Peerless Novelty Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Jan 29, 1942

38 N.L.R.B. 685 (N.L.R.B. 1942)

In the Matter Of PEERLESS NOVELTY COMPANY and INTERNATIONAL
UNION, UNITED AUTOMOBILE WORKERS OF AMERICA, LOCAL 731,
AFFILIATED WITH THE A. F. L.
Case No. R-3301
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
Jotuary 09, 1942
On December 15, 1941, the National Labor Relations Board issued
a Decision and Direction of Election in the above-entitled proceed-
ings.) Pursuant to the Direction of Election, an election by secret
ballot was conducted on January 13, 1942, under the direction and
supervision of the Regional Director for the Seventh Region (Detroit,
Michigan). On January 15, 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. No objections to the conduct
of the election or to 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____________________________________ 115
Total ballots cast__________________________________________ 107
Total ballots challenged______________________---------------------- ---------- --- 3
Total blank ballots________________________________________ 0
Total void ballots_________________________________________ 0
Total valid votes cast_____________________________________ 104
Votes cast for International Union, United Automobile
Workers of America, Local 731, Affiliated with the A. F. L__ 102
Votes cast against International Union, United Automobile
Workers of America, Local 731, Affiliated with the A. F. L__ 2
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 622
38 N. L. R B., No. 138.
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686 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD
IT Is HEREBY CERTIFIED that International Union, United Automo-
bile Workers of America, Local 731, affiliated with the A. F. L., has
been designated and selected by a majority of the hourly and piece-
rated employees, watchmen, firemen, maintenance men, and inspectors
at Peerless Novelty Company's plant at Grand Haven, Michigan,
excluding timekeepers, office employees, all foremen and assistant
foremen, supervisory employees above the rank of assistant foreman,
all employees having the power to hire and fire, and engineers, as
their representative for the purposes of collective bargaining, and
that, pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the National Labor Relations Act,
International Union, United Automobile Workers of America, Local
731, affiliated with the A. F. L., 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.