New York Mail & Newspaper Transportation Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Feb 25, 1938

5 N.L.R.B. 618 (N.L.R.B. 1938)

In the Matter of NEW YORK MAIL & NEWSPAPER TRANSPORTATION
Co. and COMMITTEE FOR INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATION, ON BEHALF OF
THE EMPLOYEES OF THE NEW YORK MAIL & NEWSPAPER TRANS-
PORTATION CO.
Case No. B-401
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 25, 1938
On September 17, 1937, the United Mail Tube Workers Local
Industrial Union No. 474, herein called the United, filed with
the Regional Director for the Second Region (New York City) a
petition alleging that a question affecting commerce had arisen con-
cerning the representation of employees of New York Mail & News-
paper Transportation Co., New York City; herein called the Com-
pany, and requesting an investigation and certification of representa-
tives pursuant to Section 9 (c) of'the National Labor Relations Act,
49 Stat. 449, herein called the Act. Pursuant to notice duly served
upon the Company and upon the United, a hearing was held at .New
York City, on November 26, 1937, before Emanuel Bloch, the Trial
Examiner duly designated by the National Labor Relations Board,
herein called the Board.
On January 19, 1938, the Board issued a Decision and Direction
of Election 1 which provided that an election by secret ballot be held
within fifteen (1'5) days from,the date of the Direction among the
mail handlers, maintenance men, and repairmen of the Company,
who were on the Company's pay roll of November 10, 1937, exclud-
ing supervisory and office employees and those who quit or were dis-
charged for cause between such date and the date of election, to
determine whether or not they desired to be represented by United
Mail Tube Workers Local Industrial Union No. 474, for the pur-
poses of collective bargaining.
Pursuant to the Direction, an election by secret ballot was con-
ducted on February 3, 1938. Full opportunity was accorded to all
of the parties to this investigation to participate in the conduct of
the secret ballot and to make challenges. Thereafter, on February 7,
1938, the Regional Director, acting pursuant to Article III, Section 9,
14 N L R B. 1066
618
DECISIONS AND ORDERS 619
of National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series
1, as amended, issued and duly served upon the parties to the pro-
ceeding her Intermediate Report on- the, ballot. No exceptions to
the Intermediate Report have been filed by any of the parties.
As to the balloting and its results the Regional Director reported
as follows :
Total Number Eligible to Vote____________________________ 112
Total Number of Ballots Cast____________________________ 111
Total Number of Ballots Counted__________________________ 111
Total Number of Votes for United Mail Tube Workers
Local Industrial Union No. 474__________________________ 94
Total Number of Votes against United Mail Tube Work-
ers Local Industrial Union No. 474______________________ 17
Total Number of Blank Ballots ___________________________ 0
Total Number of Void Ballots_____________________________ 0
Total Number of Challenged 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
Relations Act and pursuant to Article III, Section 8, of National
Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series 1, as amended,
IT Is HEREBY CERTIFIED that United Mail Tube Workers Local
Industrial Union No. 474, has been designated and selected by a
majority of the mail handlers, maintenance men, and repairmen of
New York Mail & Newspaper Transportation Co., New York City,
excluding supervisory and office employees, as their representative
for the purposes of collective bargaining, and that, pursuant to Sec-
tion 9 (a) of the National Labor Relations Act, United Mail Tube
Workers Local Industrial Union No. 474, is the exclusive represent-
ative 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.