Julius Kayser & Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Jul 14, 1942

42 N.L.R.B. 435 (N.L.R.B. 1942)

In the Matter Of JULIUS KAYSER & Co and UNITED TEXTILE WORKERS
OF AMERICA, A F . OF L.
Case No R-376.2
SECOND DIRECTION OF ELECTION
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On June 5, 1942, the National Labor Relations Board, her em called
the Board, issued its Decision and Direction of Election in the above-
entitled proceeding 1 Pursuant to the Direction of Election, an elec-
tion by secret ballot was conducted on June 29, 1942, under the direc-
tion and supervision of the Regional Director for the Third Region
(Buffalo , New York), and on June 30, 1942, the said Regional Director
issued an Election Report, copies of which were duly served upon the
parties . No objections were filed to the said Election Report by any
of the parties -
As to the balloting and the results thereof, the Regional Director
reported as follows.
Total on eligibility list__ ____________________________________ 163
Total ballots cast___________________________________________ 136
Total ballots challenged_____________________________________ 0
Total blank ballots__________________________________________ 1
Total void ballots------------------------------------------- 0
Total valid Notes counted___________________________________ 135
Votes cast for United Textile Woikeis of America, A F of L___ 50
Votes cast for Textile Workers Union of America, C I 0-------- 61
Votes cast for Neithet --------------------------------------- 24
On July 3 and July 6, 1942, respectively, United Textile Workei s of
America, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, and Tex-
tile Workers Union of America, affiliated with the Congress of Indus-
trial Organizations, requested the Board to direct a run-off election
Although neither of the competing labor organizations received a
majority of the votes cast, the results of the election show that a sub-
stantial majority of the employee-, desire to bargain collectively with
the Company Accordingly, we shall du ect a run-off election among
those-employees eligible to vote tinder our Decision and Direction of
Election of June 5, 1942, to decide whether they desire to be repiesented
by United Textile-Workers of America, affiliated with the American
Federation of Labor, of by Textile Woikeis Union of America, affili-
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436 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD
ated with the Congress of Industrial Organizations , foi the purposes
of collective bargaining -
SECOND DIRECTION OF ELECTION
By virtue of and pursuant to the power vested in the National Labor
Relations Boaid by Section 9 (c) of the National Labor . Relations Act,
and pursuant to^Aiticle III, Sections 88 and 9, of National Labor Rela-
tions Board Rules and Regulations-Series 2, as amended , it is hereby
DIRECTED that, as part of the investigation to ascertain representa-
tives foi the purposes of collective bargaining with Julius Kayser &
Co, Walton , New York, an election by secret ballot shall be conducted
as soon as possible , but not latei than thnty ( 30) days fiom the date
of this Second Direction of Election , under the direction and super-
vision of the Regional Director for the Third Region, acting in this
matter as agent for the National Labor Relations Board, and subject
to Article III, Section 9', of said Rules :i ,nd Regulations , among the
employees described in the Decision and Direction of Election issued
on June 5, 1942 , but excluding- those who have since quit or been dis-
charged for cause, to determine whether they desire to be represented
by United Textile Workers of America , affiliated with the American
Federation of Labor, or by Textile Workers Union of America , affili-
ated with the Congress of Industrial Organizations, for the purposes
of collective bargaining