The American Thread Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Sep 19, 1941

35 N.L.R.B. 579 (N.L.R.B. 1941)

In the Matter of THE AMERICAN THREAD COMPANY , KERR MILLS and
WEAVERS PROGRESSIVE ASSOCIATION (A. F. T. 0.)
Case No. R-2809
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
September 19,, 1941
On August 14, 1941, the National Labor Relations 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 August 29, 1941, under the direction and super-
vision of the Regional Director for the First Region (Boston, Massa-
chusetts). On September 3 and 4, 1941, respectively, 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 and Amend-
ment to Election Report on the ballot. No objections to the conduct
of the ballot or the Election Report, as amended, have been filed by
any of the parties.
As to the balloting and its results, the Regional Director reported
as follows :
Total number eligible to vote______________________________ 2,262
Total number valid votes cast____________________________ 1, 653
Total number of votes cast_______________________________ 1,664
Total number of ballots marked for Weavers' Progressive
Association (A F. T. 0.) ------------------------------ 667
Total number of ballots marked for Textile Workers Union
of America (C I. 0.) ----------------------------------- 916
Total number of ballots marked for neither________________ 70
Total number of blank ballots ------------------ ----------- 3
Total number of void ballots_____________________________ 0
Total number of challenged ballots________________________ 8
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,
1 34 N. L R B 277.
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IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that Textile Workers Union of America,
affiliated with the Congress of Industrial Organizations, has been
designated and selected by the majority of all production and main-
tenance employees at the Kerr Mills of The American Thread Com-
pany, Fall River, Massachusetts, excluding administrative, office,
clerical, and supervisory employees, as their representative for the
purposes of collective bargaining, and that pursuant to the provisions
of Section 9 (a) of the Act, Textile Workers Union of America,
affiliated with the Congress of Industrial Organizations, is the ex-
clusive 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.