Lewittes & Sons, Inc.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

May 29, 1942

41 N.L.R.B. 519 (N.L.R.B. 1942)

In the Matter of LEWITTES & SONS, INC., ALSO KNOWN AS SILcoN FUR-
NITURE COMPANY, INC., AND THE GROVEVILLE CORP. and UNITED
FURNITURE WORKERS OF AMERICA
Case No. R-2600
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
May 29, 1942
-On June 28, 1941, the National Labor Relations Board issued its
Decision and Direction of Election in this proceeding.' On April 1,
1942, the Board issued its Supplemental Decision, Order Setting Aside
Election, and Amendment to Decision and Direction of Election.2
' On'April 21,1942, the Board issued its Second Supplemental Decision
and Second Direction of Election.3 Pursuant to the Second Direction
of Election, a second election by secret ballot was conducted on May
13, 1942, under the direction and supervision of the Regional Director
for the Second Region (New York City). On May 15, 1942, 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 Second Elec-
tion Report. No objections to the conduct of the ballot or to the
Second Election Report have been filed by either of the parties.
As to the balloting in the second election and its results, the Regional
Director reported as follows :
Total on eligibility list-------------------------------------- 218
Total ballots cast------------------------------------------- 207
Total ballots challenged------------------------------------- 4
Total blank ballots------------------------------------------ 1
Total void ballots------------------------------------------- 2
Total valid votes counted------------------------------------
Votes cast for United Furniture Workers of America, Beacon
200
Local 78------------------------------;------------------- 103
Votes cast against aforementioned union--------------------- 97
By virtue 6f 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
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240 N. L. R B 43
140NLRB51.
'41 N. L. R B, No. 105
519
520 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD
National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series 2,
as amended,
IT IS HEREBY cERTn?IEn that United Furniture Workers of America,
Beacon Local 78, has been designated and selected by a majority of
all production employees of Lewittes & Sons, Inc., also known as
Silcon Furniture Company, Inc., and The Groveville Corp., Beacon,
New York, at the Beacon, New York, plant, excluding truck drivers,
the mechanic, the office staff, stationary engineers, maintenance men,
watchmen, company officers, keymen, and the foremen or supervisors
whose names are Al Bates, William Bernard, Isidore Ernst, Abe
Friedman, Harry Friedman, Hyman Friedman, Jack Glazer, and
Jack Patten, as their representative for the purposes of collective
bargaining and that, pursuant to' Section 9 (a) of the Act, United
Furniture. Workers of America, Beacon Local 78, 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.