Standard Hat Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board DecisionsFeb 13, 1940

20 N.L.R.B. 425 (N.L.R.B. 1940)

In the Matter Of STANDARD HAT COMPANY and UNITED HATTERS, CAP & MILLINERY WORKERS INTERNATIONAL UNION In the Matter of STANDARD HAT COMPANY and UNITED HATTERS, CAP & MILLINERY WORKERS INTERNATIONAL UNION Cases Nos. R-1129 and C-1310, respectively SUPPLEMENT AND AMENDMENT TO DIRECTION OF ELECTION February 13, 1940 On November 17, 1939, the National Labor Relations Board, herein called the Board, issued a Decision, Order, and Direction of Election 1 in the above-entitled proceedings. The Direction of Election directed that an election by secret ballot be conducted at such time as the Board should in the future direct, among the production employees of the Standard Hat Company, excluding the plant superintendent,, inspectors, foremen and foreladies, machinist, floorboys, porters, shipping-department employees, and office and clerical help, and in-, eluding extra help and apprentices, to determine whether or not they desired to be represented by United Hatters, Cap & Millinery Workers International Union, for the purposes of collective bargaining. Having been advised by the Regional Director for the Tenth Region (Atlanta, Georgia) that an election might now be appropri- ately held, the Board, on February 2, 1940, issued and duly served upon the parties, a notice that unless sufficient cause to the contrary was shown, it would order an election among certain employees described below whose names appear on the pay roll last preceding this Supplement and Amendment to Direction of Election. No objection having been made, more than 14 months having elapsed since the original hearing in October 1938, and no reason appearing why a recent pay-roll date should not be used for said purpose, the Board hereby supplements and amends its Direction of Election, to read as follows : 117 N. L. R. B. 883. 20 N. L. R. B., No. 39. 425 426 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD 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 Re- lations Act, 49 Stat. 449, and pursuant to Article III, Section 8, of National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series 2, as amended, it is hereby DIRECTED that, as part of the investigation authorized by the Board to ascertain representatives for collective bargaining with Standard Hat Company, Atlanta, Georgia, an election by secret ballot shall be conducted as early as possible but not later than thirty (30) days from the date of this Supplement and Amendment to Direction of Election, under the direction and supervision of the Regional Direc- tor for the Tenth Region, acting in this matter as an agent of the National Labor Relations Board and subject to Article III, Section 9, of said Rules and Regulations, among all production employees of Standard Hat Company whose names appear on the pay roll last preceding the date of this Supplement and Amendment to Direction of Election, including employees who did not work during such pay- roll period because they were ill or on vacation, and employees who were then or have since been temporarily laid off, and including also extra help and apprentices, but excluding the plant superintendent, inspectors, foremen and foreladies, machinist, floorboys, porters, shipping-department employees, and office and clerical help, and excluding also employees who may have quit or may have been dis- charged for cause between the date of the pay roll above specified and the date of the election, to determine whether or not they desire to be represented by United Hatters, Cap and Millinery Workers International Union, for the purposes of collective bargaining.