Bauman Brothers Furniture Manufacturing Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Mar 19, 1940

21 N.L.R.B. 772 (N.L.R.B. 1940)

In the Matter of MAx BAUMAN, HARRY BAUMAN, STANLEY BAUMAN,
MORRIS BAUMAN, AND LEO BAUMAN, DOING BUSINESS AS BAUMAN
BROTHERS' FURNITURE MANUFACTURING COMPANY and UNITED FUR-
NITURE WORKERS OF AMERICA, LOCAL No. 576, C. I. O.
Cases Nos . C-1174 and R-1106
SUPPLEMENTAL DIRECTION OF ELECTIONS
Marcia 19, 1940
On December 27, 1939, the National Labor Relations Board, herein
called the Board, issued a Decision, Order, and Direction of Elec-
tions 1 in the above-entitled proceeding ordering Max Bauman, Harry
Bauman, Stanley Bauman, Morris Bauman, and Leo Bauman, doing
business as Bauman Brothers Furniture Manufacturing Company,
herein called the respondents,' to- cease and` desist from'`certain" unfair"
labor practices and to take certain affirmative action found necessary
to effectuate the policies of the National Labor Relations Act, 49
Stat. 449, and directing that elections by secret ballot be conducted
,at such a time as the Board should in the future direct under the
direction and supervision of the Regional Director for the Twenty-
first Region (Los Angeles, California). The Board has since been
advised by the Regional Director that elections may be appropriately
held at this time. In the absence of any showing that a current pay
roll is inappropriate and in view of the time that has elapsed since
the hearing, we shall adopt a current pay=roll date to determine
eligibility to participate in the election.
By virtue of and pursuant to the power vested in the National
Labor Relations Board by Section 9 (c) of the National Labor Re-
lations Act, and pursuant to Article III, Section 8, of National Labor
Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series 2, as amended, it
is hereby
DIRECTED that, as part of the investigation ordered by the Board
to ascertain representatives for the purposes of collective bargaining
with Max Bauma i Harry Bauman, Stanley Bauman, Morris Bau-
man, and Leo Bauman,,doing business as Bauman Brothers Furni-
ture Manufacturing Company, Los Angeles, California, elections by
118 N. L R B. 773.
21 N. L. R. B., No. 75.
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secret ballot shall be conducted as early as possible but not later than
thirty (30) days from the date of this Supplemental Direction of
Elections , under the direction and supervision of the Regional Di-
rector for the Twenty-first Region, acting in this matter as agent
for the National Labor Relations Board and subject to Article III,
Section 9 , of said Rules and Regulations , among :
(a) All employees of the respondents who were employed during
the pay -roll period next preceding the date of this Supplemental
Direction of Elections , including employees who did not work dur-
ing such pay -roll period because they were ill or on vacation and
employees who were then or have since been temporarily laid off,
but excluding office workers , teamsters , upholsterers , and supervisory
employees , and those who have since quit or been discharged for
cause, to determine whether they desire to be represented by United
Furniture Workers of America, Local No. 576, affiliated with the
Congress of Industrial Organizations , by Furniture Workers' Union
Local No. 1561, affiliated with the United Brotherhood of Carpenters
and Joiners of America , and also affiliated with the American Fed
eration of Labor, or by neither, for the purpo ses of collective
bargaining.
(b) All upholsterers employed by the respondents during the pay-
roll period next preceding the date-of this Supplemental Direction of
Elections , including employees who did not work during such pay-
roll period because they were ill or on vacation , and employees who
were then or have since been temporarily laid off, but excluding
those who have since quit or been discharged for cause , to determine
whether they desire to be represented by United Furniture Workers
of America , Local No. 576, affiliated with the Congress of Industrial
Organizations, by Upholsterers ' International Union of North Amer-
ica, Local No . 15, affiliated' with the American Federation of Labor,
or by neither , for the purposes of collective bargaining.
Mx. WILLIAM M. LEISERSON took no part in the consideration of the
above Supplemental Direction of Elections.
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