King Features Syndicate, Inc.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Jul 15, 1940

25 N.L.R.B. 389 (N.L.R.B. 1940)

In the Mattel' of KING FEATURES SYNDICATE, INC. and AMERICAN
NEWSPAPER GUILD
In the Matter of KING FEATURES SYNDICATE, INC. and KINGSYN
EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION
Cases Has. R-1611 and R-1612
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
July 15, 1940
On May 24, 1940, the National Labor Relations Board, herein called
the Board, issued a Decision and Direction of Elections 1 in the
above entitled proceeding. On June 10, 1940; the Board issued an
Amendment, to Direction of Elections.' Pursuant to the Direction
of Elections, as amended, elections by secret ballot Were conducted
by nail, under the direction and supervision of the Regional Director
for the Second Region (New York City). The deadline for the
return of the ballots was set for midnight, June 23, 1940, and the
ballots were opened on June 28, 1940. On July 1, 1940, the Regional
Director, acting pursuant to Article III, Section 9, of National Labor
Relations Board Rules and R3gnlations-Series 2, as amended, issued
and duly served upon the parties an Election Report. No objections
to the conduct of the ballot or the Election Report have been filed by
any of the parties.
As to the balloting and its results, the Regional Director reported
as follows :
1. International News Photos Division:
'T'otal Nuniber Eligible to Vote ------------------------------ 136
Total -Nuniber of Ballots Cast--------------------------- -- -- -------- 112
Total Number of Valid Ballots------------------------------- 110
Total Number of Votes for Pingsyn Employees Association---_ 13
Total Number of Votes for American Newspaper Guild ------- 96
Total Number of Votes for Neither Organization-------------- 1
Total Number of Challenged Ballots -------------------------- 2
Total Number of Blank B illots----------------------------- 0
Total Number of Void B.illots------------------------------- 0
^2tN I. It R 1174
2 24 N 1. It B 585
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2. Features Division :
Total Number Eligible to Vote------------------ ------ 224
Total Number of Ballots Cast___------------------------------- 189
Total Number of Valid Ballots __------------------------------ 189
Total Number of Votes for Kingsyu Employees Association____ 160
Total Number of Votes against Kmgsyn Employees Associatiou_ 2:3
Total Number of Challenged Ballots------------------------- 0
Total Number of Blank Ballots----------------------------- 0
Total Number of Void Ballots------------------- -- - --------- ----- 0
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, 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 American Newspaper Guild, affiliated
.with the C. I. 0., has been designated and selected by a majority of
all employees in the International News Photos Division of King
Features Syndicate, Inc., New York City, excluding the editor, the
sales manager, tipsters, and employees who are stationed in foreign
countries, as their representative for the purposes of collective bar-
gaining, and that, pursuant to the provisions of Section 9 (a) of the
National Labor Relations Act, American Newspaper Guild, affiliated
with the 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 conditions of employment;
and
IT Is HEREBY CERTIFIED that Kingsyn Employees Association has
been designated and selected by a majority of all employees in the
Features Division of King Features Syndicate, Inc., New York City,
excluding officers of the Company, supervisory employees having the
power to make recommendations concerning the hire and discharge
of employees, all persons employed in the Central Press Association,
a department of the Company in Cleveland, Ohio, employees who are
members of or eligible to membership in craft organizations having
contracts with the Company, and employees stationed in foreign
countries, as their representative for the purposes of collective bar-
gaining, and that, pursuant to the provisions of Section 9 (a) of the
National Labor Relations Act, Kingsyn Employees Association 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.
MR. WILLIAM M. LEISERSON took no part in the consideration of
the above Certification of Representatives.