Swift & Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Aug 12, 1941

34 N.L.R.B. 183 (N.L.R.B. 1941)

In the Matter of SwIFT & COMPANY and INDEPENDENT PACKINGHOUSE
UNION OF SOUTH ST. JOSEPH, MISSOURI
Case No. B-2058
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
August 12, 194,1
On October 17, 1940, the National Labor Relations Board issued its
Decision and Direction of Election in the above-entitled proceeding,"
on November 12, 1940, an Amendment to Direction of Election,' and
on June 24, 1941, a Second Amendment to Direction of Election.3
Pursuant to the Direction of Election and the amendments, an election
by secret ballot was conducted on July 24, 1941, under the supervision
of the Regional Director for the Seventeenth Region (Kansas City,
Missouri). On July 25, 1941, the Regional Director, acting pursuant
to Article III, Section 9, of National Labor Relations Board Rules and
Regulations-Series 2, as amended, issued an Election Report, copies
of which were duly served upon the parties. No objections to the
conduct of the ballot or to the Election Report were filed by any of
the parties.
As to the balloting and the results thereof, the Regional Director
reported as follows :
Total on eligibility list----------------------, -----__--_--------------- 1,301
Total ballots cast----------------------------------------------------- 938
Total ballots challenged----------------------------------------------- 6
Total blank ballots---------------------------------------------------- 0
Total void ballots----------------------------------------------------- 4
Total valid votes cast------------------------------------------------- 928
Votes cast for Independent Packinghouse Union of South St. Joseph, Mis-
souri --------------------------------------------------------------- 681
Votes cast for Local No. 95, United Packinghouse Workers of America,
Packinghouse Workers Organizing Committee, affiliated with the C. I. O- 230
Votes cast for neither-------------------------------------------------- 17
By virtue of and pursuant to the power vested in the National Labor
Relations Board by Section 9 (c) of the National Labor Relations Act,
127 N L R. B 903.
2 27 N L R B. 908
327 N L R B 1115
34 N L R. B., No. 27.
183
184 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD
49 Stat. 449, and pursuant to Article III, Sections 8 and 9, of National
Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series 2, as amended,
IT Is HEREBY CERTIFIED that Independent Packinghouse Union of
South St. Joseph, Missouri, has been selected by a majority of the
maintenance and production employees of Swift & Company, South St.
Joseph, Missouri, excluding foremen, assistant foremen, working fore-
men, clerical employees wherever located, plant-protection force
(police, box-pullers, and fire-department employees), and scalers, as
their representative for the purposes of collective bargaining and that,
pursuant to the provisions of Section 9 (a) of the National Labor
Relations Act, Independent Packinghouse Union of South St. Joseph,
Missouri, is the exclusive representative of all such employees for the
purposes of collective bargaining with respect to rates of pay, wages,
hours of employment, and other conditions of employment.