Georgia Art Supply Co.

In the Matter of GEORGIA ART SUPPLY COMPANY and INTERNATIONAL WooDwoRxERs OF AMERICA , C. I. O. Case No. R-3143.-Decided October 29,1941 Investigation and Certification of Representatives : stipulation for certification of representatives upon consent election. Mr. Earle K. Shawe, for the Board. Mr. K. E. Edwards, of Atlanta, Ga., for the Company. Mr. C. H. Gillman, of Atlanta, Ga., for the Union. Mr. Frederic B. Parkes, 2nd, of counsel to the Board. DECISION AND CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES STATEMENT OF THE CASE On September 13, 1941, International Woodworkers of America, CIO, herein called the Union, filed with the Regional Director for the Tenth Region (Atlanta, Georgia) a petition alleging that a question affecting commerce had arisen concerning the representation of em- ployees of Georgia Art Supply Company, herein called the Company, engaged in the manufacture of picture frame moldings and frames at Atlanta, Georgia, and requesting an investigation and certification. of representatives, pursuant to Section 9 (c) of the National Labor .Relations Act, 49 Stat. 449, herein called the Act. On September 15, 1941, the National Labor Relations Board, herein called the Board, acting pursuant to Section 9 (c) of the Act, and Article III, Section 3, of National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series 2, as amended, ordered an investigation and authorized the Regional Director to conduct it and to provide for an appropriate hearing upon due notice. On September 15, 1941, the Board, the Company, and the Union entered into a "Stipulation for Certification of Representatives Upon Consent Election." Pursuant to the stipulation, an election by secret ballot was con- ducted on September 19, 1941, under the direction and supervision of the Regional Director, among all production and maintenance em- ployees of the Company, excluding working foremen and all other 30 N. L. R. B., No. 99. 498 GEORGIA ART SUPPLY COMPANY 499 supervisory employees, clerical employees and salesmen, to determine whether or not said employees desired to be represented by the Union for the purposes of collective bargaining with the Company. On September 23, 1941, the Regional Director 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 the results thereof, the Regional Director reported as follows : Total number eligible--------------------------------------- 45 Total ballots cast------------------------------------------- 43 Total number of ballots cast for International Woodworkers of America, C. I. 0--------------------------------------- 41 Total number of ballots cast against International Woodwork- ers of America, C. I. 0------------------------------------- 1 Total number of challenged ballots--------------------------- 0 Total number of void ballots--------------------------------- 1 Total number of blank ballots------------------------------- 0 Upon the basis of the stipulation, the Election Report, and the entire record in the case, the Board makes the following : FINDINGS OF FACT 1. A question affecting commerce has arisen concerning the repre- sentation of employees of Georgia Art Supply Company, Atlanta, Georgia, within the meaning of Section 9 (c) and Section 2 (6) and (7) of the Act. 2. All production and maintenance employees of the Company, excluding working foremen and all other supervisory employees, clerical employees and salesmen, constitute a unit appropriate for the purposes of collective bargaining, within the meaning of Section 9 (b) of the Act. 3. International Woodworkers of America, C. I. 0.; has been desig- nated and selected by a majority of the employees in the above unit as their representative for the purposes of collective bargaining, and is the exclusive representative of all the employees in said unit, within the meaning of Section 9 (a) of the Act. CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES 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, IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that International Woodworkers of America, C. I. 0., has been designated and selected by a majority of all produc- tion and maintenance employees of Georgia Art Supply Company, 500 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD Atlanta, Georgia, excluding working foremen and all other super= visory employees, clerical employees and salesmen, as their repre- sentative for the purposes of collective bargaining, and that, pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the National Labor Relations Act, International Woodworkers of America, 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.