John Morrell & Co.

In the Matter Of JOHN MORRELL & Co. and UNITED PACKING HOUSE WORKERS, LOCAL INDUSTRIAL UNION No. 32 Case'No. 8-283' Mr. Stephen M. Reynolds for the Board. Mr. George F. Heindel, of Ottumwa, Iowa, for John Morrell & Co. Mr. Don W. Harris, of Des Moines, Iowa, for United Packing House Workers, Local Industrial Union No. 32. Mr. J. C. Stoner, of Chicago, Ill., for Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of America, Local No. 236. Mr. E. K. Bekrnan, of Ottumwa, Iowa, for Employees Associa- tion of John Morrell & Company. Mr. Harry A. Sellery, Jr., of counsel to the Board. DIRECTION OF ELECTION October 14, 1937 The National Labor Relations Board, having found upon an exam- ination of the record of the above matter that a question affecting commerce has arisen concerning the representation of employees at the Ottumwa plant of John Morrell & Co., Ottumwa, Iowa, and that the production and maintenance employees at the Ottumwa plant of the said Company during the pay-roll period ending June 12, 1937, exclusive of clerical help, superintendents, foremen and sub-foremen, and all, others in a supervisory capacity, machinist clerks, watchmen, firemen, policemen, truck and tractor operators, timekeepers, storeroom clerks, and stockyard workers, 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 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 represent- atives for the purposes of col'lective' bargaining with John Morrell & Co., an election by secret ballot shall be conducted within a period of fifteen (15) days after the date of this Direction of Election, under the direction and supervision of the Regional Director for the Thirteenth Region, acting in this matter as the agent' of the 815 816 NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD National Labor Relations Board and subject to Article III, Section 9 of said Rules and Regulations-Series 1, as amended, among the pro- duction and maintenance employees at the Ottumwa plant of the said Company who were on the pay-roll records of the said Company on July 12, 1937, excluding all clerical help, superintendents, fore- men and' subforemen, and all others in a 'supervisory 'capacity, machinist clerks, watchmen, firemen, 'policemen, truck and tractor operators, timekeepers, storeroom clerks, and stockyard workers, and excluding also those employees who have since quit or been dis- charged for cause, to determine whether they desire to be repre- sented by United Packing House Workers, Local'Industrial Union No. 32, or Amalgamated Meat Cutters ; and Butcher Workmen of America, Local No. 236, for the purposes of collective bargaining, or by neither. ' [SAME TITLE] AMENDED DIRECTION OF ELECTION October 21, 1937, The National Labor Relations Board, having found upon an exam- ination of the record of the above matter that a question affecting commerce has arisen concerning the representation of employees at the Ottumwa plant of John Morrell & Co., Ottumwa, Iowa,,and that the production and maintenance employees, at the Ottumwa plant of the said Company during the pay-roll period ending June, 12, 1937, exclusive of clerical help,, superintendents, foremen ,and sub- foremen, and all others in, a supervisory capacity,, machinist clerks, watchmen, firemen, policemen, truck and, tractor operators, time- keepers, storeroom, clerks, and stockyard workers, 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 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.. , Dn cTs that, as part of its investigation, to ascertain representa- tives for the purposes of collective bargaining with John Morrell &, Co., an election by secret ballot, shall be conducted within •a period of fifteen (15) days after the date of this Direction of Election, under the direction and, supervision of the Regional Director for the Thirteenth 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 at the Ottumwa plant of the said Com- DECISIONS AND ORDERS 817 pany who were on the pay-roll records of the said Company on June 12, 1937, excluding all clerical help, superintendents, foremen and sub-foremen, and all others in a supervisory capacity, machinist clerks, watchmen, firemen, policemen, truck and tractor operators, timekeepers, storeroom clerks, and stockyard workers, and excluding also those employees who have since quit or been, discharged for cause, to determine whether they desire to be represented by United Pack- ing House Workers, Local Industrial Union No. 32, or Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of America, Local No. 236, for the purposes of collective bargaining, or by neither. This Amended Direction of Election shall supersede the Direction of Election heretofore issued on.October 14, 1937.1 ISup) a, p 815.