John Morrell & Company

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Jun 21, 1939

13 N.L.R.B. 368 (N.L.R.B. 1939)

In the Matter of JOHN MORRELL & COMPANY and LOCAL 304, AMAL-
GAMATED MEAT CUTTERS AND BUTCHER WORKMEN OF NORTH
AMERICA, AFFILIATED WITH THE A. F. OF L.
Case No. R-1351
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
June 01, 1939
On May 20, 1939, the National Labor Relations Board, herein called
the Board, issued a Decision and Direction of Election 1 in the above-
entitled proceeding. The Direction of Election provided that an
election by secret ballot be conducted within fifteen (15) days from
the date of the Direction among all the employees of John Morrell &
Company, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, who were employed by the
Company on the second Thursday prior to the date upon which the
election is held, including employees who did not work on such day
because they were ill or on vacation, excluding supervisors, foremen,
assistant foremen, strawbosses, overseers, all general office employees,
all salesmen, Yorkshire Creamery employees, and employees who
have since quit or been discharged for cause, to determine whether
they desire to be represented by Local 304, Amalgamated Meat Cut-
ters and Butcher Workmen of North America, affiliated with the
American Federation of Labor, or by Independent Packing House
Workers Union of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, for the purposes of
collective bargaining, or by neither.
Pursuant to the Direction of Election, an election by secret ballot
was conducted on June 2, 1939, at Sioux Falls, South Dakota, under
the direction and supervision of the Regional Director for the Eight-
eenth Region (Minneapolis, Minnesota). On June 5, 1939, the
Regional Director, acting pursuant to Article III, Section 9, of
National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series 1,
as amended, served upon the parties an Intermediate Report on the
ballot. No objections or exceptions to the Intermediate Report have
been filed by any of the parties.
As to the balloting and its results, the Regional Director reported
as follows :
Total number eligible to vote______________________________ 1, 628
Total number of ballots cast______________________________ 1, 303
112 N. L. R. B. 1132.
13 N. L. R. B., No. 43.
368
JOHN MORRELL & COMPANY 369
Total number of ballots cast for Independent Packing House
Workers Union of Sioux Falls, South Dakota------------- 596
Total number of ballots cast for Local 304, Amalgamated
Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America
(A. F. of L.) ------------------------------------------- 674
Total number of ballots cast for neither labor organization__ 25
Total number of blank ballots----------------------------- 0
Total number of void ballots ______________________________ 1
Total number of challenged ballots---------------------- 7
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
1, as amended,
IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that Local 304, Amalgamated Meat Cutters
and Butcher Workmen of North America, affiliated with the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor, has been designated and selected by a ma-
jority of all the employees of John Morrell & Company, at its Sioux
Falls plant, excluding supervisors, foremen, assistant foremen, straw-
bosses, overseers, all general office employees, all salesmen, and York-
shire Creamery employees, as their representative for the purposes of
collective bargaining, and that pursuant to the provisions of Section
9 (a) of the National Labor Relations Act, Local 304, Amalgamated
Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America, affiliated
with the American Federation of Labor, is the exclusive representa-
tive 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.