Williams Brothers

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Sep 23, 1941

35 N.L.R.B. 708 (N.L.R.B. 1941)

Jn the Matter of WILLIAMS BROTHERS and LOCAL 931, UNTIED ELEC-
TRICAL , RADIO AND MACHINE WORKERS OF AMERICA , (C. I. 0.)
Case No. R-2667
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
September 23, 1941
On July 30, 1941, the National Labor Relations Board issued its
-Decision and Direction of Election in the above-entitled proceeding.,
Pursuant to the Direction of Election, an election by secret ballot
was conducted on August 26, 1941, under the direction and super-
vision of the Regional Director for the Seventh Region (Detroit,
Michigan). On August 29, 1941, the Regional Director, acting pur-
suant to Article III, Section 9, of National Labor Relations Board
Rules and Regulations-Series 2, as amended, issued an Election
Report, copies of which were duly served upon the parties. 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 the results thereof, the Regional Director
reported as follows :
Total Number Eligible to Vote_____________________________ 104
Total Number of Ballots Cast_____________________________ 99
Total Number of Valid Ballots_____________________________ 98
Total Number of, Votes for Local 931, United Electrical,
Radio and Machine Workers of America, (C. I. 0.) ----- 86
Total Number of Votes against Local 931, United Electrical,
Radio and Machine Workers of America, (C. I. 0.) ------ 12
Total Number of Blank Votes_____________________________ 0
Total Number of Void Ballots ---------------------- ------ 0
Total Number of Challenged Votes________________________ 1
By virtue' of and pursuant to the power vested in the National
Labor Relations Board by Section 9 (c) of the National Labor Re-
lations 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 Local 931, United Electrical, Radio
and Machine Workers of America, (C. I. 0.) has been designated
and selected by a majority of hourly rated employees, including
133 N. L. R. B. 923.
35 N. L. R. B., No. 155.
708
WILLIAMS BROTHERS 709
truck drivers, of Williams Brothers, St. Joseph, Michigan, but ex-
cluding office and clerical employees, and supervisors empowered
to hire or discharge or to recommend the hiring or discharging of
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, Local 931, United Electrical,
Radio and Machine 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.