Montgomery Ward & Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Jan 13, 1942

38 N.L.R.B. 204 (N.L.R.B. 1942)

In the Matter Of MONTGOMERY WARD -& COMPANY and RETAIL
CLERKS INTERNATIONAL PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION (A. F. of L.)
In the Matter of MONTGOMERY WARD & COMPANY and UNITED
RETAIL, WHOLESALE AND DEPARTMENT STORE EMPLOYEES OF
AMERICA (C. I. 0.)
Cases Nos. R-3023 and R-3024
'CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 13, 1942
On October 11, 1941, the National Labor Relations Board issued
its Decision and Direction of Elections in the above-entitled pro-
ceeding.' On November 28, 1941, the Board issued its Supplemental
Decision, Direction of Run-off Election, and Certification of Repre-
sentatives in the above-entitled proceeding.2 Pursuant to the Direc-
tion of Run-off Election, an election by secret ballot was conducted
on December 19, 1941, under the direction and supervision of the
Regional Director for the Seventh Region (Detroit, Michigan). On
December 22, 1941, the Regional Director, acting pursuant to Article
III, Section 9, of National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regula-
tions-Series 2, as amended, issued and duly served upon the parties
his Election Report. No objections to the conduct of the ballot or
to the Election Report were filed by any of the parties.
As to the balloting and the results thereof, the Regional Director
reported as follows:
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Total on eligibility list----------------------------------- 161
Total ballots cast---------------------------------------- 87
Total ballots challenged---------------------------------- 0
Total blank ballots-------------------------------------- 1
Total void ballots--------------------------------------- 8
Total valid votes cast------------------------------------ 78
Votes cast for Retail Clerks International Protective Associa-
tion, A. F. of L---------------------------------------- 6
Votes cast for United Retail, Wholesale and Department Store
Employees of America, C. I. 0-------------------------- 72
'36N.L R B 69.
2 37 N. L. R. B 9.
38 N. L. R. B., No. 52.
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MONTGOMERY WARD & COMPANY 205
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 Retail, Wholesale and Depart-
ment Store Employees of America, affiliated with the Congress 'of
Industrial Organizations, has been 'designated and selected by a'
majority'of all employees at the 400 South Washington Avenue, Royal
Oak, Michigan, store of Montgomery Ward & Company, Chicago,
Illinois, excluding divisional 'directors, store managers, assistant
managers, employees in leased departments, floor managers, depart-
ment heads, personnel directors and their assistants, store detectives
or police, private secretaries of store managers, chief engineers, and
buyers, as their representatives for the purposes of collective bargain-
ing, and that pursuant to the provisions of Section 9 (a) of the National
Labor Relations Act, United Retail, Wholesale and Department Store'
Employees of America, affiliated with the Congress of Industrial
Organizations,'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.