McAdoo Sportswear Company, Inc.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Jun 21, 1939

13 N.L.R.B. 366 (N.L.R.B. 1939)

In the Matter of McAdoo SPORTSWEAR COMPANY, INC. and INTER-
NATIONAL LADIES' GARMENT WORKERS UNION
Case No. R-1338
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
June 21, 1939
On May 24, 1939, the National Labor Relations Board, herein
called the Board, issued a Decision and Direction of Election in
the above-entitled proceeding. The Direction of Election provided
that an election by secret ballot be conducted within fifteen (15)
days of the Direction among all the production employees of McAdoo
Sportswear Company, Inc., Danville, Pennsylvania, who were em-
ployed during the pay-roll period ending March 24, 1939, including
employees who did not work during such pay-roll period because
they were ill or on vacation, but excluding supervisors, clerical em-
ployees, the head cutter, the machinists, and employees who have
since quit or been discharged for cause, to determine whether or not
they desire to be; represented by International Ladies' 'Garment
Workers Union for the purposes of collective bargaining.
Pursuant to the Direction of Election, an election by secret ballot
was conducted on June 2, 1939, at Danville, Pennsylvania, under the
direction and supervision of the Regional Director for the Fourth
Region (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania). On June 6, 1939, the Regional
Director, acting pursuant to Article III, Section 9, of National
Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series 1, as amended,
issued and duly served upon the parties his Intermediate Report
Upon Secret Ballot. No objections or exceptions have been filed
by any of the parties.
As to the balloting and its results, the Regional Director reported
as follows :
Total eligible to vote________________________________________ 98
Total ballots cast___________________________________________ 92
Ballots cast by those desiring to be represented by the Inter-
national Ladies' Garment Workers Union___________________ 56
Ballots cast by those not desiring to be represented by the
International Ladies' Garment Workers Union______________ 34
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McADOO SPORTSWEAR COMPANY 367
Total number of blank ballots_______________________________ 0
Total number of void ballots_________________________________ 0
Total number of challenged ballots__________________________ 2
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
1, as amended,
IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that International Ladies' Garment Workers
Union has been selected by a majority of the production employees of
McAdoo Sportswear Company, Inc., Danville, Pennsylvania, exclud-
ing supervisors, clerical employees, the head cutter, and the machin-
ists, as their representative for the purposes of collective bargaining,
and that, pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the Act, International Ladies'
Garment Workers Union is the exclusive 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.
MR. WILLIAM M. LEISERSON took no part in the above Certification
,of Representatives.