New England Overall Co., Inc.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Aug 23, 1940

26 N.L.R.B. 1057 (N.L.R.B. 1940)

In the Matter of NEW ENGLAND OVERALL CO., INC. and AMALGAMATED
CLOTHING WORKERS OF AMERICA (CIO)
Case No. R-1862.
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__________________________ 125
Total Number of Valid Votes Cast_______________________ 116
Total Number of Ballots Marked for "Amalgamated Clothing
Workers of America (CIO)"__________________________ 47
Total Number of Ballots Marked for "United Garment
Workers of America (AFL)"__________________________ 68
Total Number of Ballots Marked "Neither" _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1
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 Relations
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 United Garment Workers of America
has been designated and selected by a majority of the production em-
1 25 N. L. It. B. 326 . Thereafter , on July 29, 1940 , United Garment Workers of America filed "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
reconsider its Decision , overruling the "Objection ," and denying the motion to reconsider.
26 N. L. R. B., No. 11.0.
1057
1058 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD
ployees of New England Overall Co., Inc., Boston, Massachusetts, in-
cluding floor boys but excluding supervisory employees, sales em-
ployees, clerical employees, maintenance 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, United Garment Workers of America 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.