International Shoe Co.

In the Matter Of INTERNATIONAL SHOE COMPANY and ASSOCIATED SHOE & LEATHER WORKERS LOCAL #1, AFFILIATED WITH NATIONAL FED- ERATED INDEPENDENT UNION Case No. B-1406 THIRD SUPPLEMENTAL DECISION AND ORDER March 5, 1940 On August 26, 1939, the National Labor Relations Board, herein called the Board, issued a Decision and Direction of Election in the above entitled case.' On November 3, 1939, the Board issued a Sup- plemental Decision.2 On November 18, 1939, the Board issued a Sec- ond Supplemental Decision and Second Direction of Election 8 The Second Direction of Election provided that a run-off election by ,secret ballot be conducted within thirty (30) days from the date of the said Second Direction of Election among the production employees of International Shoe Company in its heel and rand department at its Hickory and Broadway plants in St. Louis, who were employed by said Company during the pay-roll period immediately prior to August 26, 1939, excluding supervisory and clerical employees and those who had since such pay-roll period quit or been discharged for cause, but including the porters, matrons, elevator operator, and paste and lift servers who are employed exclusively in the heel and rand department at the Hickory plant, and including employees who did not, work during such pay-roll period, because they were ill or on vacation, employees who were then or had since been temporarily laid ,off, and employees on leaves of absence, to determine whether or not they desire to be represented by Associated Shoe & Leather Workers, Local #1, affiliated with National Federated Independent Union, for the purposes of collective bargaining. Pursuant to the said Second Direction of Election, an election by secret ballot was conducted on December 15, 1939, in St. Louis, Mis- 114 N. L. R. B 1140. Z 17 N. L R. B. 233. 317 N. L. R B. 235. 21 N. L. R. B., No. 17. 108 INTERNATIONAL SHOE COMPANY 109 souri, under the direction and supervision of the Regional Director for the Fourteenth Region (St. Louis, Missouri). Thereafter, the Re- gional Director, acting pursuant to Article III, Section 9, of National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series 2, issued her Election Report, copies of which were duly served upon the parties. 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 number of employees eligible to vote------------------- 467 Total number of ballots cast--------------------------------- 364 Total number of ballots challenged--------------------------- 0 Total number of blank ballots------------------------------- 0 Total number of void ballots --------------------------------- 2 Total number of valid votes cast----------------------------- 362 Number of votes cast for Associated Shoe & Leather Workers, Local #1, affiliated with National Federated Independent Union ---------------------------------------------------- 174 Number of votes cast against Associated Shoe & Leather Workers, Local #1, affiliated with National Federated Inde- pendent Union-------------------------------------------- 188 The results of the election show that no collective bargaining repre- sentative has been selected by a majority of the employees in the ap- propriate unit. The petition for investigation and certification of representatives of employees of International Shoe Company at its heel and rand factories in St. Louis, Missouri, will therefore be dismissed. ORDER By virtue of Section 9 (c) of the National Labor Relations 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 ORDERED that the petition for investigation and cer- tification of representatives of employees of International Shoe Com- pany at its heel and rand factories in St. Louis, Missouri, filed by Associated Shoe & Leather Workers, Local #1, affiliated with National Federated Independent Union, be, and it hereby is, dismissed. MR. WILLIAM M. LEISERSON took no part in the consideration of the above Third Supplemental Decision and Order.