The Barre Wool Combing Company, Ltd.

In the Matter of THE BARRE WOOL COMBING COMPANY, LIMITED and FEDERAL LABOR UNION No. 21928, TEXTILE WORKERS, AFFILIATED WITH THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR Case No. R-1580 CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES March 14, 1940 On January 29, 1940, the National Labor Relations Board issued a Decision and Direction of Election 1 in the above -entitled proceed- ings. Pursuant to the Direction of Election an election by secret ballot was conducted on February 15 and 21, 1940, under the direction and supervision of the Regional Director for the First Region (Bos- ton, Massachusetts ). On February 23, 1940, the Regional Director, acting pursuant to Article III, Section 9, of National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series 2, as amended, issued and duly served upon the parties an 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------------------------- .----- 674 Total number of valid ballots cast ------------------------- 652 Total number of blank ballots ----------------------------- 0 Total number of void ballots _______________________________ 0 Total number of challenged ballots ------------------------- 29 Total number of ballots cast for Federal Labor Union No. 21928, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor __-_ 241 Total number of ballots cast for Textile Workers Union of America, affiliated with the Congress of Industrial Organi- zations ------------------------------------------------- 406 Total number of ballots cast for neither of the above-named labor organizations______________________________________ 5 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, 119 N. L. R. B. 1008. 21 N. L. R. B., No. 61. 653 654 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD of National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series 2, as amended, IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that Textile Workers Union of America, affiliated with the Congress of Industrial Organizations, has been designated and selected by a majority of the production and main- tenance employees of the Barre Wool Combing Company, Limited, Barre, Massachusetts, excluding executives, overseers; section, hands, office workers, timekeepers, clerks, salaried employees, and company police, as their representative for the purposes of collective bargaining and that, pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the Act, Textile Workers Union of America, affiliated with the Congress of Industrial Organi- zations, 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.