S. E. & M. Vernon Inc.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Aug 13, 1940

26 N.L.R.B. 548 (N.L.R.B. 1940)

In the Matter of S. E. & M. VERNON INCORPORATED and LOCAL 21512,
A. F. OF L.
Case, R-18,25
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
August 18, 1940
On June 15, 1940, the National Labor Relations Board, herein
called the Board, issued a Decision and Direction of Election 1 in the
above-entitled proceeding; and on June 22, 1940, it issued an Amend-
ment to Decision and Direction of Election,2 and on July 3, 1940, a
Second Amendment to Decision and Direction of Election.3 Pur-
suant to the Direction of Election, as amended, an election by secret
ballot was conducted on July 12, 1940, under the direction and super-
vision of the Regional Director for the Second Region (New York
City). On July 15, 1940, the Regional Director, act ng pursuant to
Article III, Section 9, of National Labor Relations Board Rules and
Regulations-Series 2, as amended, issued her Election Report, copies
of which were served on Local 21512, Motor & Bus Terminal Check-
ers, Platform & Office Workers Union, A. F. of L., and on S. E. & M.
Vernon Incorporated, herein called the Company. No objections to
the conduct of the balloting or the Election 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--------------------------- 366
Total number of ballots cast---------------------------- 347
Total number of valid ballots--------------------------- 340
Total number of votes in favor of Local 21512, Motor & Bus
Terminal Checkers, Platform & Office Workers Union,
A. F. of L------------------------------------------ 244
Total number of votes against aforementioned union ------- 96
Total number of blank ballots--------------------------- 0
Total number of void ballots---------------------------- 0
Total number of challenged votes------------------------ 7
1 24 N. L R B 741.
2 24 N L R B 747.
325NLR.B35.
4 On July 17, 1940, the Company filed objections to the Election , but on August 5, 1940 , it withdrew its
objections.
26 N. L. R. B., No. 56.
548
S. E. & M. VERNON INCORPORATED 549
By virtue of and pursuant to the power vested in the Board by
Section 9 (c) of the National Labor Relations Act, 49 Stat. 449, and
pursuant to Article III, Sections 8 and 9, of said Rules and Regula-
tions,
IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that 'Local 21512, Motor & Bus Terminal
Checkers, Platform & Office Workers Union, A. F. of L., has been
designated and selected by a majority of the employees of S E. &'M.
Vernon Incorporated at its factory in Elizabeth, New Jersey, exclu-
sive of employees employed in the shipping department, foremen,
assistant' foremen, and supervisory employees above the rank of
foremen, as their representative for the purposes of collective bar-
gaining, and that, pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the National Labor
Relations Act, Local 21512, Motor & Bus Terminal Checkers, Plat-
form & Office Workers Union, A. F. of L., ,is the exclusive representa-
tive 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.
MR. EDWIN S. SMITH took no part in the consideration of the above
Certification of Representatives.
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