Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Aug 9, 1941

34 N.L.R.B. 119 (N.L.R.B. 1941)

In the Matter of TWENTIETH CENTURY-FOX FILM CORP. and SCREEN
PUBLICISTS GUILD
In the matter Of PARAMOUNT PICTURES, INC. and SCREEN PUBLICISTS
GUILD
III the Matter of COLUMBIA PICTURES CORPORATION and SCREEN
° PUBLICISTS GUILD
In the Matter Of UNITED ARTISTS CORP. and SCREEN PUBLICISTS GUILD
In the Matter of RKO RADIO PICTURES, INC. and SCREEN PUBLICISTS
GUILD
In the Matter of UNIVERSAL PICTURES COMPANY, INC. and SCREEN
PUBLICISTS GUILD
In the Matter Of WARNER BROS. PICTURES , INC. and SCREEN PUBLICISTS
GUILD
In the Matter of LoEW's, INC. and SCREEN PUBLICISTS GUILD
Cases Nos. R-2345 to R-2350 inclusive, R-2394 and R-2395
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
August 9, 1941
On June 17, 1941, the National Labor Relations Board issued a
Decision and Direction of Elections 1 in the above-entitled proceed-
ing. Pursuant to the Direction of Elections, elections by secret ballot
were conducted on July 9, 1941, under the direction and supervision
of the Regional Director for the Second Region (New York City).
On July 21, 1941, the Regional Director, acting pursuant to Article
III, Section 9; of National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regula-
tions-Series 2, as amended, issued and duly served upon the parties
her Election Reports. No objections to the conduct of the' ballot or
to the Election Reports have been filed by any of the parties.
As to the balloting and its results the Regional Director reported
as follows :
TWENTIETH CENTURY-FOX FILM CORP.
Total Number Eligible to Vote__________________________________________ 39
Total Number of Ballots Cast ------------------------------------------- - 37
Total number of Valid Ballots -- ---------------------------------------- 37
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Total Number of Votes in favor of Screen Publicists Guild________________ 35
Total Number of Votes against aforementioned union____________________ 2
Total Number of Blank Votes_________________________________________ 0
Total Number of Void Ballots ------------------------------------------ 0
Total Number of Challenged Votes ______________________________________ 0
PARAMOUNT PICTURES, INC.
Total Number Eligible to Vote__________________________________________ 23
Total Number of Ballots Cast___________________________________________ 23
Total Number of Valid Ballots__________________________________________ 23
Total Number of Votes in favor of Screen Publicists Guild________________ 14
Total Number of Votes against aforementioned union ---------------------- 9
Total Number of Blank Votes______________-------------- --------------------------- 0
Total Number of Void Ballots ------------------------------------------ 0
Total Number of Challenged Votes______________________________________ 0
COLUMBIA PICTURES CORPORATION
Total Number Eligible to Vote__________________________________________ 27
Total Number of Ballots Cast__________________________________________ 27
Total Number of Valid Ballots__________________________________________ 27
Total Number of Votes in favor of Screen Publicists Guild________________ 26
Total Number of Votes against aforementioned union_____________________ 1
Total Number of Blank Votes_________________________________________ 0
Total Number of Vold Ballots__________________________________________ 0
Total Number of Challenged Votes______________________________________ 0
UNITED ARTISTS CORP.
Total Number Eligible to Vote___________________________________________
Total Number of Ballots Cast___________________________________________
Total Number of Valid Ballots__________________________________________
Total Number of Votes in favor of Screen Publicists Guild________________
Total Number of Votes against aforementioned union_____________________
Total Number of Blank Votes___________________________________________
Total Number of Void Ballots___________________________________________
Total Number of Challenged Votes______________________________________
RKO RADIO PICTURES, INC
17
17
17
15
2
0
0
0
Total Number Eligible to Vote__________________________________________ 26
Total Number of Ballots Cast ___________________________________________ 25
Total Number of Valid Ballots__________________ ------ 25
Total Number of Votes in favor of Screen Publicists Guild_ ________________ 24
Total Number of Votes against aforementioned union --------------------- 1
Total Number of Blank Votes___________________________________________ 0
Total Number of Void Ballots___________________________________________ 0
Total Number of Challenged Votes______________________________________ 0
UNIVERSAL PICTURES COMPANY, INC.
Total Number Eligible to Vote__________________________________________ 6
Total Number of Ballots Cast___________________________________________ 6
Total Number of Valid Ballots__________________________________________ 5
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Total Number of Votes in favor of Screen Publicists Guild_______ __________ 5
Total Number of Votes against aforementioned union_____ ________________ 0
Total Number of Blank Votes___________________________________________ 0
Total Number of Void Ballots___ ________________________________________ 0
Total Number of Challenged Votes____ ___________________________________ 1
WARNER BROS . PICTURES, INC
Total Number Eligible to Vote -------------------------------------------- 45
Total Number of Ballots Cast ___________________________________________ 42
Total Number of Valid Ballots __________________________________________ 38
Total Number of Votes in favor of Screen Publicists Guild ________________ 37
Total Number of Votes against aforementioned union _____________________ 1
Total Number of Blank Votes___________________________________________ 0
Total Number of Void Ballots___________________________________________ 0
Total Number of Challenged Votes------------------------------- -------- 4
LOEW'S, INC.
Total Number Eligible to Vote___________________________________________ 21
Total Number of Ballots Cast ____________________________________________ 19
Total Number of Valid Ballots __________________________________________ 19
Total Number of Votes i n favor of Screen Publicists Guild________________ 16
Total Number of Votes against aforementioned union ______________________ 3
'.total Number of Blank Votes ___________________________________________ 0
Total Number of Void Ballots ___________________________________________ 0
Total Number of Challenged Votes _______________________________________ 0
The Regional Director reported that she did not rule upon the
challenged ballots in the cases of Universal Pictures Company, Inc.,
and Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc., since they could not in any way
affect the outcome of the elections in either instance.
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 the Screen Publicists Guild has been
designated and selected by a majority of the advertising copywriters,
press book editors and writers, publicity and feature writers, planters
and contact men who work within the State of New York, production
men, exploitation men who work mainly in New York City and the
surrounding Metropolitan area, and salaried artists, employed in the
domestic advertising and publicity departments in the New York
City offices of Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp., Paramount Pic-
tures, Inc., Columbia Pictures Corporation, United Artists Corp.,
RKO Radio Pictures, Inc., Universal Pictures Company, Inc., Warner
Bros. Pictures, Inc., and Loew's, Inc., respectively, exclusive of all
free-lance artists, employees in the foreign publicity departments,
secretaries, clerks, messenger boys, delivery boys, free-lance writers,
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Art studios, and supervisory employees, as their representative for
the purposes of collective bargaining, and that, pursuant to Section
9 (a) of the National Labor Relations Act, Screen Publicists Guild
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.