Swift & Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Sep 15, 1942

43 N.L.R.B. 1406 (N.L.R.B. 1942)

In the Matter Of SWIFT & COMPANY and AMALGAMATED MEAT CUTTERS
AND BUTCHER 1'Y ORIiMEN , A. F. OF,L., LOCAL No. 405
Case No. R-3953
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
September 15, 1942
On July 31, 1942, the National Labor Relations Board issued its
Decision and Direction of Election in the above-entitled proceeding.'
Pursuant to the Direction of Election, an election by secret ballot was
conducted on August 26, 1942, under the direction and supervision
of the Acting Regional Director for the Tenth Region (Atlanta,
Georgia). On August 29, 1942, the Acting Regional Director, acting
pursuant to Article III, Section 9, of National Labor Relations Board
Rules and Regulations-Series 2, as amended, issued an Election Re-
port, copies of which were duly served upon the parties. No objections
to the conduct of the ballot'or to the Election Report have been filed
by any of the parties. -
As to the balloting and the'results thereof, the Acting Regional
Director reported as follows :
Approximate number of eligible voters----------------------- 70
Total ballots cast------------------------------------------- 62
Total ballots challenged------------------------------------- 1
Total void ballots------------------------------------------ 0
Total valid votes counted----------------------------------- 61
Votes cast for Amalgamated Meat Cutteis and Butcher Woik-
men, Local No 405---------------------------------------- 47
Votes cast against Union------------------------------------ 14
Since the challenged ballot cannot affect the result of the election,
we find it unnecessary to pass upon'it.
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,
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 Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher
Workmen, Local No. 405, affiliated with the American Federation of
Labor, has been designated and selected by a majority of all produc-
1 42 N. L. R. B. 1184.
43 N. L. R B., No 226.
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SWIFT & COMPANY 1407
tion and maintenance employees of Swift & Company at its Fourth
Avenue plant in Nashville, Tennessee, excluding supervisory employees,
office and clerical employees, salesmen, watchmen, and the cabinet
serviceman, as their representative.for the purposes of collective bar-
gaining, and that, pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the Act, Amalgamated
Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen, Local No. 405, affiliated with the
American Federation of Labor, 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 conditions of
employment.
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