M. Hoffman & Co.

In the Matter Of MAX HOFFMAN DOING BUSINESS UNDER STYLE AND TRADE NAME OF M. HOFFMAN & Co. and AMALGAMATED CLOTHING WORKERS OF AMERICA (CIO) Case No. R-1867 CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES August 23, 1940 On July 11, 1940, the National Labor Relations Board , herein called the Board, issued a Decision and Direction of Election in the above-entitled proceeding.' Pursuant to the Direction of Election, an election by secret ballot was conducted on August 2, 1940, under the direction and supervision of the Acting Regional Director for the First Region (Boston, Massachusetts). On August 3, 1940, the Acting 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 his Election Report. 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 Acting Regional Director reported as follows: Total Number Eligible to Vote ----------------------------- 199 Total Number of Valid Votes Cast_________________________ 187 Total Number of Ballots Marked for "Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America (CIO)"____________________________ 152 Total Number of Ballots Marked for "United Garment Workers of America (AFL)"____________________________________ 31 Total Number of Ballots Marked "Neither------------------ 4 Total Number of Blank Ballots___________________________ 0 Total Number of Void Ballots_____________________________ 0 Total Number of Challenged Ballots- ------------------ ---- 0 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 25 N. L. R. B. 311. Thereafter, on July 29, 1940, United Garment Workers of America Sled " Objection to Decision and Direction of Election ," dated July 26, 1940. On August 2, 1940, the Board issued and duly served on the parties an order setting forth that the Board considered the "Objection" as a motion to recon- sider its Decision, overruling the "Objection," and denying the motion to reconsider. 26 N. L. R. B., No. 109. 1055 1056 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America (CIO) has been designated and selected by a majority of the production employees of Max Hoffman , doing business under the style and trade name of M. Hoffman & Co., at the factory in East Boston, Massachusetts, including floor boys but excluding super- visory, employees , sales employees , clerical employees and shipping employees, as their representative for the purposes of collective bar- gaining, , and that, pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the National Labor Relations Act, Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America (CIO) is the exclusive 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.