Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp.

In the Matter of TWENTIETH CENTURY-Fox FILM CORP. and SCREEN PUBLICISTS GUILD In the matter of PARAMOUNT PICTURES, INC. and SCREEN PUBLICISTS GUILD In the Matter of COLUMBIA PICTURES CORPORATION and SCREEN PUBLICISTS GUILD In the Matter of UNITED ARTISTS CORP. and SCREEN PUBLICISTS GUILD In the Matter of RKO RADIO PICTURES, INC. and SCREEN PUBLICISTS GUILD In the Matter of UNIVERSAL PICTURES COMPANY, INC. and SCREEN PUBLICISTS GUILD In the Matter of WARNER BROS. PICTURES, INC. and SCREEN PUBLICISTS GUILD In the Matter of LOEW'S, INC. and SCREEN PUBLICISTS GUILD Cases Nos. R-2345 to R-2350 inclusive, R-2394 and R-2395 CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES August 9, 1941 On June 17, 1941, the National Labor Relations Board issued a Decision and Direction of Elections¹ in the above-entitled proceeding. Pursuant to the Direction of Elections, elections by secret ballot were conducted on July 9, 1941, under the direction and supervision of the Regional Director for the Second Region (New York City). On July 21, 1941, the Regional 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 her Election Reports. No objections to the conduct of the ballot or to the Election Reports have been filed by any of the parties. As to the balloting and its results the Regional Director reported as follows: TWENTIETH CENTURY-Fox FILM CORP. Total Number Eligible to Vote 39 Total Number of Ballots Cast 37 Total number of Valid Ballots 37 1 32 N L R B 717 34 N L R. B., No 18 120 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD Total Number of Votes in favor of Screen Publicists Guild 35 Total Number of Votes against aforementioned union 2 Total Number of Blank Votes 0 Total Number of Void Ballots 0 Total Number of Challenged Votes 0 PARAMOUNT PICTURES, INC. Total Number Eligible to Vote 23 Total Number of Ballots Cast 23 Total Number of Valid Ballots 23 Total Number of Votes in favor of Screen Publicists Guild 14 Total Number of Votes against aforementioned union' 9 Total Number of Blank Votes Total Number of Void Ballots 0 Total Number of Challenged Votes 0 0 COLUMBIA PICTURES CORPORATION Total Number Eligible to Vote Total Number of Ballots Cast 27 Total Number of Valid Ballots 27 27 Total Number of Votes in favor of Screen Publicists Guild Total Number of Votes against aforementioned union 26 Total Number of Blank Votes 1 Total Number of Void Ballots 0 Total Number of Challenged Votes 0 0 UNITED ARTISTS CORP. Total Number Eligible to Vote Total Number of Ballots Cast 17 Total Number of Valid Ballots 17 17 Total Number of Votes in favor of Screen Publicists Guild 15 Total Number of Votes against aforementioned union Total Number of Blank Votes 2 Total Number of Void Ballots 0 Total Number of Challenged Votes 0 RKO RADIO PICTURES, INC 0 Total Number Eligible to Vote 26 Total Number of Ballots Cast 25 Total Number of Valid Ballots 25 Total Number of Votes in favor of Screen Publicists Guild 24 Total Number of Votes against aforementioned union 1 Total Number of Blank Votes 0 Total Number of Void Ballots 0 Total Number of Challenged Votes UNIVERSAL PICTURES COMPANY, INC. 0 Total Number Eligible to Vote 6 Total Number of Ballots Cast 6 Total Number of Valid Ballots 5 TWENTIETH CENTURY-FOX FILM CORP. Total Number of Votes in favor of Screen Publicists Guild 5 Total Number of Votes against aforementioned union 0 Total Number of Blank Votes 0 Total Number of Void Ballots 0 Total Number of Challenged Votes 1 WARNER BROS. PICTURES, INC Total Number Eligible to Vote 45 Total Number of Ballots Cast 42 Total Number of Valid Ballots 38 Total Number of Votes in favor of Screen Publicists Guild 37 Total Number of Votes against aforementioned union 1 Total Number of Blank Votes 0 Total Number of Void Ballots Total Number of Challenged Votes 0 4 LOEW'S, INC. Total Number Eligible to Vote 21 Total Number of Ballots Cast 19 Total Number of Valid Ballots 19 Total Number of Votes in favor of Screen Publicists Guild 16 Total Number of Votes against aforementioned union 3 Total Number of Blank Votes 0 Total Number of Void Ballots 0 Total Number of Challenged Votes 0 The Regional Director reported that she did not rule upon the challenged ballots in the cases of Universal Pictures Company, Inc., and Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc., since they could not in any way affect the outcome of the elections in either instance. 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, IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that the Screen Publicists Guild has been designated and selected by a majority of the advertising copywriters, press book editors and writers, publicity and feature writers, planters and contact men who work within the State of New York, production men, exploitation men who work mainly in New York City and the surrounding Metropolitan area, and salaried artists, employed in the domestic advertising and publicity departments in the New York City offices of Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp., Paramount Pictures, Inc., Columbia Pictures Corporation, United Artists Corp., RKO Radio Pictures, Inc., Universal Pictures Company, Inc., Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc., and Loew's, Inc., respectively, exclusive of all free-lance artists, employees in the foreign publicity departments, secretaries, clerks, messenger boys, delivery boys, free-lance writers, DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD art studios, and supervisory employees, as their representative for the purposes of collective bargaining, and that, pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the National Labor Relations Act, Screen Publicists Guild 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.