The Barre Wool Combing Company, Ltd.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Mar 14, 1940

21 N.L.R.B. 653 (N.L.R.B. 1940)

In the Matter of THE BARRE WOOL COMBING COMPANY, LIMITED and
FEDERAL LABOR UNION No. 21928, TEXTILE WORKERS, AFFILIATED
WITH THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR
Case No. R-1580
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
March 14, 1940
On January 29, 1940, the National Labor Relations Board issued
a Decision and Direction of Election 1 in the above -entitled proceed-
ings. Pursuant to the Direction of Election an election by secret
ballot was conducted on February 15 and 21, 1940, under the direction
and supervision of the Regional Director for the First Region (Bos-
ton, Massachusetts ). On February 23, 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. 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 number eligible to vote------------------------- .----- 674
Total number of valid ballots cast ------------------------- 652
Total number of blank ballots ----------------------------- 0
Total number of void ballots_______________________________ 0
Total number of challenged ballots ------------------------- 29
Total number of ballots cast for Federal Labor Union No.
21928, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor __-_ 241
Total number of ballots cast for Textile Workers Union of
America, affiliated with the Congress of Industrial Organi-
zations ------------------------------------------------- 406
Total number of ballots cast for neither of the above-named
labor organizations______________________________________ 5
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,
119 N. L. R. B. 1008.
21 N. L. R. B., No. 61.
653
654 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD
of National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series
2, as amended,
IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that Textile Workers Union of America,
affiliated with the Congress of Industrial Organizations, has been
designated and selected by a majority of the production and main-
tenance employees of the Barre Wool Combing Company, Limited,
Barre, Massachusetts, excluding executives, overseers; section, hands,
office workers, timekeepers, clerks, salaried employees, and company
police, as their representative for the purposes of collective bargaining
and that, pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the Act, Textile Workers
Union of America, affiliated with the Congress of Industrial Organi-
zations, 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.