Cudahy Packing Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Sep 11, 1939

15 N.L.R.B. 168 (N.L.R.B. 1939)

III the Matter of CUDAHY PACKING COMPANY and UNITED PACKING
HOUSE WORKERS, LOCAL INDUSTRIAL UNION, 756
Case No. R-863
SUPPLEMENTAL DECISION
AND ,
ORDER
September 11, 1939
On August 5, 1939, the National Labor Relations Board issued
a Decision and Direction of Election in the above-entitled proceed-
ing.) The Direction of Election provided that an election by secret
ballot be conducted within fifteen (15) days from the date of the
Direction among the production and maintenance employees of the
Cudahy Packing Company at its Newport, Minnesota, plant, includ-
ing those receiving a salary and the sanitation gang, but excluding
executives, foremen, assistant foremen, strawbosses and others having
the authority to hire or discharge, office clerical employees, salaried
plant clerks, draftsmen, watchmen, cafeteria employees, and persons
employed on special construction projects, who were employed by the
Cudahy Packing Company at its Newport, Minnesota, plant, during
the pay-roll period immediately preceding the date of the Direc-
tion, including employees who did not work during such pay-roll
period because they were ill or on vacation, and employees who
were then temporarily laid off or who had since been temporarily
laid off, but excluding employees who had since quit or been dis-
charged for cause, to determine whether 'or not they desired to be
represented by United Packing House Workers, Local Industrial
Union No. 756, affiliated with the Committee for Industrial.Organi-
zation, for the purposes of collective bargaining.
Pursuant to the Direction an election by secret ballot was con-
ducted on August 18, 1939, at Newport, Minnesota, under the direc-
tion and supervision of the Regional Director for the Eighteenth
Region (Minneapolis, Minnesota). On August 19, 1939, the Re-
gional Director, acting pursuant to Article III, Section 9, of
114 N. L. R. B. 244.
15 N. L. R. B., No. 21.
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CUDAHY PACKING COMPANY 169
National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series 2,
issued and duly served upon the parties to the proceeding his Elec-
tion Report containing a tally of the ballots and his findings and
recommendations. No objections to the conduct of the ballot or
the Election Report have been filed by any of the parties.
As to the results of the secret ballot, the Regional Director re-
ported as follows
Total Number Eligible ------------------------------------- 772
Total Number of Ballots Cast----------------------------- 713
Total Number of Ballots Cast. for United Packing House
Workers, Local Industrial Union No. 756 (C. I. 0.) ------ 228
Total Number of Ballots Cast Against the Above Union ---- 460
Total Number of Blank Ballots--------------------------- 1.
Total Number of Void Ballots---------------------------- 2
Total Number of Challenged Ballots--------------- 22
The results of the election show that no collective bargaining
representative has been selected by a majority of the employees.
The petition for 'investigation and certification of representatives of
employees of Cudahy Packing Company, Newport, Minnesota, will
therefore be dismissed.
ORDER
By virtue of Section 9 (c) of the National Labor Relations Act,
49 Stat. 449, and pursuant to Article III, Sections 8 and 9, of Na-
tional Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations--Series 2,
IT IS' HEREBY ORDERED that the petition for investigation and cer-
tification of representatives of employees of the Cudahy Packing
Company, Newport, Minnesota , filed by the-United Packing House
Workers, Local Industrial Union No. 756 (C. I. 0.), be, and it
hereby is, dismissed.