Montgomery Ward & Co.

In the Matter Of MONTGOMERY WARD & Co. and UNITED MAIL ORDER, WAREHOUSE AND RETAIL EMPLOYEES UNION, LOCAL 20, AFFILIATED WITH THE C. I. O. Case No. R-1878 CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES August 26, 1940 On July 11, 1940, the National Labor Relations Board issued a Decision and Direction of Election 1 in the above-entitled proceed- ings. Pursuant to the Direction of Election, an election by secret ballot was conducted on August 8, 1940, under the direction and supervision of the Regional Director for the Thirteenth Region (Chicago, Illinois). On August 10, 1940, the Regional Director, acting pursuant to Article III, Section 9, of National Labor Re- lations Board Rules and Regulations-Series 2, as amended, issued and duly served upon the parties his Election Report. No objec- tions 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 eligible to vote----------------------------- 257 Total number ballots cast---- ----------------------------- 205 Total number of ballots cast in favor of United Mail Order, Warehouse and Retail Employees Union, Local 20, affiliated with the C. I. 0--------------------------------------- 162 Total number of ballots cast against United Mail Order, Warehouse and Retail Employees Union, Local 20, affiliated with the C. I. 0--------------------------------------- 41 Total number of blank ballots----------------------------- 2 Total number of protested ballots-------------------------- 0 Total number of void 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, I25N.L.R.B.318. 26 N. L. R. B., No. 123. 1347 1348 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that United Mail Order, Warehouse and Retail Employees Union, Local 20, affiliated with the C. I. 0., has been designated and selected by a majority of all employees of Montgomery Ward & Co., at its Schwinn Warehouse, Chicago, Illi- nois, including catalog-office employees and excluding supervisory employees on its time-card pay roll, cafeteria employees, ledger, and supervisory pay-roll employees, as their representative for the purposes of collective bargaining,. and that, pursuant to the pro- visions of Section 9 (a) of the National Labor Relations Act, United Mail Order, Warehouse and Retail Employees Union, Local 20, affili- ated with the C. I. 0., 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.