Fruehauf Trailer Co. of Kansas, Inc.

In the Matter of FRUEHAUF TRAILER COMPANY OF KANSAS, INC., and LOCAL #652, INTERNATIONAL UNION UNITED AUTOMOBILE WORKERS OF AMERICA, AFFILIATED WITH THE A. F. OF L. Case No. R-1919 CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES August 26, 1940 On July 22, 1940, the National Labor Relations Board, herein called the Board, issued its Decision and Direction of Election in the above-entitled proceeding.' Pursuant to the Direction of. Elec- tion, an election by secret ballot was conducted on July 31, 1940, under the direction and supervision of the Regional Director for the Seventeenth Region (Kansas City, Missouri). On August 1, 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 to the proceedings his Election Report Upon Secret Ballot. No objections to the con- duct of the ballot or the Election Report Upon Secret Ballot have been filed by any of the parties. As to the balloting and the results thereof, the Regional Director reported -as follows: Total number of persons on eligibility list----------------- 124 Total ballots cast-------------------------------------- 115 Total valid ballots cast--------------------------------- 111 Total number of votes for Local #652, International Union United Automobile Workers of America, affiliated with the A. F. of L------------------------ ----------- 100 Total number of votes for International Union United Auto- mobile Workers of America, affiliated with the C. I. O--_ 9 Total number of votes for neither Local #652, International Union, United Automobile Workers of America, affiliated with the A. F. of L., nor International Union United Auto- mobile Workers of America, affiliated with the C. I. O--- 2 Total ballots challenged-------------------------------- 4 Total blank votes-------------------------------------- 0 Total void ballots------------------------------------- 0 125 N. L. R. B. 236. 26 N. L. R. B., No. 125. 1351 1352 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD 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 Local #652, International Union United Automobile Workers of America, affiliated with the A. F. of L., has been designated and selected by a majority of all production employees of Fruehauf Trailer Company of Kansas , Inc., Wyandotte County, Kansas, excluding office employees, timekeeper , watchmen, administrative employees , stock clerk , superintendent's clerk, chief inspector, chief receiving clerk, assistant receiving clerk, engineer, office ;janitor , assistant foremen, and any employees occupying higher supervisory positions , as their representative for the purposes of col- lective bargaining , and that, pursuant to the provisions of Sec- tion 9 (a) of the National Labor Relations Act, Local #652 , Inter- national Union United Automobile Workers of America, affiliated with the A. F. of L., 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 employ- ment.