New England Overall Co., Inc.

In the Matter of NEW ENGLAND OVERALL CO., INC. and AMALGAMATED CLOTHING WORKERS OF AMERICA (CIO) Case No. R-1862. 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__________________________ 125 Total Number of Valid Votes Cast_______________________ 116 Total Number of Ballots Marked for "Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America (CIO)"__________________________ 47 Total Number of Ballots Marked for "United Garment Workers of America (AFL)"__________________________ 68 Total Number of Ballots Marked "Neither" _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 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 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 CERTIFIED that United Garment Workers of America has been designated and selected by a majority of the production em- 1 25 N. L. It. B. 326. Thereafter, on July 29, 1940 , United Garment Workers of America filed "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 reconsider its Decision , overruling the "Objection ," and denying the motion to reconsider. 26 N. L. R. B., No. 11.0. 1057 1058 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD ployees of New England Overall Co., Inc., Boston, Massachusetts, in- cluding floor boys but excluding supervisory employees, sales em- ployees, clerical employees, maintenance 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, United Garment Workers of America 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.