American Hair & Felt Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Apr 17, 1940

22 N.L.R.B. 1012 (N.L.R.B. 1940)

In the Matter of AMERICAN HAIR & FELT COMPANY and JUTE, HAIR &
FELT WORKERS LOCAL #163 (UNITED FURNITURE WORKERS OF
AMERICA, C. I. 0.)
Case No. B-1702
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
April 17, 1910
On March 13, 1940, the National Labor Relations Board, herein
called the Board, issued its Decision and Direction of Election in the
above-entitled proceeding.' On March 21, 1940, the Board issued an
Amendment to Direction of Election.2 Pursuant to the Direction of
Election, as amended, an election by secret ballot was conducted on
March 28, 1940, under the direction and supervision of the Regional
Director for the Second Region (New York City). On April 1, 1940,
the 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 the Election Report were
filed by any of the parties.
As to the balloting and its results, the Regional Director reported
as follows :
Total number eligible to vote_________________________________ 287
Total number of ballots cast --------------------------------- M 3
Total number of valid ballots________________________________ 228
Total number of votes in favor of Jute, Hair & Felt Workers,
Local #163 (United Furniture Workers of America, C. I. 0.)_ 213
Total number of votes against aforementioned union ----------- 15
Total number of blank votes_________________________________ 0
Total number of void ballots________________________________ 3
Total number of challenged votes_____________________________ 2
By virtue of and pursuant to the power vested in the National Labor
Relations Board by 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,
121 N L R B 570
2 21 N L R B 579
22 N. L R B., No 80
1012
AMERICAN HAIR & FELT COMPANY 1013
IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that Jute, Hair & Felt Workers Local #163,
United Furniture Workers of America, affiliated with the Congress
of Industrial Organizations, has been designated and selected by a
majority of the inside and production employees of American Hair &
Felt Company at its Newark, New Jersey, plants, including teamsters'
helpers, chauffeurs' helpers, and subforemen' and working foremen
who do not have supervisory capacity, but excluding Company officers,
clerical employees, supervisory foremen, teamsters and chauffeurs, and
watchmen, as their representative for the purposes of collective bar-
gaining, and that, pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the Act, Jute, Hair &
Felt Workers Local #163, United Furniture Workers of America,
affiliated with the Congress of Industrial Organizations, is the exclu-
sive 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.
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