Salisbury Cotton Mills

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Apr 11, 1942

40 N.L.R.B. 450 (N.L.R.B. 1942)

In the Matter of. SALISBURY COTTON MILLS and TEXTILE WORKERS
UNION OF AMERICA, AFFILIATED WITH THE C. I. O.
Case No. R-3511
SUPPLEMENTAL DECISION
AND
ORDER
April 11, 194
On February 25, 1942, 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 March 18, 1942, under
the direction and supervision of the Regional Director for the Fifth
Region (Baltimore, Maryland). On March 19, 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-------------------------------------- 674
Total ballots cast------------------------------------------- 620
Total ballots challenged------------------------------------- 2
Total blank ballots------------------------------------------ 1
Total void ballots------------------------------------------- 0
Total valid votes counted------------------------------------
Votes cast for Textile Workers Union of America, affiliated with
617
the C. I. 0------------------------------------------------ 247
Votes cast against Textile Workers Union of America, affiliated
with the C. I. 0------------------------------------------- 370
The results of the election show that no collective bargaining repre-
sentative has been selected by a majority of the employees in the unit
heretofore found to be appropriate for collective bargaining. The
139 N L. R. B., 210.
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SALISBURY COTTON MILLS 451
petition and amended petition for investigation and certification of
representatives of employees of Salisbury Cotton Mills, Salisbury,
North Carolina, will therefore be dismissed.
ORDER
By virtue of Section 9 (c) of the National Labor Relations 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,
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the petition and amended petition for
investigation and certification of representatives of employees of
Salisbury Cotton Mills, Salisbury, North Carolina, filed by Textile
Workers Union of America, affiliated with the Congress of Industrial
Organizations, be, and they hereby are, dismissed.
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