Oppenheimer Casing Co.

In the Matter of OPPENHEIMER CASING COMPANY, A CORPORATION and UNITED PACKINGHOUSE WORKERS OF AMERICA, LOCAL No. 75, THROUGH PACKINGHOUSE WORKERS ORGANIZING COMMITTEE, AFFILI- ATED WITH THE CONGRESS OF INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATIONS Case No. IB-1353 CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES October 26, 1939 On July 7, 1939, the National Labor Relations Board, herein called the Board, issued a Decision and Certification of Representatives 1 in the above-entitled proceeding. On September 26, 1939, the Board issued a Supplemental Decision and Direction of Election.2 The Direction of Election provided that an election by secret ballot be conducted within fifteen (15) days from the date of the Direction among employees of Oppenheimer Casing Company, herein called the Company, in the sewing and casing departments of its plant No. 5, Chicago, Illinois, in the unit found by the Board to be ap- propriate, who were employed by the Company during the pay-roll period immediately preceding the date of the Direction, including employees who did not work during such pay-roll period because they were ill or on vacation, to determine whether they desired to be represented by United Packinghouse Workers of America, Local No. 75, through Packinghouse Workers Organizing Committee, affiliated with the Congress of Industrial Organizations, or by Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America, Local 116, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, for purposes of collective bargaining, or by neither. Pursuant to the Direction of Election an election by secret ballot was conducted on October 10, 1939, at Chicago, Illinois, under the direction and supervision of the Regional Director for the Thirteenth Region (Chicago, Illinois). On October 12, 1939, the Regional Director, acting pursuant to Article III, Section 9, of National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series 2, issued and 113 N. L. R. B. 600. 2 15 N. L. R. B. 671. 16 N. L. R. B., No. 48. 469 470 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD duly served upon the parties his Election Report. No objections to the conduct of the ballot or 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------------------------------ 104 Total Number of Ballots Cast-------------------------------- 87 Total Number of Ballots Cast for United Packinghouse Work- ers of America, Local No. 75, through Packinghouse Workers Organizing Committee, Affiliated with the Congress of Indus- trial Organizations---------------------------------------- 77 Total Number of Ballots Cast for Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America, Local 110, Affili- ated with the American Federation of Labor--------------- 2 Total Number of Ballots Cast for Neither-------------------- 7 Total Number of Protested Ballots-------------------------- 0 Total Number of Blank Ballots----------------------------- 0 Total Number of Void Ballots------------------------------- 1 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 2, IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that United Packinghouse Workers of America, Local No. 75, Through Packinghouse Workers Organizing Committee, Affiliated with the Congress of Industrial Organizations, has been designated and selected by a majority of the production employees of the Company in the sewing and casing departments of its plant No. 5, Chicago, Illinois, excluding foremen, assistant foremen, administrative, supervisory, clerical, and office employees, watchmen, delivery men, and truck drivers and their assistants, as their representative for purposes of collective bargaining' and pur- suant to Section 9 (a) of the Act United Packinghouse Workers of America, Local No. 75, Through Packinghouse Workers Organizing Committee, Affiliated with the Congress of Industrial Organizations, is the exclusive representative of all such employees for the purpose of collective bargaining in respect to rates of pay, wages, hours of employment, and other conditions of employment. MR. WILLIAM M. LErsExsoN took no part in the consideration of the above Certification of Representatives.