Armour and Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Sep 23, 1942

44 N.L.R.B. 375 (N.L.R.B. 1942)

In the Matter of ARMOUR AID COMPANY and AMALGAMATED MEAT CUT-
TERS AND BUTCHER WORKMEN OF NORTH AMERICA, LOCAL 377, AFFILI-
ATED WITH AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR
Case No. R-40.¢..5
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
September 23, 19/2
On August 18, 1942, the National Labor Relations Board issued
its Decision and Direction of Election I in the above-entitled proceed-
,ing. Pursuant to the Direction, an election by secret ballot was con-
ducted 'on September-3, 1942, under the direction-and, supervision of
the Regional Director for the Eighteenth Region (Minneapolis, Min-
nesota). On September 5, 1942, the Regional Director, acting pursu-
ant 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 Regional Director reported
as follows :
Total on eligibility list----------------------------------- 60
Total ballots caast------------------- ---------------------- 52
Total ballots challenged ------------------- -------- 0
Total blank ballots - -------------------------------------- 0
Total void ballots----------------------------------------- 0
Total valid votes counted ------------- ------------- 52
Votes cast for Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Work-
men of North America, Local 377, A F of L -------------- 48
Votes east against Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Bntcbei
Workmen of North America , Local 377 , A F of ----------- 4
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, 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 Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher
Workmen of North America, Local 377, affiliated with American
Federation of Labor, has been designated and selected by a majority
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of all production and maintenance employees of Armour and Com-
pany, Chicago, Illinois, at its Grand Forks, North Dakota, plant,
including gang leaders and livestock handlers, but excluding super-
intendents,managers, foremen, clerical workers in the general office,
policemen and watchmen who are deputized and exercise police powers,
livestock cashiers, messengers and salesmen who do not work part time
in the production and maintenance line, truck drivers, chemists, check-
ers, scalers, graders, weighmasters, plant and storeroom clerks, and
working foremen, as their representative for the purposes of collective
bargaining, and that, pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the Act, Amalga-
mated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America, Local
377, affiliated with American Federation of Labor, is the exclusive
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.