General Foods Corp.

In the Matter of DIAMOND CRYSTAL SALT DIVISION OF GENERAL FOODS CORPORATION and LOCAL 12272, DISTRICT 50, GAS, COKE AND CHEM- ICAL DIVISION, UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA, AFFILIATED WITH THE C. I. O. Case No. R-3216 CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES January 26, 194 On December 11, 1941, the National Labor Relations Board issued a Decision and Direction of Election in the above-entitled proceeding.' Pursuant to the Direction of Election, an election by secret ballot was conducted on January 7, 1942, under the direction and supervision of the Acting Regional Director for the Seventh Region (Detroit, Michigan). On January 8, 1942, the Acting Regional Director, acting pursuant to Article III, Section 9, of Na- tional Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series 2, as amended, issued an Election Report, copies of which were duly served upon the parties. No objections to the conduct of the ballot or to the Election Report have been filed by any of the parties. As to the balloting and its results, the Acting Regional Director reported as follows: Total on eligibility list------------------------------------- 284 Total ballots cast------------------------------------------ 274 Total ballots challenged ------------------------------------- 0 Total blank ballots ---------------------------------------- 4) Total void ballots ------------------------------------------ 0 Total valid votes cast ------------------------------------- 274 Votes cast for Salt Workers Union, Local 19567, A . F. L-------- 4 Votes cast for Local 12272, District 50, U M . W. A, C I 0------ 162 Neither ------ ---------------------------------------------- 108 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, '37N L R B 481 38 N L. R B., No 117. 551 552 D'E'CISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that Local 12272, District 50, Gas, Coke and Chemical Division, United Mine Workers of America, affiliated with the C. I. 0., has been designated and selected by a majority of all hourly-paid regular employees, including watchmen, of the Diamond Crystal Salt Division of General Foods Corporation, St. Clair, Michigan, excluding supervisory, office, and clerical employees, as their representative for the purposes of collective bargaining, and that, pursuant to the provisions of Section 9 (a) of the National Labor Relations Act, Local 12272, District 50, Gas, Coke and Chem- ical Division, United Mine Workers of America, affiliated with the C. I. 0., 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.