Utica Knitting Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Jun 4, 1940

24 N.L.R.B. 353 (N.L.R.B. 1940)

In the Matter of UTICA KNITTING COMPANY and TEXTILE WORKERS
FEDERAL LABOR UNION, #21500, A. F. OF L.
Case No. R-1716
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
June 4, 1940
On April 22, 1940, the National Labor Relations Board, herein
called the Board, issued a Decision and Direction of Election in the
above-entitled proceeding.' Pursuant to the Direction of Election,
an election by secret ballot was conducted on May 17, 1940, under the
direction and supervision of the Regional Director for the Tenth
Region (Atlanta, Georgia). On May 21, 1940, the Regional Direc-
tor, acting pursuant to Article III, Section 9, of National Labor Re-
lations Board Rules and Regulations-Series 2, as amended, issued
and duly served upon the parties an Election Report. No objec-
tions to the conduct of the ballot or the Election Report have been
filed by any of the parties.
As to the balloting and its results, the Regional Director reported
as follows :
Total number eligible_______________________________________ 505
Total number ballots cast___________________________________ 494
Total number ballots cast for Textile Workers Federal Labor
Union, #21500, affiliated with the A. F. of L._______________ 218
Total number ballots cast for the Textile Workers Union of
America, affiliated with the C. I. 0______________________ 265
Total number ballots cast for neither organization----------- 11
Total number challenged ballots_____________________________ 1
Total number void ballots__________________________________ 0
Total number blank ballots_________________________________ 0
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 Textile Workers Union of America,
affiliated with the Congress of Industrial Organizations, has been
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designated and selected by a majority of the production and main-
tenance employees at the Anniston plant of Utica Knitting Company,
excluding supervisory and clerical employees, as their representative
for the purposes of collective bargaining, and that, pursuant to Sec-
tion 9 (a) of the Act, Textile Workers Union of Amercia, affiliated
with the Congress of Industrial Organizations, is the exclusive repre-
sentative of all such employees for the purpose of collective bargain-
ing in respect to rates of pay, wages, hours of employment, and other
conditions of employment.