The Stratbury Manufacturing Company

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Jun 15, 1939

13 N.L.R.B. 302 (N.L.R.B. 1939)

In the Matter of THE STRATBURY MANUFACTURING COMPANY and
UNITED GARMENT WORKERS OF AMERICA LOCAL 147, AFFILIATED WITH
THE AMERICAN FEDERATION Oi^ LABOR
Case No. R-1199
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
June 15, 1939
On May 2, 1939, the National Labor Relations Board, herein
called the Board, issued a Decision and Direction of Election in the
above-entitled case.,' The Direction of Election directed that an
election by secret ballot be conducted within thirty (30) days from
the date of the Direction among all the production employees of The
Stratbury Manufacturing Company whose names appear on its pay
roll of January 14, 1939, excluding supervisory, clerical, shipping,
stockroom, and maintenance employees, customers' label sewers, and
salesmen, and all employees who have since quit or been discharged
for cause, to determine whether they desired to be represented by
United Garment Workers of America, Local 147, affiliated with the
American Federation of Labor, or by Amalgamated Clothing Work-
ers of America, Local 325, affiliated with the Congress of Industrial
Organizations, for the purposes of collective bargaining, or by
neither.
Pursuant to the Direction of Election, an election by secret ballot
was conducted on May 15, 1939, at Galion, Ohio, under the direction
and supervision of the Regional Director for the Eighth Region
(Cleveland, Ohio). On May 16, 1939, the said Regional Director,
acting pursuant to Article III, Section 9, of National Labor Rela-
tions Board Rules and Regulations-Series 1, as amended, issued and
served upon the parties an Intermediate Report on the ballot.
As to the results of the secret ballot, the Regional Director reported
as follows :
Total number eligible --------------------------------------- 327
Total number of ballots cast________________________________ 322
Total number of ballots cast for the United (A. F. of L.) ----- 130
112 N. L. R. B. 618.
13 N. L. It. B., No. 34.
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THE STRATBURY MANUFACTURING COMPANY 303
Total number of ballots cast for the Amalgamated (C. I. 0.) __ 177
Total number of ballots cast for neither labor organization____ 5
Total number of ballots challenged_________________________ 10
Total number of blank ballots cast_____ ____________________ 0
Total number of void ballots cast__________________________ 0
Thereafter, United Garment Workers of America, Local 147, filed
with the Regional Director objections to the ballot. The Regional
Director did not find that the objections raised any substantial or
material issues.
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 1,
as amended,
IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that Amalgamated Clothing Workers of
America, Local 325, affiliated with the Congress of Industrial Or-
ganizations, has been designated and selected by a majority of the
production employees of The Stratbury Manufacturing Company,
Galion, Ohio, excluding supervisory, clerical, shipping, stockroom
and maintenance employees, customers' label sewers, and salesmen, as
their representatives for the purposes of collective bargaining and
that, pursuant to the provisions of Section 9 (a) of the Act, Amalga-
mated Clothing Workers of America, Local 325, affiliated with the
Congress of Industrial Organizations, is the exclusive representative
of all such employees for the purposes of collective bargaining in re-
spect to rates of pay, wages, hours of employment, and other condi-
tions of employment.
MR. WILLIAM M. LEISERSON took no part in the consideration of
the above Certification of Representatives.