Dunn Sulphite Paper Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Sep 29, 1942

44 N.L.R.B. 629 (N.L.R.B. 1942)

III the Matter- of DUNN SULPHITE PAPER COMPANY and UNITED PAPER,
NOVELTY AND Toy WORKERS , INTERNATIONAL UNION, C. I. LO.
I
Case No. R-3993
SUPPLEMENTAL DECISION"
AND
CERTIFICATION 'OF REPRESENTATIVES,
September 29, 19 ¢ 2
On July 30, 1942, the National Labor Relations Board, herein called
the Board, issued its Decision and Direction of Elections in the above-
entitled proceeding.' Pursuant to the Direction of Elections, elections
by secret ballot were conducted on August 20, 1942, under the direction
and supervision of the Regional Director for the Seventh Region
(Detroit, Michigan). On August 22, 1942, the Regional Director,
acting pursuant to Article III, Section 9, of National Labor Relations
Board Rules and Regulations-Series 2, as amended, issued an Elec-
tions Report, copies of which were duly served upon the parties. No
objections to the conduct of the ballot or to the Elections Report have
been filed by any of the parties.
As to the balloting and its results, the Regional Director reported
as follows :
(a) Beater Department, etc.
total on eligibility list------------------------------------- 43
Total ballots cast------------------------------------------- 43
Total ballots challenged------------------ ' ---------------- 0
Total blank ballots------------------------------------------ 0
Total void ballots ----------- =--------- -------------------------- 0
Total valid votes counted----------------------------------- 43'
Votes cast for International Brotherhood of Paper Maker s, Blue,
Water Local No 399, A. F of L-------------------------- 3
Votes cast for United Paper, Novelty and Toy Workers, Inter-
national Union, C I 0------------------------------------ 39
Votes cast for neither--------------------------------------- 1
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(b) Bleaching Department, etc.
Total on eligibility list-------------------------------------- 46
Total ballots cast------------------------------------------- 46
Total ballots challenged-------------------------------------
Total blank'ballots---- - ----- _------ ________
0
Total void ballots-------------------------------------------, 0
Total valid votes counted------------------------------------ 46
Votes cast for International Brotherhood of Pulp Sulphite &
Paper Mill Workers, Local No. 387, A. F. of L--------------- 1
Votes cast for,Umted Paper, Novelty and Toy Workers, Inter-
national Union, C. 1. 0------------------------------------ 45
Votes cast for neither--------------------------------------- 0
In the Decision and Direction of Elections previously mentioned,
the Board made no final determination as to the appropriate unit. The
Board then stated : "If the employees in, both groups select the same
representative , they will together constitute a single appropriate unit;
if they select different representatives they will constitute separate
units."
Upon the basis of the entire , record in the case, the Board makes the
following :
SUPPLEMENTAL FINDING OF FACT
We find that all the employees of Dunn Sulphite Paper Company,,
Port Huron, Michigan, employed in the beater department, the paper
,machine department, the finishing department, the shipping depart-
ment, the bleaching department, power department, repairs, con-
struction and maintenance department, mill oiling department, stores
and receiving department, yard department, and salvage man, exclud-
ing office, clerical, and supervisory employees, constitutea unit appro-
priate for the purposes of collective bargaining within the meaning of
Section 9 (b) of the Act.
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
By virtue of and pursuant to the power vested in the National Labor
Relations Board by Section 9 (c) of the National Labor Relations 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,
' IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that United Paper, Novelty and Toy Workers,
International Union, C. I. 0., has been designated and selected by a
majority of all the employees of Dunn Sulphite Paper Company, Port
Huron, Michigan, employed in the beater department, the paper ma-
chine department, the finishing department, the shipping department,
the- bleaching-department, -power"department,. repairs, construction
and maintenance ' department, mill oiling department, stores and re-
DUNN SULPHITE ,PAPER COMPANY 631
ceiving department, yard department, and salvage man, excluding
6ffice, clerical, and supervisory employees, as their representative for,
the purposes of collective bargaining and that, pursuant to the provi-
sions-of Section. 9 (a) of the Act, United Paper, Novelty and Toy
Workers, International Union, C. I. 0., is the.exclusive representative
of all such employees. for the purposes of collective bargaining with
respect to-rates of pay, wages, hours of employment, and other con-
ditions of employment.
MR. WM. M. LEISERSON took no part in the consideration of ,the
above Supplemental Decision and Certification -of Representatives.