Sealy Mattress Co. of Northern California, Inc.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Jun 20, 1941

32 N.L.R.B. 965 (N.L.R.B. 1941)

In the Matter of SEALY MATTRESS COMPANY OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA,
INC. and INTERNATIONAL LONGSHOREMEN'S AND WAREHOUSEMEN'S
UNION, LOCAL 1-6, AFFILIATED WITH THE C. I. O.
Case No. R-2495
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
June 20, 1941
On May 19, 1941, the National Labor Relations 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 June 3, 1941, at Oakland, California, under the
direction and supervision of the Acting Regional Director for the
Twentieth Region (San Francisco, California). On June 4, 1941,
the Acting Regional Director, 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 his Election
Report. No objections to the conduct of the ballot or to the Election
Report have been filed by any of the parties.
As to the balloting and its results, the Acting Regional Director
reported as follows :
Total number eligible to vote______________________________ 18
Number of votes for International Longshoremen 's and Ware-
housemen's Union , Local 1-6, C . I. O______________________ 11
Number of votes for Furniture and Bedding Workers Union,
Local 1541, United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners
of America , A. F. of L------------------------------------- 3
Number of votes for neither_______________________________ 1
Total number of votes counted_____________________________ 15
Number of blank ballots__________________________________ 0
Number of void ballots___________________________________ 0
Number of challenged ballots _______________________________ 1
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, 49 Stat. 449, and pursuant to Article III, Sections
8 and 9, of National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations-
Series 2, as amended,
131 N. L. R. B. 974.
32 N. L. R. B., No. 152.
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•966 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD
IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that International Longshoremen's and
Warehousemen's Union, Local 1-6, affiliated with the Congress of
Industrial Organizations, has been designated and selected by a
majority of all production employees of Sealy Mattress Company of
Northern California, Inc., Oakland, California, excluding salesmen,
.office employees, foremen, and truck drivers, as their representative
for the purposes of collective bargaining, and that, pursuant to
Section 9 (a) of the National Labor Relations Act, International
Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union, Local 1-6, affiliated
with the Congress of Industrial Organizations, is the exclusive repre-
sentative of all such employees for the purposes of collective bargain-
ing, with respect to rates of pay, wages, hours of employment, and
other conditions of employment.