A. Baldwin & Co., Inc.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Aug 29, 1941

35 N.L.R.B. 94 (N.L.R.B. 1941)

In the Matter of A. BALDWIN & CO., INC., and INTERNATIONAL
LONGSHOREMEN'S & WAREHOUSEMEN'S UNION, UNIT # 2 OF LOCAL 2-7,
AFFILIATED WITH THE CONGRESS OF INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATIONS
Case No. R-2696
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
August 09, 1941
On July 30, 1941, the National Labor Relations Board issued a
Decision and Direction of Election., Pursuant to the Direction of
Election, an election by secret ballot was conducted on August 8,
1941, under the direction and supervision of the Acting Regional
Director for the Fifteenth Region (New Orleans, Louisiana). On
August 11, 1941, the Acting Regional Director, acting pursuant to
Article III, Section 9, of National Labor Relations Board Rules
and Regulations-Series 2, as amended, issued and duly served upon
the parties an Election Report. No objections to the conduct of
the ballot or to the Election Report have been filed by any of the
parties. -
As to the balloting and its results, the Acting Regional Director
reported as follows :
Total on eligibility list______________________________________ 61
Total ballots cast___________________________________________ GO
Total ballots challenged_____________________________________ 0
Total blank ballots__________________________________________ 0
Total void ballots___________________________________________ 0
Total valid votes cast______________________________________ 60
Votes cast for International Longshoremen's & Warehousemen's
Union, Unit #2, Local 2-7, affiliated with the Congress of
Industrial Organizations___________________________________ 57
Votes cast against international Longshoremen's & Ware-
housemen's Union, Unit #2, Local 2-7, affiliated with the
Congress of -Industrial Organizations_____________________ 3
By virtue of and pursuant to 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, as amended,
1 33 N. L. R. B 934.
35 N. L. R. B., No. 17
94
A. BALDWIN & CO., INC. 95
IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that International Longshoremen's & Ware-
housemen's Union, Unit #2, Local 2-7, affiliated with the Congress
of Industrial -Organizations, has, been designated and selected by
a majority of warehouse employees, including truck drivers, pack-
ers, floor supervisors and stockkeepers, order runners, checkers,
elevator operators, and porters, employed at the New Orleans,
Louisiana, warehouse of A. Baldwin & Co., Inc., exclusive of execu-
tives and department managers, stenographers, bookkeepers, clerks,
receiving and shipping clerks, city salesmen, country salesmen, tele-
phone operators, watchmen, radio technicians, salesmen-clerks, floor
salesmen, salesmen in retail departments, service mechanics, and
Peter Francis, a porter employed by a subsidiary company, as their
representative for the purposes of collective bargaining, and that,
pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the National Labor Relations Act,
International Longshoremen's & Warehousemen's Union, Unit #2,
Local 2-7, affiliated with the Congress of Industrial Organizations,
is the exclusive representative of all such employees for the pur-
poses of collective bargaining in respect to rates of pay, wages,
hours of employment, and other conditions of employment.