Globe Feather and Down Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Nov 21, 1941

36 N.L.R.B. 1184 (N.L.R.B. 1941)

In the Matter Of JEORGE G. LASER, BURYL J. LASER, AND HATTYE L.
LASER, A PARTNERSHIP, D/B/A/ GLOBE FEATHER AND DOWN COMPANY
and FURNITURE AND BEDDING WORKERS UNION','LOCAL''18--B;'AFFIL'-
IATED WITH THE C. I. O.
Case No. R-3-028-Decided November 21,1941
Investigation and Certification of Representatives : stipulation for Certification
of-Representatives upon consent election,
Mr. David Silbert, of Chicago, Ill., for the Company.
Mr. Joseph D. Persily, of Chicago, Ill., for the Union.
Mr. Armin Uhler, of counsel to the Board.
DECISION
AND'
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
STATEMENT OF THE CASE
On August 25, 1941, Furniture and Bedding Workers Union,
Local 18-B, affiliated with the C. I. 0., herein called the union, filed
with the Regional Director for the Thirteenth Region (Chicago,
Illinois) a petition alleging that a question affecting commerce had
arisen concerning the representation of employees of George G. Laser,
Buryl - J. Laser, and Hattye L.'Laser,, a partnership, d/b/a/ Globe
Feather and Down Company, Chicago, Illinois, herein called the
Company, engaged in the manufacture and distribution of pillows,
and, requesting an investigation 'and certification of representatives
pursuant to Section 9 (c) of the National Labor Relations Act, 49
Stat. 449, herein called the Act, ^ On October 17, 1941, the Company,
the Union, and the Regional Director entered into a "STIPULA-
TION FOR CERTIFICATION UPON CONSENT ELECTION:"
On October 18, 1941,'the National Labor Relation's Board, herein
called the Board, acting pursuant to Section 9- (c) of the Act, and
Article III, Section 3, of National Labor Relations Board Rules and
Regulations-Series 2, as amended, ordered an investigation and
authorized the Regional Director to conduct it and to provide for an
appropriate hearing upon due notice.
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.,- Pursuant to the Stipulation, an election by secret ballot was con-
ducted.on October 21, 1941, under the direction and supervision of
the Regional Director, among; all production, and maintenance em-
-ployees of the Company, excluding supervisory and clerical
.employees, to determine whether or not they desire to be represented
'by the Union. On October 23, 1941, the Regional Director issued
.and 'duly- served, upon the parties an Election Report on the, ballot.
No objections to the conduct of the ballot or the Election Report have
been filed by any of the parties.
In, his Election Report the Regional Director reported as follows
concerning the balloting and its results :
Total on eligibility list ------------------------------------ 37
Total ballots cast-------------------------------- 36
Total ballots challenged ------------------------------------ None
Total blank ballots -------------------------------------- None
Total void ballots---------------------------------------- None
Total valid votes cast------------------------------------- 36
Votes cast for Furniture and Bedding Workers Union, Local
18-B, affiliated with the C. I. 0.____--____---- __------------ 23
Votes -cast against Furniture and Bedding Workers Union,
Local 18-B, affiliated with the C. I. 0._____________________ 13
Upon the basis of the Stipulation, the Election Report, and the
entire record in the case, the Board makes the following :
FINDINGS OF FACT
1. A question affecting commerce has arisen concerning the repre-
sentation of employees of Jeorge G. Laser, Buryl J. Laser, and
Hattye L. Laser, a partnership, d/b/a/ Globe Feather and Down
Company, Chicago, Illinois, within the meaning of Section,9 (c), and
Section 2 (6) and (7) of the National Labor Relations Act.
2. All production and maintenance employees of the Company,
excluding supervisory and clerical employees, constitute t unit appro-
priate for the purposes of collective bargaining within the meaning
of Section 9 (b) of the National Labor Relations Act.
3. Furniture and Bedding Workers Union, Local 18-B, affiliated
with the C. I. 0., has been designated and selected by a majority of
the employees, in the above unit as their representative for the pur-
poses of collective'bai wining, and is the"exdi sive representative' of
all employees in said unit within the meaning of Section 9 (a) of the
National Labor Relations 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 Rela-
tions Act,
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IT IS HEREBY ' CERTIFIED that Furniture and Bedding Workers Union,
'Local 18-B, affiliated with the C. I. 0., has been designated, and
selected by a majority of all production and maintenance employees
of Jeorge G. Laser, Buryl J. -Laser, and Hattye L. Laser, a partner-
ship, d/b/a/ Globe Feather and Down Company, Chicago, Illinois,
.excluding supervisory and clerical employees, as their representative
for the purposes of collective bargaining, and that, pursuant to Sec-
'tion 9 (a) of the Act, Furniture-and Bedding Workers Union; Local
18-B, affiliated with the C. I. 0., 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.