General Cigar Co., Inc.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Jun 1, 1938

7 N.L.R.B. 620 (N.L.R.B. 1938)

In the Matter of GENERAL CIGAR COMPANY, INC. and UNITED CIGAR
WORKERS OF AMERICA LOCAL No. 1
Case No. B-430
SUPPLEMENTAL DECISION AND ORDER
June 1, 1938
On March 18, 1938, the National Labor Relations Board issued a
Decision and Direction of Elections in the above-entitled case and
four related cases. - The Direction of Elections directed that certain
elections by secret ballot be held, one of them among all the produc-
tion workers employed by General Cigar Co. Inc., at its Detroit, Michi-
gan, factory during the pay-roll period next preceding November 18,
1937, excluding foremen, superintendents, clerical help, and those quit-
ting or discharged for cause before the election, to determine whether
or not they desired to be represented by United Cigar Workers Local
Industrial Union No. 24 for the purposes of collective bargaining.
Pursuant to the Direction, an election by secret ballot was conducted
on May 5, 1938, at Detroit, Michigan, under the direction and super-
vision of the Regional Director for the Seventh Region (Detroit,
Michigan). On May 6,,1938, the Regional Director, acting pursuant
to Article III, Section 9, of National Labor Relations Board Rules
and Regulations-Series 1, as amended, issued an Intermediate Re-
port on the ballot, which was duly served upon the parties on May 9,
1938.. No objections or exceptions to the Intermediate Report have
been filed.
. As to the results of the secret ballot, the Regional Director reported
as follows :
Total number eligible to vote ---------------------------- ----- 302
Total number of votes cast ----------------------------------- 295
Total number of votes cast for United Cigar Workers Local In-
dustrial Union No. 24 ------------------------------------- 40
Total number of votes cast against United Cigar Workers Local
Industrial Union No. 24___________________________________ 232
Total number of challenged ballots___________________________ 22
Total number of blank ballots --------------------------------- 0
Total number of void ballots- --------------------------------- 1
16 N. L R B 71.
620
DECISIONS AND ORDERS 621
The results of the election show that no collective bargaining repre-
sentative has been selected by a majority of the employees. The peti-
tion for investigation and certification of representatives of employees
of General Cigar Co. 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 National
Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series 1, as amended,
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the petition for investigation and certifi-
cation of representatives of employees of General Cigar Co. Inc.,
Detroit, Michigan, filed by United Cigar Workers Local Industrial
Union No. 24, under the name United Cigar Workers of America,
Local No. 1, be, and it hereby is, dismissed.