Union Tanning Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Sep 24, 1940

27 N.L.R.B. 435 (N.L.R.B. 1940)

In the Matter of UNION TANNING COI1PANY and, UNION TANNING
COMPANY EMPLOYEES' ASSOCIATION
Case No. R-195/
SUPPLEMENTAL DECISION
AND
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
September 24, 19.40
On August 10, 1940, the National Labor Relations Board, herein
called the 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 September 4, 1940,
under the direction and supervision of the Regional Director for the
Third Region (Buffalo, New York). On September 5, 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 on the ballot.
As to the balloting and its results, the Regional Director reported
as follows :
Total' on eligibility list___________________________________ 135
Total ballots cast---------------------------------------- 131
Total ballots challenged___________________________________ None
Total blank ballots_______________________________________ None
Total void ballots------------ --------------------------- 1
Total valid votes cast_____________________________________ 130
Votes cast for Union Tanning Company Employees'
Association--------------------------------------------- 86
Votes cast for International Fur and Leather Workers Union
of United States and Canada, affiliated with the C. I. O.___ 41
Votes cast for neither_____________________________________ 3
On September 12, 1940, International Fur and Leather Workers
Union of United States and Canada, herein called the International,
filed with the Regional Director Objections to Conduct of Ballot
and Election Report. On September 19, 1940, the Regional Director,
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acting pursuant to Article III, Section 9, of National Labor Relations
Board Rules and Regulations-Series 2, as amended, issiied a Report
on Objections.
We have considered the objections of the International and the
Regional Director's Report thereon and we are of the opinion that
the Objections raise no substantial and material issues with respect
to the conduct of the election. The Objections are hereby overruled.
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 Union Tanning Company Employees'
Association has been designated and selected by a ,majority of the
production and maintenance employees on an hourly basis of Union
Tanning Company, Salamanca, New York, excluding supervisory
and clerical employees, as their representative for the purposes of
collective bargaining, and that, pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the Act,
Union Tanning Company Employees' Association 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.