The Eastern Box Co.

In the Matter of THE EASTERN Box COMPANY and BALTIMORE PAPER BOX AND MISCELLANEOUS WORKERS' UNION, No. 481 (A. F. L.) Case No. R=9d366 CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES April 18, 194,.1 On March 29, 1941, 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 April 8, 1941, under the direction and supervision of the Regional Director for the Fifth Region (Baltimore, Maryland.) On April 9, 1941, the Regional Di- rector, 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. No objections to the conduct of the ballot or the Election Report have been filed by any of the parties: As to the balloting and its results, the Regional Director reported as follows : - Total on eligibility list______________________________________ 187- Total ballots cast___________________________________________ 176 Total ballots challenged _____________________________________ 10 Total blank ballots__________________________________________ 0 Total void ballots__ _________________________________________ 0 Total valid ' votes cast________________________________________ 166 Votes cast for American Federation of Labor___________ _______ 118, Votes cast for The Eastern Box Workers ' Union_______________ 47 Votes cast for neither________________________________________ 1 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 American Federation of Labor has been designated and selected by a majority of all employees at the Baltimore 1 36 N L R B 673. 31 N. L. R. B., No. 15. 59 60 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD plant of The Eastern Box Company, Baltimore, Maryland, exclud- ing-clerical and supervisory employees, as their representative for the purposes of collective bargaining, and that, pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the Act, American Federation of Labor is the exclusive representa- tive of_ all' such employees' for, the purpose"s of collective bargaining in respect to rates"of-pay, wages,'houis of employment, and other con- ditions of employment.