The Valspar Corp.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

May 2, 1942

40 N.L.R.B. 1124 (N.L.R.B. 1942)

In the Matter of THE VALSPAR CORPORATION, VALENTINE & COMPANY,
INC., DETROIT GRAPHITE COMPANY, CON-FERRO PAINT & VARNISH.
COMPANY, EDWARD SMITH & CO., INC., AND THE VALSPAR CORPORA-
TION, LIMITED and LOCAL 12129, DISTRICT 50, UNITED MINE WORKERS
OF, AMERICA, C. I. 0.
Case No. B-$366
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
May 2,194.
On March 5, 1942, .the National Labor Relations Board issued a
Decision and Direction of Election in the above-entitled proceedings 1
Pursuant to the Direction of Election, an election by secret ballot was
conducted'on March 26, 1942, under the direction and supervision of the
Regional Director for the Second Region (New York City). On-
March 28, 1942, the Regional Director, acting pursuant to Article III,
Section 9, of National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations-
Series 2, as amended, duly issued and served upon the parties, an Elec-
'tion Report. No objections to the conduct of the ballot or to the Elec-
tion Report have been filed by any of the parties.
As to the balloting and the results thereof, the Regional Director
reported as follows :
Total on eligibility list-------------------------------------- 57
Total ballots cast-----------------------------------=------- 54
Total ballots challenged------------------------------------- 6
Total blank ballots------------------------------------------ 0
Total void ballots------------------------------------------ 0
Total valid votes counted------------------------------------ 48
Votes cast for Local 12129, District 50, United Mine Workers of
America, C. I. 0------------------------------------------ 38
Votes cast against aforementioned Union--------------------- 10
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,
139 N. L . R. B. 466
40 N. L. R. B., No. 190.
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THE VALSPAR CORPORATION - 1125
IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that Local 12129, )istrict 50, United Mine
Workers of America, C. I. 0., has been designated and selected by a
majority of all weekly and monthly paid employees and all clerical
employees in the Brooklyn plant of The Valspar Corporation, Valen-
tine & Company, Inc., Detroit Graphite Company, Con-Ferro Paint &
Varnish Company, Edward Smith & Co. Inc., and The Valspar Corpo-
ration, Limited, New York City, exclusive of the plant superintendent,
the research director, the office manager, supervisory employees, plant
foremen, and all employees in the statistical and order and billing de-
partments, as their representative for the purposes of collective bar-
gaining, acid that, pursuant to the provisions of Section 9 (a) of the
National Labor Relations Act, Local 12129, District 50, United Mine
Workers of America, C. 1. 0., is the exclusive representative of all such
employees for the purposes of collective bargaining with respect to
rates of pay, wages, hours of employment, and other conditions' of
employment.