J. - National Labor Relations Board

54 FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARDLabor organizations invaved in elections.—Table XXI shows thenumber of elections won and lost by the various types of labor organizations,as well as the number of times each type of labor organizationappeared on the ballot during the fiscal year 1938-39.A. F. of L. unions won 58.2 percent of the 450 elections in whichthey appeared on the ballot. C. I. 0. affiliates were successfulin 53.4 percent of the 487 elections in which they participated. Unaffiliatednational unions and unaffiliated local unions were successfulin securing the majority of the votes in 31.3 percent and 50.8 percent,respectively, of the elections in which they participated.Affiliates of the C. I. 0. were involved most often in Board elections,appearing in 65.3 percent of the total elections. A. F. of L.affiliates participated in 60.4 percent of the Board's elections. Unaffiliatednational unions were involved in 8.8 percent of the elections,and unaffiliated local unions in 8.2 percent.In 213 elections, in which 54,613 valid votes were cast, unionsaffiliated with the A. F. of L. and affiliates of the C. I. 0. appearedon the same ballot. Such elections represented about 29 percent ofthe 746 elections held during the year and nearly 31 percent of allvalid votes cast in the 746 elections were cast in them. In these 213elections, an A. F. of L. union was chosen by a majority of workersin 109 elections, a C. I. 0. union was chosen in 76 elections and in28 contests neither union was selected. In two of these elections inwhich the A. F. of L. and the C. I. 0. were participants and were notselected, a third union was selected.TABLE XXI.—Number of elections won and lost and participation, by labororganizations in elections conducted by the N. L. R. B., during the fiscal yearending June SO, 19.991Total appearancesonballotElectionsWonValid votescastElectionsLostValid voteseastValidvotescastNumberNumberPercentofappearancesNumberPercentoftotalcastNumberPercentofappearancesNumberPercentoftotalcastUnions affiliated with A. F.of L 450 46, 331 262 68. 2 32, 438 70.0 188 41.8 13, 893 30. 0Unions affiliated with C. I. O_ 487 75, 312 260 53. 4 54, 441 72.3 227 46.6 20, 871 27. 7Unaffiliated national unions_ _ 67 6, 424 21 31. 3 3, 781 58. 9 46 68.7 2, 643 41. 1Unaffiliated local unions 61 9, 965 31 50. 8 4, 138 41.5 30 49.2 5, 827 58. 6I This table includes only those elections which were won by some form of labor organization.D. CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES AS BONA FIDE UNDER THEFAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT OF 1938The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 provides in section 7 (b)for an exemption to employers from the 44-hour week :(1) In pursuance of an agreement, made as a result of collective bargainingby representatives of employees certified as bona fide by the National LaborRelations Board, which provides that no employee shall be employed morethan one thousand hours during any period of twenty-six weeks.