Armour & Co. of Deleware

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Aug 20, 1942

43 N.L.R.B. 433 (N.L.R.B. 1942)

In the Matter of ARMOUR & COMPANY OF DELAWARE and P. W. O. C. ON
BEHALF OF THE UNITED PACKINGHOUSE WORKERS OF AMERICA, LOCAL
No. 184, AFFILIATED WITH THE C. I. O.
Case No. R-3998
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
August 20, 194,2
On July 17, 1942, the National Labor Relations Board issued a Deci-
sion and Direction of Election in the above-entitled proceedings.,
Pursuant to the Direction of Election an election by secret ballot was
conducted on August 6, 1942, under the direction and supervision of
the Acting Regional Director for the Eighteenth Region (Minneapolis,
Minnesota). On August 7, 1942, the Acting Regional Director, act-
ing pursuant to Article III, Section 9, of the National Labor Rela-
tions Board Rules and Regulations-Series 2, as amended, issued and
duly served upon the panties an Election, Report on the ballot. No
objections to the conduct of the ballot or the Election Report were
filed by any of the parties. -
As to the balloting and its results, the Acting Regional Director
reported as follows:.
Total on eligibility list-------------------------------------- 146
Total ballots cast------------------------------------------- 137
Total ballots challenged-------------------------------------- 0
Total blank ballots------------------------------------------ 0
Total void ballots--------------------------------------- -_ 0
Total valid votes counted------------------------------------ 137
Votes cast for Packinghouse Workers Organizing Committee,
United Packinghouse Workers of America, Local No. 184,
C. 1. 0---------------------------------------------------- 129
Votes cast against Packinghouse Workers Organizing Committee,
United Packinghouse Workers of America, Local No. 184,
C. 1. 0---------------------------------------------------- 8
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 42 N L R B 578
43 N. L. R. B, No. 74.
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434 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD
IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that Packinghouse Workers Organizing Com-
mittee, United Packinghouse Workers of America, Local No. 184,
affiliated with the Congress of Industrial Organizations, has been
designated and selected by a majority of the production and mainte-
nance employees at the Dennison, Iowa, plant of Armour & Company
of Delaware, Dennison, Iowa, excluding supervisory employees, the
supervisory engineer, policemen, watchmen, guards, and office and
clerical employees, as their representative for the purposes of collective
bargaining, and that, pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the Act, Packing-
house Workers Organizing Committee, United Packinghouse Workers
of America, Local No. 184, affiliated with the Congress of Industrial
Organizations, 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.