John Engelhorn & Sons

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Sep 19, 1941

35 N.L.R.B. 575 (N.L.R.B. 1941)

In the Matter of JOHN ENGELHORN & SONS and PACKINGHOUSE
WORKERS ORGANIZING COMMITTEE , C. I. O.
Case No. R-2660
SUPPLEMENTAL DECISION
AND
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
September 19,1941
On August 6, 1941, the National Labor Relations Board issued its
Decision and Direction of Election in the above-entitled proceeding.,
Pursuant to the Direction of Election, an election by secret ballot
was conducted on August 20, 1941, under the direction and super-
vision of the Regional Director for the Second Region (New York
City). On August 22, 1941, 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 her Election Report.
As to the balloting and the results thereof, the Regional Director
reported as follows :
Total number eligible to vote-- -- ------------------------ 35
Total number of ballots cast_____________________________ 30
Total number of valid ballots____________________________ 30
Total number of votes cast in favor of Butchers Union of
Greater New York, Local 174 of the Amalgamated Meat
Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America, affiliated
with the American Federation-of Labor__________________ 4
Total number of votes cast in favor of Packinghouse Workers
Organizing Committee, affiliated with the Congress of In-
dustrial Organizations------ --------------------------- 16
Total number of votes cast in favor of neither union------ 0
Total number of blank votes_____________________________ 0
Total number of void ballots____________________________ 0
Total number of challenged votes -------------------------- 0
Objections to the conduct of the election and to the Election Report
were filed by Butchers Union of Greater New York, Local 171, of the
Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America,
affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, herein called Local
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174. On August 29, 1941, the Regional Director issued a Report on
Objections,'copies of which were served on all parties.
The Board has considered the objections filed by Local 174 and
the Regional Director's report thereon and finds that the objections
raise no substantial or material issue with respect to the conduct of
the election or the Election Report., The objections are hereby
overruled.
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 Packinghouse Workers Organizing
Committee, affiliated with the Congress of Industrial Organizations,
has been designated and selected by a majority of all production and
shipping employees of John Engelhorn & Sons, Newark, New Jersey,
excluding executives, superintendents, non-working foremen, main-
tenance men, salesmen, engineers, firemen, chauffeurs, checkers, and
office workers, as their representative for the purposes of collective
bargaining, and that, pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the National Labor
Relations Act, Packinghouse Workers Organizing Committee, affili-
ated with the Congress of Industrial Organizations, 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 conditions of employment.