Armour & Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board DecisionsFeb 17, 1938

5 N.L.R.B. 360 (N.L.R.B. 1938)

In the Matter of ARMOUR & Co. ( JAMAICA MARKET) and THE COM- MITTEE FOR INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATION .In the Matter of ARMOUR & Co. (14TH STREET MARKET) and THE COMMITTEE FOR INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATION Cases Nos. R-438 and R-439 respectively CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES February 17, 1938 On January 18, 1938, the Board issued a Decision , Certification of -Representatives and Direction of Elections 1 which provided that elections by secret ballot be held among the processing and-operative employees of Armour & Co ., Chicago, Illinois, employed on Novem- ber 20, 1937 , at the branch houses located at 54 10th Avenue, New York City, and 147-07 94th Avenue, Jamaica, New York, excluding supervisory and clerical employees, salesmen , drivers, and those who quit or were discharged for cause between such date and the date of election , to determine whether or not they desired to be represented by the United Meat Workers Local Industrial Union No. 635, for the purposes of collective bargaining. Pursuant to the Direction of Elections , a secret ballot was con- ducted on January 31 , 1938. Full opportunity was accorded to all the parties to the investigation to participate in the conduct of the secret ballot and to make challenges . On February 3, 1938, the Re- gional Director , acting pursuant to Article III, Section 9, of National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series 1, as amended, issued and duly served upon the parties to the proceeding her Inter- mediate Report on the ballot . No exceptions to the Intermediate Report have been filed by any of the parties. As to the balloting and its results the Regional Director ' reported as follows : Ja- ma,ca Market 10th Avenue Market Total Number of Employees Eligible ---------------------- 31 26 Total Number of Ballots Cast_____________________________ 29 25 Total Number of Ballots Counted_________________________ 29 23 Total Number of Votes for United Meat Workers Local In- dustrial Union No. 635_________________________________ 16 15 14 N L. R. B. 951. 360 DECISIONS AND ORDERS 361 Ja- mazea Market 10th Avenue Market Total Number of Votes against United Meat Workers Local Industrial Union No. 635_______________________________ 13 8 'Total Number of Blank Votes____________________________ 0 2 'Total Number of Void Ballots_____________________________ 0 0 Total Number of Challenged Votes________________________ 0 0 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, Section 8, of National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series 1, as amended, IT IS HLREIIY CERTIFIED that United Meat Workers Local Industrial Union No. 635 has been designated and selected by a majority of the processing and operative employees of Armour & Co., Chicago, Illi- nois, excluding supervisory and clerical employees, salesmen, and drivers, employed at its branch houses located at 54 10th Avenue, New York City, and 147-07 94th Avenue, Jamaica, New York, as their representative for the purposes of collective bargaining, and that, pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the National Labor Relations Act, United Meat Workers Local Industrial Union No. 635 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. 11