American Woolen Co.

In the Matter of AMERICAN WOOLEN COMPANY and UNITED TEXTILE WORKERS OF AMERICA, LOCAL No. 2625, A. F. OF L. Case No. R-0471 CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES July 8, 1941 - On May 22, 1941, the National Labor Relations Board issued its Decision and Direction of Election 1 and on May '28, 1941, issued its Supplemental Decision and Amendment to Direction of Election 2 in the above-entitled proceeding. Pursuant to the Direction of Election, as amended, an election by secret ballot was conducted on June 10, 1941, under the direction and supervision of the Regional Director for the Third Region (Buffalo, New York). On June 11, 1941, the Regional Director, acting pursuant to Article III, Section 9, of National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series' 2, as amended, issued an Election Report, copies of which were duly served upon the parties. No objections to the conduct of the ballot or to the Election Report were filed by any of the parties.. As to the balloting and the results thereof, the Regional Director reported as follows : Total on eligibility list------------------------------------- 1,044 Total ballots cast----------------------1------------------- 1,006 Total ballots challenged------------------------------------ 8 Total blank ballots---------------------------------------- 5 Total void ballots---------------------------- ' Total valid votes cast-------------------------------------- . 991 Total votes cast for United Textile Workers of America, Local 2625, A. F. of L-------------------------------------- Total votes cast for Textile Workers Union of America, 799 C. I. 0--------------------------------,--------------- 108 Total votes cast for neither------------------------------- 84 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, . 1 32 N. L. R. B. 1. 2 32 N. L. R. B. 8. 33 N. L. R. B., No. 48. 187 188 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD IT IS HEREBY ' CERTIFIED that United Textile Workers of America, Local No. 2625, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, has been. designated and selected by a majority of all production and maintenance employees of American Woolen Company, Fulton, New York, including clerical employees in the production and maintenance departments, but excluding executives, managers, submanagers, su- . perintendents, assistant superintendents, foremen, overseers, assistant foremen, assistant overseers, second hands, section hands, not regu- larly engaged in productive processes, office employees, watchmen, and porters, 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, United Textile . Workers of America, Local No. 2625, 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 conditions of employment.