Commerce Clearing House, Inc.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Apr 25, 1940

23 N.L.R.B. 192 (N.L.R.B. 1940)

In the Matter of COMMERCE CLEARING HOUSE, INC., and CHICAGO
TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION, LOCAL 16, AFFILIATED WITH THE INTERNA-
TIONAL TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION (A. F. OF L.)
Case No. R-1735
SUPPLEMENTAL DECISION
AND
ORDER
April 25, 1940
On March 13, 1940, the National Labor Relations Board, herein
called the Board, issued a Decision and Direction of Election 1 in the
above-entitled proceeding. The Direction of Election provided that
an election by secret ballot be conducted within thirty (30) days from
the date of the Direction among all composing-loom employees of
Commerce Clearing House, Inc., including foremen, but excluding
office boys, who were employed by the Company during the pay-roll
period ending February 14, 1940, including employees who did not
work during such pay-roll period because they were ill, on vacation,
or temporarily laid off, but excluding those who had since quit or
been discharged for cause, to determine whether or not they desired
to be represented by the Chicago Typographical Union, Local 16,
affiliated with the International Typographical Union, for the pur-
poses of collective bargaining.
Pursuant to the Direction, the election by secret ballot was held
on March 28, 1940, at Chicago, Illinois, under the direction and
supervision of the Regional Director for the Thirteenth Region. On
April 9, 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 containing a tally of the ballots. In his Report
the Regional Director certified that the ballot was fairly and impar-
tially conducted, that the ballots cast were duly and fairly counted
under his supervision, and that statements to such effect had been
filed with him by the observers.
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COMMERCE CLEARING HOUSE, INC. 193
As to the balloting and its results, the Regional Director reported
as follows :
Total on eligibility list--------------------------------------- 82
Total ballots cast------------------------------------------- 82
Total ballots challenged------------------------------------- 0
Total blank ballots------------------------------------------ 0
Total void ballots------------------------------------------- 0
Total valid votes cast-- ------------------------------------- 82
Votes cast for Chicago Typographical Union, Local 16, affiliated
with the International Typographical Union, (A. F. of
L.) ---------------------------------------------------- 37
Votes cast against Chicago Typographical Union, Local 16,
affiliated with the International Typographical Union, (A. F.
of L )---------------------------------------------------- 45
No objections to the conduct of the ballot or to the Election Report
have been filed by any of the parties.
The results of the election show that no collective bargaining repre-
sentative has been selected by a majority of the employees in the
appropriate unit. The petition of Chicago Typographical Union,
Local 16, for investigation and certification of representatives of
employees of 'Commerce Clearing House, Inc., will therefore be
dismissed.
ORDER
By virtue of Section 9 (c) of the National Labor Relations Act,
49 Stat. 449, and pursuant to Article III, Sections 8 and 9, of Na-
tional Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series 2, as
amended,
IT IS ]HEREBY ORDERED that the petition for investigation and certifi-
cation of representatives of employees of Commerce Clearing House,
Inc., Chicago, Illinois, filed by Chicago Typographical Union, Local
16, affiliated with International Typographical Union (A. F. of L.),
be, and it hereby is, dismissed.