Moulton Ladder Manufacturing Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Nov 29, 1940

28 N.L.R.B. 176 (N.L.R.B. 1940)

In the Matter Of MOULTON LADDER MANUFACTURING COMPANY and
UNITED FURNITURE WORKERS OF AMERICA, LOCAL 136-B (C. I. 0.)
Case No. R-1970
SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL DECISION
AND-
ORDER
November 29, 1940
On August 31, 1940, the National Labor Relations Board, herein
called the 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 20, 1940,
under the direction and supervision of the Regional Director for the
First Region (Boston, Massachusetts). On November 6, 1940, the
Board issued a Supplemental Decision and Direction,2 which, among.
other things, directed the Regional Director to open and count a
challenged ballot. Pursuant to the Supplemental Decision and Di-
rection, the Regional Director, acting pursuant to Article III, Sec-
tion 9, of National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations-
Series 2, as amended, issued and duly served upon the parties a
Second Supplemental Report, setting forth that on November 14
the Regional Director opened the ballot, and that upon a count of
said ballot'the results of the election were as follows:
Total number of voters eligible______________________________ 63
Total valid votes cast_______________________________________ 63
Total number of ballots-marked "Yes"_______________________ 31
Total number of ballots marked "No"________________________ 32
Total number of blank ballots_______________________________ 0
Total number of void ballots _________%_____________________ 0
No objections to the counting of the ballot or to the Second Sup-
plemental Report have been filed by any of the parties.
The results- of the election show that no collective bargaining
representative has been selected by a majority of the employees in
the unit heretofore found to be appropriate for the purposes of
2 27 N. L. R. B. 40.
2 27 N. L R. B. 44.
28 N. L. R. B., No. 35.
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collective bargaining. The petition for investigation and certifica-
tion of representatives of employees of Moulton Ladder Manufac-
turing Company, Somerville, Massachusetts, will therefore be
dismissed.
ORDER
By virtue of Section 9 (c) of the National Labor Relations 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 ORDERED that the petition for investigation and cer-
tification of representatives of employees of Moulton Ladder Manu-
facturing Company, Somerville, Massachusetts, filed by United
Furniture Workers of America, Local 136-B (C. I. 0.), be, and
it hereby is, dismissed.
CHAIRMAN HARRY A . MILLIS took no part in the consideration of
the above Second Supplemental Decision and Order.