Joseph Black & Sons Co.

In the Matter of JOSEPH BLACK & SONS Co. and AMERICAN FEDERATION OF HOSIERY WORKERS Case No. R-2531 CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES July 16,1941 On May 22, 1941, the National Labor Relations Board issued a De- cision and Direction of Election," and on June 9, 1941, a Supplemental Decision and Amendment to Direction of Election 2 in the above-enti- tled proceeding. Pursuant to the Direction of Election, as amended, an election by secret ballot was cgnducted on June 20, 1941, under the direction and supervision of the Regional Director for the Fourth Region (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania). On June 24, 1941, the Re- gional 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 bal- lot. No objdctions 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------------------------------------- 405 Total Ballots Cast------------------------------------------ 356 Total Valid Ballots Cast------------------------------------- 353 Ballots Cast for Umted Textile Workers of America, affiliated with the A. F. of L---------------------------------------- 178 Ballots Cast for American Federation of Hosiery Workers, affiliated with the C.I 0----------------------------------- 168 Ballots Cast for Neither------------------------------------ 7 Challenged Ballots------------------------------------------ 2 Void Ballots----------------------------------------------- 1 Blank Ballots---------------------------------------------- 0 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, 132 N. L. R. B., No. 15. 2 32 N. L. R. B, No. 8. 33 N. L. R. B., No. 93. 481 482 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD IT is HEREBY CERTIFIED that United Textile Workers of America, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, has been designated and selected by a majority of all production and maintenance employ- ees of Joseph Black & Sons Co., York, Pennsylvania, including ship- ping-department employees, but excluding firemen, watchmen, and supervisory and clerical employees, as their representative for the pur- poses of collective bargaining, and that pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the National Labor Relations Act, United Textile Workers of America, 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.