Tucker Duck & Rubber Co., Inc.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Mar 5, 1942

39 N.L.R.B. 496 (N.L.R.B. 1942)

In the Matter of TUCKER DUCK & RUBBER Co., INC. and UPHOLSTERERS
INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA, LOCAL #252, AFFILIATED
WITH AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR
Case No. R-2976
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
March 5, 1942
On October 15, 1941, the National Labor Relations Board, herein
called the Board, issued a Decision and Direction of Election in
the above-entitled proceedings? Pursuant to the Direction of Elec-
tion, an election by secret ballot was conducted on November 7, 1941,
under the direction and supervision of the Regional Director for the
Fifteenth Region (New Orleans, L"ouisiana). On November 15,
1941, the Regional Director issued and duly served upon the parties
an Election Report. On December 13, 1941, the Board issued a
Supplemental Decision and Direction 2 On December 24, 1941, the
Regional Director issued and duly served upon the parties a supple-
mental Election Report. On January 24, 1942, the Board issued a
Supplemental Decision and Direction of Run-off Election.3 . Pur-
suant to the Direction of Run-off Election, an election by secret ballot
was conducted on February 13, 1942, under the direction and super-
vision of the Regional Director. On February 17, 1942, 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 a "Report on Run-off Election."
No objections to the conduct of the ballot or the Report on Run-off
Election have been filed by any of the parties.
As to the balloting and its results the Regional Director reported
as follows :
Total on eligibility list______________________________________ 118
Total ballots cast___________________________________________ 105
Total ballots challenged_____________________________________ 0
Total blank ballots_________________________________________ 0
136 N . L. R. B. 132.
2 37 N. L. R. B. 573.
338 N. T,. R . B. 511.
39 N.-L. R. R., NP888.
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TUCKER DUCK & RUBBER CO., INC. 497
Total void ballots ------------------------------------------- 2
Total valid votes counted----------------------------------- 103
Votes cast for Upholsterers International Union of North
America, Local #252 (AFL)--------- -------------------- 62
Votes cast for United Furniture Workers of America, Local,
1651, (C. I. O.)------------------------------------------- 41
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,
IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that Upholsterers International Union of
North America, Local #252, affiliated with American Federation of
Labor, has been designated and selected by a majority of all mainte-
nance and production employees of Tucker Duck & Rubber Co. Inc.,
at its three plants in Fort Smith, Arkansas, excluding supervisory
and clerical employees, as their representative for the purposes of
collective bargaining, and that, pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the Act,
Upholsterers International Union of North America, Local #252,
affiliated with American Federation of Labor, is the exclusive repre-
sentative of all such employees for the purposes'of collective bargain-
ing in respect to rates of pay, wages, hours of employment, and
other conditions of employment.