Los Angeles Period Furniture Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Oct 9, 1942

44 N.L.R.B. 1007 (N.L.R.B. 1942)

In the Matter of Los ANGELES PERIOD FURNITURE Co. and FURNITURE
WORKERS UNION, LOCAL 1561, UNITED BROTIIERIIOOD OF CARPENTERS
& JOINERS OF AMERICA, A. F. OF L. -
Case No. R-4038
SUPPLEMENTAL DECISION
AND
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
October 9, 1942-
On August 18, 1942, the National Labor Relations Board issued a
Decision and Direction of Election in the above-entitled proceeding.'
Pursuant to the Direction of Election, an election by secret ballot was
conducted on September 4, 1942, under the direction and super-
vision of the Regional Director for the Twenty-first Region (Los
Angeles, California). On September 5, 1942, the Regional Director,
acting„ pursuant to Article III, Section 9, of National Labor Rela-
tions Board Rules and Regulations-Series 2, as amended, issued and
duly served upon the parties his Election Report.
As to the balloting and its results, the Regional Director reported
as follows :
Total on eligibility list--------------------------------------- 206
Total ballots cast------------------------------------------- 197
Total ballots challenged------------------------------------- 4
Total blank ballots------------------------------------------ 0
Total void ballots-------------------------------------------- 1
Total valid votes counted------------------------------------ 192
Votes cast for Furniture Workers Union, Local No. 1561,
United Brotherhood: ,of Carpenters & Joiners of America,
AFL ---------------------------------------------------- 114
Votes cast for United Furniture Workers, Local 576, C. I O---- 76
Votes cast for neither-------------------------------------- 2
On September 17, 1942,. United Furniture Workers Local ' 576,
C. I. O., filed with the Regional Director Objections to the Election
Report. On October 2, 1942, the Regional Director , acting pursuant
to Article III, Section 9, of National Labor Relations Board Rules
'43 N. L. R B. 327.
44 N. L R. B., No. 194.
1007
1008 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD
and Regulations-Series 2, as amended, issued and' duly served, upon
the parties his Report on Objections stating that the Objections
should be overruled and recommending that the, Board find that the
Objections raise no substantial or material issue.
The Board has considered the Objections to the Election , Report
and ,the Regional Director's Report on Objections and finds that the
Objections raise no substantial or material issues with respect to the
conduct of the ballot 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 Rela-
tions Act , 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,Furniture Workers Union, Local No.
1561, United Brotherhood of Carpenters & Joiners of America,
A. F. of L., has been designated and selected by a majority of all pro-
duction and maintenance employees of Los Angeles Period Furniture
Co., Los Angeles, California , excluding supervisors , office personnel,
and truck drivers, as their representative for the purposes of collective
bargaining ,, and that, pursuant to the ' provisions of Section 9 (a) of the
Act,, Furniture Workers Union, Local No. 1561, United Brotherhood
of Carpenters & Joiners of America , A. F. of L., 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. .
MR. ,WM. M. LEISERSON took no part in ,the consideration of the
above Supplemental Decision and Certification of Representatives.