Baby Line Furniture Co.

In the Matter of BABY LINE FURNITURE COMPANY, AND THE AUTO-, MATIC TENSION SCREEN COMPANY and FURNTTURE WORKERS UNION, LOCAL 1561, AFFILIATED WITH CARPENTERS AND JOINERS UNION, A. F. L., AND UNITED FURNITURE WORKERS OF AMERICA, LOCAL 576, AFFILIATED WITH C. I. O. Case No. RE-14 SUPPLEMENTAL DECISION, AND ORDER September 3, 1940 On July 24, 1940, the National, Labor Relations Board, herein called the Board, issued a Decision and Direction of Elections in the above-entitled proceeding,' and on August 7, 1940, an amendment to the Direction of Elections.2- Pursuant to the Direction of Elections, elections by secret ballot were conducted on August 14, 1940, under the direction and supervision of the Regional Director for the Twenty-first Region (Los Angeles, California). On August 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 Report. No objections to the conduct of the ballot or to the Elec- tion Report have been filed by any of the parties. As to the balloting and its results, the Regional Director reported as follows : BABY LINE FURNITURE COMPANY Total number eligible to vote_______________________________ 48 Total number of ballots cast_______________________________ 47 Total number of valid votes cast___________________________ 46 Total number of votes for United Furniture Workers of America, Local 576, 0. I. 0_________________________________ 17 Total number of votes cast for United Brotherhood of Car- penters and Joiners of America, A: F. L___________________ 2 Total number of votes for neither ------ r------------------- 27 Total number•of challenged ballots___________________________ 1 Total number of blank ballots______________________________ 0 Total number of void ballots_______________________________ 0 125 N. L. R. B. 809. 2 26 N. L. R. B. 215 27 N. L. B. B., No. 10. 58 BABY LINE FURNITURE COMPANY 59 AUTOMATIC TENSION SCREEN COMPANY, INC. Total number eligible to vote______________________________ 33 Total number of ballots cast______________________________ 26 Total number of valid votes cast____________________________ 26 Total number of votes for United Brotherhood of Carpenters` and Joiners of America, A. F. L__________________________ 2 Total number of votes cast against United Brotherhood of Car- penters and Joiners of.America, A. F. L____________________ 24 Total number of challenged ballots___________________________ 0 Total number of blank ballots_____________________________ 0 Total number of void ballots________________________________ 0 The results of the elections show that no collective bargaining representative has been selected by a majority of the employees. The petition for investigation and certification of representatives of employees of Baby, Line Furniture Company and The Automatic Tension Screen Company will therefore be dismissed. ORDER By virtue of Section 9 (c) of the National Labor Relations Act, 49 Stat. 449, and pursuant to Article III, Sections 8 and 9, of Na- tional Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series 2, as amended, IT I6 HEREBY oRDERE1 that the petition for investigation and certi- fication of representatives of employees of Baby Line Furniture Company and The Automatic Tension Screen Company, both of Los Angeles, California, filed by Baby Line Furniture Company and The Automatic Tension Screen Company, be, and it hereby is, dismissed.