Grand Rapids Cabinet Co.

In the Matter -of GRAND RAPIDS CABINET COMPANY and UNITED FURNITURE WORKERS OF AMERICA AFFILIATED WITH THE CONGRESS OF INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATIONS Case No. R-2724 CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES September 17,1941 On July 31, 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 August 29, 1941, under the direction and supervision of the Regional Director for the Seventh Region (Detroit, Michigan). On August 30, 1941, the Regional Director, acting pursuant to Article III, Section 9, of National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regula- tions-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 --------------------------------------- 82 Total valid votes cast________________________________________ 77 Total ballots challenged______________________ --------------- 0 Total blank ballots___________________________________________ 0 Total void ballots____________________________________________ 0 Total valid votes cast_______________________________________ 77 Votes cast for United Furniture Workers of America, C. I. 0.___ 40 Votes cast against United Furniture Workers of America, C. I. O. 37 By virtue of and pursuant to the power vested in the National La- bor 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 United Furniture Workers of America, affiliated with the Congress of Industrial Organizations, has been designated and selected by a majority of all production and mainte- nance employees of Grand Rapids Cabinet Company, Grand Rapids, 1 33 N L. R. B. 1002. 35 N. L. R. B., No. 108. 474 GRAND RAPIDS CABINET COMPANY 475 Michigan, including stock-room employees, but excluding superin- tendents, foremen, employees in the engineering department, office employees, and truck drivers, as their representative for the purposes of collective bargaining , and that, pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the Act, United Furniture Workers of America, affiliated with the Con- gress of Industrial Organizations, is the exclusive representative of all such employees for the purposes of collective bargaining in re- spect to rates-of pay, wages, hours of employment, and other conditions of employment.