Western Consumers Feed Co.

In the Matter Of WESTERN CONSUMERS FEED Co. and I. L. W. U. GRAIN, PRODUCE HANDLERS AND WAREHOUSEMEN'S LOCAL UNION No. 1-79, C. I. O. 1 1 Case No. R-1761 CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES May 14, 1940 On April 8, 1940, the National Labor Relations Board issued a Decision and Direction of Election in this proceeding.' Pursuant to the Direction of Election, an election by secret ballot was conducted on April 20, 1940, under the direction and supervision of the Regional Director for the Twenty-first Region (Los Angeles, California). On April 22, 1940, the Regional Director, acting pursuant to Article III, Section 9, of National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regula- tions-Series 2, as amended, issued an Election Report, copies of which were duly served upon the parties. As to the balloting and its results, the Regional Director reported as follows : Total number eligible to vote_________________________________ 32 Total number of ballots cast__________________________________ 31 Total number of valid votes cast___________________________ 31 Total number of votes for I. L. W. U. Grain, Produce Handlers and Warehousemen's Local Union No. 1-79, C I. 0_________ 14 Total number of votes for Teamsters Union No. 692, A. F. of .L__ 16 Total number of votes for neither__________________________ 1 Total number of challenged ballots___________________________ 0 Total number of blank ballots________________________________ 0 Total number of void ballots_________________________________ 0 No objections to the conduct of the ballot or the Election Report have been filed by any of the parties. 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 Regulations-Series 2, as amended, 1 22 N L. R. B. 746. 23 N. L. R. B., No. 79. 785 786 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that International Brotherhood of Team- sters, Chauffeurs, Stablemen and Helpers, Local 913, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, has been designated and selected by a majority of all truck drivers, maintenance men, warehousemen, and processors employed by Western Consumers Feed Co., Hynes, California, excluding supervisory, clerical, and office employees, 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, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauf- feurs, Stablemen and Helpers, Local 913, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, is the exclusive representative of all such em- ployees for the purposes of collective bargaining in respect to rates of pay, wages, hours of employment, and other conditions of employment. [SAME TITLE] AMENDMENT TO DECISION AND DIRECTION OF ELEC- TION AND CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES May 24, 1940 On April 8, 1940, the National Labor Relations Board issued a Decision and Direction of Election and on May 14, 1940, a Certifica- tion of Representatives in the above-entitled proceeding. In the section entitled "Statement of the Case" and in section II of the Decision the local number of one of the labor organizations involved was erroneously stated. In the Certification of Representa- tives the name of the labor organization certified was set forth in its long form instead of the short form set forth in the Direction of Election and which appeared on the ballot pursuant to the request of said labor organization. Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Decision and Direction of Election be, and the same hereby is, amended by striking from the section en- titled "Statement of the Case" and from section II of the Decision the words "Local 913" and substituting therefor the words "Local 692"; and IT Is FURTHER ORDERED that the Certification of Representatives be, and the same hereby is, amended by striking therefrom the words "International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Stablemen and Helpers, Local 913, affiliated with the American Federation of La- bor," wherever they appear, and substituting therefor the words "Teamsters Union No. 692, A. F. of L." 23 N. L. R. B., No. 79a.