Squire's Inc.

In the Matter of SQUIRE'S, INC., EMPLOYER and AMALGAMATED RETAIL AND DEPARTMENT STORE EMPLOYEES UNION, AFFILIATED WITH AMALGAMATED CLOTHING WORKERS OF AMERICA, C. I. 0., PETITIONER 1 Case No. 21-RC-883.-Decided January 6, 1950 DECISION AND ORDER Upon a petition duly filed, a hearing was held before Jack R. Berger, hearing officer. At the hearing, the Employer moved to dismiss the petition upon the ground that the Employer is not engaged in com- merce within the meaning of the Act. For the reasons given below, the motion is hereby granted. The hearing officer's rulings made at the hearing are free from prejudicial error and are hereby affirmed. Upon the entire record in the case, the Board finds : The business of the Employer The Employer, a California corporation, operates three retail men's clothing stores, one each in Los Angeles, Hollywood, and Beverly Hills, California. During the 6-month period ending June 30, 1949, the Employer made purchases in the amount of $203,000, of which about 80 percent was shipped to the stores from outside California. During the same period, sales amounted to about $310,000, of which less than 1 percent was shipped outside the State. The operation of a small local chain of retail clothing stores such as is involved in this case is essentially local in character. - We therefore find that, while the Employer's operations are not wholly unrelated to commerce, they are essentially local in character, and consequently it will not effectuate the policies of the Act to assert jurisdiction over the Employer.2 Accordingly, we shall dismiss the petition. ORDER IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the petition filed herein be, and it hereby is, dismissed. 1 The names of the parties appear as amended at the hearing. ' Holeston Drug Company, 82 NLRB 1264 ; Jacobs Pharmacy Co., 87 NLRB 309; Tom Thumb Stores , 87 NLRB 1062 ; Sta-Kleen Bakery, 78 NLRB 798 ; Harris Baking Company, 79 NLRB 77 . To the extent that the King Brooks case ( 84 NLRB 652 ) is inconsistent with this decision , it is hereby overruled. 88 NLRB No. 2. 8