Swift & Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Jul 7, 1938

8 N.L.R.B. 131 (N.L.R.B. 1938)

In the Matter of SWIFT & COMPANY and UNITED AuToiuoBILE WORKERS
OF AMERICA, LOCAL No. 265
In the Matter of SWIFT & COMPANY and UNITED PACKING HOUSE
WORKERS L. I. UNION No. 328 AFFILIATE C. I. O.
Cases Nos. C-484 and R-805, respectively
SUPPLEMENTAL DECISION
AND
ORDER
July 7, 1938
On May 20, 1938, the National Labor Relations Board issued a
Decision, Order, and Direction of Election in the above-entitled pro-
ceeding.' The Direction of Election provided that an election by
secret ballot be held among employees of Swift and Company, Evans-
ville, Indiana, herein called the Company, in certain departments of
its Evansville, Indiana, plant, who Were employed by the Company
during the pay-roll period next preceding the date of said Direction,
excluding employees in certain specified positions and those who had
since quit or been discharged for cause, to determine whether or not
they desired to be represented by United Packing House Workers,
Local Industrial, Union No. 328, for the purposes of collective bar-
gaining.
Pursuant to the Direction, an election by secret ballot was conducted
on June 4, 1938, at Evansville, Indiana, under the direction and super-
vision of the Regional Director for the Eleventh Region (Indian-
apolis, Indiana). Full opportunity was accorded all of the parties to
the investigation to participate in the conduct of the secret ballot and
to make challenges. On June 6, 1938, the Regional Director, acting
pursuant to Article III, Section 9, of National Labor Relations Board
Rules and Regulations-Series 1, as amended, issued and duly served
upon the parties an Intermediate Report upon the ballot. No excep-
tions to the Intermediate Report have been filed by any of the
parties.
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As to the balloting and its results the Regional Director reported
as follows :
Total number of employees eligible to vote------------------ 362
Total number of employees voted ____________________________ 354
Total number of valid votes cast____________________________ 319
Total number of votes for the United Packing House Workers,
Local Industrial Union No. 328, affiliated with C . I. O------ 99
Total number of votes against the United Packing House Work-
ers, Local Industrial Union No . 328, affiliated with C. I. O---- 220
Total number of blank ballots__ ____________________________ 0
Total number of void ballots ________________________________ 0
Total number of challenged ballots__________________________ 35
The results of the election show that no collective bargaining repre-
sentative has been selected by a majority of the employees. The peti-
tion for investigation and certification of representatives of employees
of Swift and Company will therefore be dismissed.
ORDER
By virtue of Section 9 (c) of the National Labor Relations Act; 49
Stat. 449, and pursuant to Article III, Sections 8 and 9, of National
Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series 1, as amended,
IT IS HEREBY of nnn that the petition for investigation and certifi-
cation of representatives of employees of Swift and Company, Evans-
ville, Indiana, filed by United Packing House Workers, Local
Industrial Union No. 328, be, and it hereby is, dismissed.