Western Tablet and Stationery Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Jun 17, 1941

32 N.L.R.B. 765 (N.L.R.B. 1941)

In the Matter Of WESTERN TABLET AND STATIONERY, COMPANY and
INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF BOOKBINDERS , LOCAL 179, AFL
In the Matter of WESTERN TABLET AND STATIONERY COMPANY ana
INTERNATIONAL PRINTING PRESSMEN AND ASSISTANTS UNION OF
NORTH AMERICA, LOCAL No. 15, AFL
In the Matter of WESTERN TABLET AND STATIONERY COMPANY and
ST. JOSEPH TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION, LOCAL No. 40
Cases Nos. R-2458, R-459, and R-2460
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
June 17, 1941
On May 6, 1941, the National Labor Relations Board issued its
Decision and Direction of Election in the above-entitled proceeding.l
Pursuant to the Direction of Election, an election by secret ballot was
conducted on May 20, 1941, under' the direction and supervision of
the Regional Director for the Seventeenth' Region (Kansas City,
Missouri). On May 21, 1941, the Regional Director, acting pursuant
to Article III, Section 9, of National Labor Relations Board Rules
and Regulations-Series 2, as amended, issued an Election Report,
copies of which were duly served upon the parties. No objections
to' the conduct of the ballot or to the Election Report were filed by
any of the parties.
As•to the balloting and the results thereof, the Regional Director
reported as follows :
Pressmen Unit
Total on eligibility list----------------------------------- • 33
Total ballots cast----------------------------------------- 33
Total ballots challenged -------------------------- - ' 0
Total blank ballots--------------------------------------- 0
Total void ballots------------------------------------------ 0
Total valid votes cast------------------------------------- 33
Votes cast for International Printing Pressmen and Assist-
ants Union of North America; Local No. 15, affiliated
with the'A. F. of L------------------------------ ------ 29
Votes cast against International Printing Pressmen and
Assistants Union of North America, Local No. 15, affili-
ated with the A F. of L-------------------------------- , 4
131 N ' L. R B 597
32 N. L. R. B., No. 133.
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Typographical Unit
Total on eligibility list---------------------------------------- 5
Total ballots cast---------------------------------------- 5
Total ballots challenged--------------------------------- 0
Total blank ballots ------------------------ ____--_-__---- - 0
Total void ballots----------------------------------------- 0'
Total valid votes cast------------------------------------- 5
Votes cast for St. Joseph Typographical Union, Local No. 40,
affiliated with International Typographical Union of N. A__ 5
Votes cast against St . Joseph Typographical Union, Local
No. 40, affiliated with International Typographical Union
of N. A------------------------------------------------ 0
Bookbinders Unit
Total on eligibility list------------------------------------ 611
Total ballots cast---------------------------------------- 600
Total ballots challenged----------------------------------- 2
Total blank ballots--- ------------------------------------ 0
Total void ballots___ _____________________________________
Total valid votes east------------------------------------
Votes cast for International Brotherhood of Bookbinders,
1
597
Local No. 179, affiliated with the A. F. of, L------------- 540
Votes cast against International Brotherhood of Bookbinders,
Local No. 179, affiliated with the A F. of L-------------- 57
By virtue of and pursuant .to the power vested in the National
Labor Relations Board by Section 9 (c) of the National Labor Re-
lations.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 International Pressmen and Assistants
Union of North America, Local No. 15, affiliated with the American
Federation of Labor, has been designated and selected by a majority
of all employees of Western Tablet and Stationery Company, St.
Joseph, Missouri, working on printing, embossing, envelope printing,
and multilith presses, including direct foremen, but excluding all
executives above that rank, as their representative for the purposes
of collective bargaining, and that, pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the
Act, International Pressmen and Assistants Union of North America,
Local No. 15, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, 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; and,
IT is HEREBY CERTIFIED that St. Joseph Typographical Union, Local
No. 40, affiliated with International Typographical Union of North
America, has been designated and selected by a majority of the em-
ployees of Western Tablet and Stationery Company, St. Joseph, Mis-
souri, working in the composing room, including direct foremen; but
excluding all executives above that rank, as their representatives for
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the purposes of collective bargaining, and that, pursuant to Section
9 (a) of the Act, St. Joseph Typographical Union, Local No. 40,
affiliated with International Typographical Union of North America,
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; and
IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that International Brotherhood of Book-
binders, Local No. 179, affiliated with the American Federation of
Labor, has been designated and selected by a majority of all binding,
production, maintenance, warehousing, checking, and timekeeping
employees of Western Tablet and Stationery Company, St. Joseph,
Missouri, including direct foremen, but excluding all executives above
that rank, as their representative for the purposes of collective bar-
gaining, and that, pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the Act, International
Brotherhood of Bookbinders, Local No. 179, affiliated with the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor, 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.