Elkland Leather Co., Inc.

In the Matter of ELKLAND LEATHER COMPANY, INC. and UNITED LEATHER WORKERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION, AFFILIATED WITH THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR Case No. R-2368 CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES October 29, 191.1 On April 7, 1941, the National Labor Relations Board, herein called the Board, issued its Decision and Direction of Election' in the above- entitled proceeding. Pursuant to the Direction of Election, an elec- tion by secret ballot was conducted on April 28, 1941, under the direction and supervision of the Regional Director for the Fourth Region (Phil- adelphia, Pennsylvania). On September 19, 1941, the Board issued a Supplemental Decision and Direction which, inter alia, directed the Regional Director to open and count eleven challenged ballots! On September 26, 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 his Supplemental Election Report, copies of which were duly served upon the parties. In his Supplemental Election Report, the Regional Director reported that on September 24, 1941, the eleven challenged ballots referred to were opened under his supervision. As to the results of the challenged ballots counted, the Regional Director reported as follows : Total challenged and mailed ballots ordered by the Board to be opened and counted--------------------------- ------ 11 Ballots cast for International Fur & Leather Workers' Union, Local 37, C . 1. 0------------------------------------------- 3 Ballots cast for United Leather Workers' International Union, A. F. L-------------------------- --------------- 7 Ballots cast for neither ------------------------------------ r 1 Blank ballots----------------------------------------------- 0 Void ballots------------------------------------------------ 0 1 30 N. L. R. B., No. 138. 2 35 N. L. It. B., No. 126. 36 N. L. R. B., No. 105. 512 ELKLAN'D LEATHER COMPANY) INC. 513 As to the final tabulation of the result of the balloting, the Regional Director reported as follows : Total on eligibility list-------------------------------------- 813 Total ballots cast------------------------------------------- 798 Total -valid ballots cast------------------------------------- 784 Total ballots cast for United Leather Workers' International Union, A. F. L-------------------------------------------- 395 Total ballots cast for International Fur & Leather Workers' Union, Local 37, C. I. 0----------------------------------- 385 Total ballots cast for neither------------------------------ 4 Total challenged and mailed ballots cast and determined in- eligible by the Board--------------------------------------- 13 Total blank ballots------------------------------------------ 1 Total void ballots------------------------------------------- 0 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 Relations Act, 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 Leather Workers' International Union, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, has been designated and selected by a'majority of the maintenance and produc- tion employees of Elkland Leather Company, Inc., Elkland,. Pennsyl- vania, paid on an hourly or piece-work basis, excluding clerical and office employees, foremen, assistant foremen, and supervisors, as their representative for the purposes of collective bargaining, and that, pur- suant to the provisions of Section 9 (a) of the Act, United Leather Workers' International Union, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, 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. GERARD D: REILLY took no, part in the consideration of the above Certification of Representatives. 433118-42-vol. 3634