Planters Manufacturing Co., Inc.

In the Matter Of PLANTERS MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC. and UNITED VENEER BOX AND BARREL WORKERS UNION, C. I. O. In the Matter Of PLANTERS MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC. and UNITED VENEER BOX AND BARREL WORKERS UNION, C. I. O. Cases Nos. C-467 and R-448, respectively CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES December 9, 1939 On December 20, 1938, the National Labor Relations Board, herein called the Board, issued a Decision, Order and Direction of Election in the above-entitled proceedings., On January 20, 1939, thei Board issued an Amendment to Direction of Election,2 and on November 2, an Amended Direction of Election.3 Pursuant to the Amended Direction of Election, an election by secret ballot was conducted on November 21, 1939, under the direction and supervision of .the Regional Director for the Fifth Region (Baltimore, Maryland): On November 24, 1939, the Regional Director, acting pursuant to Article III, Section 9, of National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regu- lations-Series 2, issued and duly served upon the parties his Election Report. No objections to the conduct of the ballot or 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------ ------------------------ 553 Total number of ballots cast -------------------------------- 439 Total number of ballots counted -------------------------- 438 Total number of votes in favor of Local Industrial Union, No. 485, C. I. 0.---------------------------------------- 383 Total number of votes against afore-mentioned Union --------- 55 Total number of blank votes -------------------------------- 0 Total number of void ballots---- ---------------------------- 1 Total number of challenged votes- --------------------------- 0 10 N. L. R. B. 735. $10 N. L. R. B. 762. $ 17 N. L. R. B. 145. 18 N. L. R. B., No. 32. 220 PLANTERS' MA'NTJEA,CTU'RINIG COMPANY, INTO. 221 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 Regula- tions-Series 2, IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that Local Industrial Union No. 485, C. I: 0., has been designated and selected by a majority of the employees of Planters Manufacturing Company, Inc., Portsmouth, Virginia, ex- cluding supervisory and clerical employees, as their representative for the purposes of collective bargaining and that, pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the National Labor Relations Act, Local Industrial Union No. 485, 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.