Sampson & Murdock Printing Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

May 27, 1941

32 N.L.R.B. 139 (N.L.R.B. 1941)

In the Matter of SAMPSON & MURDOCK PRINTING Co., and BOSTON
TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION No. 13 OF THE INTERNATIONAL TYPOGRAPHICAL
UNION OF NORTH AMERICA
Case No. R-2462
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
May 27, 1941
On May 6, 1941 , 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 April 2, 1941 , under the
direction and supervision of the Regional Director for the First Re-
gion (Boston, Massachusetts ). On May 13, 1941 , 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 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 :
Total number eligible to vote________________________________ 21
Total number of votes cast --------------------------------- 19
Total number of valid votes cast --------------------------- 19
Total number of ballots marked "YES"______________________ 12
Total number of ballots marked "NO"_______________________ 7
Total number of blank ballots______________________________ 0
Total number of void ballots_________________________________ 0
Total number of challenged ballots__________________________ 0
By virtue of and pursuant to the power vested in the National La-
bor Relations Board by 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 CERTIFIED that Boston Typographical Union No. 13
of the International Typographical Union of North America has
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been designated and selected by a majority of all composing-room
employees of Sampson & Murdock Printing Co., Boston, Massachu-
setts, including machine-type setters, hand-type setters, make-up men,
machinists and machinists' helpers, but excluding clerical employees,
shippers, proof boys, job-press operators, proof-press boys, and super-
visory employees with the rank of foremen or higher, as their repre-
sentative for the purposes of collective bargaining, and that, pursuant
to Section 9 (a) of the Act, Boston Typographical Union No. 13 of
the International Typographical Union of North America is the ex-
clusive representative of all such employees for the purposes of
collective bargaining in respect to rates of pay, wages, hours of em-
ployment, and other conditions of employment.