Swift & Co.

In the Matter of SWIFT & COMPANY and UNITED AuToiuoBILE WORKERS OF AMERICA, LOCAL No. 265 In the Matter of SWIFT & COMPANY and UNITED PACKING HOUSE WORKERS L. I. UNION No. 328 AFFILIATE C. I. O. Cases Nos. C-484 and R-805, respectively SUPPLEMENTAL DECISION AND ORDER July 7, 1938 On May 20, 1938, the National Labor Relations Board issued a Decision, Order, and Direction of Election in the above-entitled pro- ceeding.' The Direction of Election provided that an election by secret ballot be held among employees of Swift and Company, Evans- ville, Indiana, herein called the Company, in certain departments of its Evansville, Indiana, plant, who Were employed by the Company during the pay-roll period next preceding the date of said Direction, excluding employees in certain specified positions and those who had since quit or been discharged for cause, to determine whether or not they desired to be represented by United Packing House Workers, Local Industrial, Union No. 328, for the purposes of collective bar- gaining. Pursuant to the Direction, an election by secret ballot was conducted on June 4, 1938, at Evansville, Indiana, under the direction and super- vision of the Regional Director for the Eleventh Region (Indian- apolis, Indiana). Full opportunity was accorded all of the parties to the investigation to participate in the conduct of the secret ballot and to make challenges. On June 6, 1938, the Regional Director, acting pursuant to Article III, Section 9, of National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series 1, as amended, issued and duly served upon the parties an Intermediate Report upon the ballot. No excep- tions to the Intermediate Report have been filed by any of the parties. '7 N. L. R. B. 287. 8 N. L. R. B., No. 15. 131 117213-39-vol. 9-10 132 NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD As to the balloting and its results the Regional Director reported as follows : Total number of employees eligible to vote------------------ 362 Total number of employees voted ____________________________ 354 Total number of valid votes cast____________________________ 319 Total number of votes for the United Packing House Workers, Local Industrial Union No. 328, affiliated with C . I. O------ 99 Total number of votes against the United Packing House Work- ers, Local Industrial Union No . 328, affiliated with C. I. O---- 220 Total number of blank ballots__ ____________________________ 0 Total number of void ballots ________________________________ 0 Total number of challenged ballots__________________________ 35 The results of the election show that no collective bargaining repre- sentative has been selected by a majority of the employees. The peti- tion for investigation and certification of representatives of employees of Swift and Company will therefore be dismissed. ORDER By virtue of Section 9 (c) of the National Labor Relations 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 of nnn that the petition for investigation and certifi- cation of representatives of employees of Swift and Company, Evans- ville, Indiana, filed by United Packing House Workers, Local Industrial Union No. 328, be, and it hereby is, dismissed.