Irving Shoe Co.

In .the Matter of IRVING SHOE COMPANY and UNITED SHOE WORKERS of AMERICA, LocAL 48 _ Case No. R-1946 CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES September 20, 1940 On August 9, 1940, the National Labor Relations Board, herein called the 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 30, 1940, under the direction and supervision of the Regional Director for the Thir- teenth Region (Chicago, Illinois). On August 31, 1940, the Re- gional 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 an Election Report on the ballot. No objections to the conduct of the ballot or the Election Report had been filed by any of the parties. As to the balloting and its results, the Regional Director reported as follows : Total number of ballots cast_________________________________ 95 Total number eligible to vote________________________________ 97 Ballots cast for United Shoe Workers of America, Local 48, affiliated with the Congress of Industrial Organizations____ 69 Ballots cast for Boot and Shoe Workers Union, Local 14, affili- ated with the American Federation of Labor_______________ 19 Ballots cast for neither of these labor organizations-_-_-____ 2 Protested ballots___________________________________________ 5 Blank ballots----------------------------------------------- 0 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 Re- lations 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, 126 N L R . B. 468. 27 N. L. R. B., No. 80. 374 IRVING SHOE COMPANY 375 IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that United Shoe Workers of America, Local 48, affiliated with the Congress of Industrial Organizations, has been designated and selected by a majority of the production employees- of Irving Shoe Company, Chicago, Illinois, excluding foremen and shipping room, office, and clerical employees, as their representative for the purpose of collective bargaining, and that, pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the Act, United Shoe Workers of America, ]Local 48, affiliated with the Congress of Industrial Or- ganizations, 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.