Allied Kid Co.

In the Matter of ALLIED KID CO., STANDARD KID AND STERLING KID DIVISIONS and UNITED LEATHER WORKERS INTERNATIONAL UNION LOCAL #69, AFFILIATED WITH THE A. F. OF L. - Case No. R-2167 CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES January 16, 194.1 On December 19, 1940, the National Labor Relations 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 December 27, 1940, under the direction and supervision of the Regional Director for the Fourth Region (Philadelphia, Penn- sylvania). On December 30, 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 on eligibility list------------------------------------ 407 Total ballots cast----------------------------------------- 379 Total valid ballots cast------------------------------------ 374 Votes cast for United Leather Workers International Union Local No. 69, affiliated with the A. F. of L.---------------- 204 Votes cast for International Fur & Leather Workers Union, affiliated with the C. I. 0.------------------------------- 163 Votes cast for neither------------------------------------- 7 Challenged ballots---------------------------------------- 0 Blank ballots--------------------------------------------- 2 Void ballots---------------------------------------------- 3 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 Leather Workers International Union Local #69, affiliated with the A. F. of L., has been designated 1 28 N L R B. 687. 29 N. L. R. B., No. 9. 48 ALLIED KID Co. 49 and selected by a majority of the production employees, including assistant foremen (departmental foremen), at the Fourth and Monroe Streets plant of Allied Kid Co., Wilmington, Delaware, excluding clerical, sales , maintenance, warehouse, and supervisory employees, -foremen, watchmen , chauffeurs , and chauffeurs' helpers, as their repre- sentative for the purposes of collective bargaining, and that, pur- suant to the provisions of Section 9 (a) of the National Labor Rela- tions Act, United Leather Workers International Union Local #69, affiliated with the A. F. of L., is the exclusive representative of all such employees for the purposes of collective bargaining with respect to rates of pay, wages, hours of employment , and other conditions of employment. I