Brown Shoe Co., Inc.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Jun 9, 1938

7 N.L.R.B. 792 (N.L.R.B. 1938)

In the Matter of BROWN SHOE COMPANY, INC. and BOOT & SHOE
WORKERS' UNION LOCAL 649
Cases Nos. C-376 hhdR-557
SUPPLEMENTAL DECISION AND ORDER
June 9,19-38
On February 11, 1938, the National Labor Relations Board, herein
called the Board, issued a Decision, Order, and Direction of Election
in the above-entitled case., The Direction of Election directed that
an election by secret ballot be conducted within twenty (20) days
from the date of the Direction among the production and maintenance
employees of Brown Shoe Company, Inc, at its Vincennes, Indiana,
plant, herein called the respondent, whose names appeared on the
pay roll of the respondent for the week ending July 31, 1937, exclu-
sive of supervisory and office employees, and those who had, since
July 31, 1937, voluntarily left the employment of the respondent or
been discharged for proper cause, to determine whether or not they
desired to be represented by Boot & Shoe Workers' Union Local 649,
herein called the Union, for the purposes of collective bargaining.
Pursuant to the Direction, an election by secret ballot was held
on March 2, 1938, at Vincennes, Indiana, tinder the direction and
supervision of Robert H. Cowdrill, the Regional Director for the
Eleventh Region (Indianapolis, Indiana). On March 4, 1938, the
said 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 on the election. On March 9, 1938, the Union filed its excep-
tions to the Intermediate Report of the Regional Director. The re-
spondent thereafter filed an answer to these exceptions. On May
18, 1938, the Regional Director, acting pursuant to Article III, Sec-
tion 9, of said Rules and Regulations, found that no substantial or
material issue with respect to the conduct of the secret ballot had
been raised by the Union's exceptions, and ordered the exceptions
overruled. Copies of this order were served upon all parties on May
19, 1938. No exceptions to this order have been filed by the Union.
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DECISIONS AND ORDERS 793
As to the balloting and its results, the Regional Director reported
as follows :
Total number eligible--------------------------------------- 511
Total number of ballots counted---------------------------- 506
Total number of votes for the Boot & Shoe Workers' Union
Local 649------------------------------------------------ 208
Total number of votes against the Boot & Shoe Workers' Union
Local 649------------------------------------------------- 282
Total number of blank ballots------------------------------- 1
Total number of void,ballots-------------------------------- 0
Total number of challenged ballots-------------------------- 15
The results of the election show that no collective bargaining rep-
resentative has been selected by a majority of the employees. The
petition for investigation and certification of representatives of em-
ployees of the respondent will, therefore, be dismissed.
ORDER
By virtue of Section 9 (c) of the National Labor Relations 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 ordered that the petition for investigation and certifica-
tion of representatives of the production and maintenance employees
of Brown Shoe Company, Inc., at its Vincennes, Indiana, plant, filed
by Boot & Shoe Workers' Union Local 649, be, and it hereby is,
dismissed.