Lawrence Woolen Company And Textile \workers Union Of America, Cio, 1151 (1945)

In the Matter of LAWRENCE WOOLEN COMPANY and TEXTILE \WORKERS UNION OF AMERICA, CIO Case No. 1-R-2396.-Decided July 4, 1945 Mr. Richard J. Walsh, of Boston, Mass., and Messrs. Fred V. Hanson and Charles D. McDuffie, of Lawrence, Mass., for the Company.

Messrs. Gaston LeBlanc, Michael Schoonjans, and Arthur W. Brown, of Lawrence, Mass., for the CIO.

Mr. John S. Brennan, of Lawrence, Mass., for the AFL.

Mr. Samuel G. Hamilton, of counsel to the Board.

DECISION AND DIRECTION OF ELECTION STATEMENT OF THE CASE Upon a petition duly filed by Textile Workers Union of America, CIO, herein called the CIO, alleging that a question affecting commerce had arisen concerning the representation of employees of Lawrence Woolen Company, Lawrence, Massachusetts, herein called the Company, the National Labor Relations Board provided for an appropriate hearing upon due notice before Samuel G. Zack, Trial Examiner. Said hearing was held at Lawrence, Massachusetts, on May 14, 1945. During the hearing the Trial Examiner granted a motion to intervene made by Department of Woolen and Worsted Workers of the United Textile Workers of America,

AFL, herein called the AFL. The Company, the CIO, and the AFL appeared and participated. All parties were afforded opportunity to be heard, to examine and cross-examine 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. All parties were afforded an opportunity to file briefs with the Board.

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

FINDINGS OF FACT I. THE BUSINESS OF THE COMPANY Lawrence Woolen Company is a Maine corporation with its place of business at Lawrence, Massachusetts, where it is chiefly engaged in pre 1151 paring, spinning, weaving, dyeing, and finishing carded wool and rayon goods. Its annual purchases amount to approximately $600,000, and its annual sales amount to approximately $1,900,000. Raw materials used by the Company consist chiefly of wool, rayon, dyestuffs, chemicals, and soap.

Dyestuffs, chemicals, and soap are purchased within the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and constitute 7 percent of the raw materials used;

rayon constitutes approximately 23 percent of the raw ingredients used and is purchased chiefly in the State of New York; and wool constitutes approximately 70 percent of the raw materials used. Although wool is purchased within the Commonwealth of...

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