Naumkeag Steam Cotton Co.

In the Matter of NAUMKEAG STEAM COTTON COMPANY and TExTILE WORKERS ORGANIZING COMMITTEE, LOCAL No. 74 OF THE COMMITTEE FOR INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATION In the Matter of NAUMKEAG STEAM COTTON COMPANY and INDEPEND- ENT SHEETING WORKERS OF AMERICA IN BEHALF OF WILLIAM E. QUINN Cases Nos. R-1295 and R-1296, respectively CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES September 2, 1939 On July 8, 1939, the National Labor Relations Board, herein called the Board, issued its Decision and Direction of Election in the above- entitled proceedings., The Direction of Election directed that an election by secret ballot be conducted within 20 days from the date of the Direction under the direction and supervision of the Regional Director for the First Region (Boston, Massachusetts) among the employees of the Naumkeag Steam Cotton Company, Salem and Peabody, Massachusetts, including all the production, maintenance, shipping-room and stockroom employees, and watchmen of the Com- pany at its mill in Salem and at its bleachery in Peabody, who were employed by the Company at the time of the hearing herein, begin- ning February 16, 1939, and who had worked a total of 30 working days after September 1, 1938, including, however, regular employees who, except for illness or because of an accident which temporarily disabled them, would have worked 30 working days since September 1, 1938, but excluding persons who had since February 16, 1939, quit or been discharged for cause, and excluding also office and clerical employees, engineers, firemen, laboratory employees, truckmen, ex- ecutive employees, and supervisory employees with the rank of third hand or higher, to determine whether they desired to be represented, for the purposes of collective bargaining, by Independent Sheeting Workers of America or by Textile Workers Organizing Committee, affiliated with the Committee for Industrial Organization, or by neither. 113 N. L. R. B. 513. 15 N. L. R. B., No. 9. 61 62 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD Pursuant to the Direction of Election, an election by secret ballot was conducted on July 26, 1939. Full opportunity was afforded to all parties to the election to participate therein and to make chal- lenges. On July 27, 1939, the Regional Director, acting pursuant to Article III, Section 9, of National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series 2, issued an Election Report, copies of which were duly served on the parties. No objections or exceptions to the Election Report have been filed by any of the parties. As to the balloting and its results, the Regional Director reported as follows : Total Number Eligible to Vote____________________________ 3,3,110 Total Number of Ballots Cast ____________________________ 2,517 Total Number of Blank Ballots_ __________________________ 3 Total Number of Void Ballots____________________________ 1 Total Number of Challenged Ballots_______________________ Total Number of Ballots Cast for Independent Sheeting 15 Workers of America____________________________________ 1,1.51 Total Number of Ballots Cast for Textile Workers Organiz- ing Committee affiliated with the C. I. 0________________ 1,324 Total Number of Ballots Cast for Neither__________________ 38 On July 29, 1939, Textile Workers Union of America, Affiliated with the C. I. 0., by its attorneys, filed with the Board a motion to substitute the name "Textile Workers Union of America, Affiliated with the C. I. 0." for the name "Textile Workers Organizing Com- mittee, Local No. 74 of the Committee for Industrial Organization" in the above-entitled proceedings. On August 22 Textile Workers Union of America, Affiliated with the C. I. 0., by its attorneys, filed with the Board an amended motion to substitute, moving the Board to substitute the name "Textile Workers Union of America, Affiliated with the C. I. O." for the name "Textile Workers Organ- izing Committee, affiliated with the Committee for Industrial Organ- ization" as well as for the name "Textile Workers Organizing Com- mittee, Local No. 74 of the Committee for Industrial Organization." On August 10, 1939, the Board issued notices to all parties stating that the above-described "motion to substitute" would be granted on August 16, 1939, unless sufficient cause to the contrary should then appear. Thereafter, William E. Quinn filed with the Board a "Petition to dismiss `motion to substitute the name Textile Workers Union of America Affiliated with the C. I. O.' and objection to Certification in any form based on election held in the above cases upon decision of Board dated July 8, 1939" and requested a hearing on the said peti- tion. On August 24, 1939, the Board issued notices to all parties stating that a hearing would be held upon the amended motion and petition as described above, which notice was amended on August 29. NAUMKEAG STEAM COTTON COMPANY 63 Pursuant to the notices a hearing was held on August 31, 1939, before the Board at Washington, D. C. Textile Workers Union of America, Affiliated with the C. I. O. was represented and participated in the hearing. William E. Quinn did not appear at the hearing. Following the hearing and on the same day, the Board issued its order herein granting the amended motion to substitute the name "Textile Workers Union of America, Affiliated with the C. I. 0." for the names "Textile Workers Organizing Committee, affiliated with the Committee for Industrial Organization" and "Textile Work - ers Organizing Committee, Local No. 74, of the Committee for In- dustrial Organization" and denying the petition and objection filed by William E. Quinn. By virtue of and pursuant to the power vested in the National Labor Relations Board by Section 9 (c) of the National Labor Re- lations 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 Textile Workers Union of America, Affiliated with the C. I. 0., has been designated and selected by a majority of the employees of the Naumkeag Steam Cotton Com- pany, Salem and Peabody, Massachusetts, including all the produc- tion, maintenance, shipping-room and stockroom employees, and watchmen of the Company at its mill in Salem and at its bleachery in Peabody, but excluding office and clerical employees, engineers, firemen, laboratory employees, truckmen, executive employees, and supervisory employees with the rank of third hand or higher, as their representative for the purposes of collective bargaining, and that pursuant to the provisions of Section 9 (a) of the National Labor Relations Act, Textile Workers Union of America, Affiliated with the C. I. 0., 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.