Surebest Bakers

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Jun 11, 1942

41 N.L.R.B. 913 (N.L.R.B. 1942)

In the Matter of S . R. SHARP, DOING BUSINESS AS SUREBEST BAKERS and
UNITED BAKERY WORKERS LOCAL INDUSTRIAL UNION No. 1145
(CIO)
Case No. B-3412
SECOND DIRECTION OF ELECTION
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June ill 1942
On February 10, 1942, the National Labor Relations Board, herein
called the Board, issued its Decision and Direction of Election in the
above-entitled proceeding., Pursuant to the Direction of Election, an
election by secret ballot was conducted on March 6, 1942, under the
direction and supervision of,the Regional Director for the Sixteenth
Region (Fort Worth, Texas), and on March 11, 1942, the said Regional
Director issued an Election Report, copies of which were duly served
upon the parties. Thereafter, United Bakery Workers Local Indus-
trial Union No. 1145 (CIO), herein called the United, filed objections
to the Regional Director's recommendations as to the disposition of
certain challenged ballots. On April 25, 1942, the Board issued a
'Supplemental Decision and Direction 2 ordering that the challenged
ballots be opened and counted, and on April 27, 1942, the Regional Di-
rector opened and counted the challenged ballots. On April 29, 1942,.
the Regional Director issued a Supplemental Election Report, copies
of which were duly served upon the parties.
As to the balloting and the results thereof, the Regional Director
reported as follows :
Total on eligibility list-------------------------------------- 62
Total ballots cast------------------------------------------- 62
Total ballots challenged------------------------------------- 6
Total challenged ballots counted------------------------------ 6
Total blank ballots----------------------------------------- 0
Total void ballots----------------------------------------- 0
Total valid ballots-counted ---------------------------------- 62
Total votes cast for, United Bakery Workers Local Industrial
Union No. 1145 (CIO) ------------------------------------ 30
Votes cast for Bakery and Confectionery Workers, International
Union of America (AFL) --------------------------------- 31
Votes cast for neither--------------------------------------- 1
1 38 N. L R B 1043
2 40 N L R. B 863
41 N L R B, No 162.
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914 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD
On May 21, 1942, United Bakery Workers Local Industrial Union
No. 1145, affiliated with the Congress of Industrial Organizations, filed
a request for a run-off election. Although neither of the competing
labor organizations received a majority of the votes cast, the-results
of the election, show that a substantial majority of employees voting
in the election desire to bargain'collectively with the Company. Ac-
cordingly, we shall direct a run-off election among those employees
eligible to vote under our Decision and Direction of Election of Febru-
dry 10, 1942; to decide whether they desire to be represented by United
Bakery Workers Local Industrial'Union No. 1145, affiliated with the
Congress of Industrial Organizations. or by Bakery and Confectionery
Workers, International Union of America, Local No. 225, affiliated
with-the American. Federation of Labor, for the purposes of collective
bargaining.
SECOND DIRECTION OF ELECTION
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,
and pursuant to Article III, Sections 8 and 9, of National Labor Rela-
tions Board Rules and Regulations-Series 2, as amended, it is hereby
DLRECTED that, as part of the investigation to ascertain representa-
tives for the purposes of collective bargaining with S. R. Sharp, doing
business as Surebest Bakers, El Paso, Texas, an election by secret ballot
shall be conducted as soon as possible, but not later than thirty (30)
days from the date of this Second Direction of Election, under the di-
rection and supervision of the Regional Director for the Sixteenth
Region, acting in this matter as agent for the National Labor Relations
Board, and subject to Article III, Section 9, of said Rules and Regu-
lations, among the employees described in the Decision and Direction of
Election issued on February 10, 1942, but excluding those who have
since quit or been discharged for cause, to determine whether they de-
sire to be represented by United Bakery Workers Local Industrial
Union No. 1145, affiliated with the Congress of Industrial Organiza-
tions, or by Bakery and Confectionery Workers, International Union
of America, Local No. 225, affiliated with the American Federation of
Labor, for the purposes of collective bargaining.