The B. F. Goodrich Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

May 8, 1941

31 N.L.R.B. 672 (N.L.R.B. 1941)

In the Matter of THE B. F. GOODRICH COMPANY and LOCAL UNION
No. 194, UNITED RUBBER WORKERS OF AMERICA
Case No. R-2366
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
May 8, 1941
On March 22, 1941, 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 Elec-
tion, an election by secret ballot was conducted on April 11, 1941,
under the direction and supervision of the Regional Director for the
Tenth Region (Atlanta, Georgia). ' On April 17, 1941, the Regional
Director, acting 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 the Eelection Report have been filed
by any of the parties.
The Regional Director reported the following results of the
balloting :
Total number eligible to vote______________________________ 359
Total ballots cast ----------------------------------------- 350
Total ballots cast for Local Union No. 194, United Rubber
Workers of America, affiliated with the C. I. 0.__________- 179
Total ballots cast against the aforementioned union-------- 167
Total blank ballots_______________________________________ 0
Total void ballots ------------ -____________________________ 0
Total challenged ballots___________________________________ 4
Since the number of challenged ballots cannot affect the result of the
election, we find it unnecessary to pass upon the challenges.
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, as amended,
IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that Local Union No. 194, United Rubber
Workers of America, affiliated with the C. I. 0., has been designated
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THE B. F. GOODRICH COMPANY 673
,and selected by a majority of all piece-work and hourly rated clock
card factory employees engaged in the manufacture of rubber prod-
ucts in the Clarksville plant of the B. F. Goodrich Company and in
the maintenance of said Clarksville plant, excluding supervisory em-
ployees, clerical employees , and full time plant protection employees,
as their representative for the purposes of collective bargaining, and
that pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the Act,- Local Union No. 194,
United Rubber Workers of America, affiliated with the C . I. 0., 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.