The Rudolph Wurlitzer Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board DecisionsJul 15, 1942

42 N.L.R.B. 532 (N.L.R.B. 1942)

In the Matter of THE RUDOLPH WURLITZER COMPANY and PIANO AND MUSICAL INSTRUMENT WORKERS, CARPENTERS UNION No 2553 Or DE KALB, ILLINOIS Case No R-3914 CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES July 15, 194 On June 18, 1942, 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 June 30 , 1942, under the direction and supervision of the Regional Director for the Thirteenth Region ( Chicago, Illinois). On July 1, 1942, the Regional Dii ector , acting pursuant to Article III, Section 9 , of the National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regula- tions-Series 2, as amended , issued and duly served upon the parties an Election Report on the ballot . 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 : Numbei eligible--------------------------------------------- 463 Number of ballots cast--------------------------------------- 405 Number of blank ballots------------------------------------- 0 Number of void ballots-------------------------------------- 0 Number of ballots challenged (not opened) ------------------- 7 Number of valid ballots counted----------------------------- 398 Number of valid ballots counted plus unopened challenged ballots---------------------------------------------------- 405 Number of valid ballots necessary for majority--------------- 203 Numbei of valid ballots cast for Piano and Musical Instrument Workeis, Carpenters Union No 2553 of De Kalb, Illinois, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor------------ Â°59 Numbei of valid ballots cast for Independent Musical Workers Association of De Kalb, Illinois--------------------------- 128 Number of valid ballots cast for neither------ --------------- 11 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 Aiticle III, Sections 8 and 9, of National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series 2, as amended, 141NLRB1074 42 N L R B, No 109 532 ' RUDOLPH WURLITZER COMPANY 533 IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that Piano and Musical Instrument Woikers, Carpenters Union No 2553 of De Kalb, Illinois, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, has been designated and selected by a majority of all production and maintenance employees at the De Kalb plant of the Rudolph Wurhtzer Company, excluding office and clerical employees, plant superintendent, fof einen, assistant for emen, working foremen, other supervisory employees, truck driveis, factory guards, watchmen, oilers, engineers, and firemen, as their representative for the purposes of collective bargaining, and that, pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the Act, Piano and Musical Instrument Workers, Carpenters Union No. 2553 of De Kalb, Illinois, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, is the exclusive representative of all such em- ployees for the purpose of collective bargaining in respect to rates of pay, wages, hours of employment, and other conditions of employment.