Wearwell Bedspread Mill

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Mar 22, 1938

6 N.L.R.B. 110 (N.L.R.B. 1938)

In the Matter Of WVEARWELL BEDSPREAD MILL and TEXTILE WORI{ERS
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
Case No. R-535
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
March 00, 19.38
On February 18, 1938, the National Labor Relations Board, herein
called the Board, issued a Decision and Direction of Election in the
above-entitled case. ' The Direction of Election directed that an
election by secret ballot be conducted among all employees of Marshall
Field & Company who were on the pay roll of the Company at its
Marshall Field & Company Bedspread Mill,2 Spray, North Carolina,
during the pay-roll period next preceding the filing of the petition,
exclusive of clerical , sales, and supervisory employees and except
those Who have quit or have been discharged for cause between that
period and the date of the election, to determine whether or not they
desire to be represented by Textile Workers Organizing Committee,
for the purposes of collective bargaining.
Pursuant to the Direction, an election by secret ballot was con-
ducted on March 3, 1938, under the direction and supervision of the
Regional Director for the Fifth Region (Baltimore, Maryland).
Thereafter, on March 7, 1938, the Regional Director, acting pursuant
to Article III, Section 9, of National Labor Relations Board Rules
and Regulations-Series 1, as amended , issued and duly served upon
the parties an Intermediate Report on the election. No objections
or exceptions to the Intermediate Report have been filed by any of the
parties.
As to the balloting and its results the Regional Director reported
as follows :
Total Number Eligible to-Vote ------------------------------- 397
Total Number of Ballots Cast--- ---------------------------- 359
Total Number of Ballots Cast for Textile Workers Organiz-
ing Committee-------------------------------------------- 258
Total Number of Ballots Cast against Textile Workers Organiz-
ing Committee-------------------------------------------- 98
Total Number of Blank Ballots------------------------------ 0
Total Number of Void Ballots------------------------------ 0
Total Number of 'Challenged Votes-------------------------- 3
15N L. R B 393.
2Erroneously designated as Wearwell Bedspread Mill in the Order of Consolidation and
Directing Investigation and Hearing.
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DECISIONS AND ORDERS 111
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, Section 8, of
National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series 1,
as amended,
IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that Textile Workers Organizing Committee
has been designated and selected by a majority of all employees of
Marshall Field & Company at its Marshall Field & Company Bed-
spread Mill, Spray , North Carolina , excluding clerical , sales, and
supervisory employees , as their representative for the purposes of
collective bargaining and that, pursuant to the provisions of Section
9 (a) of the National Labor Relations Act, Textile Workers Organ-
izing Committee 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.