California Wool Scouring Co.

In the Matter of CALIFORNIA WOOL SCOURING COMPANY and TEXTILE WORKERS ORGANIZING COMMITTEE Case No. R-447 CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES July 6, 1938 On March 4, 1938, the National Labor Relations Board , herein called the Board, issued a Decision and Direction of Election in the above-entitled proceeding,, On March 21 , 1938, the Board issued an Amendment to Direction of Election .' On May 21, 1938, the Board issued a Second Amendment to Direction of Election.3 The Direction of Election , as amended , provided that an election by secret ballot be conducted on or before June 7, 1938, among all employees of California Wool Scouring Company, San Francisco, California, herein called the Company , who were on the pay roll of the Company on September 30, 1937 , excluding executives of the rank of foreman and above, clerical workers, and those who had since quit or been discharged for cause , to determine whether they desired to be repre- sented by Textile Workers Organizing Committee or Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen, Local 508, for the purposes of collective bargaining, or by neither. Pursuant to the Direction of Election , as amended, an election by secret ballot was conducted on June 7, 1938, at San Francisco, Cali- fornia, under the direction and supervision of the Regional Director for the Twentieth Region (San Francisco, California). Full op- portunity was accorded to all of the parties to this investigation to participate in the conduct of the ballot and to make challenges. On June 16, 1938, the Regional Director, acting pursuant to Article III, Section 9, of National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regula- tions-Series 1, as amended, issued and duly served upon the parties her 'Intermediate Report on the secret ballot. No objections or ex- ceptions to the Intermediate Report have been filed by any of the parties. 15 N. L. R. B. 782. 2 6 N. L. R. B. 101. 8 7 N. L. R. B. 350. 8 N. L. R. B., No. 11. 98 DECISIONS AND ORDERS 99 As to the balloting and its results, the Regional Director reported as follows : Number of votes for Textile Workers Organizing Committee, C. I. 0--------------------------------------------------- 12 Number of votes for .Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen, Local No. 508, A. F. of L----------------------- 22 Number of votes for neither of the above organizations-------- 1 Total number of ballots counted---------------------------- 35 Number eligible to vote------------------------------------- 45 There were no blank, void, or challenged ballots. By virtue of and pursuant to the power vested in the National Labor Relations Board by Section 9 (c) of the National Labor Rela- tions Act, 49 Stat. 449, and pursuant to Article III, Sections 8 and 9, of National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series 1, as amended, IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED, that Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen, Local 508, has been selected by a majority of all employees of California Wool Scouring Company, San Francisco, California, excluding executives of the rank of foreman and above and clerical workers, as their representative for the purposes of col- lective bargaining, and that, pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the Act, Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen, Local 508, is the exclusive representative of all such employees for the purposes of collective bargaining in respect to rates of pay, wages, hours of employment, and other conditions of employment. 117213-39-vol. 8-8