Paramount Pictures, Inc.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Sep 13, 1939

15 N.L.R.B. 244 (N.L.R.B. 1939)

In the Matter of PARAMOUNT PICTURES, INC. and THE SOCIETY OF
MOTION PICTURE ARTISTS AND ILLUSTRATORS
In the Matter of COLUMBIA PICTURES CORPORATION OF CALIFORNIA, LTD.
and THE SOCIETY OF MOTION PICTURE ARTISTS AND ILLUSTRATORS
In the Matter of RKO RADIO PICTURES, INC. and THE SOCIETY OF
MOTION PICTURE ARTISTS AND ILLUSTRATORS
In the Matter Of UNIVERSAL PICTURES COMPANY, INC. and THE SOCIETY
OF MOTION PICTURE ARTISTS AND ILLUSTRATORS
In the Matter Of WARNER BROS. PICTURES, INC. and THE SFCIETY OF
MOTION PICTURE ARTISTS AND ILLUSTRATORS
In the Matter of TWENTIETH CENTURY-FOX FILM CORPORATION and
THE SOCIETY OF MOTION PICTURE ARTISTS AND ILLUSTRATORS
In the Matter of LoEw's INCORPORATED and THE SOCIETY OF MOTION
PICTURE ARTISTS AND ILLUSTRATORS
Cases Nos. R-1060 to R-1066, inclusive, respectively
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
September 13, 1939
On July 22, 1939, the National Labor Relations Board, herein called
the Board, issued a Decision, Certification of Representatives, Direc-
tion of Elections, and Order in the above-entitled proceeding.'
The. Direction of Elections directed that, elections by secret ballot be
conducted within twenty (20) days from the date of the Direction
among all persons employed by Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc., and
Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation, respectively, as illustrators
in the art departments, costume illustrators, matte shot artists, assist-
ants to matte shot artists, title artists, and heads of title departments,
during the pay-roll period next preceding the date of issuance of the
Direction of Elections, excluding those persons who have since quit or
been discharged for cause, but including those persons who did not
work during such pay-roll period because they were ill or on vacation,.
113 N. L. R. B. 846.
15 N. L. R. B., No. 29.
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and persons who were then or have since been temporarily laid off,
to determine whether or not such employees desire in the case of each
Company, to be represented by The Society of Motion Picture Artists
and Illustrators for the purposes of collective bargaining.
Pursuant to the Direction, elections by secret ballot were conducted
on August 9, 1939, among the above-described employees of Twentieth
Century-Fox Film Corporation and on August 10, 1939,' among such
employees of Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc., under the direction and
supervision of the Acting Regional Director for the Twenty-first
Region (Los Angeles, California). On August 15, 1939, the Acting
Regional• Director, acting pursuant to Article III, Section 9, of Na-
tional Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series 2, issued
and duly served upon the parties her Election Report. No objections
or exceptions to the Election Report have been filed by any of the
parties.
As to the elections and their results, the Acting Regional Director
reported as follows :
WARNER BROS . PICTURES, INC.
Total number eligible ________________________________________ 11
Total number of ballots counted ______________________________ 11
Total number of votes for The Society of Motion Picture Artists
and Illustrators___________________________________________ 11.
Total number of votes against The Society of Motion Picture
Artists and Illustrators____________________________________ 0
Total number of blank ballots________________________________ 0
Total number of void ballots_________________________________ 0
Total number of challenged votes _____________________________ 0
TWENTIETH CENTURY-FOX FILM CORPORATION
Total number eligible________________________________________ 19
Total number of ballots counted______________________________ 18
Total number of votes for The Society of Motion Picture Artists
and Illustrators ___________________________________________ 16
Total number of votes against The Society of Motion Picture
Artists and Illustrators____________________________________ 2
Total number of blank.ballots-------------------------------- 0
Total number of void ballots______________________________ 0
Total number of challenged votes_________________ ____________ 0
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,
IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that The Society of Motion Picture Artists
and Illustrators. hits been selected by a majority of the persons em-
ployed as illustrators in the art departments, costume illustrators,
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matte shot artists, assistants to matte shot artists, and heads of title
departments, by Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc., and Twentieth Century-
Fox Film Corporation, respectively, as their representative for the
purposes of collective bargaining, and that, pursuant to Section 9 (a)
of the Act, The Society of, Motion Picture Artists and Illustrators is
the exclusive representative, in the case of each Company, 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. WILLIAM M. LEIsExsoN took no part in the consideration of the
above Certification of Representatives.