Georgia Duck & Cordage Mill

In the Matter of GEORGIA DUCK & CORDAGE MILL and TEXTILE WORKERS ORGANIZING COMMITTEE Case No. R-245 Mr. Walter G. Cooper, Jr., for the Board. Weekes & Candler, by Mr. John Wesley Weekes and Mr. Murphy Candler, Jr., of Decatur, Ga., for the Company. Mr. Frank A. Constangy, of Atlanta, Ga., for Textile Workers Organizing Committee. Mr. Abraham L. Kaminstein, of counsel to the Board. DIRECTION OF ELECTION August 27, 1937 The National Labor Relations Board, having found that a question affecting commerce has arisen concerning the representation of the production and maintenance employees of Georgia Duck & Cordage Mill, Scottdale, Georgia, and that such employees, exclusive of clerical and supervisory employees, constitute a unit appropriate for the purposes of collective bargaining within the meaning of Section 9 (b) of the National Labor Relations Act, 49 Stat. 449, and acting pursuant to the power vested in the National Labor Relations Board 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 the investigation authorized by the Board to ascertain representatives for the purposes of collective bargaining with Georgia Duck & Cordage Mill, 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 Tenth 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-Series 1, as amended, among the production and maintenance employees of Georgia Duck & Cordage Mill, exclusive of clerical and supervisory employees, on the pay roll of Georgia Duck & Cordage Mill for the week ending on July 17, 1937, to determine whether they desire to be represented by Textile Workers Organizing Committee for the purposes of collective bargaining. MR. EDWIN S. SMITH took no part in the consideration of the above Direction of Election. 443 444 NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD [SAME TITLE] AMENDMENT TO DIRECTION OF ELECTION September 1, 1937 On August 27, 1937, the National Labor Relations Board, herein called the Board, issued a Direction of Election in the above-entitled case, the election to be held within ten (10) days from the date of the Direction. Thereafter the Board was advised that the Company had temporarily ceased production,.but that it would resume normal op- erations, on September 7, 1937., All of the parties having agreed to a postponement of., the election until such resumption of normal operations, and having also stipu- lated that all employees working at any time during the week including July 27, 1937, shall be eligible to vote in said election, but that employees whose employment has permanently terminated since July 31, 1937, shall not be eligible to vote in said election, we hereby amend the Direction of Election issued on August 27, 1937, by strik- ing therefrom the words "within ten (10) days from the date of this Direction," and substituting therefor the Words, "within twenty (20) days from the date of this Direction," and also by striking therefrom the words "on the pay roll of Georgia Duck & Cordage Mill for the week ending on July 17, 1937," and substituting therefor the words "who 'have worked for Georgia Duck & Cordage Mill at any time during the week including July 27, 1937, exclusive of those whose employment has permanently terminated since July 31, 1937." Mr. EDWIN S. SMITI-I took no part in the consideration of the above Amendment to Direction of Election.