Home Manufacturing Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Sep 19, 1940

27 N.L.R.B. 330 (N.L.R.B. 1940)

In the,Matter of HOME MANUFACTURING COMPANY and INTERNA-
TIONAL LADIES GARMENT WORKERS UNION, LOCAL 120, A. F. OF L.
Case No. R-1968
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
September 19, 19.10
On August 21, 1940, the National Labor Relations Board, herein
called the Board, issued its Decision and Direction of Election in
the above-entitled proceeding.' Pursuant to the Direction of Elec-
tion, an election by secret ballot was conducted on September 4, 1940,
under the direction and supervision of the Regional Director for the
Thirteenth Region (Chicago, Illinois).. On September 6, 1940, the
Regional Director, acting pursuant to Article III, Section 9, of Na-
tional Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series 2, as
amended, issued and duly served upon the parties his Election Report.
No objections to the conduct of the ballot or the Election Report have
been filed by any of the parties.
The Regional Director reported the following results of the bal-
loting :
Total number of ballots cast________________________________ 145
Total number of ballots cast for International Ladies Garment
Workers Union, Local 120, A. F. of L______________________ 79
Total number of ballots cast against the aforementioned union- 57
Total number of challenged ballots__ ________________________ 9
Total number of blank ballots______________________________ 0
Total number of void ballots________________________________ 0
Since the number of challenged ballots cannot affect the result of
the election, we find it unnecessary to pass upon the challenges.
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 International Ladies Garment Workers
Union, Local 120, A. F. of L., has been designated and selected by a
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majority of all employees in the Company 's Decatur plant who oc-
cupy positions listed on the Company's pay roll of June 29, 1940,
including Leona Mundwiler and Helen Koscessa , except employees
occupying positions similar to those occupied by employees specif-
ically excluded in, the Decision in this proceeding, as their repre-
sentative for the purposes of collective bargaining and that, pursuant
to Section 9 (a) of the Act, International Ladies Garment Workers
Union, Local 120 , A. F. of L., 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.