Barclay Compress Co., Inc.

j In the Matter of BARCLAY COMPRESS Co.. INC., SHIPPERS' COMPRESS & WAREHOUSE, INC., COTTON TRADE WAREHOUSES , INC., FEDERAL COMPRESS & WAREHOUSE Co., NEW ORLEANS COMPRESS, INC. and INTERNATIONAL LONGSHOREMEN & WAREHOUSEMEN'S UNION, AFFILI- ATED WITH C. I. O. Cases Nos. R-1250 to R-1254, inclusive CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES April 25, 1939 On March 8 , 1939, the National Labor Relations Board, herein called the Board , issued a Decision and Direction of Elections in the above entitled cases.' The Direction of Elections directed that elections by secret ballot be conducted within thirty (30) days from the date of the Direction , as follows : ( 1) among the employees of Barclay Compress Co., Inc., who are drivers , press hands (tyers, head sewers and bond reefers), samplers and common laborers, ex- cluding supervisory, office, or clerical employees, to determine whether they desire to be represented by the C. I. O. or the A. F. of L. for the purposes of collective bargaining, or by neither; (2) among the employees of Shippers ' Compress & Ware- house, Inc., who are drivers, press hands (tyers, head sewers and bond reefers ), samplers, and common laborers , excluding supervisory, office, or clerical employees , to determine whether they desire to be represented by the C. I. O. or the A. F. of L. for the purposes of collective bargaining , or by neither ; (3) among the employees of Cotton Trade Warehouses, Inc., who are drivers, press hands (tyers, head sewers and bond reefers ), samplers, and common laborers, ex- cluding supervisory, office, or clerical employees , to determine whether they desire to be represented by the C. I. O. or the A. F. of L. for the purposes of collective bargaining, or by neither; (4) among the employees of Federal Compress & Warehouse Co., who are drivers, press hands (tyers, head sewers and bond reefers), samplers, and common laborers , excluding supervisory, office, or cler- ical employees, to determine whether they desire to be represented by the C. I. O. or the A. F. of L. for the purposes of collective '11 N. L.R.B 1014. 12 N. L. R. B., No. 55. 462 BARCLAY COMPRESS CO., INC. 463 bargaining, or by neither; and (5) among the employees of New Or- leans Compress, Inc., who are drivers, press hands (tyers, head sewers and bond reefers), samplers, and common laborers, excluding supervisory, office, or clerical employees,-to determine whether they desire to be represented by the C. I. O. or the A. F. of L. for the purposes of collective bargaining, or by neither. Pursuant to the Direction, elections by secret ballot were conducted under the direction and supervision of the Regional Director for the Fifteenth Region. Full opportunity was afforded all parties to this investigation to participate in the conduct of the secret ballot and to make challenges. Thereafter said 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 and on April 10, 1939, an amended Intermediate Report upon the secret ballot. No objections or exceptions to the amended Intermediate Report have been filed by any of the parties. As to the balloting and its results, the Regional Director reported as follows : 1. BARCLAY COMPRESS Co., INC. Total number of employees eligible to vote__________________ 92 Total number of votes cast________________________________ 62 Total number of votes for International Longshoremen and Warehousemen's Union, affiliated with C. I. 0_____________ 62 Total number of votes for International Longshoremen's As- sociation, Locals 1594 and 1496, affiliated with A. F. of L__ 0 Total number of votes for neither organization______________ 0 Total number of blank ballots______________________________ 0 Total number of void ballots_______________________________ 0 Total number of challenged ballots__________________________ 0 Total number of spoiled ballots_____________________________ 0 2. SHIPPERS' COMPRESS & WAREHOUSE, INC. Total number of employees eligible to vote__________________ 71 Total number of votes cast_________________________________ 40 Total number of votes for International Longshoremen and Warehousemen's Union, affiliated with C. I. 0------------ 40 Total number of votes for International Longshoremen's As- sociation, Locals 1594 and 1496, affiliated with A. F. of L___ 0 Total number of votes for neither organization______________ 0 Total number of blank ballots______________________________ 0 Total number of void ballots________________________________ 0 Total number of challenged ballots_________________________ - 0 Total number of spoiled ballots_____________________________ 0 464 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD 3. COTTON TRADE WAREHOUSES, INC. Total number of employees eligible to vote___________________ 128 Total number of votes cast __________________________________ 71 Total number of votes for International Longshoremen and Warehousemen's Union, affiliated with C. I. 0_____________ 61 Total number of votes for International Longshoremen's Asso- ciation, Locals 1594 and 1496, affiliated with A. F. of L______ 10 Total number of votes for neither organization_______________ 0 Total number of blank ballots_______________________________ 0 Total number of void ballots________________________________ 0 Total number of challenged ballots__________________________ 0 Total number of spoiled ballots_______________________________ 0 4. FEDERAL COMPRESS & WAREHOUSE CO. Total number of employees eligible to vote___________________ 44 Total number of votes cast_________________________________ 37 Total number of votes for International Longshoremen and Warehousemen's Union, affiliated with C. I. 0______________ 37 Total number of votes for International Longshoremen's Asso- ciation, Locals 1594 and 1496, affiliated with A. F. L--------- 0 Total number of votes for neither organization_______________ 0 Total number of blank ballots_______________________________ 0 Total number of void ballots________________________________ 0 Total number of challenged ballots__________________________ 0 Total number of spoiled ballots___________ ___________________ 0 5. NEW ORLEANS COMPRESS COMPANY Total number of employees eligible to vote------------------- 465 Total number of votes cast__________________________________ 308 Total number of votes for International Longshoremen and Warehousemen's Union, affiliated with C. I. 0______________ 308 Total number of votes for International Longshoremen's Asso- ciation, Locals 1594 and 1496, affiliated with A. F. of L______ 0 Total number of votes for neither organization_______________ 0 Total number of blank ballots_______________________________ 0 Total number of void ballots________________________________ 0 Total number of challenged ballots__________________________ 0 Total number of spoiled ballots_____________________________ 0 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 International Longshoremen and Ware- housemen's Union, affiliated with C. I. 0., has been designated and selected by a majority of the employees at Barclay Compress Co., Inc., who are drivers, press hands (tyers, head sewers and bond reefers), samplers, and common laborers, excluding supervisory, office, and clerical employees, as their representative for the purposes of collec- BARCLAY COMPRESS CO., INC. 465 tive bargaining and that, pursuant to the provisions of Section 9 (a) of the Act, International Longshoremen and Warehousemen's Union, affiliated with C. I. 0., is the exclusive representative of all such employees for the purposes of collective bargaining in respect to wages, rates of pay, hours of work, and other conditions of em- ployment. IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that International Longshoremen and Ware- housemen's Union, affiliated with C. I. 0., has been designated and selected by a majority of the employees at Shippers' Compress & Warehouse, Inc., who are drivers, press hands (tyers, head sewers and bond reefers), samplers, and common laborers, excluding super- visory, office, and clerical employees, as their representative for the purposes of collective bargaining and that, pursuant to the provisions of Section 9 (a) of the Act, International Longshoremen and Ware- housemen's Union, affiliated with C. I. 0., is the exclusive representa- tive of all such employees for the purposes of collective bargaining in respect to wages, rates of pay, hours of work, and other conditions of employment. IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that International Longshoremen and Ware- housemen's Union, affiliated with C. I. 0., has been designated and selected by a majority of the employees at Cotton Trade Warehouses, Inc., who are drivers, press hands (tyers, head sewers and bond reef- ers), samplers, and common laborers, excluding supervisory, office, and clerical employees, as their representative for the purposes of collective bargaining and that, pursuant to the provisions of Section 9 (a) of the Act, International Longshoremen and Warehousemen's Union, affiliated with C. I. 0., is the exclusive representative of all such employees for the purposes of collective bargaining in respect to wages, rates of pay, hours of work, and other conditions of employment. IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that International Longshoremen and Ware- housemen's Union, affiliated with C. I. 0., has been designated and selected by a majority of the employees at Federal Compress & Ware- house Co., who are drivers, press hands (tyers, head sewers and bond reefers), samplers, and common laborers, excluding supervisory, of- fice, and clerical employees, as their representative for the purposes of collective bargaining and that, pursuant to the provisions of Section 9 (a) of the Act, International Longshoremen and Warehousemen's Union, affiliated with C. I. 0., is the exclusive representative of all such employees for the purposes of collective bargaining in respect to wages, rates of pay, hours of work, and other conditions of employment. IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that International Longshoremen and Ware- housemen's Union, affiliated with C. I. 0., has been designated and 466 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD selected by a majority of the employees at New Orleans Compress Company, who are drivers, press hands (tyers, head sewers and bond reefers), samplers, and common laborers, excluding supervisory, office, ' and clerical employees, as their representative for the purposes of col- lective bargaining and that, pursuant to the provisions of Section 9 (a) of the Act, International Longshoremen and Warehousemen's Union, affiliated with C. I. 0., is the exclusive representative of all such employees for the purposes of collective bargaining in respect to wages, rates of pay, hours of work, and other conditions of employment.