Aponaug Mfg. Co.

In the Matter,of APONAUG 'MFG. COMPANY +cuYLd TEXTILE WORKERS UNION 'OF AMERIOI , AFFILIATED WITH TIIE -CONGRE SS OF INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATIONS Case No. R-3002 -CERT'I'F.IC'ATION OF REPRESENTATIVES December 15, 1941 On October 23, 1941, the National Labor Relations Board issued a Decision and Direction of Election 1 in the above-entitled pro- ceedings. Pursuant to the Direction of Election an election by secret ballot was conducted on November 22, 1941, -under the -direction and supervision of the Regional Director' for the Fifteenth Region (New Orleans, Louisiana). On November 23, 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 his Election Report. 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--------------------------------------- 513 Total 'ballots -cast ------------------------------------------- 440 Total'ballots challenged------------------------------------- 0 Totallblank ballots ------------------------------------------ 0 Total void ballots------------------------------------------ 0 Total valid ballots cast-------------------------------------- Votes cast for Textile Workers Union of America, affiliated witlr 440 the-Congress of -Industrial Organizations--------------------246 Votes-cast-for'Federal-Labor'Union #20850, 'afiliated'with Amer- ican Federation of -Labor ---------------------------------- 176 Votes cast for No Union------------------------------------- 18 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, 1 36 N. L. R.B M. 37 N. L. R. B., No. 103 626 APONAUG MFG. CONIPANY 627 IT Is Iiuu nY OED that Textile `Yorkers Union of America, affiliated with the Congress of Industrial Organizations, has been designated and selected by all production and maintenance employees and watchmen, including the electricians, grinders and fixers, section men, Bell and Summerlin, headslashers, J. Smith, and "learners" of Aponaug Mfg. Company at its Kosciusko, Mississippi, plant, exclud- ing second hands, office and clerical employees, and supervisory em- ployees having authority to hire and discharge, as their representa- tive for the purposes of collective bargaining, and that, pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the National Labor Relations Act, Textile Workers Union of America, affiliated with the Congress of Industrial Organi- zations, 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.