American Sales Book Co., Inc.

In the Matter of AMERICAN SALES BOOK COMPANY, INC. and INTERNATIONAL TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION Case No. R-1799 CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES June 6,194.0 On May 7, 1940, the National Labor Relations Board, herein called the Board, issued a Decision and Direction of Election in the above- entitled proceeding.' Pursuant to the Direction of Election, an elec- tion by secret ballot was conducted on May 20, 1940, under the direction and supervision of the Regional Director for the Third Region (Buf- falo, New York). On May 21, 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 on the ballot. No objections to the conduct of the ballot or the Election Report had been filed by any of the parties. As to the balloting and its results, the Regional Director reported as follows : Total on eligibility list_ _____________________________________ 57 Total ballots cast__________________________________________ 59 Total valid ballots cast_____________________________________ 57 Ballots in favor of International Typographical Union________ 29 Ballots against International Typographical Union ------------ 28 Challenged ballots__________________________________________ 2 The Regional Director further reported that the two challenged ballots were cast by employees who were excluded from the appro- priate unit by stipulation of all the parties at the hearing in this proceeding and he recommended that these ballots be not counted in the final tabulation of votes. 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 23 N. L. B. B. 638. 24 N. L. R. B., No. 33. 283035-42-vol. 24-27 405 406 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that International Typographical Union has been designated and selected by a majority of the composing-room employees of American Sales Book Company, Inc., Niagara Falls, New York, excluding supervisors, clerks, proofreaders, mat readers, electroplater apprentices, and all other apprentices having less than one year's experience in composing-room work, as their representative for the purposes of collective bargaining, and that, pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the Act, International Typographical Union 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.