Montgomery Ward & Co.

In the Matter Of MONTGOMERY WARD & COMPANY and RETAIL CLERKS INTERNATIONAL PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION, LOCAL 283, AFFILIATED WITH THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR Case No. R-3398 CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES February 26, 1942 Oil January 16, 1942, the National Labor Relations Board issued its Decision and Direction of Election in the above-entitled pro- ceeding.' Pursuant to the Direction of Election, an election by secret ballot was conducted on February 10, 1942, under the direction and supervision of the Regional Director for the Seventeenth Region (Kansas City, Missouri). On February 11, 1942, the Regional Di- rector, acting pursuant to Article,III, Section 9, of National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series 2, as amended, issued an Election Report, copies-of which were duly served upon the parties. No objections to the conduct of the ballot or to the Election Report Were filed by any of the parties. As to' the balloting and the results thereof, the Regional Director reported as follows : Total on eligibility list______________________________________ 116 Total ballots cast_______________________ ________ 99 Total ballots challenged_____________________________________ 0 Total blank ballots_______________ _____________________ 0 Total void ballots ------- ---------- ------ -------------------- 0 Total valid votes counted___________________________________ 99 Votes cast for Retail Clerks Intel national Protective Associa- tion, Local 283, affiliated with the A. F. L____________________ 51' Votes cast against Retail Clerks International Protective Asso- ciation, Local 283, affiliated with the A F L________________ 4S By virtue of and pursuant to the- power vested in the National Labor Relations Board by Section 9 (c) of the National Labor Rela- tions Act, 49 Stat. 449, and pursuant to Article III, Sections 8 and, 9,, of National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series 2, as amended, 1 38 N. L R B 340 39 N. L. R. B., No. 49. 270 MONTGOMERY WARD & COMPANY 271 IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that Retail Clerks International Protective Association, Local 283, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, has been selected by a majority of all the employees of Mont- gomery Ward & Company at its Wichita, Kansas, store, exclusive of supervisors, the manager's private secretary, the credit manager, the personnel training supervisor, and temporary employees working, less than 30 hours a week, as their representative for the purposes of col- lective bargaining, and that, pursuant to the provisions of Section 9 (a) of the National Labor Relations Act, Retail Clerks Interna- tional Protective Association, Local 283, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, is the exclusive representative of all such em- ployees for the purposes of collective bargaining with respect to rates of pay, wages, hours of employment, and other -conditions of employment. CHAIRMAN MILLS took no part in the consideration of the above Certification of Representatives. 448105-42-vol. 39-19