The Harris-Hub Ben and Spring Company, a Corporation, Carl Harris Company, a Corporation

In the Matter of THE HARRIS-HIIB BED AND SPRING COMPANY, A COR- PORATION, CARL HARRIS COMPANY, A CORPORATION and UNITED FURNITURE WORKERS OF AMERICA, LOCAL 1608 ( AFFILIATED WITII THE CONGRESS OF INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATIONS) Case No. R-1401 CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES August 29, 1939 On July 28, 1939, the National Labor Relations Board, herein called the Buard, issued a Decision and Direction of Election in the above-entitled proceeding.l The Direction of Election directed that an election by secret ballot be conducted among the production, maintenance, shipping and receiving room employees, and foremen who were on the pay rolls of Harris-Hub Bed and Spring Company and Carl Harris Company, herein called the Companies, for the week beginning May 1, 1939, including employees who did not work during such pay-roll period because they were ill or on vacation, and employees who were then or had since been temporarily laid off, but excluding supervisory employees other than foremen, clerical and office employees, watchmen, temporary employees, and em- ployees who had since quit or been discharged for cause, to deter- mine whether they desired to be represented by United Furniture Workers of America, Local 1608, affiliated with the Congress of Industrial Organizations, herein called the United, or by Mattress, Bedding and Spring Workers Union, Local 185, affiliated with the Upholsterers' International Union of America, and through it, with the American Federation of Labor, herein called Local 185, for the purposes of collective bargaining, or by neither. Pursuant to the Direction of Election an election by secret ballot was conducted on August 11, 1939, under the direction and super- vision of the Regional Director for the Thirteenth Region (Chicago, Illinois). On August 17, 1939, the Regional Director, acting pur_ suant to Article III, Section 9, of National Labor Relations Board' Rules and Regulations-Series 2, issued and duly served upon the parties an Intermediate Report on the Election. 1 13 N. L. R. B. 1236. 14 N. L. R. B., No. 91. 1169 1170 DECISION'S OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD The Regional Director reported the following results of the balloting : Total number of employees eligible to vote------------------ 215 Total number of ballots cast ------------------------------- 205 Total number of ballots cast for the United----------------- 142 Total number of ballots cast for Local 185----------------- • 30 Total number of ballots cast for neither organization--_---_- 12 Total number blank ballots-------------------------------- 0 Total number of void ballots------------------------------ 0 Total number of challenged ballots --- ---- '------------------ 21 With respect to the 21 challenged ballots, the Regional Director recommended that they be not opened because they could not affect the results of the election. No exceptions to the Intermediate Re- port have been filed by any of the parties. The Board hereby adopts the recommendations of the Regional Director regarding the chal- lenged ballots. By virtue of and pursuant to the power vested in the National Labor Relations Board by 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 2, IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that United Furniture Workers of America, Local 1608, affiliated with the Congress of Industrial Organizations, has been designated and selected by a majority of the production, maintenance, shipping and receiving room employees, and foremen of Harris-Hub Bed and Spring Company and Carl Harris Company, Cicero, Illinois, excluding supervisory employees other than fore- men, clerical and office employees, watchmen, and temporary em- ployees, as their representative for the purposes of collective bar- gaining, and pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the Act, United Furni- ture Workers of America, Local 1608, affiliated with the Congress of Industrial Organizations, 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.