International Shoe Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

May 7, 1942

40 N.L.R.B. 1211 (N.L.R.B. 1942)

In the Matter of INTERNATIONAL SHOE] COMPANY and UNITED RUBBER
WORKERS OF AMERICA, LOCAL #198, AFFILIATED WITH C. I. O.
In the Matter Of INTERNATIONAL SHOE COMPANY and UNITED SHOE
WORKERS OF AMERICA, LOCAL No. 100-A
In the Matter of INTERNATIONAL SHOE COMPANY and WESTERN
BROTHERHOOD OF SHOE AND RUBBER WORKERS
Cases Nos. R-2882, R-2883, and R-3233, respectively
SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL DECISION
AND
DI4ECTION OF ELECTIONS
°May 7, 19442
On November 21, 1941, the National', Labor Relations Board issued
its Decision and Direction of Election^in this proceeding., On Jan-
uary 14, 1942, the Board, issued-,its Supplemental Decision and Cer-
tification of Representatives.2 In its Supplemental Decision, the
Board found that employees at the Rubber Plant of International
Shoe Company, Hannibal, Missouri, herein called the Company, con-
stituted an appropriate unit and certified United Rubber Workers
of America, Local #198, affiliated with C. I. 0., as their exclusive
bargaining agent. I
In its original Decision, the' Board deferred the'elections to be held
at the Seventh Street Plant and the Bluff City Plant of the Company
until the Bluff City Plant should have resumed operations and'
normal working conditions_ should obtain at both plants. The
Regional Director has informed the Board that ' the Bluff City Plant
is' now operating, but not at full capacity, and that the time when
normal conditions shall obtain at the two plants 'is not predictable.
The Regional Director has reported that United Shoe Workers of
America, a petitioning labor,:organizatipn, and the Company desire
that the elections at both plants be held without further delay, and
that Western Brotherhood ' of Shoe and Rubber Workers, also a
petitioning, labor organization, has not stated its position with re-
spect to immediate elections. In view of the desirability of resolving
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the question concerning representation, and since it appears that the
resumption of normal operations at both plants may be- delayed in-
definitely, we shall no longer defer ,elpctions.-at the Bluff COY-Plant
and at the Seventh Street Plant.
DIRECTION OF ELECTIONS
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, and pursuant to Article III, Section 8, of National Labor
Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series 2, as amended,
IT IS HEREBY DIRECTED that, as part of the investigation ordered by
the Board to ascertain representatives for the- purposes of collective
bargaining with International Shoe Company, Hannibal, Missouri,
separate elections by secret ballot shall be conducted as early as pos-
sible but not later than thirty (30) days from the date of this
Direction of Elections, under the direction and supervision of the
Regional Director for the Fourteenth Region, acting in the matter as
agent for the National Labor Relations Board and subject. to Article
III, Section 9, of said Rules and Regulations, among employees of
International Shoe Company,. Hannibal,, Missouri, who fall within
the groups described below and who, were employed during the- pay-
roll period immediately, preceding, the date of this Direction,, includ-
ing employees who did not work during such pay-roll period because
they were ill or on vacation, or in the, active military, service or
training, of the United States, or temporarily, laid off, but excluding
employees who voted in the prior election at the, Rubber Plant
and any employees who have since quit or been discharged for cause :
1. All production and maintenance employees of the Company, at
the Bluff City Plant, including, employees on the preferential hiring
list who last worked at said plant,, but excluding clerical,, office,, and
supervisory employees and bonded watchmen, to determine whether
they desire to be represented by United Shoe. Workers. of America,
affiliated, with the Congress of Industrial Organizations, or by West-
ern Brotherhood of Shoe and Rubber Workers, for the purposes of
collective bargaining, or by neither; and
2. All production and maintenance employees of the Company at
the Seventh Street Plant including employees on the preferential
hiring list who last worked at said plant, but excluding clerical,
office, and supervisory employees, bonded watchmen,. and, cafeteria
employees, to determine whether they desire to be represented by
United Shoe Workers of America, affiliated with the ,Congress of
Industrial Organizations, or by Western Brotherhood of Shoe and
Rubber Workers, for the purposes of collective bargaining, or by
neither.