M. Hoffman & Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Aug 23, 1940

26 N.L.R.B. 1055 (N.L.R.B. 1940)

In the Matter Of MAX HOFFMAN DOING BUSINESS UNDER STYLE AND
TRADE NAME OF M. HOFFMAN & Co. and AMALGAMATED CLOTHING
WORKERS OF AMERICA (CIO)
Case No. R-1867
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
August 23, 1940
On July 11, 1940, the National Labor Relations Board , herein
called the Board, issued a Decision and Direction of Election in the
above-entitled proceeding.' Pursuant to the Direction of Election,
an election by secret ballot was conducted on August 2, 1940, under
the direction and supervision of the Acting Regional Director for
the First Region (Boston, Massachusetts). On August 3, 1940, the
Acting Regional Director, acting pursuant to Article III, Section 9,
of National 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.
As to the balloting and its results, the Acting Regional Director
reported as follows:
Total Number Eligible to Vote ----------------------------- 199
Total Number of Valid Votes Cast_________________________ 187
Total Number of Ballots Marked for "Amalgamated Clothing
Workers of America (CIO)"____________________________ 152
Total Number of Ballots Marked for "United Garment Workers
of America (AFL)"____________________________________ 31
Total Number of Ballots Marked "Neither------------------ 4
Total Number of Blank Ballots___________________________ 0
Total Number of Void Ballots_____________________________ 0
Total Number of Challenged Ballots- ------------------ ---- 0
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,
1 25 N . L. R. B. 311. Thereafter , on July 29, 1940 , United Garment Workers of America Sled " Objection
to Decision and Direction of Election ," dated July 26, 1940. On August 2, 1940 , the Board issued and duly
served on the parties an order setting forth that the Board considered the "Objection" as a motion to recon-
sider its Decision , overruling the "Objection ," and denying the motion to reconsider.
26 N. L. R. B., No. 109.
1055
1056 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD
IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that Amalgamated Clothing Workers of
America (CIO) has been designated and selected by a majority of
the production employees of Max Hoffman , doing business under
the style and trade name of M. Hoffman & Co., at the factory in
East Boston, Massachusetts , including floor boys but excluding super-
visory , employees , sales employees , clerical employees and shipping
employees, as their representative for the purposes of collective bar-
gaining, , and that, pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the National Labor
Relations Act, Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America (CIO)
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.