International Shoe Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Jun 27, 1942

41 N.L.R.B. 1402 (N.L.R.B. 1942)

In the Matter Of INTERNATIONAL SHOE COMPANY and UNITED RUBBER
WORKERS or 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
THIRD SUPPLEMENTAL DECISION
AND
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
June 27, 1942
On November 21, 1941 , the National Labor Relations Board issued
a Decision and Direction of Election in this proceeding .' On Janu-
ary 14, 1942 , the Board issued a Supplemental Decision and Certifica-
tion of Representatives.2
On May 7, 1942 , the Board issued a Second Supplemental Decision
and Direction of Elections ,' directing that separate elections be held
among employees at the Bluff City Plant and at the Seventh Street
Plant of International Shoe Company , Hannibal , Missouri , herein
called the Company .' Pursuant to the Direction of Elections, elec-
tions by secret 'ballot were conducted on May 21, 1942 , under the
direction and supervision of the Regional Director for the Fourteenth
Region ( St. Louis, Missouri ). On May 23, 1942, the Regional Direc-
tor, acting pursuant to Article III, Section 9, of National Labor Rela-
tions 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 to the Election Report have been filed
by any of the parties.
1.16 N L R B 1173.
238N L. R B 216
2 40 N L. R. B. 1211.
• The Company 's three plants at Hannibal are called the Rubber Plant , the Bluff City
Plant , and the Seventh Street Plant. On November 21, 1941 , the Board directed that an
election be held among employees at the Rubber Plant. At that time the Bluff City
Plant was closed . The Board deferred the elections to be held at the Bluff City Plant
and at the Seventh Street Plant until the Bluff City Plant should be in operation.
41 N L. R. B., No 248.
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INTERNATIONAL SHOE COMPANY 1 403
, As to the balloting -and its-results, the Regional Director reported
as follows :
1. Bluff City Plant
Number on eligibility list-----------------------, -------- 404
Total number of ballots cast------------------------------ 300
Number of ballots challenged-- -------------------------- 8
Number of blank ballots---------------------------------- 1
Number of void ballots----------------------------------- 1
Total number of valid votes counted----------------------- 290
Number of ballots voted for United Shoe Workers of America,
C. I o 190
Number of ballots voted for Western Brotherhood of Shoe
and Rubber Workers----------------------------------- 42
Number of ballots voted for neither------------------------ 58
2. Seventh Street Plant
Number on eligibility list--------------------------------- 1, 228
Total number of ballots cast------------------------------ 1,023
Number of ballots challenged------------- ------- --------- 14
Number of blank ballots---------------------------------- 1
Number of void ballots----------------------------------- '2
Total number of valid votes counted----------------------- 1, 006
Number of ballots voted for United Shoe Workers of
America, C. I. 0--------------------------------------- 576
Number of ballots voted for Western Brotherhood of Shoe
and Rubber Workers----------------------------------- 129
Number of ballots voted for neither----------------------- 301
In the original Decision and Direction of Election, issued on No-
vember 21, 1941, the Board stated that upon the results of separate
elections among employees at each of the Company's three Hannibal
plants should depend in part the appropriate unit. The Board pro-
vided that United Rubber Workers of America, Local #198, affiliated
with the C. I. 0., herein called the Rubber `Wrorkers, and Western
Brotherhood of Shoe and Rubber Workers, herein called the Brother-
hood, should participate in the election among employees at the
Rubber Plant, stating that "if a majority of such employees select
the Rubber Workers as their bargaining agent, we shall find that
such employees constitute an appropriate bargaining unit and shall
certify the Rubber Workers as their bargaining agent." The Board
further provided that the Brotherhood and United Shoe Workers
of America, C. I. 0., herein called the Shoe Workers, should partici-
pate in elections to be held among employees at the Bluff City Plant
and at the Seventh Street Plant, stating "if the Brotherhood or the
United Shoe Workers of America be selected by a majority of em-
ployees at each of two or more plants, we shall find that such em-
ployees constitute a single appropriate unit and shall certify as
bargaining agent thereof the representative so selected."
1404 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR -RELATIONS BOARD
In the Supplemental Decision and Certification, of Representatives
issued on January 14, 1942, the Board, noting that a majority of
employees at the Rubber Plant had selected the Rubber Workers as
their bargaining agent, found that employees at `the Rubber Plant
constituted an appropriate unit and certified the Rubber Workers as
their exclusive bargaining agent. The results of the separate elec-
tions held at the Bluff City Plant and at the Seventh Street Plant
disclose that a majority of employees at each plant has selected the
Shoe Workers as their exclusive bargaining agent.
Upon the entire record in the case, the Board makes the following :
SUPPLEMENTAL FINDING OF FACT
We find that all production and maintenance employees of the
Company at the Bluff City Plant and at the Seventh Street Plant,
Hannibal, Missouri, excluding clerical, office, and supervisory employ-
ees, bonded watchmen, and cafeteria employees, constitute a unit
appropriate for the purposes of collective bargaining within the
meaning of Section 9 (b) of the National Labor Relations Act.
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
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,
C. I. 0., has been designated and selected by a majority of all
production and, maintenance employees of International Shoe Com-
pany at the Bluff City Plant and the Seventh 'Street Plant, Hannibal,
Missouri, excluding clerical, office, and supervisory employees, bonded
watchmen, and cafeteria employees, as their representative for the
purposes of collective bargaining and that, pursuant to Section 9
('a) of the Act, United Shoe Workers of America, C. I. 0., 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.