Wade Manufacturing Corp.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Sep 2, 1939

15 N.L.R.B. 68 (N.L.R.B. 1939)

In the Matter Of WADE MANUFACTURING CORPORATION and LOCAL 294,
UNITED FURNITURE WORKERS OF AMERICA
Case No. R-1365
AMENDMENT TO DIRECTION OF ELECTION
September 2, 1939
On August 26, 1939, the National Labor Relations Board, herein
called the Board, issued a Decision and Direction of Election in the
above-entitled proceeding," the election to be held within fifteen (15)
days from the date of the Direction, under the direction and super-
vision of the Regional Director for the Fifth Region (Baltimore,
Maryland). The Board, having been advised by the Regional Direc-
tor that a longer period within which to hold the election is necessary,
hereby amends the Direction of Election issued on August 26, 1939,
by striking therefrom the words "within fifteen (15) days from the
date of this Direction" and substituting therefor the words "within
thirty (30) days from the date of this Direction."
MR. EDWIN S. SMITH took no part in the consideration of the above
Amendment to Direction of Election.
15 N. L. R. B., No. 12.
[SAME TITLE]
SUPPLEMENTAL DECISION
AND
ORDER
October 10, 1939
On August 26, 1939, the National Labor Relations Board, herein
called the Board, issued in the above-entitled proceeding a Decision
and Direction of Election, and on September 2, 1939, an Amendment
to Direction of Election. The Direction of Election, as amended,
provided that an election by secret ballot be conducted within thirty
(30) days from the date of the Direction, under the direction and
supervision of the Regional Director for the Fifth Region, among
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WADE MANUFACTURING CORPORATION 69
all production and maintenance employees, including roadmen, and
including R. L. Clontz and C. D. Kelly, Jr., but excluding super-
visory and clerical employees, who were in the employ of the Com-
pany during the pay-roll period immediately preceding the date of
the Direction, including those employees who did not work during
such pay-roll period because they were ill or on vacation and em-
ployees who were then or had since been temporarily laid off, but
excluding any who had since quit or been discharged for cause, to
determine whether they desired to be represented by United Furni-
ture Workers of America, Local 294, affiliated with the Congress of
Industrial Organizations, or by the United Brotherhood of Carpen-
ters and Joiners of America, affiliated with the American Federation
of Labor, for the purposes of collective bargaining, or by neither.
Pursuant to the Direction of Election, as amended, an election by
secret ballot was conducted on September 14, 1939, at Charlotte,
North Carolina, under the direction and supervision of the Regional
Director for the Fifth Region (Baltimore, Maryland). On Septem-
ber 16, 1939, the Regional Director, acting pursuant to Article III,
Section 9, of National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regula-
tions-Series 2, issued and duly served upon the parties an Election,
Report containing a tally of the ballots. In his report, the Regional
Director certified that the ballot was fairly and impartially con-
ducted, that the ballots cast were duly and fairly counted under his
supervision, and that there had been filed with him by the tellers
statements to such effect.
As to the balloting and its results, the Regional Director reported
the following :
Total number of eligible voters ------------- .-------- -___ 78
Total number of ballots cast________________________________ 78
Total number of votes for United Furniture Workers of
America, Local 294 (CIO)________________________________ 13
Total number of votes for United Brotherhood of Carpenters
and Joiners of America, Local 1469 (A. F. of L.) ----------- 16
Total number of votes for neither____________________________ 48
Total number of blank ballots_______________________________ 1
Total number of void ballots_________________________________ 0
Total number of challenged votes____________________________ 0
No objections to the Election Report have been filed by any of the
parties.
The results of the election show that no collective bargaining repre-
sentative has been selected by a majority of the employees in the
appropriate unit. The petition of United Furniture Workers of
America, Local 294 (C . I. 0.), for investigation and certification of
representatives of Wade Manufacturing Corporation will therefore be
dismissed.
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ORDER
By virtue of Section 9 (c) of the National Labor Relations Act, 49
Stat. 449, and pursuant to Article III, Sections 8 and 9, of National
Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series 2,
IT is HEREBY oRDERm that the petition for investigation and certifi-
cation of representatives of employees of Wade Manufacturing Cor-
poration , Charlotte, North Carolina, filed by United Furniture
Workers of America , Local 294, affiliated with the Congress of Indus-
trial Organizations , be, and it hereby is, dismissed.
15 N. L . R. B., No. 12a.