Armour and Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Aug 13, 1940

26 N.L.R.B. 544 (N.L.R.B. 1940)

In the Matter of ARMOUR AND COMPANY and UNITED PACKINGHOUSE
WORKERS LOCAL INDUSTRIAL UNION No. 347 OF THE PACKINGHOUSE
WORKERS ORGANIZING COMMITTEE, AFFILIATED WITH THE C. I. O.
Case No. R-1866
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
August 13, 1940
On July 9, 1940, the National Labor Relations Board issued its
Decision and Direction of Election in the above-entitled proceedings.'
Pursuant to the Direction of Election, an election by secret ballot was
conducted on July 30, 1940, under the direction and supervision of the
Regional Director for the Thirteenth Region (Chicago, Illinois).
On July 31, 1940, the Regional Director, acting pursuant to Article
III, Section 9, of National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regula-
tions-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 have been filed by any of the parties.
As to the balloting and its results, the Regional Director reported
as follows:
Total number of ballots cast______________________________ 40
Total number on eligibility list____________________________ 47
Total number of ballots cast for the Union------------------ 34
Total number of ballots cast against the Union -------------- 6
Total number of challenged ballots_________________________ 0
Total number of void ballots______________________________ 0
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.
IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that United Packinghouse Workers Local
Industrial Union No. 347 of the Packinghouse Workers Organizing
Committee, affiliated with the C. I. 0., has been designated and
selected by a majority of the production and maintenance employees
of Armour and Company, employed at the Armour Wholesale
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Market, Chicago, Illinois, excluding supervisors, chauffeurs, and
clerical workers, as their representative for the purposes of collective
bargaining, and that, pursuant to the provisions of Section 9 (a)
of the National Labor Relations Act, United Packinghouse Workers
Local Industrial Union No. 347 of the Packinghouse Workers
Organizing Committee, affiliated with the C. I. 0., is the ex-
clusive 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.
MR. EDWIN S. SMITH took no part in the consideration of the
above Certification of Representatives.