Kalamazoo Paper Co.

In the Matter of KALAMAZOO PAPER COMPANY and LOCAL 52, , INTER- NATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF PAPER MAKERS , AFFILIATED WITH THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR Case No. R-075 CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES April 21, 19111 On March 3, 1941, the National Labor Relations 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 March 27, 1941, under the direction and super- vision' of the Regional Director for the Seventh Region (Detroit, Michigan). On March 31, 1941, the Regional Director, acting pur- suant 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 -------------------------------------- 689 Total ballots cast--------------- --------------- --------------- ------------ 665 Total ballots challenged------------------------------------- 0 Total blank ballots ----------------------------------------- 0 Total void ballots------------------------------------------- I Total valid ballots cast_____________________________________ 664 Votes cast for Local 52, Int'l Brotherhood of Paper Makers, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor ---------- 564 Votes cast against Local 52, Int'l Brotherhood of Paper Makers, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor ----------- 100 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, 1 30 N L R B 49 31 N. L. R B., No. 30. 178 I KALAMAZOO PAPER COMPANY 179 IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that Local 52, International Brotherhood of Paper Makers, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, has been designated and selected by a majority of all hourly rate pro- duction and maintenance employees engaged in actual production employed by Kalamazoo Paper Company, Kalamazoo, Michigan, ex- cluding firemen and oilers, watchmen, general office employees, fore- men, superintendents, and supervisory employees with the power to hire and discharge, for the purposes of collective bargaining, and that, pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the Act, Local 52, International Brotherhood of Paper Makers, affiliated with the American Federa- tion 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 conditions of employment. 441843-42-vol. 31-13