Stockholders Publishing Co., Inc.

In the Matter of STOCKHOLDERS PUBLISHING COMPANY, INC. and Los ANGELES NEWSBOYS LOCAL INDUSTRIAL UNION No. 75, C. I. O. In the Matter of HEARST PUBLICATIONS, INCORPORATED (Los ANGELES EVENING HERALD & EXPRESS DEPARTMENT) and Los ANGELES NEWS- BOYS LOCAL INDUSTRIAL UNION No. 75, C. I. O. In the Matter of TIMES MIRROR Co. and Los ANGELES NEWSBOYS LOCAL INDUSTRIAL UNION No. 75, C. I. O., In the Matter of HEARST PUBLICATIONS, INCORPORATED (Los ANGELES EXAMINER DEPARTMENT ) and Los ANGELES NEWSBOYS LOCAL INDUS- TRIAL UNION No. 75, C. I. O. Cases Nos. R-1923 to R-1926, inclusive CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES October 20, 1941 On January 9, 1941, the National Labor Relations Board, herein called the Board, issued a. Decision and Direction of Elections in the above-entitled proceedings.' Pursuant to the Direction of Elections and various amendments. thereto,2 an election by secret ballot was conducted on May 15, 1941, under the direction and supervision of the Regional Director for the Twenty-first Region (Los Angeles, Cali- fornia), among employees of Hearst Publications, Incorporated (Los Angeles Examiner Department), Los Angeles, California, herein called the Los Angeles Examiner 3 On September 26, 1941, the Board issued a Supplemental Decision and Direction,' which, inter alia, directed the Regional Director to open and count the challenged `ballots cast by 93 persons named in the Supplemental Decision and Direction. On October 3, 1941, the Regional Director, acting pur- 128 N. L. R. B., No. 151. 2 29 N. L. R. B., No. 16; 29 N. L. R. B ., No. 1.6a; 30 N . L. R. B., No . 110; 30 N. L. R. B., No. 110a; 31 N. L . R. B., No. 115. $ Pursuant to the said Decision and Direction of Elections , as amended, separate elec- tions were also conducted on May, 14 and 15, 1941, among employees of Stockholders Publishing Company, Inc., Hearst Publications , Incorporated ( Los Angeles Evening Herald & Express Department ) and The Times Mirror Company, all of Los Angeles , California. On July 30, 1941, the Board issued its Supplemental Decision and Certification of Repre- sentatives based upon the results of the said elections (33 N. L. R. B., No. 188). '' 35 N. L. R. B., No. 179. 36 N. L. R. B., No. 51. 285 286 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD suant to Article III, Section 9, of National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series 2, as amended, issued his Supplemental Election Report, copies of which were duly served upon the Los Angeles Examiner and upon Los Angeles Newsboys Local Industrial Union No. 75, C. I. O. In_his Supplemental Election Report the Regional Director reported that on October 1, 1941, he opened and counted the challenged ballots referred to, and that the final tabulation of the result of the balloting was as follows : Total on eligibility list_ _____________________________________ 453 Total ballots cast------------------------------------------ 5321 Total ballots challenged____________________________________ 153 Total challenged ballots counted----------------------------- 91 Opened challenged ballots not counted_______________________ 3 Total challenged ballots not counted------------------------- 62 Total votes for Los Angeles Newsboys Local Industrial Union No. 75, C. I. 0------------------------------------------ ''_61 Total votes against Los Angeles - Newsboys Local Industrial Industrial Union No. 75, C. I. O____________________________ 95 The Regional Director reported that the 3 challenged ballots which were opened pursuant to said Supplemental Decision and Direction but not counted were ballots for an election held among employees of another employer. . No objections to the counting of the challenged ballots or to the Supplemental Election Report have been. filed by any of the parties. 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, IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that Los Angeles Newsboys Local Industrial Union No. 75, C. I. 0., has been designated and selected by a majority of all employees of Hearst Publications, Incorporated (Los Angeles Examiner Department), Los Angeles, California, who are newsboys engaged in the street sale of the Examiner at established spots 4 or more hours a day, 5 or more days a. week, within Los Angeles, Cali- fornia, excluding temporary newsboys, as their representative for the purposes'of collective bargaining, and that, pursuant to the pro- 5In the Board's Supplemental Decision and Direction of'September 26, 1941, we stated that *the Regional ' Director reported that the ballots cast totaled 320 and that the chal- lenged ' ballots totaled 152. In. his Supplemental Election Report the Regional 'Director reported that 1 of the challenge envelopes contained 2 ballots , so that in fact 321 ballots had been cast, 153. 'of which had been challenged . The extra ballot referred to was found to be for an election among employees of another employer and was therefore, as stated below, not counted. . STOCKHOLDERS PUBLISHING COMPANY, INC. 287 visions of Section 9 (a) of the Act, Los Angeles Newsboys Local Industrial Union No. 75, C. I. 0., is the exclusive representative of all such employees for the purposes of collective bargaining in respect to rates of pay, wages, hours of employment, and other conditions of employment. MR. GERAxn D. REILLY took no part in the consideration of the above Certification of Representatives.