Montgomery Ward & Co., Inc.

In the Matter of HUMMER MANUFACTURING COMPANY BRANCH OF MONTGOMERY WARD & CO., INCORPORATED and INTERNATIONAL ASSO- CIATION OF MACHINISTS, LODGE'No. 628, A. F. OF L. Case No. R-1896 CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES September 18, 10%0 On August 2, 1940, the National Labor Relations Board issued a Decision and Direction of Election in the above-entitled proceedings.- -Pursuant to the Direction of Election, an election by secret ballot -was conducted on August 29, 1940, under the direction and super- vision of the Regional Director for the Thirteenth Region (Chicago, Illinois). On September 3, 1940, the Regional Director, acting pur- suant 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 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________________________________ 268 Total number of ballots cast--------------------------------- 243 Total number of ballots cast for international Association of Machinists, Lodge No. 628, A. F of L______________ __ 170 Total number of ballots cast against International Association , of Machinists, Lodge No. 628, A. F. of L------------ -------- 72 Total number of challenged ballots___________________________ 1 Total number of void ballots_________________________________ 0 Total number of blank 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 26 N L R B 27 27 N L R B, No 65 304 RUMMER, MFG. CO. BRANCH OF MONTGOMERY WARD & CO., INC. 305 IT Is HEREBY CERTIFIED that International Association of Machinists, Lodge No. 628 , affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, has been designated and selected by a majority of the hourly paid production and maintenance employees and the experimental depart- ment employees of Hummer Manufacturing Company Branch of Montgomery Ward & Co., Springfield, Illinois, excluding office em- ployees, watchmen, and supervisors other than group leaders engaged primarily in production work, as their representative for the purposes of collective bargaining , and that, pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the Act. International Association of Machinists, Lodge.No. 628, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, is the exclusive representa- tive 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. 323428-42-vol. 27-21