Reliance Manufacturing Co.

In the Matter Of•RELIANOE MANUFACTURING Co. and UNITED GARMENT WORKERS OF AMERICA AFFILIATED WITH THE A. F. OF L. Case No. 15-8-988 SUPPLEMENTAL DECISION AND SECOND DIRECTION OF ELECTION July -1,1944 On October 15, 1943, the National Labor Relations Board issued a Decision and Direction of Election in the above-entitled proceeding' Thereafter, on November 13, 1943, the Board, having been advised by the Regional Director` that charges alleging that the Company had engaged in certain unfair labor practices had been filed, issued an Amendment to^Direction of Election in which it directed that the elec- tion be postponed until "such time as the Board shall in the future direct." On May 31, 1944, the Board issued a Decision and Order in Matter of Reliance Manufacturing Company 2 in Which it found that the Company had engaged in certain unfair labor practices and ordered the Company to cease and desist from engaging in such practices and to take certain-affirmative action. - The Board, now advised by the Regional Director that the Company has complied with-the aforesaid Decision and Order, and that United Garment Workers of America, affiliated with the A. F. of L., the peti- tioner herein, desires an immediate election, shall direct that an elec- tion by secret ballot be held among the employees in the unit hereto- fore found appropriate in its Decision and Direction of Election is- sued on October 15, 1943. Those eligible to vote shall be all employees in the appropriate unit who were employed during the pay-roll period immediately preceding the date of the'Second Direction of Election herein, subject,to the limitations and additions set forth therein. SECOND DIRECTION OF, 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 '52 N. I. R B. 1428 '56 N L R B 1083 57 N.L.R B., No 99. 555 5556 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD Act, and pursuant to Article III, Section 9, of National Labor Rela- tions Board Rules and Regulations-Series 3, as amended, it is hereby DIRECTED that, as part of the investigation to ascertain representa- tives for the purposes of collective bargaining with Reliance Manu- facturing Co., Laurel, Mississippi, an election by secret ballot shall be conducted as early as possible, but not later than thirty (30) days from the date of this Second Direction, under the direction and supervision of the Regional Director for the Fifteenth Region, acting in this mat ter 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 in the unit heretofore found appropriate in Section IV of the Decision and Direction of Election issued on October 15, 1943,' who were employed during the pay-roll period immediately preceding- the date of this Second Direction, including employees who did not ` work during said pay-roll period because they were ill or on vacation or temporarily laid off, and including employees in the armed forces of the United States who present themselves in person" at the polls, but excluding any who have"since quit or been discharged for cause, and have not been rehired or- reinstated prior ,to the date of the election, to determine whether 'or not they desire to be represented by United Garment Workers of America, affiliated with the A. F. of L., for the purposes of collective bargaining.