U. S. Shoe Corp.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Sep 28, 1942

44 N.L.R.B. 577 (N.L.R.B. 1942)

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In the Matter of U. S. SHOE CORPORATION and INDEPENDENT SHOE
WORKERS OF CINCINNATI, OHIO
Case No. R-4011
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
September 28,1942
On August 25, 1942, the National Labor Relations Board issued a
Decision and Direction of Election in the above-entitled proceeding 1
Pursuant to the Direction of Election, an election by secret ballot was
conducted on September 15, 1942, under the direction and supervision
of the Acting Regional Director for the Ninth Region (Cincinnati,
Ohio). On September 16, 1942, 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 an Election Report. No objections to the conduct
of the ballot or to 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 on eligibility list-------------------------------------- 717
Total ballots cast----------------------------------------- 656
Total ballots challenged------------------------------------- 7
Total blank ballots----------------------------------------- 2
Total void ballots------------------------------------------- 0
Total valid votes counted----------------------------------- 647
Votes cast for United Shoe Workers of America, affiliated with
the C. I. 0.----------------------------------------------- 239
Votes cast for Independent Shoe Workers of Cincinnati, Ohio-_ 399
Votes cast for neither--------------------------------------- 9
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 Independent Shoe Workers of, Cincin-
nati, Ohio, has been designated and selected by a majority of all pro-
duction and maintenance employees at the Norwood, Ohio, plant of
U. S. Shoe Corporation, Cincinnati, Ohio, including employees of
1 43 N. L R. B. 637.
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the receiving department and the shipping department, and floor help,
but excluding foremen, assistant foremen, supervisors in charge of
any class of labor, office and clerical workers, watchmen, timekeepers,
ticket writers, pay-roll clerks, checkers, truck drivers, employees in
the purchasing department, and pattern-room workers, as their rep-
resentative for the purposes of collective bargaining, and that, pur-
suant to Section 9 (a) of the Act, Independent Shoe Workers of
Cincinnati, Ohio, is the exclusive representative of all such employees
for the purposes of collective bargaining with respect to rates of pay,
wages, hours of employment, and other conditions of employment.