United Wall Paper Factories, Inc.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Aug 31, 1942

43 N.L.R.B. 858 (N.L.R.B. 1942)

In the Matter of UNITED WALL PAPER FACTORIES, INC. and IN'rERNA-
ITIONAL UNION, UNITED AUTOMOBILE, AIRCRAFT & AGRICULTURAL
IMPLEMENT WORKERS OF AMERICA, CIO
Case No. R-41018
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
August 31, 1942
On July 28, 1942, the National Labor Relations Board issued a De-
cision and Direction of Election in the above-entitled' proceeding 1
Pursuant to the Direction' of Election, an election by secret ballot was
conducted on August 14, 1942, under the direction and supervision of
the Regional Director for the Thirteenth Region (Chicago, Illinois).
On August 15, 1942, the Regional Director, acting pursuant to Article
III, Section 9, of 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 :
Number eligible--------------------------------------------- 140
Number of ballots cast-------------------------------------- 90
Number of blank ballots------------------------------ ------ 0
Number of void ballots-------------------------------------- 0
Number of ballots challenged (not opened) ------------------- 7
Number of valid ballots counted-----------------------------
Number of valid ballots counted plus unopened challenged
83
ballots---------------------------------------------------- 90
Number of valid'ballots necessary for majority --------------- 46
Number of valid ballots cast for the union------------------- 70
Number of valid ballots "cast against the union----------------- 13
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,
1 42 N. L' R B. 977.
43 N. L . R. B., No. 142.
858
UNITED WALL PAPER FACTORIES , INC. 859
IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that International Union, United Automobile,
Aircraft & Agricultural Implement Workers of America, affiliated
with the Congress of ,Industrial Organizations, has been designated
and selected by a majority of all production' and maintenance
employees at the munitions processing plant of United Wall Paper
Factories , Inc., Chicago, Illinois, including firemen and working
supervisors, but excluding non-working supervisory employees,
foremen, clerical employees, timekeepers, watchmen, nurses, and
laboratory technicians, as their representative for the purposes of col-
lective bargaining, and that, pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the Act,
International Union, United Automobile, Aircraft & Agricultural
Implement Workers of America, affiliated. with the Congress of
Industrial Organizations, 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.