May Manufacturing Co., Inc.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Mar 31, 1939

11 N.L.R.B. 1468 (N.L.R.B. 1939)

In the Matter Of MAY MANUFAOTORING COMPANY, INC. and UNITED
OPTICAL WORKERS UNION, LOCAL No. 208
Case No. R-1149
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
March 31, 1939
On January 25, 1939, the National Labor Relations Board, herein
called the Board, issued a Decision and Direction of Election I 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 employees of
May Manufacturing Company, Inc. at its New York City plant,
who were employed as of October 1, 1938, excluding shipping clerks,
foremen, office help, salesmen, and those employees who had since
quit or been discharged for cause, to determine whether or not they
desired to be represented by United Optical Workers Union, Local
No. 208, affiliated with the Committee for Industrial Organization,
for the purposes of collective bargaining.
Pursuant to the Direction of Election, an election by secret ballot
was conducted on February 6, 1939, under the direction and super-
vision of the Regional Director for the Second Region (New York
City). Full opportunity was afforded all parties to this investigation
to participate in the conduct of the secret ballot and to make chal-
lenges. On February 8, 1939, the Regional Director, acting pursuant
to Article III, Section 9, of National Labor Relations Board Rules
and Regulations-Series 1, as amended, issued an Intermediate Re-
port on the election, copies of which were duly served upon the par-
ties. 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__________________________________ 45
Total Number of Ballots Cast___________________________________ 43
Total Number of Ballots Counted_______________________________ 41
Total Number of Votes for United Optical Workers Union, Local
No. 208, affiliated with C. I. 0_________________________________ 22
110 N. L. R. B. 1421.
11 N. L. R. B., No. 126.
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MAY MANUFACTURING COMPANY ET AL. 1469
Total Number of Votes against United Optical Workers Union,
Local No. 208, affiliated with C. I. 0-------- ------------------ 19
Total Number of Blank Votes___________________________________ 1
Total Number of Void Ballots__________________________________ 1
Total Number of Challenged Votes______________________________ 0
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 FIERESY CERTIFIED that United Optical Workers Union, Local
No. 208, affiliated with the Committee for Industrial Organization, has
been designated and selected by a majority of the production em-
ployees of May Manufacturing Company, Inc., New York City, ex-
cluding shipping clerks, foremen, office help, and salemen, as their
representative for the purposes of collective bargaining and that,
pursuant to the provisions of Section 9. (a) of the Act, United Op-
tical Workers Union, Local No. 208, affiliated with the Committee.for
Industrial Organization, 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.