Julius Kayser & Co.

In the Matter Of JULIUS KAYSER & Co and UNITED TEXTILE WORKERS OF AMERICA, A F. OF L. Case No R-376.2 SECOND DIRECTION OF ELECTION - July 14,19412 0 On June 5, 1942, the National Labor Relations Board, her em called the Board, issued its Decision and Direction of Election in the above- entitled proceeding 1 Pursuant to the Direction of Election, an elec- tion by secret ballot was conducted on June 29, 1942, under the direc- tion and supervision of the Regional Director for the Third Region (Buffalo, New York), and on June 30, 1942, the said Regional Director issued an Election Report, copies of which were duly served upon the parties. No objections were filed to the said Election Report by any of the parties - As to the balloting and the results thereof, the Regional Director reported as follows. Total on eligibility list__ ____________________________________ 163 Total ballots cast___________________________________________ 136 Total ballots challenged_____________________________________ 0 Total blank ballots__________________________________________ 1 Total void ballots------------------------------------------- 0 Total valid Notes counted___________________________________ 135 Votes cast for United Textile Woikeis of America, A F of L___ 50 Votes cast for Textile Workers Union of America, C I 0-------- 61 Votes cast for Neithet --------------------------------------- 24 On July 3 and July 6, 1942, respectively, United Textile Workei s of America, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, and Tex- tile Workers Union of America, affiliated with the Congress of Indus- trial Organizations, requested the Board to direct a run-off election Although neither of the competing labor organizations received a majority of the votes cast, the results of the election show that a sub- stantial majority of the employee-, desire to bargain collectively with the Company Accordingly, we shall du ect a run-off election among those-employees eligible to vote tinder our Decision and Direction of Election of June 5, 1942, to decide whether they desire to be repiesented by United Textile-Workers of America, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, of by Textile Woikeis Union of America, affili- 1 41 N L R B 751 42 N L R B, No 95 435 436 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD ated with the Congress of Industrial Organizations , foi the purposes of collective bargaining - SECOND DIRECTION OF ELECTION By virtue of and pursuant to the power vested in the National Labor Relations Boaid by Section 9 (c) of the National Labor. Relations Act, and pursuant to^Aiticle III, Sections 88 and 9, of National Labor Rela- tions Board Rules and Regulations-Series 2, as amended , it is hereby DIRECTED that, as part of the investigation to ascertain representa- tives foi the purposes of collective bargaining with Julius Kayser & Co, Walton, New York, an election by secret ballot shall be conducted as soon as possible , but not latei than thnty ( 30) days fiom the date of this Second Direction of Election , under the direction and super- vision of the Regional Director for the Third Region, acting in this matter as agent for the National Labor Relations Board, and subject to Article III, Section 9', of said Rules :i ,nd Regulations , among the employees described in the Decision and Direction of Election issued on June 5, 1942 , but excluding- those who have since quit or been dis- charged for cause, to determine whether they desire to be represented by United Textile Workers of America , affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, or by Textile Workers Union of America , affili- ated with the Congress of Industrial Organizations, for the purposes of collective bargaining