Erwin Cotton Mills Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Jan 26, 1938

4 N.L.R.B. 1138 (N.L.R.B. 1938)

In the Matter of ERWIN COTTON MILLS COMPANY and TEXTILE
WORKERS' ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
In the Matter of ERWIN COTTON MILLS COMPANY and TEXTILE
WORKERS' ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
In the Matter of ERWIN COTTON MILLS COMPANY and TEXTILE
WORKERS' ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
Cases Nos. R-552, R-5.53, and R--555 respectively
Mr. Samuel M. Spencer, for the Board.
Fuller, Reade cg Fuller, by Mr. Jones Fuller and Mr. Frank Fuller,
of Durham, N. C., for the Company.
Mr. Seth P. Brewer, of Charlotte, N. C., for the Textile Workers'
Organizing Committee.
Mr. Walter T. Nolte, of counsel to the Board.
DIRECTION OF ELECTIONS
January 26, 1938
The National Labor Relations Board, having found that questions
affecting commerce have arisen concerning the representation of all
hourly and piece rate production and maintenance employees, exclu-
sive of supervisory and clerical employees and watchmen, of Erwin
Cotton Mills Company at its plants numbers 1, 4, and 6, in Durham,
North Carolina, at its plant number 3, in Cooleemee, North Carolina,
and at its plants numbers 2 and 5, in Erwin, North Carolina, that such
employees in the three plants at Durham constitute one unit, that such
employees in the single plant at Cooleemee constitute a second unit,
that such employees in the two plants at Erwin constitute a third
unit, and that each unit is appropriate for the purposes of collective
bargaining within the meaning of Section 9 (b) of the National Labor
Relations Act, 49 Stat. 449, and acting pursuant to the power vested in
it by Section 9 (c) of said Act, and pursuant to Article III, Section 8,
of National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series 1,
as amended, hereby
DIRECTS that, as part of its investigation to ascertain representatives
for the purposes of collective bargaining with Erwin Cotton Mills
Company, elections by secret ballot shall be conducted within a period
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of fifteen (15) days from the date of this Direction of Elections, under
the direction and supervision of the Regional Director for the Fifth
Region, acting in this matter as the agent of the National Labor Rela-
tions Board and subject to Article III, Section 9, of said Rules and
Regulations, among all hourly and piece-rate production and mainte-
nance employees, exclusive of supervisory and clerical employees and
watchmen, of Erwin Cotton Mills Company at its plants numbers 1, 4,
and 6, in Durham, North Carolina, among such employees of the Com-
pany at its plant number 3, in Cooleemee, North Carolina, and among
such employees of the Company at its plants numbers 2 and 5, in
Erwin,' North Carolina, who were employed by the Company as of
January 8, 1938, to determine whether or not they -desire to be repre-
sented by Textile Workers' Organizing Committee.