Stonewall Cotton Mills, Inc.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Dec 2, 1939

18 N.L.R.B. 113 (N.L.R.B. 1939)

In the Matter of STONEWALL COTTON MILLS, INCORPORATED and TEXTILE
WoR$ERs' FEDERAL LABOR UNION, LOCAL 21723, A. F. L.
Case No. R-1546
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
December 0, 1939
On October 26, 1939, the National Labor Relations Board, herein
called the Board, issued its Decision and Direction of Election in the
above-entitled proceedings.' Pursuant to the Direction of Election,
an election by secret ballot was conducted on November 15, 1939, under
the direction and supervision of the Regional Director for the Fif-
teenth Region (New Orleans, Louisiana). On November 17, 1939, the
Regional Director, acting pursuant to Article III, Section 9, of Na-
tional Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series 2, issued
and duly served upon the parties his Election Report. No objections
to the conduct of the ballot or the Election Report have been filed by
any of the parties.
The Regional Director reported the following results of the
balloting :
Total on eligible list------------ ---------------------------- 817
Total ballots cast------------------------------------------- 717
Total ballots challenged------------------------------------- 0
Total blank ballots------------------------------------------ 0
Total void ballots------------------------------------------- 0
Total valid votes cast -----------------------------------------
Votes cast for Textile Workers' Federal Labor Union, Local
717
21723, A. F. L---------------------------------------------- 427
Votes cast against Textile Workers' Federal Labor Union, Local
21723, A. F. L--------------------------------------------- 290
By virtue of and pursuant to the power vested in the National
Labor Relations Board by Section 9 (c) of the National Labor Rela-
tions Act, 49 Stat. 449, and pursuant to Article III, Sections 8 and 9,
of National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series 2,
IT IS HEREBY cERTID that Textile Workers' Federal Labor Union,
Local 21723, A. F. L., has been selected by a majority of the production
and maintenance employees of Stonewall Cotton Mills, Stonewall,
Mississippi, including the mill carpenter and the office porter, but ex-
116 N. L. R. B. 483.
18 N. L . R. B.. No. 14.
113
114 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD
eluding clerical and supervisory employees, overseers , second hands,
and persons employed in the company stores, as their representative
for the purposes of collective bargaining and that, pursuant to Section
9 (a) of the National Labor Relations Act, Textile Workers ' Federal
Labor Union, Local 21723, A. F. L., is the exclusive representative of
all such employees for the purposes of collective bargaining in respect
to rates of pay, wages , hours of employment , and other conditions of
employment.
MR. J. WARREN MADDEN took no part in the consideration of the
above Certification of Representatives.