in respect to rates of pay, wages, hours of
employment, and other conditions of employment.
MR GERARD D. REILLY took no part in the consideration of the above
Supplemental Decision and Certification of Representatives