Reliance Manufacturing Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Mar 24, 1945

60 N.L.R.B. 1481 (N.L.R.B. 1945)

In the Matter of RELIANCE MANUFACTURING COMPANY and INTERNA-
TIONAL LADIES GARMENT WORKERS UNION
Case No. 9-R-1174
SUPPLEMENTAL DECISION
AND
SECOND DIRECTION OF ELECTION
March, 24, 1945
On October 21, 1943, pursuant to the Decision and Direction of
Election issued by the Board herein on September 29, 1943,1 an elec-
tion by secret ballot was conducted under the direction and super-
vision of the Regional Director for the Ninth Region (Cincinnati,
Ohio). On October 25, 1943, the Union filed Objections to the Con-
duct of the Election. Upon consideration of the Objections, the Com-
pany's answer and the entire record in the case, the Board on August
10, 1944, sustained the Union's Objections and vacated the election-
The Supplemental Decision and Order- setting aside the election
provided that a new election would be ordered when the Regional
Director advised the Board that the time was appropriate for such
action.
The Regional Director having on March 17, 1945, advised the Board
that the time is now appropriate for the conduct of an election, we
shall direct that a second election by secret ballot be conducted among
the employees in the unit heretofore found appropriate who were
employed during the pay-roll period immediately preceding the date
of the Second Direction of Election herein, subject to the limitations
and additions set forth in the Second Direction.
SECOND DIRECTION OF ELECTION
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, and pursuant to Article III, Section 9, of National Labor Rela-
tions Board Rules and Regulations-Series 3, as amended, it is hereby
DIRECTED that, as part of the investigation to ascertain representa-
'52 N. L R . B. 1025.
' 57 N. L R B. 1238.
60 N. L R. B.. No. 255.
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tives for the purposes of collective bargaining with Reliance Manu-
facturing Company, Huntington, West Virginia, a second election
by secret ballot shall be conducted as early as possible, but not later
than sixty (60) days from the date of this Direction, under the direc-
tion and supervision of the Regional Director for the Ninth Region,
acting in this matter as agent for' the National Labor Relations Board,
and subject to Article III, Sections 10 and 11, of said Rules and Regu-
lations, among the employees in the unit heretofore found appropriate
in Section IV of our Decision and Direction of Election issued on
September 29, 1943, who were employed during the pay-roll period
immediately preceding the date of this Second Direction, including
employees who did not work during the said pay-roll period because
they were ill or on vacation or temporarily laid off, and including
employees in the armed forces of the United States who present them-
selves in person at the polls, but excluding any who have since quit
or, been discharged for cause and have not been rehired or reinstated
prior to the date of the election, to determine whether or not they
desire to be represented by International Ladies Garment Workers
Union, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, for the
purposes of collective bargaining. '