P. H. Hanes Knitting Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Sep 23, 1941

35 N.L.R.B. 714 (N.L.R.B. 1941)

In the Matter of P. H. HANES KNITTING COMPANY and UNITED
TEXTILE WORKERS OF AMERICA (A. F. L.)
Case No. R-9698
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
September 23, 1941
On July 29, 1941, 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 August 26, 1941, tinder the direction and super-
vision of the Regional Director for the Fifth Region (Baltimore,
Maryland). On August 29, 1941, the Regional Director, acting pur-
suant to Article III, Section 9, of National Labor Relations Board
Rules and Regulations-Series 2, as amended, issued an Election
Report, copies of which were duly served upon the parties. No ob-
jections to the conduct of the ballot or the Election Report have been
filed by any of the parties.
As to the balloting and the results thereof, the Regional Director
reported as follows :
Total Number Eligible to Vote----------------------------- 658
Total Number of Ballots Cast----------------------------- 579
Total Number of Votes in favor of United Textile Workers of
America, (A. F. L.)------------------------------------- 362
Total Number of Votes against United Textile Workers of
America, (A. F. L.) ------------------------------------ 209
Total Number of Blank Votes----------------------------- 1
Total Number of Challenged Votes------------------------- 6
Total Number of Void Ballots----------------------------- 1
By virtue of and pursuant to the power vested in the National
Labor Relations Board by Section 9 (c) of the National Labor Re-
lations 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 United Textile Workers of America,
(A. F. L.) has been designated and selected by a majority of pro-
duction and maintenance employees of Hanes plant of the P. H.
1 33 N. L. R. B. 824.
35 N. L. P B, No. 158.
714
P. H. HANES KNITTING COMPANY 715•
Hanes Knitting Company, Hanes, North Carolina, excluding clerical
and supervisory employees and fixers having the power to hire or
discharge or to recommend hiring or discharging, as their representa-
tive for the purposes of collective -bargaining, and that, pursuant to,
the provisions of Section 9 (a) of the National Labor Relations Act,.
United Textile Workers of America, affiliated with the American
Federation of Labor, is the exclusive representative of all such em=
ployees for the purposes of collective bargaining in respect to rates-
of pay, wages, hours of employment, and other conditions of employ-
ment.