Industrial Rayon Corp.

In the Matter of INDUSTRIAL RAYON CORPORATION, A DELAWARE COR- PORATION, and TEXTILE WORKERS ORGANIZING COMMITTEE Case No. C-188 In the Matter of INDUSTRIAL RAYON CORPORATION, A DELAWARE COR- PORATION, and INDUSTRIAL RAYON CORPORATION OF VIRGINIA, A VIRGINIA CORPORATION, and TEXTILE WORKERS ORGANIZING COM- MITTEE Case No. R--156 Appearances : Case No. C-188 Mr. Harry Lodish for the Board. Tolles, Hogsett & Ginn, by Mr. W. T. Kinder, Mr. Thomas N. Harman, and Mr. Leslie Nichols, of Cleveland, 0., for Industrial Rayon Corporation. Mr. Arthur A. Miller, of Cleveland, O., and Mr. Arthur P. Mc- Nulty, of New York City, for Textile Workers Organizing Com- mittee. Mr. J. C. Calhoun, of Cleveland, 0., for Employees Association of Industrial Rayon Corporation. Mr. Frederick P. Mett, of counsel to the Board. Case No. P-156 Mr. Philip Levy for the Board. Tolles, Hogsett c Ginn, by Mr. Grover Higgins and Mr. Thomas M. Harman, of Cleveland, 0., for Industrial Rayon Corporation any l Industrial Rayon Corporation of Virginia. Mr. Arthur P. McNulty, of New York City, for Textile Workers Organizing Committee. Mr. J. C. Calhoun, of Cleveland, 0., for Employees Association of Industrial Rayon Corporation. Mr. Frederick P. Mett, of counsel to the Board. DIRECTION OF ELECTIONS (Case No. R-156) July 9, 1937 Having ordered the above-captioned matters consolidated for all purposes and having found upon examination of the records in said matters that a question affecting commerce has arisen concerning the 8 DECISIONS AND ORDERS 9 representation of all of the employees of Industrial Rayon Corpora- tion, Cleveland, Ohio, except supervisory, clerical and salaried em- plnyees, that a question affecting commerce has also arisen concerning the representation of all of the employees of the Industrial Rayon Corporation of Virginia, Covington, Virginia, except supervisory, clerical and salaried employees, that each of the aforesaid groups or employees as to which a question affecting commerce concerning representation has arisen constitutes a unit appropriate for the pur- poses of collective bargaining within the meaning of Section 9 (b) of the National Labor Relations Act, and that the Employees Asso- ciation of Industrial Rayon Corporation is not a bona fide labor organization such as is entitled to a place on a ballot in an election ordered by the National Labor Relations Board, the National Labor Relations Board, acting pursuant to the power vested in it by Section 9 (c) of said Act, and pursuant to Article III, Section 8 of National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations,-Series 1, as amended hereby DIRECTS that, as part of its investigation to ascertain representa- tives for the purposes of collective bargaining with the Industrial Rayon Corporation, Cleveland, Ohio, an election by secret ballot shall be conducted within a period of ten (10) days after the date of this Direction of Election, under the direction and supervision of the Regional Director for the Eighth Region, acting in this matter as the agent of the National Labor Relations Board and subject to Article III, Section 9 of said Rules and Regulations, among all of the employees of the Industrial Rayon Corporation, except supervisory, clerical and salaried employees, on its payroll at any time during the week immediately preceding May 17, 1937, to determine whether or not they desire to be represented by the Textile Workers Organizing Committee for the purposes of collective bargaining with the Indus- trial Rayon Corporation; DIRECTS that, as part of its investigation to ascertain representa- tives for the purposes of collective bargaining with the Industrial Rayon Corporation of Virginia, Covington, Virginia, an election by secret ballot shall be conducted within a period of ten (10) days after the date of this Direction of Election, under the direction and super- vision of the Regional Director for the Eighth Region, acting in this matter as agent of the National Labor Relations Board and subject to Article III, Section 9 of said Rules and Regulations, among all of the employees of the Industrial Rayon Corporation of Virginia, except supervisory, clerical and salaried employees, on its payroll at any time during the week immediately preceding March 29. 1937. to determine whether or not they desire to be represented by the Textile Workers Organizing Committee for the purposes of collective bargaining with the Industrial Rayon Corporation of Virginia.