Jasper Seating Company And United Furniture Workers Of America, Local No. 331, C. I. O., 19 (1943)

In the Matter of JASPER SEATING COMPANY and UNITED FURNITURE WORKERS OF AMERICA, LOCAL NO. 331, C. I. O.

Case No. R-4553.-Decided December 16, 1942 Jurisdiction: furniture manufacturing industry.

Investigation and Certification of Representatives: existence of question: refusal to accord recognition without certification of the Board; election necessary.

Unit Appropriate for Collective Bargaining: all production and maintenance employees, including engineers, watchmen, and shipping department employees, but excluding supervisory and clerical employees, working foremen, and the lumber inspector.

Mr. Isidor Kahn, of Evansville, Ind., for the Company.

Mr. Fred Fulford, of Jasper, Ind., for the Union.

Mr. Leon Novak, of counsel to the Board.

DECISION AND DIRECTION OF ELECTION STATEMENT OF THE CASE Upon petition duly filed by United Furniture Workers of America,

Local No. 331, C. I. O., herein called the Union, alleging that a question affecting commerce had arisen concerning the representation of employees of Jasper Seating Company, Jasper, Indiana, herein called the Company, the National Labor Relations Board provided for an appropriate hearing upon due notice before Arthur R. Donovan, Trial Examiner. Said hearing was held at Jasper, Indiana, on November 18, 1942. The Company and the Union appeared, participated, and were afforded full opportunity to be heard, to examine and crossexamine witnesses, and to introduce evidence bearing on the issues.

The Trial Examiner's rulings made at the hearing are free from prejudicial error and are hereby affirmed.

Upon the entire record in the case, the Board makes the following:

FINDINGS OF FACT I. THE BUSINESS OF THE COMPANY Jasper Seating Company, an Indiana corporation, is engaged in the manufacture of furniture, chiefly out of wood, at Jasper, Indiana.

During the preceding year the Company purchased raw materials consisting chiefly of wood valued in excess of $75,000. Approximately 50 percent of the raw materials came from points outside the State of Indiana. During the same period the Company sold approximately $100,000 worth of finished products, of which approximately 50 percent was shipped into and through States other than the State of Indiana.

The Company admits that it is engaged in commerce within the meaning of the National Labor Relations Act.

2. THE ORGANIZATION INVOLVED United Furniture Workers of America, Local No. 331, is a labor organization affiliated with the Congress of Industrial...