The Muskin Shoe Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Aug 13, 1940

26 N.L.R.B. 546 (N.L.R.B. 1940)

In the Matter of THE MUSKIN SHOE COMPANY and UNITED SHOE
WORKERS OF AMERICA
Case No: R-1890
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES.,
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August 13, 1940
On July 3, 1940, the National Labor Relations Board issued its
Decision and Direction of Election in the above-entitled proceedings.'
Pursuant to the Direction of Election, an election by secret ballot
was conducted on July 26, 1940, at Baltimore, Maryland, under the
direction and supervision of the Regional Director for the Fifth
Region (Baltimore, Maryland). On July 29, 1940, the 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 an 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 Regional Director reported
as follows:
Total Number of Eligible Voters________________________ 271
Total Number of Ballots Cast___________________________ 255
Total Number of Votes For:
United Shoe Workers of America, affiliated with the Con-
gress of Industrial Organizations------------------ 162
Total Number of Votes Against:
United Shoe Workers of America, affiliated with the Con-
gress of Industrial Organizations ------------------ 87
Total Number of Blank Ballots_________________________ 1
Total Number of Void Ballots__________________________ 0
Total Number of Challenged Votes______________________ 6
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.
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THE MUSKIN SHOE COMPANY 547
IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that United Shoe Workers of America,
affiliated with the Congress of Industrial Organizations has been
designated and selected by a majority of the production and main-
tenance employees of The Muskin Shoe Company, Baltimore, Mary-
land, excluding supervisory and clerical employees, as their repre-
sentative for the purposes of collective bargaining, and that pursuant
to Section 9 (a) of the National Labor Relations Act, United Shoe
Workers of America, affiliated with the Congress of Industrial Organi-
zations, 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.
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