Boston Store of Chicago, Inc.

In the Matter of BOSTON STORE OF CHICAGO, INC., and DEPARTMENT STORE EMPLOYEES UNION LOCAL 291 OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, AFFILI- ATED WITH C. I. O. In the Matter of BOSTON STORE OF CHICAGO, INC., and DEPARTMENT STORE EMPLOYEES UNION LOCAL 291 OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, AFFILI- ATED WITH C. I. O. In the Matter of BOSTON STORE OF CHICAGO, INC., and 'DEPARTMENT STORE EMPLOYEES UNION LOCAL 291 OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, AFFILI- ATED WITH C. I. O. In the Matter of BOSTON STORE OF CHICAGO, INC., and DEPARTMENT STORE EMPLOYEES UNION LOCAL 291 of CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, AFFILI- ATED WITH THE C. I. O. Cases Nos. R-3282 to 8385, inclusive, respectively CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES February 25, 1942 On December 31, 1941, the National 'Labor Relations Board issued a Decision and Direction of Elections in the above-entitled pro- ceeding.' Pursuant to the Direction of Elections, elections by secret ballot were conducted on January 29, 1942, under the direction and supervision of the Regional Director for the Thirteenth Region (Chicago, Illinois). On February 6, 1942, the Regional Director, acting pursuant to Article III, Section 9. of National Labor Rela- tions Board Rules and Regulations-Series 2, as amended, issued and duly served upon the parties an Election Report. No objections to the conduct of the ballot or the Election Report have been filed by any of the parties. As to the balloting and its results, the Regional Director reported as.follows : CARPENTERS GROUP Total on eligibility list______________________________________ 11 Total ballots cast___ ________________________________________ 10 Total ballots challenged _____________________________________ 0 Total blank ballots _________________ ------------------------------------------ 0 137 N. L. R. B. 1140 39 N. L. R B, No. 40. 225 226 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD CARPENTERS GROUP-Continued Total void ballots------------------------------------------- 0 Total valid votes counted___________________________________ Ill Votes cast for Department Store Employees Union Local 291 of Chicago, Illinois, C I O__________________________________ 10 Votes cast for Carpenters District Council of Chicago, A F. of, L----------------------------------------------------- 0 Votes cast for neither------- -------------------------------- 0 PAINTERS GROUP Total on eligibility list___________________________ --------------------------- --------- 10 Total ballots cast ------------ ----------- -------------------- 10 Total ballots challenged____________________________________ 0 Total blank ballots-------- --------------------- _----------- 0 Total void ballots_____________________ __________ 0 Total valid votes counted____________________________________ 10 Votes cast for Department Store Employees Union Local 291 of Chicago, Illinois, C. I O________________________________ 10 Votes cast for Painters District Council No. 14, Brotherhood of Painters, Decorators and Paperhangers of America, A. F df L-------------------- -------------------------- 0 Votes cast for neither____________________________ ---------------------------- ------- ---- 0 PI^iLSTERERS GROUP ,Total on eligibility list______________________________________ 2 Total ballots cast_____________ _____-_________-___ 2 Total ballots challenged ------------------------------------- 0 Total blank ballots_________________________________________ 0 Total void ballots---------- ------------------ --------- ------ 0 Total valid votes counted ------------------------------------ 2 Votes cast for Department Stoie Employees Union Local 291 of Chicago, Illinois, C I. 0------ ------------------------ ----- 2 Votes cast for Journeymen Plasterers Protective and Benevo- lent Society Local Union No 5, A F of L__________________ 0 Votes cast for neither__--___________________________________ 0 PORTERS, MAIDS, AND WINDOW WASHERS GROUP Total on eligibility list______________________________________ 81 Total ballots cast-------------- -------------- ----------------------------- 72 Total ballots challenged ------------ ------- ------------------ 1 Total blank ballots____________________ ---- ------------------ ---- ----------------- 0 Total void ballots------------------------------------------- 0 Total valid votes counted------ ------ ----------- -------------- ----- 71 Votes cast for Department Store Employees Union Local 291 of Chicago, Illinois, C. I O_______________________ _____ 53 Votes cast for Department Store, Loft and Factory Building Service Employees, Council of the Building Service Enm- ployees International Union,-A F of L____________________ 1S Votes cast for neither ------- --------------------------------- 0 By virtue of and pursuant to the power vested' in the National Labor Relations Board by Section 9 (c) of the National Labor Re- lations Act, 49 Stat. 449, and pursuant to Article III, Sections 8 and BOSTON STORE OF CHICAGO, INC. 227 9, of National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations- Series 2, as amended, IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that Department Store Employees Union Local.291 of Chicago, Illinois, affiliated with the Congress of In- dustrial Organizations, has been designated and selected by a majority of all carpenters employed by, Boston Store of Chicago, Inc., at its department store at Chicago, Illinois, excluding super- visors having the right to hire and discharge, as their representative for the purposes of collective bargaining, and that, pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the Act, Department Store Employees Union Local 291 of Chicago, Illinois, affiliated with the Congress of Industrial Organizations, is the exclusive representative of all such employees for the purposes of collective bargaining with respect to rates of pay, wages, hours of employment, and other conditions of employement; IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that Department Store Employees Union Local 291 of Chicago, Illinois, affiliated with the Congress of In- dustrial Organizations, has been designated and selected by a majority of all painters employed by Boston Store of Chicago, Inc., at its department store at Chicago, Illinois, excluding supervisors having the right to hire and discharge, as their representative for the purposes of collective bargaining, and that, pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the Act, Department Store Employees Union Local 291 of Chicago, Illinois. affiliated with the Congress of Industrial Organ- izations, is the exclusive representative of all such employees for the purposes of collective bargaining with respect to rates of pay, wages, hours of employment, and other conditions of employment; IT Is HERi BY CERTIFIED that Department Store Employees Union Local 291 of Chicago, Illinois, affiliated with the Congress of In- dustrial Organizations, has been designated and -selected by a majority of all plasterers employed by Boston Store of Chicago, Inc., at its department store at Chicago, Illinois, excluding supervisors, having the right to hire and discharge, as their representative for the purposes of collective bargaining, and that, pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the Act, Department Store Employees Union Local 291 of Chicago, Illinois, affiliated with the Congress of Industrial Or- -ganizatiolis, is the exclusive representative of all such employees for the purposes of collective, bargaining with respect to rates of pay, wages, hours of employment, and other conditions of employment; IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that Department Store Employees Union Local 291 of Chicago, Illinois, affiliated with the Congress of In- dustrial Organizations, has been designated 'and selected by a majority of all porters, maids, and window washers employed by Boston Store of Chicago, Inc., at its department store at Chicago, Illinois, including day floor porters, night porters, locker-room 228 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD porters, lamp-cleaning porters, washroom maids, locker-room maids, day and night scrubwomen, and roving porters, but excluding super- visors having the right to hire and discharge, as their representa- tive for the purposes of collective bargaining, and that, pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the Act, Department Store Employees Union Local 291 of Chicago, Illinois, affiliated with the Congress of Industrial Organizations, is the exclusive representative of all such employees for the purposes of collective bargaining with respect to rates of pay, wages, hours of employment, and other conditions of employment.