Consolidated Paper Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board DecisionsApr 22, 1940

23 N.L.R.B. 83 (N.L.R.B. 1940)

In the Matter of CONSOLIDATED PAPER COMPANY and CONSOLIDATED PAPER WORKERS' LOCAL INDUSTRIAL UNION, #902, AFFILIATED WITH THE CONGRESS OF INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATIONS Case No. R-1701 CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES April 22, 19410 On March 5, 1940, the National Labor Relations Board, herein called the Board, issued a Decision and Direction of Election in the above-entitled proceeding.' Pursuant to the Direction of Election, an election by secret ballot was conducted on March 28, 1940, under the direction and supervision of the Regional Director for the Thir- teenth Region (Chicago, Illinois). On April 2, 1940, the Regional Director, acting pursuant 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 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 Number of ballots cast-------------------------------- 130 Total Number eligible ---------------------------------------- 134 Ballots cast for Consolidated Paper Workers' Local Industrial Union No 902, Affiliated with the Congress of Industrial Organizations--------------------------------------------- 53 Ballots cast for independent Paper Workers' Organization---- 70 Ballots cast for neither------------------------------------- 6 Protested ballots------------------------------------------- 0 Blank Ballots----------------------------------------------- 1 Total Number valid ballots cast----------------------------- 129 Necessary to elect------------------------------------------- 65 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 2, as amended, '21 N L R B 125 23 N. L . R B., No. 8 83 84 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that Independent Paper Workers' Organi- zation has been designated and selected by a majority of all employ- ees of Consolidated Paper Company, Aurora, Illinois, and Monroe. Michigan, at its Aurora, Illinois, plant, excluding those listed on the Company's pay roll under the headings, "Supervision," "Office," "In- spectors," and "Truck Drivers," as their representative for the pur- poses of collective bargaining and that, pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the National Labor Relations Act, Independent Paper Workers' Or- ganization 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.