Johnson-Carper Furniture Co., Inc.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Oct 4, 1939

15 N.L.R.B. 862 (N.L.R.B. 1939)

In the Matter. of JOHNSON-CARPER FURNITURE COMPANY, INC. and
LOCAL 283, UNITED FURNITURE WORKERS OF AMERICA
Case No. R-1461
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
October 4, 1939
On August 24, 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 within fifteen (15) days
from the date of the Direction among the production and mainte-
nance employees of Johnson-Carper Furniture Company, Inc., Roan-
oke, Virginia, herein called the Company, whose names appeared on
the Company's July 1, 1939, pay roll, including employees who did
not work during such pay-roll period because they were ill or on vaca-
tion, and employees who were then or had since been temporarily,
laid. off, but excluding employees who had since quit or had been dis-
charged for cause, to determine whether or not they desired to be
represented by Local 283, United Furniture Workers of America,
for the purposes of collective bargaining.
Pursuant to the Direction, an election by secret ballot was con-
ducted on August 31, 1939, at Roanoke, Virginia, under the direction
and supervision of the Regional Director for the Fifth Region (Bal-
timore, Maryland). On September 1, 1939, the Regional Director,
acting pursuant to Article III, Section 9, of National Labor Re-
lations Board Rules and Regulations-Series 2, issued an Election
Report, copies of which were duly served upon the parties.
The Regional Director reported the following results of the secret'
ballot :
Total number eligible to vote________________________________ 424
Total number of ballots cast________________________________ 398
Total number of ballots cast for Local 283, United Furniture
Workers of America (C. I. 0.) ---------------------------- 202
Total number of ballots cast against Local 283, United Fur-
niture Workers of America (C. I. 0.) ---------------------- 194
Total number of blank ballots------------------------------ 0
Total number of void ballots________________________________ 1
Total number of challenged votes_____________________1
1 14 N. L. R. B. 1030.
15 N. L. R. B. No. 97.
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JOHNSON-CARPER FURNITURE COMPANY, INC. 863
On September 7, 1939, the Company filed Objections to the Elec-
tion Report. On September 27, 1939, the Regional Director issued
his Report on Objections to Election Report, finding that the objec-
tions were addressed to the eligibility provisions set forth in the
Decision and Direction of Election; and that they raised no substan-
tial and material issues which were not covered by the Decision. We
have considered the Objections to the Election Report, together with
the Regional Director's Report on Objections to Election Report,
and find the objections to be without merit. We hereby overrule
such objections.
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 Local 283, United Furniture Workers
of America, has been designated and selected by a majority of the
production and maintenance employees of Johnson-Carper Furniture
Company, Inc., Roanoke, Virginia, as their representative for the
purposes of collective bargaining and that, pursuant to Section 9 (a)
of the National Labor Relations Act, Local 283, United Furniture
Workers of America, is the exclusive representative of all such em-
ployees for the purposes of collective bargaining in respect to rates
of pay, wages, hours of employment, and other conditions of
employment.