Meyer-Stark Manufacturing Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

May 25, 1940

23 N.L.R.B. 1189 (N.L.R.B. 1940)

In the Matter Of MEYER-STARK MANUFACTURING COMPANY and C. I. O.
COMMITTEE TO ORGANIZE LUGGAGE WORKERS
Case No. R-1751
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
May 25, 1940
On March 26, 1940, 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 April 25, 1940, under the direction and supervision
of the Regional Director for the Seventh Region (Detroit, Michigan).
On April 27, 1940, the Acting 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 his
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 Acting Regional Director
reported as follows :
Total on eligibility list_____________________________________ 151
Total ballots cast__________________________________________ 116
Total ballots challenged ------------------------------------- 9
Total blank ballots_________________________________________ 0
Total void ballots___________________________________________ 0
Total valid votes cast______________________________________ 107
Votes cast for International Ladies Handbag, Pocketbook &
Novelty Workers Union, Local No. 56, Affiliated with the
American Federation of Labor____________________________ 0
Votes cast for Committee to Organize Luggage Workers, Affili-
ated with the C. I. 0_____________________________________ 102
Votes cast for neither______________________________________ 221
The Acting Regional Director ruled that it was not necessary to
determine the validity of the challenged ballots since such a deter-
mination would not affect the ultimate result of the election. We
affirm this ruling.
21 N L R B 1071
Obviously a typographical error. The Certification of Counting and Tabulation of
Ballots, attached to the Acting Regional Director' s Election Report and signed by observ-
ers to the conduct of the balloting who were the representatives of all the parties to this
investigation, gives this number as 5.
23 N. L R B, No. 124.
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1190 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD
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 Committee to Organize Luggage Work-
ers, affiliated with the C. I. 0., has been designated and selected
by a majority of the production employees of Meyer-Stark Manu-
facturing Company, Detroit, Michigan, including working foremen,
but excluding office employees, foremen who do no production work,
supervisory employees, maintenance employees, watchmen, janitors,
and truck drivers, as their representative for the purposes of collec-
tive bargaining and that, pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the National
Labor Relations Act, Committee to Organize Luggage Workers, affili-
ated with the C. I. 0., 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.