Swift & Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Dec 31, 1940

28 N.L.R.B. 845 (N.L.R.B. 1940)

In the Matter of SWIFT & COMPANY and UNITED PACKING HOUSE
WORKERS OF AMERICA, LOCAL 67, C. I. O.
Case No. R=2116
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
December 31, 1940
On November l, 1940, the National Labor Relations Board, herein
called the Board, issued a Decision and Direction of Election in the
above-entitled proceeding.' Pursuant, to the Direction of Election,
an election by secret ballot was conducted on December 4, 1940, under
the direction and supervision of the Regional Director for the Twenty-
first Region (Los Angeles, California). On December 5, 1940, the
Regional Director, acting pursuant to Article III, Section 9, of
National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series 2,
as amended, issued and duly served upon the parties an Election.
Report on the ballot. No objections to the conduct of the ballot 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 on eligibility list______________________________________ 487
Total ballots cast___________________________________________ 447
Total ballots challenged_____________________________________ 19
Total blank ballots ------------------------------------------ 1
Total void ballots__________________________________________ 1
Total ballots not counted____________________________________ 21
Total ballots counted ---------------------------------------
Total votes for Local No. 1, Packing House. Workers Union
426
of Los Angeles (Independent)_____________________________ 134
Total votes for United Packing House Workers of America,'
P. W. 0. C, Local 67 (C. I. 0.) ----------- 273
Total votes for neither______________________________________ -19
By virtue of and pursuant to the power vested in the National
Labor Relations Board by Section 9" (c) of the National Labor Rela-
tions 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,
127 N. L. R. B 1228.
28 N. L. R. B, No. 131.
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846 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD
IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that United Packing House Workers of
America, Local 67, affiliated with the Congress of Industrial Organi-
zations, has been designated and selected by the majority of all pro-
duction and - maintenance employees at the Vernon plant of Swift
& Company, Vernon, California, including employees in the feed
yard, garage, Formay plant, soap plant, gas plant, engine room, drum
house, and service department, truck drivers, and packing and ship-
ping employees, but excluding deputized watchmen, office and clerical
workers wherever located, all supervisory employees having authority
to fire and/or hire, foremen , subforemen , time-study men, timekeepers,
and salesmen , as their representative for the purposes of collective
bargaining , and that, pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the Act , United
Packing House Workers of America, Local 67, affiliated with the
Congress of Industrial Organizations , is the exclusive representative
of all such employees for the purposes of collective bargaining in
respect to rates of pay , wages, hours of employment , and other con-
ditions of employment.