Roberti Bros., Inc.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Sep 7, 1939

15 N.L.R.B. 125 (N.L.R.B. 1939)

In the Matter of RoBERTI BROS., INO. and UPHOLSTERERS
INTERNATIONAL UNION, LOCAL 15
Case No. R-1363
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
September 7, 1939
On July 26, 1939, the National Labor Relations Board; herein
called the Board, issued a Decision and Direction of Election in
the above-entitled proceeding., The Direction of Election provided
that an election by secret ballot be conducted among the employees
in the upholstering department and the upholsterers in the mattress
and bedding department of Roberti Bros., Inc., herein called the
Company, whose names appeared on the Company's pay roll next
preceding the date of the Direction, including employees who did not
work during such pay-roll period because they were ill or on vaca-
tion, and' employees who were than or had since been temporarily
laid off, but excluding janitors, elevator operators, supervisory em-
ployees, and clerical employees, and all employees who had since
quit or had been discharged for cause, to determine whether or not
they desired to be represented for the purposes of collective bar-
gaining by Upholsterers International Union' of North America,
Local No. 15, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor.
Pursuant to the Direction, an election by secret ballot was con-
ducted on August 11, 1939, at Los Angeles, California, under the
direction and supervision of the Acting Regional Director for the
Twenty-first Region (Los Angeles, California). On August 15, 1939,
the Regional Director, acting pursuant to Article III, Section 9, of
National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series
2, issued an Election Report, copies of which were duly served upon
the parties. No objections to the Election Report have been filed by
any of the parties.
113 N. L. R. B. 1181.
15 N. L. R. B., No. 17.
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The Regional Director reported the following results of the secret
ballot :
1. Total Number Eligible___________________________________ 59
2. Total Number of Ballots Counted_________________________ 58
3. Total Number of Votes for the Upholsterers International
Union, Local 15, A. F. L________________________________ 32
4. Total Number of Votes -Against the Upholsterers Interna-
tional Union, Local 15, A. F. L__________________________ 26
5. Total Number of Blank Ballots___________________________ 0
6. Total Number of Void Ballots____________________________ 0
7. Total Number of Challenged Votes________________________ ,2
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,
IT Is HEREBY CERTIFIED that Upholsterers International Union of
North America, Local No. .15, affiliated with the American Federa-
tion of Labor, has been designated and selected by a majority of the
employees in 'the upholstering department and the upholsterers of
the mattress and bedding department of Roberti Bros., Inc., Los
Angeles, California, but excluding janitors, elevator operators, su-
pervisory employees, and clerical employees, as their representative
for the purposes of collective bargaining and that, pursuant to Sec-
tion 9 (a) of the Act, Upholsterers International Union of North
America, Local No. 15, affiliated with the American Federation of
Labor, 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.