Union Tanning Co.

In the Matter of UNION TANNING COI1PANY and, UNION TANNING COMPANY EMPLOYEES' ASSOCIATION Case No. R-195/ SUPPLEMENTAL DECISION AND CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES September 24, 19.40 On August 10, 1940, the National Labor Relations Board, herein called the Board, issued a Decision and Direction of Election in the above-entitled proceeding.' Pursuant to the Direction of Election, an election by secret ballot was conducted on September 4, 1940, under the direction and supervision of the Regional Director for the Third Region (Buffalo, New York). On September 5, 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 on the ballot. As to the balloting and its results, the Regional Director reported as follows : Total' on eligibility list___________________________________ 135 Total ballots cast---------------------------------------- 131 Total ballots challenged___________________________________ None Total blank ballots_______________________________________ None Total void ballots------------ --------------------------- 1 Total valid votes cast_____________________________________ 130 Votes cast for Union Tanning Company Employees' Association--------------------------------------------- 86 Votes cast for International Fur and Leather Workers Union of United States and Canada, affiliated with the C. I. O.___ 41 Votes cast for neither_____________________________________ 3 On September 12, 1940, International Fur and Leather Workers Union of United States and Canada, herein called the International, filed with the Regional Director Objections to Conduct of Ballot and Election Report. On September 19, 1940, the Regional Director, 1 26 N L -B. B. 484. 27 N. L. R. B., No. 93. 435 436 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD acting pursuant to Article III, Section 9, of National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series 2, as amended, issiied a Report on Objections. We have considered the objections of the International and the Regional Director's Report thereon and we are of the opinion that the Objections raise no substantial and material issues with respect to the conduct of the election. The Objections are hereby overruled. 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 Union Tanning Company Employees' Association has been designated and selected by a ,majority of the production and maintenance employees on an hourly basis of Union Tanning Company, Salamanca, New York, excluding supervisory and clerical employees, as their representative for the purposes of collective bargaining, and that, pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the Act, Union Tanning Company Employees' Association 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.