Dreamland Bedding & Upholstery Co.

In the Matter of DREAMLAND BEDDING & UPHOLSTERY CO., JOHN HOEY COMPANY, PACIFIC FELT COMPANY , ROME Co., INC., RUTHERFORD & HOOD, SAN FRANCISCO BEDDING COMPANY , SUNSET FEATHER COM- PANY, WILSON & JANSEN and UNITED FURNITURE WORKERS OF AMERICA, CIO , # 262, FURNITURE WORKERS UNION #1541, A. F. OF L. Cases Nos. RE-7 to RE-13, inclusive CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES May 18, 1940 On April 19, 1940, the National Labor Relations Board, herein called the Board, issued its Decision and Direction of Elections 1 in the above-entitled proceedings. Pursuant to the Direction of Elections, elections by secret ballot were conducted among certain employees of Paul Spagnoli, an individual doing business as Dreamland Bedding & Upholstery Co.; Rutherford & Hood, a copartnership; Albert Strauch, an individual doing business as San Francisco Bedding Company; Sunset Feather Company, a corporation; and Wilson & Jansen, a copartnership, respectively, herein collectively called the Companies, all of San Francisco, California, under the direction and supervision of the Regional Director for the Twentieth Region (San Francisco, California). On April 30, 1940, the Regional Director, acting pursuant to Article III, Section 9, of National Labor Rela- tions Board Rules and Regulations-Series 2, as amended, issued and duly served upon the parties involved in the aforesaid elections respec- tive Election Reports on said elections. No objections to the conduct of the ballots or to the respective Election Reports have been filed by any of said parties. As to the balloting and its results among employees of the Com- panies, the Regional Director reported as follows : DREAMLAND BEDDING & UPHOLSTERY CO. Total number eligible to vote--------------------------------- 24 Number of votes for Furniture Workers Union, Local 1541, A. F. of L------------------------------------------------- 14 1 22 N. L R B 1120 23 N. L. R. B., No. 101. 948 DREAMLAND' BEDDING & UPHOLSTERY COMPANY 949 Number of votes for United Furniture Workers of America, Local 262, C. I. 0------------------------------------------ 6 Number of votes for neither---------------------------------- 0 TOTAL NUMBER OF BALLOTS COUN: ED--------- ------------------- 20 Number of blank ballots-------------------------------------- 0 Number of void ballots--------------------------------------- 0 Number of challenged ballots--------------------------------- 2 RUTHERFORD & HOOD Total number eligible to vote-------------------------------- 12 Number of votes for Furniture Workers Union, Local 1541, A. F. L--------------------------------------------------- It Number of votes for United Furniture Workers of America, Local 262, C. I 0----------------------------------------- 0 Number of votes for neither--------------------------------- 0, TOTAL NUMBER OF BALLOTS COUNTED--------------------------- 12 Number of blank ballots----- ---------------- 0 Number of void ballots ------------------------------------- = 0 Number of challenged ballots-------------------------------- 0 SAN FRANCISCO BEDDING COMPANY Total number eligible to vote------------------------------- 15 Number of votes fbr- Furniture -Workers Union, Local 1541, A. F. L---------------------------------------------------- 12 Number of votes for United Furniture Workers of America, Local 262, C. I. 0----------------------------------------- 0 Number of votes for neither--------------------------------- 0 TOTAL NUMBER OF VOTES COUNTED------------------------------ 12 Number of blank ballots------------------------------------ 0 Number of void ballots-------------------------------------- 0 Number of challenged ballots ------------- ------------------- 0 SUNSET FEATHER COMPANY' Total number eligible to vote------------------------------- 12 Number of votes for Furniture Workers Union, Local 1541, A, F. L--------------------------------------------------- 12 Number of votes for United Furniture Workers of America, Local 262, C. I 0----------------------------------------- 0 Number of votes for neither--------------------------------. 0 TOTAL NUMBER OF VOTES COUNTED------------------------------ 12 Number of blank ballots------------------------------------ 0 Number of void ballots-------------------------------------- 0 Number of challenged ballots-------------------------------- 2 2 The Election Report states that the challenged ballots were not counted so the total number eligible to vote must have been 14. Since the apparent error could nbt possibly affect the certification, we will disregard it. 283034-41-vol 23-61 950 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD WILSON & JANSEN Total number eligible to vote-------------------------------- 24 Number of votes for Furniture Workers Union, Local 1541, A. F. L--------------------------------------------------- 20 Number of votes for United Furniture Workers of America, Local 262, C. I. 0----------------------------------------- 1 Number of votes for neither--------------------------------- 0 TOTAL NU1II3ER OF VOTES COUNTED-------- -------------------- 21 Number of blank ballots------------------------------------ 0 Number of void ballots-------------------------------------- 0 Number of challenged ballots-------------------------------- 2 CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES T 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 Furniture Workers Union, Local #1541, United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, A.• F. of L., has been designated and selected by a majority of all employees` of Paul Spagnoli, an individual doing business as Dreamland Bed- ding & Upholstery Co., San Francisco, California, engaged in the fabricating, repairing, renovating, assembling, or handling of furni- ture and bedding or parts thereof, including foremen engaged gen- erally as working foremen, helpers, apprentices, maintenance men, and all other workers, but excluding employees listed in Appendix A, executives, salesmen, truck drivers, general office employees, ship- ping clerks, non-working foremen engaged generally in supervisory non-working duties, and foremen who take no part in the fabricating, repairing, renovating, assembling, or handling of furniture, bedding, or parts thereof, as their representative for the purposes of collective bargaining and that pursuant to Section 9, (a) of the Act, Furniture Workers Union, Local #1541, United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, A. F. of L., is the exclusive representative of all such employees for the purposes of collective bargaining with respect to rates of pay, wages, hours of employment, and other conditions of employment ; and IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that Furniture Workers Union, Local #1541, United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, A. F. of L., has been designated and selected by it majority of all employees of Rutherford & Hood, San Francisco, California, a copartnership, 8 See, Appendix A. DREAMLAND BEDDING & UPHOLSTERY COMPANY - 951 engaged in the fabricating, repairing, renovating, assembling, or han- dling of furniture and bedding or parts thereof, including foremen engaged generally as working foremen, helpers, apprentices, mainte- nance men, and all other workers, but excluding executives, salesmen, truck drivers, general office employees, shipping clerks, non-working foremen engaged generally in supervisory non-working duties, and foremen who take no part in the fabricating, repairing, renovating, assembling, or handling of furniture, bedding, or parts thereof, as their representative for the purposes of collective bargaining and that pursuant -to=Section 9 (a)' of the; Act, Furniture Workers Union, Local #1541, United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, A. F. of L., is the exclusive bargaining 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; and IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that Furniture Workers Union, Local #1541, United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, A. F. of L., has been designated and selected by a majority of all employees of Albert Strauch, San Francisco, California, an individual doing busi- ness as San Francisco Bedding Company, engaged in the fabricating, repairing, renovating, assembling, or handling of furniture and bed- ding or parts thereof, including foremen engaged generally as work- ing foremen, helpers, apprentices, maintenance men, and all other workers, but excluding executives, salesmen, truck drivers, general office employees, shipping clerks, non-working foremen engaged gen- erally in supervisory non-working duties, and foremen who take no part in the fabricating, repairing, renovating, assembling, or handling of furniture, bedding, or parts thereof, as their representative for the purposes of collective bargaining and that pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the Act, Furniture Workers Union, Local #1541, United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, A. F. of L., is, the exclusive bargaining 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; and IT Is HEREBY CERTIFIED that Furniture Workers Union, Local #1541, United Brotherhood. of Carpenters and Joiners'of America, A. F. of L., has been designated and selected by a majority of all employees of Sunset Feather Company, San Francisco, California, a corporation engaged in the fabricating, repairing, renovating, assembling, or handling of furniture and bedding or parts thereof, including fore- men engaged generally as working foremen, helpers, apprentices, maintenance men, and all other workers, but excluding executives, salesmen, truck drivers, general office employees, shipping clerks, non-working foremen engaged generally in supervisory non-working 052 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD duties, and foremen who take no part in the fabricating, repairing, renovating, assembling, or handling of furniture, bedding, or parts thereof, as their representative for the purposes of collective bargain- ing and that pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the Act, Furniture Workers Union, Local #1541, United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, A. F. of L., is the exclusive bargaining 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; and IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that Furniture Workers Union, Local #1541, United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, A. F. of L., has been designated and selected by a majority of all em- ployees of Wilson & Jansen, San Francisco, California, a copartner- ship engaged in the fabricating, repairing, renovating, assembling, or handling of furniture and bedding, or parts thereof, including fore- men engaged generally as working foremen, helpers, apprentices, maintenance men, and all other workers, but excluding executives, salesmen, truck drivers, general office employees, shipping clerks, non-working foremen engaged generally in supervisory non-working duties, and foremen who take no part in the fabricating, repairing, renovating, assembling, or handling of furniture, bedding, or parts thereof, as their representative for the purposes of collective bargain- ing and that pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the Act, Furniture Workers Union, Local #1541, United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, A. F. of L., is the exclusive bargaining 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. L. Anclremi R. Andremi P. Barreras Pete Bacigalupi T. Chiesa Ed Cuaresina T. Dabster M. Dudimer J. Gladyzs K. Gibbons APPENDIX A G. Gasper M. Hitt Win. Kennaugh F. Lagorio N. Rozinko A. Waite R. Landree N. Copeland A. Hallstrom