Armco Finishing Corp., Inc.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Jul 5, 1938

8 N.L.R.B. 67 (N.L.R.B. 1938)

In the Matter of ARMCO FINISHING CORPORATION, INC . and TExTILE
WORKERS ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
Case No. R-696
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
July 5, 1938
On May 21 , 1938, the National Labor Relations Board , herein called
the Board , issued a Decision and Direction of Election in the above-
entitled case ., The Direction of Election directed that an election
by secret ballot be conducted under the direction and supervision of
the Regional Director for the Fifth Region ( Baltimore , Maryland)
within twenty (20) days from the date of the Direction , among the
piece-rate and hourly production employees of Armco Finishing Cor-
poration , Inc., herein called the Company, at its Burlington, North
Carolina , plant, who were employed by it during the pay-roll period
immediately preceding December 15, 1937 , and in addition all such
employees who were temporarily absent for illness or other cause
during that pay-roll period; but excluding those who have since quit
or been discharged for cause and also excluding supervisory and
clerical employees, overseers , head dyers , head finishers , floor and
shift bosses, and watchmen, to determine whether or not they desired
to be represented by Textile Workers Organizing Committee, affil-
iated with the Committee for Industrial Organization , for the pur-
poses of collective bargaining.
Pursuant to the Direction , an election by secret ballot was con-
ducted on June 9, 1938, by the said Regional Director . On June 13,
1938, the said Regional Director , acting pursuant to Article III,
Section 9 , of National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regula-
tions-Series 1, as amended , issued , and on June 14 , 1938, served upon
the parties an Intermediate Report on the election . No objections or
exceptions to the Intermediate Report have been filed by any of the
parties.
17 N. L. R. B. 370.
8 N. L. R. B., No. 4.
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As to the balloting and its results, the Regional Director reported
as follows :
Total number eligible to vote-------------------------------- 172
Total ballots cast------------------------------------------- 128
Total blank ballots----------------------------------------- 0
Total void ballots------------------------------------------- 0
Total number challenged votes-- ---------------------------- 0
Total number of ballots cast for Textile Workers Organizing
Committee, C. I. 0---------------------------------------- 74
Total number of ballots cast against Textile Workers Organiz-
ing Committee , C. I. 0------------------------------------ 54
By virtue of and pursuant to the power vested in the National
Labor Relations Board by Section 9 (c) of the National Labor Rela-
tions Act, 49 Stat. 449, herein called the Act, and pursuant to Article
III, Sections 8 and 9, of National Labor Relations Board Rules and
Regulations-Series 1, as amended,
IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that Textile Workers Organizing Commit-
tee, affiliated with the Committee for Industrial Organization, has
been designated and selected by a majority of the piece-rate and
hourly production employees of Armco Finishing Corporation, Inc.,
at its Burlington, North Carolina, plant, excluding supervisory and
clerical employees, overseers, head dyers, 'head finishers, floor and
shift bosses, and watchmen, as their representative for the purposes
of collective bargaining, and that pursuant to Section 9 (a)' of the
Act, Textile Workers Organizing Committee, affiliated with the Com-
mittee for Industrial Organization, 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.