Whiteford Plastics Co., Inc.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

May 17, 1948

77 N.L.R.B. 698 (N.L.R.B. 1948)

In the Matter Of WHITEFORD PLASTICS CO., INC., EMPLOYER and
PLASTIC, BUTTON AND NOVELTY WORKERS UNION (PLASTIC,
MOULDERS AND NOVELTY WORKERS UNION) LOCAL 132, INTERNA-
TIONAL LADIES GARMENT WORKERS UNION, A. F. L., PETITIONER
Case No. 0-RC-109.-Decided May 17, 1948
DECISION
AND
ORDER
Upon a petition duly filed, a hearing was held before a hearing
officer of the National Labor Relations Board. The hearing officer's'
rulings made at the hearing are free from prejudicial error and are
hereby affirmed.
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 3 (b) of the National Labor
Relations Act, the Board has delegated its powers in connection
with this case to a three-man panel consisting of the undersigned
Board Members.*
Upon the entire record in this case, the Board finds :
1. The Employer is engaged in commerce within the meaning of
the National Labor Relations Act.
2. The labor organization named below claims to represent
employees of the Employer.
3. No question of representation exists concerning the representa-
tion of employees of the Employer, within the meaning of Section
9 (c) (1) and Section 2 (6) and ,(7) of the Act in that the record
discloses that the Employer has suspended operations indefinitely.
No useful purpose will be served by proceeding with a determination
of representatives at this time. See Matter of International Harvester
Company, 73 N. L. R. B..436. We shall dismiss without prejudice
to the filing of a new petition if operations are resumed.
ORDER
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the petition for investigation and certifi-
cation of representatives of employees of Whiteford Plastics Co.,
Inc., New York City, filed herein by Plastic, Button and Novelty
Workers Union (Plastic, Moulders and Novelty Workers Union)
Local 132, International Ladies Garment Workers Union, A. F. L.,
be, and it hereby is, dismissed without prejudice.
* IIouston , Murdock, and Gray.
77 N. L. R. B., No. 111.
698