Hygrade Food Products Corp.

In the Matter of HYGRADE FOOD PRODUCTS CORPORATION and BUTCHERS' UNION LOCAL 174, AMALGAMATED MEAT CUTTERS AND BUTCHER WORKMEN OF NORTH AMERICA, AFFILIATED WITH THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR Case No. 8-5666 SUPPLEMENTAL DECISION AND DIRECTION OF RUN-OFF ELECTION August °8,1943 On July 30, 1943, the National Labor Relations Board, herein called the Board, issued its Decision and Direction of Election in the above- entitled proceeding., Pursuant to the Direction of Election, an elec- tion by secret ballot was conducted on August 17, 1943, under the direction ad supervision of the Regional Director of the Second Region (New York City). On August 18, 1943, the Regional Di- rector, acting pursuant to Article III, Section 10, of National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series 2, as amended, pre- pared and duly served upon the parties an Election Report. No ob- jections to the conduct of the ballot or to the Election Report were filed by any other parties herein. As to the balloting and its results, the Regional Director reported as follows : Approximate number of eligible voters--------------------- 612 Total ballots cast---------------------------------- ---- 505 Total ballots challenged----------------------------------- 13 Total void ballots---------------------------------------- 3 Total valid votes counted--------------------------------- 489 Votes cast for United Workmen's Mutual Aid Association__- 144 Votes cast for Butchers' Union Local 174, AFL-------------- 125 Votes cast for Packinghouse Workers Organizing Committee, CIO --------------------------------------------------- 215 Votes cast for None--------------------------------------- 5 The Regional Director, in his Election Report, recommended that in the event either of the labor organizations receiving the largest number of ballots request a run-off election, the Board so direct. On August 20, 1943, Packinghouse Workers Organizing Committee, by 151 N. L. R. B. 878. 52 N. L. R. B., No. 40. 317 31 8 DE.C'LSILONS OF NAIPIONAL LABOR REILATIONS BOIARD United Packinghouse Workers of America, Local 231-C. I. 0., re- quested that a run-off election be held between the two labor organi- zations having the highest vote. In view of the recently inaugurated Board policy with respect to run-off elections,' no disposition of the challenged ballots is necessary, and we shall direct a run-off election, in which the employees will be given an opportunity to decide whether they desire to be represented by Packinghouse Workers Organizing, Committee, affiliated with the Congress of Industrial Organizations, or by United Workmen's Mu- tual Aid Association, for the purposes of collective bargaining.3 DIRECTION OF RUN-OFF ELECTION By virtue of and pursuant to the power vested in the National Labor Relations Board by Section 9 (c) of the National Labor Relations Act, and pursuant to Article III, Sections 9, 10, and 11, of National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series 2, as amended, it is hereby DIRECTID that, as part of the investigation to ascertain representa- tives for the purposes of collective bargaining with Hygrade Food Products Corporation, Newark, New Jersey, a run-off election, by secret ballot shall be conducted as early as possible, but not later than thirty (30) days from the date of this Direction of Run-Off Election, under the direction and supervision of the Regional Director for the Second Region, acting in this matter as agent for the National Labor Relations Board, and subject to Article III, Sections 10 and 11, of said Rules and Regulations, among the employees who were eligible to vote in the election conducted pursuant to the Direction of Election issued July 30, 1943, and who are employed in an eligible category on the date of the run-off election, but excluding any employees who have since quit or been discharged for cause, to determine whether they desire to be represented by Packinghouse Workers Organizing Com- mittee, affiliated with the Congress of Industrial Organizations, or by United Workmen's Mutual Aid Association, for the purposes of collective bargaining. CHAIRMAN MH,LIS took no part in the consideration of the above Supplemental Decision and Direction of Run-Off Election. 2 National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series 2, as amended, Article III, Section 11, as promulgated August 23, 1943 8 See Rules and Regulations , supra, Article III, Section 11 (c).