Godchaux Sugars, Inc.

In the Matter of GODCHAUX SUGARS, INC. and SUGAR WORKERS' LOCAL UNION No. 21934, AFFILIATED WITH THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR Case No. R-1920 SUPPLEMENTAL DECISION AND CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES September 14, 1940 _ On August 2, 1940, the National Labor Relations Board, herein called the Board, issued a Decision and Direction of Election in the above-entitled proceedings., Pursuant to the Direction of Election an election by secret ballot was conducted on August 13, 1940, under the direction and supervision of the Regional Director for the Fifteenth Region (New Orleans, Louisiana). On August 16, 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 his Election Report. As to the balloting and its results, the Regional Director reported as follows : Total on eligibility list------------------------------------ 899 Total ballots cast---------------------------------------- 851 Total ballots challenged----------------------------------- 31 a. Challenged ballots determined eligible--------------- 2 b Challenged ballots determined not eligible------------ 2 Total blank ballots--------------------------------------- 2 Total void ballots---------------------------------------- 5 Total valid votes cast------------------------------------- 815 Total votes cast for Sugar Workers' Local Union No. 21934, affiliated with American Federation of Labor------------- 427 Total votes cast for Godchaux Sugars Employees Labor Coun- cil, Unaffiliated----------------------------------------- 344 Total votes cast for neither organization------------------- 42 On August 22, 1940, Godchaux Sugar Employees Labor Council, herein called the Council, filed with the Regional Director a "Protest of Election" containing objections to the conduct of the ballot and the 126 N L R B 33 ' 27 N. L. R. B., No. 48. 323428-42-vol. 27-16 225 226 , DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD Election Report. On August 28, 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 a report on the objections contained in the protest filed by the Council in which he recommended that the protest be dismissed as being without merit. . The Board has fully considered the objections filed by the Council and finds that they do not raise substantial or material issues with respect to the conduct of the ballot or the Election Report. The objec- tions are hereby overruled. CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES 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. IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that Sugar Workers' Local Union No. 21934, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, has been designated and selected by a majority of all production and maintenance em- ployees of Godchaux Sugars, Inc., at its Reserve, Louisiana, plant, including sugar boilers, ground and yard employees, narrow-gauge railroad employees, Servall department employees, electric-truck oper- ators, longshoremen, samplers, entrainment men, car knockers, tool- room employees, Willie Dent, J. S. Blunt, Clifford F. Landy, and Ernest Duhe, but excluding supervisory, agricultural and clerical em- ployees, checkers and weighers, lodging-house attendants, community- club employees, chemists and bench chemists, truck drivers and garage- men; welfare-department employees, watchmen, and employees listed in Appendices A and B of the Board's Decision and Direction of Elec- tion, as their representative for the purposes of collective bargaining, and that pursuant to the provisions of Section 9 (a) of the National Labor Relations Act, Sugar Workers' Local Union No. 21934, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, is the-exclusive representative of all such employees for the purposes of collective bargaining with respect to rates of pay, wages, hours of employment, and other condi- tions of employment.