Brown Shoe Co.

In the Matter of BROWN SHOE COMPANY and UNITED SHOE WORKERS OF AMERICA , AFFILIATED WITH THE C. I. O. Case No. R-3736 CERTIFICATION' OF REPRESENTATIVES July 6, 1942 On May 30, 1942, the National Labor Relations Board issued a Decision and Direction of Election in the above-entitled proceedings.,, Pursuant to the Direction of Election, an election by secret ballot was conducted on June 19, 1942, under the direction and supervision of the Regional Director for the Eleventh Region (Indianapolis, Indiana). On June 22, 1942, the Regional Director, acting pursuant to-Article III, Section 9, of National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series 2, as amended , issued and duly served upon the parties an Election Report on the ballot. 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. Total on - eligibility list ___________________________________ 469 Total ballots cast________________________________________ 458 Total ballots challenged __________________________________ 6 Total blank ballots______ _________________________________ 5 Total void ballots________________________________________ 0 Total valid votes counted _________________________________ 447 Votes cast foi Boot and Shoe Workers International Union, Local No 649 (A F of L) ----------------------------- 119 Votes cast for United Shoe Workers of America (C I 0 ) ___ 275 Votes cast for neither____________________________________ 23 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, IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that United Shoe Workers of America, affiliated with the Congress of Industrial Organizations, has been designated and selected by a majority of all production and mainte- 1 41 N L R B 562 42N L R B,No 22 75 76 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL- LABOR RELATIONS BOARD nance employees at the Vincennes, Indiana, plant of Brown Shoe Company, excluding supervisory and clerical employees, as their rep- resentative for the purposes of collective bargaining, and that, pur- suant to Section 9 (a) of the Act, United Shoe Workers of America, affiliated with the Congress of Industrial Organizations, is the ex- clusive representative of all such employees for the purposes of collective bargaining in respect to rates of pay, wages, hours of employment, and other conditions of employment.