Brown Shoe Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Jul 6, 1942

42 N.L.R.B. 75 (N.L.R.B. 1942)

In the Matter of BROWN SHOE COMPANY and UNITED SHOE WORKERS
OF AMERICA , AFFILIATED WITH THE C. I. O.
Case No. R-3736
CERTIFICATION' OF REPRESENTATIVES
July 6, 1942
On May 30, 1942, 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 June 19, 1942, under the direction and supervision
of the Regional Director for the Eleventh Region (Indianapolis,
Indiana). On June 22, 1942, 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 an Election Report on the ballot. 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___________________________________ 469
Total ballots cast________________________________________ 458
Total ballots challenged__________________________________ 6
Total blank ballots______ _________________________________ 5
Total void ballots________________________________________ 0
Total valid votes counted _________________________________ 447
Votes cast foi Boot and Shoe Workers International Union,
Local No 649 (A F of L) ----------------------------- 119
Votes cast for United Shoe Workers of America (C I 0 ) ___ 275
Votes cast for neither____________________________________ 23
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,
IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that United Shoe Workers of America,
affiliated with the Congress of Industrial Organizations, has been
designated and selected by a majority of all production and mainte-
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nance employees at the Vincennes, Indiana, plant of Brown Shoe
Company, excluding supervisory and clerical employees, as their rep-
resentative for the purposes of collective bargaining, and that, pur-
suant to Section 9 (a) of the Act, United Shoe Workers of America,
affiliated with the Congress of Industrial Organizations, is the ex-
clusive 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.