Montgomery Ward & Co.

In the Matter of MONTGOMERY WARD & COMPANY and WAREHOUSE- MEN'S UNION , LOCAL No. *206, AFFILIATED WITH I. B. of T. C., S. & H. of A., A. F. OF L. Case No. R-1863 CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES August 10, 19110 On June 24, 1940, the National Labor Relations Board, herein called the Board, issued its Decision and Direction of Election in the above-entitled proceeding. ' Pursuant to the Direction an election by secret ballot was conducted on July 19, 1940, under the direction and supervision of the Regional Director for the Nineteenth Region (Seattle, Washington). On July 22, 1940,,the Regional Director, act ing 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. 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 Us results, the Regional Director reported as follows: Total on eligibility list___________________________________ 470 Total ballots cast ---------------------------------------- 380 Total votes in favor of Warehousemen's Local 206 ----------- 328 Total votes against Warehousemen's Local 206-------------- 50 Total challenged votes ----------------------------------- 2 Total on eligibility list not voting_________________________ 90 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 HERESY CERTIFIED that Warehousemen's Union, Local No. 206, affiliated with International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chaulreurs, Stablemen & Helpers of America, affiliated with the American Fed- eration of Labor, has been designated and selected by it majority of all merchandise checkers in the shipping department; receiving clerks in the receiving department; employees on the freight elevators, all 124 N L. R. B 967 26 N. L. R. B., No. 46. 489 490 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD sorters, completers, and packers , but not billers , in the packing and billing departments; employees of the package-opening department, except authenticators ; employees of the central repair unit , except those engaged in office work ; employees in the jewelry repair unit engaged in handling merchandise , except watchmakers ; employees in the merchandise division, except timekeepers and employees engaged in taking orders; employees in the supply and multigraph department who fill in and stock supplies; employees who handle merchandise in the operating, auditing , stock control , and catalog service depart- ments; porters; and employees at the warehouse; of Montgomery Ward & Company at its Portland , Oregon, mail order house and warehouse, excluding supervisory employees, as their representative for the pur- poses of collective bargaining, and that, pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the Act, Warehousemen's Union, Local No. 206, affiliated with Inter- national Brotherhood of Teamsters , Chauffeurs , Stablemen & Helpers of America, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, is the exclusive representative of all such employees, for the purposes of collective bargaining in respect to rates of pay, wages , hours of em- ployment, and other conditions of employment.