Hood Rubber Co., Inc.

In the Matter of HOOD RUBBER COMPANY, INC. and RUBBER WORK- ERS FEDERAL LABOR UNION No. 21914 (AFL) Case No. R-160 CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES March 09, 1940 On February 16, 1940, the National Labor Relations Board, herein called the Board, issued its Decision, Direction of Election, and Order in the above-entitled proceeding.' Pursuant to the Direction of Election, an election by secret ballot was conducted on March 13 and 14, 1940, under the direction and supervision of the Regional Director for the First Region (Boston, Massachusetts). On March 15, 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 Re- port on the ballot. 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-------------------------- 3,267 Total number of valid votes cast---------------------- 2,916 Total number of ballots cast for Rubber Workers Fed- eral Labor Union No 21914 (AFL) ----------------- 1,560 Total number of ballots cast for United Rubber Workers of America ( CIO) ----------------------------------- 189 Total number of ballots cast for, Arrow Rubber Pro- tective Association ----------------------------------- Total number of ballots cast for none of the afore- 501 menioned organizations ----------------------------- 666'- Total number- of blank ballots------------------------ 5 Total number of void ballots-------------------------- 8 Total number of challenged ballots-------------------- 6 By virtue of and pursuant to the power vested in the National Labor Relations Board by Section 9 (c) of the National Labor Re- lations 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, 120 N L R B 485. 22 N L. R. B., No. 11 109 110 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that Rubber Workers Federal Labor Union No. 21914, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, has been designated and selected by a majority of the production and main- tenance employees on an hourly or piece-rate basis at the Watertown plant of Hood Rubber Company, Watertown, Massachusetts, includ- ing non-supervisory instructors, warehouse and shipping employees, and employees in the Hood retail store , but excluding executive supervisory employees, watchmen, office employees , and technical ad- visers, as their representative for the purposes of collective bargain- ing, and that pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the Act, Rubber Workers Federal Labor Union No. 21914, affiliated with the American Federa- tion 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.