Reliance Manufacturing Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Jul 21, 1944

57 N.L.R.B. 555 (N.L.R.B. 1944)

In the Matter Of•RELIANOE MANUFACTURING Co. and UNITED GARMENT
WORKERS OF AMERICA AFFILIATED WITH THE A. F. OF L.
Case No. 15-8-988
SUPPLEMENTAL DECISION
AND
SECOND DIRECTION OF ELECTION
July -1,1944
On October 15, 1943, the National Labor Relations Board issued a
Decision and Direction of Election in the above-entitled proceeding'
Thereafter, on November 13, 1943, the Board, having been advised by
the Regional Director` that charges alleging that the Company had
engaged in certain unfair labor practices had been filed, issued an
Amendment to^Direction of Election in which it directed that the elec-
tion be postponed until "such time as the Board shall in the future
direct."
On May 31, 1944, the Board issued a Decision and Order in Matter
of Reliance Manufacturing Company 2 in Which it found that the
Company had engaged in certain unfair labor practices and ordered
the Company to cease and desist from engaging in such practices and
to take certain-affirmative action. -
The Board, now advised by the Regional Director that the Company
has complied with-the aforesaid Decision and Order, and that United
Garment Workers of America, affiliated with the A. F. of L., the peti-
tioner herein, desires an immediate election, shall direct that an elec-
tion by secret ballot be held among the employees in the unit hereto-
fore found appropriate in its Decision and Direction of Election is-
sued on October 15, 1943. Those eligible to vote shall be all employees
in the appropriate unit who were employed during the pay-roll period
immediately preceding the date of the'Second Direction of Election
herein, subject,to the limitations and additions set forth therein.
SECOND DIRECTION OF, ELECTION
By virtue of and pursuant to the power vested in the National Labor
Relations Board by Section 9 (c) of the National Labor Relations
'52 N. I. R B. 1428
'56 N L R B 1083
57 N.L.R B., No 99.
555
5556 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD
Act, and pursuant to Article III, Section 9, of National Labor Rela-
tions Board Rules and Regulations-Series 3, as amended, it is hereby
DIRECTED that, as part of the investigation to ascertain representa-
tives for the purposes of collective bargaining with Reliance Manu-
facturing Co., Laurel, Mississippi, an election by secret ballot shall be
conducted as early as possible, but not later than thirty (30) days from
the date of this Second Direction, under the direction and supervision
of the Regional Director for the Fifteenth Region, acting in this mat
ter as agent for the National Labor Relations Board, and subject to
Article III,, Sections 10 and 11, of said Rules and Regulations, among
the employees in the unit heretofore found appropriate in Section IV
of the Decision and Direction of Election issued on October 15, 1943,'
who were employed during the pay-roll period immediately preceding-
the date of this Second Direction, including employees who did not
` work during said pay-roll period because they were ill or on vacation
or temporarily laid off, and including employees in the armed forces
of the United States who present themselves in person" at the polls, but
excluding any who have"since quit or been discharged for cause, and
have not been rehired or- reinstated prior ,to the date of the election,
to determine whether 'or not they desire to be represented by United
Garment Workers of America, affiliated with the A. F. of L., for the
purposes of collective bargaining.