Montgomery Ward & Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Aug 10, 1940

26 N.L.R.B. 489 (N.L.R.B. 1940)

In the Matter of MONTGOMERY WARD & COMPANY and WAREHOUSE-
MEN'S UNION , LOCAL No. *206, AFFILIATED WITH I. B. of T. C., S.
& H. of A., A. F. OF L.
Case No. R-1863
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
August 10, 19110
On June 24, 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 an election
by secret ballot was conducted on July 19, 1940, under the direction
and supervision of the Regional Director for the Nineteenth Region
(Seattle, Washington). On July 22, 1940,,the Regional Director, act
ing 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 an 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 Us results, the Regional Director reported
as follows:
Total on eligibility list___________________________________ 470
Total ballots cast ---------------------------------------- 380
Total votes in favor of Warehousemen's Local 206 ----------- 328
Total votes against Warehousemen's Local 206-------------- 50
Total challenged votes ----------------------------------- 2
Total on eligibility list not voting_________________________ 90
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 HERESY CERTIFIED that Warehousemen's Union, Local No. 206,
affiliated with International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chaulreurs,
Stablemen & Helpers of America, affiliated with the American Fed-
eration of Labor, has been designated and selected by it majority of
all merchandise checkers in the shipping department; receiving clerks
in the receiving department; employees on the freight elevators, all
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sorters, completers, and packers , but not billers , in the packing and
billing departments; employees of the package-opening department,
except authenticators ; employees of the central repair unit , except
those engaged in office work ; employees in the jewelry repair unit
engaged in handling merchandise , except watchmakers ; employees in
the merchandise division, except timekeepers and employees engaged
in taking orders; employees in the supply and multigraph department
who fill in and stock supplies; employees who handle merchandise in
the operating, auditing , stock control , and catalog service depart-
ments; porters; and employees at the warehouse; of Montgomery Ward
& Company at its Portland , Oregon, mail order house and warehouse,
excluding supervisory employees, as their representative for the pur-
poses of collective bargaining , and that, pursuant to Section 9 (a) of
the Act, Warehousemen's Union, Local No. 206, affiliated with Inter-
national Brotherhood of Teamsters , Chauffeurs , Stablemen & Helpers
of America, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, is the
exclusive representative of all such employees, for the purposes of
collective bargaining in respect to rates of pay, wages , hours of em-
ployment, and other conditions of employment.