American Sales Book Co., Inc.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Jun 6, 1940

24 N.L.R.B. 405 (N.L.R.B. 1940)

In the Matter of AMERICAN SALES BOOK COMPANY, INC. and
INTERNATIONAL TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION
Case No. R-1799
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
June 6,194.0
On May 7, 1940, the National Labor Relations Board, herein called
the Board, issued a Decision and Direction of Election in the above-
entitled proceeding.' Pursuant to the Direction of Election, an elec-
tion by secret ballot was conducted on May 20, 1940, under the direction
and supervision of the Regional Director for the Third Region (Buf-
falo, New York). On May 21, 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 on the ballot. No objections to
the conduct of the ballot or the Election Report had been filed by any
of the parties.
As to the balloting and its results, the Regional Director reported
as follows :
Total on eligibility list_ _____________________________________ 57
Total ballots cast__________________________________________ 59
Total valid ballots cast_____________________________________ 57
Ballots in favor of International Typographical Union________ 29
Ballots against International Typographical Union ------------ 28
Challenged ballots__________________________________________ 2
The Regional Director further reported that the two challenged
ballots were cast by employees who were excluded from the appro-
priate unit by stipulation of all the parties at the hearing in this
proceeding and he recommended that these ballots be not counted in
the final tabulation of votes.
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,
1 23 N . L. B. B. 638.
24 N. L. R. B., No. 33.
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406 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD
IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that International Typographical Union has
been designated and selected by a majority of the composing-room
employees of American Sales Book Company, Inc., Niagara Falls,
New York, excluding supervisors, clerks, proofreaders, mat readers,
electroplater apprentices, and all other apprentices having less than
one year's experience in composing-room work, as their representative
for the purposes of collective bargaining, and that, pursuant to Section
9 (a) of the Act, International Typographical Union is the exclusive
representative of all such employees for the purposes of collective
bargaining in respect to rates of pay, wages, hours of employment, and
other conditions of employment.