National Labor Relations Board v. Whitinsville Spinning Ring Co.

WOODBURY, Circuit Judge.

The National Labor Relations Board by stipulation with the Respondent conducted an election b'y secret ballot to determine whether a majority of the Respondent’s production, maintenance and shipping room employees wished to have United Steelworkers Union, CIO, certified by the Board as their representative for purposes of collective bargaining. At that election 82 employees were eligible to vote, 78 employees voted, 77 ballots were counted, and of these 39 were clearly for the Union and 38 were clearly against it. The sole question presented by this petition for…