Montgomery Ward & Co.

In the Matter Of MONTGOMERY `YARD & COMPANY andJNTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERS, LOCALS 272 & 2724 Case No. R-2286 CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES March 29, 1941 - On February 27, 1941, the National Labor Relations Board issued its Decision and Direction of Election in the above-entitled proceeding.' Pursuant to the Direction of Election, an election by secret ballot was conducted on March 14, 1941 at Baltimore, Maryland, under the direc- tion and supervision of the Regional Director for -the'Fifth Region (Baltimore, Maryland). On March 15, 1941, the 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 objection 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---------------------------------------- 6 Total ballots cast--------------------------------------------- 6 Total ballots challenged--------------------------------------- 0 Total blank ballots------------------------------------------- 0 Total void ballots--------------------------------------------- 0 Total valid votes cast----------------------------------------- 6 Votes cast for International Union of'Operating Engineers , Locals 272 & 272A (AFL) ----------------------------------------- 4 Votes cast against International Union of Operating Engineers, Locals 272 & 272A (AFL) ----------------------------------- 2 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 International Union of Operating Engi- neers, Locals 272 & 272A, has been designated and selected by a major- 129 N L R B 1120 30 N. L R B, No. 108. 692 MONTGOMERY WARD & COMPANY 693 ity of all engineers and firemen employed by Montgomery Ward & Company at its Baltimore, Maryland mail-order' house, as their rep- resentative for the purposes of collective bargaining, and that pur- suant to Section 9 (a) of the Act; International Union of Operating Engineers, Locals 272 & 272A, 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.