Angelica Jacket Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

May 26, 1942

41 N.L.R.B. 318 (N.L.R.B. 1942)

In the Matter of ANGELICA JACKET COMPANY and UNITED GARMENT
WORKERS OF AMERICA (A. F. OF L.)
Case No. R-3833.-Decided May 26, 194°
Investigation and Certification of Representatives : stipulation for certification
on consent election.
Mr. Willard L. Levy, of St. Louis, Mo., for the Company.
Mr. Edwin H. Stern, of St. Louis, Mo., for the A. F. of L.
Mr. Philip Reichardt, of St. Louis,'Mo., for the C. 1. 0.
Mr. George H. Gentithes, of counsel to the Board.
DECISION
AND
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
STATEMENT OF THE CASE
Upon petition duly filed by United Garment Workers of America,
A. F. of L., herein called the A. F. of L., alleging that a question
affecting commerce had arisen concerning the representation of em-
ployees of Angelica Jacket Company, herein called the Company,
engaged in St. Louis, Missouri, in the manufacture and sale of wash-
able uniforms, aprons, and similar products, the National Labor Re-
lations Board provided for an appropriate hearing upon due notice.
On May 4, 1942, before a hearing was held, the Company, the A. F.
of L., and United Retail and Wholesale Employees of America, affili-
ated with the Congress of Industrial Organizations, United Ware-
house Workers' Local No. 662, hereinafter called the C. I. 0., and the
Regional Director for the Fourteenth Region (St. Louis, Missouri)
entered into a "Stipulation for Certification on Consent Election."
Pursuant to the Stipulation, an election by secret ballot was con-
ducted on May 8, 1942, under the direction and supervision of the
Regional Director, among all non-supervisory employees of the Com-
pany in the stock and shipping departments to determine whether or
not they desired to be represented by the A. F. of L., the C. I. 0., or
neither. On May 8, 1942, the Regional Director issued and duly
served upon the parties an Election Report on the ballot. No ob-
jections to the conduct of the ballot or the Election Report have been
filed by any of the parties.
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As to the balloting and its results, the Regional Director reported
as follows :
Total on eligibility list_____________________________________ 14
Total number of ballots cast________________________________ 14,
Number of ballots challenged ------------- ------------------ 0
Number of blank ballots____________________________________ 0
Number of void ballots______________________________________ 0,
/total number of ballots counted____________________________ 14-
Number of ballots voted for United Garment Workers of
America (A. F. of L.)__---------------- 14
Number of ballots voted for United Retail & Wholesale Em-
ployees of America, affiliated with the C. I. 0, United Ware-
house Workers' Local No. 662____________________________ 0
Number of ballots voted for neither_________________________ 0 -
Upon the basis of the Stipulation, the Election Report and the
entire record in the case, the, Board makes the following :
FINDINGS OF FACT
1. A question affecting commerce has arisen concerning the repre
sentation of employees of Angelica Jacket Company, St. Louis, Mis
souri, within the meaning of Section 9 (c) and Section 2 (6) and (7)
of the National Labor Relations Act.
2. All non-supervisory employees of the Angelica Jacket Company
St. Louis, Missouri, in the stock and shipping departments consti-
tute a unit appropriate for the purposes of collective bargaining
within the meaning of Section 9 (b) of the Act.
3. United Garment Workers of America, A. F. of L., has been
designated and selected by a majority of employees in the above unit
as their representative for the purposes of collective bargaining and
is the exclusive representative of all employees in said unit within
the meaning of Section 9 (a) of the 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
Relations Act,
IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that United Garment Workers of America,
A. F. of L., has been designated and selected by a majority of all
non-supervisory employees of Angelica Jacket Company, St. Louis,
Missouri, in the stock and shipping departments, as their representa-
tive for the purposes of collective bargaining, and that, pursuant to
Section 9 (a) of the Act, United Garment Workers of America,
A. F. of L., 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.