Star-Times Publishing Co.

In the Matter Of STAR-TIMES PUBLISHING COMPANY and AMERICAN FEDERATION OF RADIO ARTISTS, ST. LOUIS LOCAL Case No. R-1891 CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES August 19, 1940 On July 16, 1940, the National Labor Relations Board issued its Decision and Direction of Election in the above-entitled proceeding.' Pursuant to the Direction of Election, an election by secret ballot was conducted on July 31, 1940, under the direction and supervision of the Regional Director for the Fourteenth Region (St. Louis, Missouri). On August 2, 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 and duly served upon the parties her Election Report. Full opportunity to participate in the conduct of the election and to make challenges was afforded all parties. No objections to the conduct of the ballot or to the Election Report have been filed by any of the parties. As to the balloting and its results the Regional Director reported as follows: (The number of employees who were eligible to vote was 19.) Total number of ballots cast______________________________ 11 Number of ballots voted "yes," that is, designating American Federation of Radio Artists, St. Louis Local, as representative for the purposes of collective bargaining------------------ 11 Number of ballots voted "no"_____________________________ 0 Number of ballots challenged______________________________ 0 Number of void ballots___________________________________ 0 Number of blank ballots_____________ _____________________ 0 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 American Federation of Radio Artists, St. Louis Local, has been designated and selected by a majority of the 1 25 N. L R. B. 492. 26 N. L. R. B., No. 82 763 764 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD staff and free-lance actors, singers, and announcers employed by Star-Times Publishing Company at radio station KXOK, St. Louis, Missouri, including Aubrey 2 B. Reid and clerical employees who do part-time work before the microphone in the employ of said Company as actors, singers, or announcers, but excluding "hillbillies" and Blaine Cornwell, as their representative for the purposes of collective bargaining, and that, pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the National Labor Relations Act, American Federation of Radio Artists, St. Louis Local, 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. I Erroneously spelled "Audrey " in the record and in the Direction of Election.