Texas Corrugated Box Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board DecisionsOct 18, 1938

9 N.L.R.B. 405 (N.L.R.B. 1938)

In the -Matter of TEXAS CORRUGATED Box COMPANY and INTERNA- TIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF BOOKBINDERS , LOCAL 98 Cases Nos. R-858 and C-741 SUPPLEMENTAL DECISION AND CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES October 18, 1938 On September 16,_1938, the National Labor Relations Board issued a Decision, Order, and Direction of Election in the above-entitled ;proceeding.' The Direction of Election provided that an election by secret ballot be conducted withal fifteen (15) days from the date of the Direction among the pr :,cluction employees of Texas Corrugated Box Company , Incorporated, Dallas, Texas , ( excluding supervisory,, clerical , and office personnel ) -N%hose names appeared on a list set out in the Direction, to determine whether or not they desired to be represented by International Brotherhood of Bookbinders , Local 98, for the purposes of collective b irgaiuing. On September 23, 1938, the Gaylord Container Corporation, the -International Brotherhood of Bookbinders , Local 98, and counsel for the Board entered into a stipulation upon the basis of which we find that the Texas Corrugated Box Company , Incorporated , was dis- solved on June 30 , 1938; that all its properties and operations were transferred to Gaylord Container Corporation , a Maryland corpora- tion, organized in 1937; and chat the employees of the Gaylord Con- tainer Corporation at its Dallas, Texas , plant are the same .persons.as those employed prior to June 30, 1938 , by Texas Corrugated Box Company, Incorporated. The stipulation provided that the Direc- tion of Election issued by the Board on September 16, 1938, and ally Certification of Representatives which the Board might issue pur- suant thereto should be applicable to the Gaylord Container Cor- poration and the employees at its Dallas, Texas, plant. Pursuant to the Direction , an election by secret ballot was con- ducted on September 23, 1938 , at Dallas, Texas , under the direction 18 N. L. R B 1131. 9 N. L. R . B., No. 34 405 ;406 NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD and supervision of the Regional Director for the Sixteenth Region (Fort Worth, Texas). On September 24, 1938, the Regional Direc- tor, 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 his Intermediate Report on the secret ballot. No objections or exceptions to the Intermediate Re- port have been filed by any of the parties. As to the balloting and its results, the Regional Director reported as follows : Total number of ballots counted----------------------------- 58 Total number of votes for International Brotherhood of Book- binders, Local 98----------------------------------------- 34 Total number of votes against International Brotherhood of Bookbinders, Local 98------------------------------------- 24 Total number of blank ballots------------------------------- 0 Total,,,number of void ballots-------------------------------- 1 Total number of challenged votes---------------------------- 0 Total number of eligibles----------------------------------- 59 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 1, as amended, IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that International Brotherhood of Book- binders, Local 98, has been selected by a majority of the production employees at the Dallas, Texas, plant of Gaylord Container Corpo- ration, successor to Texas Corrugated Box Company, Incorporated, excluding supervisory, clerical, and office personnel, as their repre- sentative for the purposes of collective bargaining, and that, pur- suant to Section 9 (c) of the Act, International Brotherhood of Book- binders, Local 98, is the exclusive representative of all such . em- ployees for the purposes of collective bargaining in respect to rates of pay, wages, hours of employment, and other conditions of employment.