The Riverside & Dan River Cotton Mills, Inc.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Jul 23, 1942

42 N.L.R.B. 843 (N.L.R.B. 1942)

In the Matter of THE RIVERSIDE & DAN RIVER COTTON MILLS, INCOR-
PORATED and TEXTILE WORKERS UNION OF AMERICA (C I 0), ACTING
IN BEHALF OF ITS LOCAL UNION No 452
Case No. R-4020 -Decided July 03, 1942
Investigation and Certification of Representatives : stipulation for certification
on consent election
Mr. Frank Talbott, Jr, of Danville, Va , for the Company.
Mr J D Pedigo, of Danville, Va, for the C I O.
Mr Mozart G Ratner, of counsel to the Board
DECISION
AND
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
STATEMENT OF THE CASE
Upon petition duly filed by the Textile Workers Union of America
(C. I: O ), acting in behalf of its Local Union No 452, herein called
the C I O , alleging that a question affecting commerce had arisen
concerning the representation of employees of The Riverside & Dan
River Cotton Mills, Incorporated, herein called the Company, en-
gaged in Danville and in the County of Pittsylvania, Virginia, in
the manufacture and sale of textile products, the National Labor
Relations Board provided for an appropriate hearing upon due notice.
On June 18, 1942, before a hearing was held, the Company, C I 0,
and the Regional Director for the Fifth Region, Baltimore, Mary-
land, entered into a "STIPULATION FOR CERTIFICATION ON CONSENT
ELECTION "
Pursuant to the Stipulation, an election by secret ballot was con-
ducted on June 26, 1942, under the direction and supervision of the
Regional Director among all production and maintenance workers
employed by the Company in connection with its textile manufactur-
ing plants, village and properties, located both in the city of Dan-
ville, Virginia (Riverside Division) and in the County of Pittsyl-
vanil, Viiginia (Dan River Division), including canteen employees,
laboratory workers (except professonal graduate chemists), and
maintenance employees engaged in repair and maintenance of village
and other properties outside the plant proper; but excluding em-
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ployees on the pay ioll at Hylton Hall dormitory, the Fitzgerald
Apartment, Schoolfield Coal and Wood Company, the two-company
cloth stores, and all executive, supervisory, and clerical employees,
to determine whether or not they desire to be represented by the
C I 0 for the purposes of collective bargaining On June 30, 1942,
the Regional Director issued and duly served on the parties an Elec-
tion Report on the ballot. No objections to the conduct of the ballot
or the Election Repoit have been filed by any of the paities
As to the balloting and its results, the Regional Director ieported
as follows.
Total on eligibility list----------1------------------------ 13, 470
Total ballots cast---------------------------------------- 12,039
Total ballots challenged ---------'------------------------- 19
Total blank ballots-------------------------------------- 62
Total void ballots---------------------------------------- 39
Total valid votes counted--------------------------------- 11,920
Votes cast for, Local No 452, Textile Workers Union of
America (C I 0)------------------------------------ 7,204
Votes cast against Local No 452, Textile Workers Union of
America (C I 0)------------------------------------- 4,716
On the basis of the Stipulation, the Election Report, and the entire
iecord in the case, the Board makes the following.
FINDINGS OF FACT
Y A question affecting commerce has arisen conceimng the repre-
sentation of employees of The Riveiside & Dan River Cotton Mills,
Incorporated , Danville, Viigmia, and County of Pittsylvania, Vir-
ginia, within the meaning of Section 9 (c) and Section 2 (6) and, (7)
of the National Labor Relations Act
2 All production and maintenance woikeis employed by the Com-
pany, in connection with its textile manufacturing plants , village and
properties located both in the city of Danville , Virginia (Riverside
Division ), and in the County of Pittsylvania , Virginia ( Dan River
Division ), including canteen employees , laboratory workers (except
piofessional graduate chemists ), and maintenance employees engaged
in repair and maintenance of village and other properties outside
the plant proper, but excluding employees on the pay roll at Hylton
Hall dormitory , the Fitzgei ald Apai tment , Schoolfield Coal and Wood
Company, the two company cloth stores , and all executive , supervisory,
and clerical employees , constitute a unit appropriate for the purposes
of collective bargaining within the meaning of Section 9 ( b) of the
Act
3 Textile Workers Union of America , Local Union No 452, C I O ,
has been designated and selected by a majority of the employees in
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the above 'unit as their representative for the purposes of collective
bargaining and is the exclusive representative of all employees in said
unit within the meaning of Section 9 (a) of the Act.
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
By virtue of and pursuant to the power vested in the National Labor
Relations Boaid by Section 9 (c) of the National Labor Relations Act,
IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that Textile Workers Union of America,
Local Union No 452, C I O , has been designated and selected by a
majority of all production and maintenance workeis employed by the
Company, in connection with its textile manufacturing plants, village
and properties located both in the city of Danville, Virginia (River-
side Division), and in the County of Pittsylvania, Virginia (Dan
River Division), including canteen employees, laboratory workers
(except professional graduate chemists), and maintenance employees
engaged in repair, and maintenance of village and other properties
outside the plant proper, but excluding employees on the pay roll of
Hylton Hall dormitory, the Fitzgeiald Apartment, Schoolfield Coal
and Wood Company, the two company cloth stores, and all executive,
supervisory, and clerical employees, as their representative for the
purposes of collective bargaining, and that, pursuant to Section 9 (a)
of the Act, Textile Workers Union of America, Local Union 452,,
C. I 0, is the exclusive representative of all such employees for the
purposes of collective bargaining with respect to rates of pay, wages,
hours of employment, and other conditions of employment.
MR GERAiM D REILLY took no part in the consideration of the above
Decision and Certification of Representatives
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