Clifton Manufacturing Company

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Dec 7, 1938

10 N.L.R.B. 345 (N.L.R.B. 1938)

In the Matter Of CLIFTON MANUFACTURING COMPANY and TEXTILE
WORKERS ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
Cases Nos. R-989 and 8-990
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
December 7, 1938
On October 4, 1938, the National Labor Relations Board, herein
called the Board, issued a Decision and Direction of Elections in the
above-entitled case.,' The Direction of Elections provided that sep-
arate elections by secret ballot be conducted (1) among all production
and maintenance, employees of Clifton Manufacturing Company,
Clifton, South Carolina, at its Plant No. 1, including watchmen and
employees occupying the. position of section hand or under, and
excluding clerical and supervisory employees and employees who
occupy the positions of second hand or higher, whose names appeared
upon the Company's pay roll for the pay-roll period ending April
23, 1938, excepting those who had since quit or been discharged for
cause; and (2) among the same classes of employees engaged by the
Company at its Plant No. 2, to determine whether or not they desired
to be represented by Textile Workers Organizing Committee for
the purposes of^ collective bargaining.
Pursuant to the Direction of Elections, elections by secret ballot
were conducted on October 14, 1938, under the direction and super-
vision of the Regional Director for the Tenth Region - (Atlanta,
Georgia). On October 18; 1938, the Regional Director, acting pur-
suant to Article III, Section 9, of National Labor Relations Board
Rules and Regulations-Series 1, as amended, issued and duly served
upon the parties Intermediate Reports on the elections. No objec-
tions or, exceptions to the Intermediate Reports have -been filed by
any of the parties. -
As to the results of the secret ballots, the Regional Director
reported as follows : -
Employees in Plant No. 1:
Total number of employees eligible to vote------------- 431
Total number of ballots cast___________________________ 395
Total number of blank ballots___________________________ 0
Total number of void ballots___________________________ 1
Total number of challenged ballots_____________________ 3
19 N. L. R. B. 13.
10 N. L. R. B., No. 22.
345
346 NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD
Employees in Plant No. 1-Continued.
Total number of ballots cast for Textile Workers Organ-
izing Committee -------------------------------------- 237
Total number of ballots cast against Textile Workers Or-
ganizing Committee ----------------------------------- 154
Employees in Plant No. 2:
Total number of employees eligible to vote ----- ------- 282
Total number of ballots cast___________________________ 262
Total number of blank ballots ___________________________ 0
Total number of void ballots ___________________________ 0
Total number of challenged ballots______________________
Total number of ballots cast for Textile Workers Or-
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ganizing Committee ---------------------------------- 201
Total number of ballots cast against Textile Workers Or-
ganizing Committee___________________________________ 57
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, 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 Committee,
affiliated with the Committee for Industrial Organization, has been
designated and selected by a majority of all the production and
maintenance employees of Clifton Manufacturing Company,
Clifton, South Carolina, at its Plant No. 1, including watchmen, and
employees occupying the position of section hand or under, and ex-
cluding clerical and supervisory employees and employees who oc-
cupy the position of second hand or higher, as their representative
for the purpose of collective bargaining, and that pursuant to Section
9 (a) of the Act, Textile Workers Organizing Committee, affiliated
with the Committee 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.
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 all the production and
maintenance- employees of Clifton Manufacturing Company, Clifton,
South Carolina, at its Plant No. 2, including watchmen, and em-
ployees occupying the position of section hand or under, and exclud-
ing clerical and supervisory employees and employees who occupy
the position of second hand or higher, as their representative for the
purpose of collective bargaining, and that pursuant to Section 9 (a)
of the Act, Textile Workers Organizing Committee, affiliated with
the Committee for Industrial Organization, is the exclusive repre-
sentative of all such employees for the purposes of collective bargain-
ing in respect to rates of pay, wages, hours of employment, and other
conditions of employment.