Superior Tanning Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Sep 25, 1942

44 N.L.R.B. 502 (N.L.R.B. 1942)

In the Matter Of SUPERIOR TANNING Co. and INTERNATIONAL FUR &-
LEATHER WORKERS UNION, LOCAL 43, C. I. O.
In the Matter Of SUPERIOR TANNING Co. and INTERNATIONAL UNION
OF OPERATING ENGINEERS, LOCAL 399, AFFILIATED WITH TIIE A. F.
OF L.
Cases Nos . R-4138 and R-4139, Respectively
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
September 25, 19.4°
On August 27, 1942, the National Labor Relations Board issued a
Decision and Direction of Elections in the above -entitled proceeding.'
Pursuant to the Direction of Elections , elections by secret ballot were
conducted on September 10, 1942, under the direction and super-
vision of the Regional Director for the Thirteenth Region ( Chicago,
Illinois ). On September 14, 1942, the Regional Director , acting pur-
suant to Article III, Section 9, of National Labor Relations Board
Rules and Regulations-Series 2, as amended, issued and duly served
upon the parties Election Reports. No objections to the conduct of
the ballot or the Election Reports have been filed by any of the parties.
As to the balloting and its results , the Regional Director reported as
follows :
Production.-and Maintenance
Approximate number of eligible voters--------------------- 231
Total ballots cast ---------------------------------------- 239
Total ballots challenged --------------------------------- 21
Total void ballots---------------------------------------- 6
Total valid votes counted--------------------------------- 212
Votes cast for International Fur & Leather Workers Union,
Local 43, C. I. 0---------------------------------------- 140
Votes cast against International Fur & Leather Workers
Union, Local 43, C. I. 0--------------------------------- 72
Engineers
Approximate number of eligible voters --------------------- 8
Total votes cast------------------------------------------ 7
Total ballots challenged ---------------------------------- 0
Total void ballots---------------------------------------- 0
Total valid votes counted--------------------------------- 7
Votes cast for International Union of Operating Engineers,
Local 399, A. F. of L----------------------------------- 5
Votes cast against International Union of Operating Engi-
neers, Local 399, A. F. of L----------------------------- 2
1 43 N L R B 734.
44 N L R B, No 90.,
502
SUPERIOR TANNING CO. 503
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,
IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that International Fur & Leather Workers
Union, Local 43, C. I. 0., has been designated and selected by a major-
ity of all production and maintenance employees of Superior Tanning
Co., Chicago , Illinois, excluding executives , supervisory employees,
office and clerical employees , foremen, subforemen , engineers, and
maintenance engineers , as their representative for the purposes of col-
lective bargaining , and that, pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the Act,
International Fur & Leather Workers Union, Local 43-, C. I. 0., is the
exclusive representative of all such employees for the purposes of col-
lective bargaining in respect to rates of pay, wages , hours of employ-
ment, and other conditions of employment.
IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that International U nion of Operating Engi-
neers, Local 399, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, has'
been designated and selected by a majority of all engineers and main-
tenance engineers of Superior Tanning Co ., Chicago, Illinois , exclud-
ing supervisory employees, as their representative for the purposes of
collective bargaining , and that, pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the Act,
International Union of Operating Engineers , Local 399, affiliated with
the American Federation of Labor, 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.