Warwick Knitting Mills, Inc. and Beverly Knitting Mill

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

May 11, 1939

12 N.L.R.B. 830 (N.L.R.B. 1939)

In the Matter Of WARWICK KNITTING MILLS, INC., and BEVERLY
KNITTING MnL and INTERNATIONAL LADIES' GARMENT WORK S
UNION
Case No. R-1174
SUPPLEMENTAL DECISION
AND
ORDER
May 11, 1939
On March 6, 1939, the National Labor Relations Board, herein
called the Board, issued a Decision, Direction of Election, and Order 1
in the above case .2 On March 18, 1939, the Board issued an Amend-
ment to Decision, Direction of Election, and Order.3 The Direction
of Election, as amended, directed that an election by secret ballot
be conducted within twenty (20) days from the date of the Direction
among all the production employees of the Company who were
employed during the pay-roll period next preceding January 9, 1939,
excluding executives, supervisory and clerical employees, and em-
ployees who had since quit or been discharged for cause, to determine
whether or not they desired to be represented by International
Ladies' Garment Workers Union, Local 236, for the purposes of
collective bargaining.
Pursuant to the Direction, as amended, an election by secret ballot
was conducted on March 24, 1939, at Los Angeles, California, under
the direction and supervision of the Regional Director for the
Twenty-first Region (Los Angeles, California). On March 25, 1939,
the Regional Director, acting pursuant to Article III, Section 9, of
National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series 1,
as amended, issued and duly served upon the parties an Intermediate
Report upon Secret Ballot. No objections or exceptions to the Inter-
mediate Report have been filed by any of the parties.
1 11 N. L. R B. 958.
The Warwick Knitting Mills , Inc., was originally known as Co-Operative Knitting
Mills, Inc.
8 11 N L R. B. 962
12 N. L. R. B., No. 89.
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WARWICK KNITTING MILLS, INC. 831
As to the results of the secret ballot, the Regional Director reported
as follows :
Total number eligible_______________________________________ 33
Total number of ballots counted____________________________ 29
Total number of votes for International Ladies' Garment Work-
ers Union , Independent___________________________________ 6
Total number of votes against International Ladies' Garment
Workers Union , Independent______________________________ 23
Total number of blank ballots _______________________________ 1
Total number of void ballots _________________________ 0
Total number of challenged votes___________________________ 0
The results of the election show that no collective bargaining rep-
resentative has been selected by a majority of the employees in the
appropriate unit . The petition for investigation and certification
filed by International Ladies' Garment Workers Union will therefore
be dismissed.
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 1, as amended,
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the petition for investigation and certifi-
cation of representatives of employees of Warwick Knitting Mills,
Inc., Los Angeles, California, filed by International Ladies' Garment
Workers Union, be, and it hereby is, dismissed.