Iowa Poultry Producers Marketing Association

In the Matter of IOWA POULTRY PRODUCERS MARKETING ASSOCIATION and UNITED PACKING HOUSE WORKERS OF AMERICA, LOCAL UNION No. 1 OF THE PACKING HOUSE WORKERS 'ORGANIZING COMMITTEE,' AFFILIATED WITH THE C. I. O. and AMALGAMATED MEAT CUTTERS AND BUTCHER WORKMEN OF NORTH AMERICA, LOCAL UNION No. 591, AFFILIATED WITH THE A. F. OF L. Case No. RE-1 CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES - March 20,1940 On January 30, 1940, the National Labor Relations Board issued its Decision and Direction of Election in the above-entitled proceed- ing.' Pursuant to the Direction of Election an election by secret ballot was conducted on February 27, 1940, under the direction and supervision of the Regional Director for the Eighteenth Region (Minneapolis, Minnesota). On February 29, 1940, the Regional Di- rector, 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. The Regional Director reported as to the results of the balloting as follows : Total number eligible-------------------------.------------- 47 Total number of ballots cast--------------------------------- 27 Total number of votes counted------------------------------- 27 Total number of ballots cast for Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America, Local Union No 591 (A. F. of L.) --------------------------------------------- 10 Total number of ballots cast for United Packing House Workers of America, Local Union No. 1 of Packing House Workers Organizing Committee (C. I. 0.) --------------------------- 11 Total number of ballots cast for neither of the above organiza- tions----------------------------------------------------- 0 Total number of blank ballots-------------------------------- 0 Total number of void ballots-------------------------------- 0 Total number of challenged ballots--------------------------- 0 119 N. L. R. B. 1063. 21 N. L. R. B, No. 79. 782' IOWA POULTRY PRODUCERS MARKETING ASS'N 783 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, as amended, - IT Is HEREBY-CERTIFIED that Amalgamated. Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America, Local Union No. 591, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, has been designated and selected by a majority of the production and maintenance employees of Iowa Poultry Producers Marketing Association, Ottumwa, Iowa, including the day and night engineers, but excluding foremen, working foremen, the city salesman, and office, clerical, and supervisory employees, as their representative for the purposes of collective bargaining, and that, pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the National Labor Relations Act, Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America, Local Union No. 591, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, 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.