Scottdale Mills

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Aug 27, 1937

3 N.L.R.B. 441 (N.L.R.B. 1937)

In the Matter Of SCOITDALE MILLS and TEXTILE WORKERS ORGANIZING
COMMITTEE
Case No. R-044
Mr. Walter G. Cooper, Jr., for the Board.
Weekes & Candler, by Mr. John Wesley Weekes and Mr. Murphy
Candler, Jr., of Decatur, Ga., for the Company.
Mr. Frank A. Constangy, of^ Atlanta, Ga., for Textile Workers
Organizing Committee.
Mr.-Abraham L. Kaminstein, of counsel to the Board.
DIRECTION OF ELECTION
August 27; 1937
The National Labor Relations, Board; having found that a ques-
tion affecting commerce has arisen concerning the representation of
the production and maintenance employees of Scottdale Mills, Scott-
dale, Georgia, and that such employees, exclusive of clerical and
supervisory employees, constitute a unit appropriate for the purposes
of collective bargaining within the meaning of Section 9 (b) of the
National Labor Relations Act, 49 ' Stat. 449, and acting pursuant to
the power vested in the National Labor Relations Board by Section
9 (c) of said Act, and pursuant to Article III, Section 8 of National
Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series 1, as amended,
hereby
DIRECTS that, as part of the investigation authorized by the Board
to ascertain representatives for the purposes of collective bargaining
with Scottdale Mills, an election by secret ballot shall be conducted
within a period of ten (10) days after the date of this Direction of
Election, under the direction and supervision of the Regional Di-
rector for the Tenth Region, acting in this matter as the agent of the
National Labor Relations Board and subject to Article III, Section
9 of said Rules and Regulations-Series 1, as amended, among the
production and maintenance employees of Scottdale Mills, exclusive
of clerical and supervisory employees, on the pay roll of Scottdale
Mills for the week ending on July 17, 1937, to determine whether
they desire to be represented by Textile Workers Organizing Com-
mittee for the purposes of collective bargaining.
MR. EDWIN S. SMITH took no part in the consideration of the above
Direction of Election.
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442 NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD
[SAME TITLE
AMENDMENT TO DIRECTION OF ELECTION
September 2, 1937
On August 27, 1937, the National Labor Relations Board, herein
called the Board, issued a Direction of Election in the above-entitled
case, the election to be held within ten (10) days from the date of
the Direction. Thereafter the Board was advised that the Company
had temporarily ceased production, but that it would resume normal
operations on September 7, 1937.
All of the parties having agreed to a postponement of the election
until such resumption of normal operations, and having also stipu-
lated that all employees working at any time during the month of
July 1937, shall be eligible to vote in said election, but that em-
ployees whose employment has permanently terminated since July
31, 1937, shall not be eligible to vote in said election, we hereby amend
the Direction of Election issued on August 27, 1937, by striking
therefrom the words "within ten (10) days from the date of this
Direction," and substituting therefor the words, "within twenty (20)
days from the date of this Direction," and also by striking there-
from the words "on the pay roll of Scottdale Mills for the week
ending on July 17, 1937," and substituting therefor the words "who
have worked for Scottdale Mills at any time during the month
of July 1937, exclusive of those whose employment has permanently
terminated since July 31, 1937."
M. EDWIN S. SMITH took no part in the consideration of the
above Amendment to Direction of Election.