Hirsch Shirt Corporation

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Jun 17, 1939

13 N.L.R.B. 313 (N.L.R.B. 1939)

In the Matter Of HIRSCH SHIRT CORPORATION and UNITED GARMENT
WORKERS OF AMERICA (AFFILIATED WITH THE A. F. OF L.)
In the Matter of HIRscH SHIRT CORPORATION and AMALGAMATED
CLOTHING WORKERS OF AMERICA
Cases Nos. R-1113 and C-1189, respectively
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
June 17, 1339
On April 28, 1939, the National Labor Relations Board, herein
called the Board, issued a Decision, Order, and Direction of Election 1
in the above-entitled proceeding. On May 20, 1939, the Board issued
an Amendment to Direction of Election.2 The Direction of Election,
as amended, directed that an election by secret ballot be conducted
among the production employees of Hirsch Shirt Corporation, Ham-
mond, Indiana, herein called the respondent, who were employed by
the respondent during the pay-roll period next preceding May 19,
1939, excluding supervisory, office, and maintenance employees, floor-
ladies, porters, and machinists, to determine whether they desired
to be represented for the purposes of collective bargaining by Amal-
gamated Clothing Workers of America, affiliated with the Congress
of Industrial Organizations, or by United Garment Workers of
America, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, or by
neither.
Pursuant to the Direction of Election, as amended, an election
by secret ballot was conducted on June 2, 1939, under the direction
and supervision of the Regional Director for the Thirteenth Region
(Chicago, Illinois). On June 6, 1939, the Regional Director, acting
pursuant to Article III, Section 9, of National Labor Relations Board
Rules and Regulations-Series 1, as amended, issued an Intermediate
Report on the election, copies of which were duly served upon the
parties. No objections or exceptions to the Intermediate Report
have been filed by any of the parties.
112 N. L. R. B 553
212 N. L. R. B 566
13 N. L. R. B., No. 37
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314 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD
The Regional Director reported the following results of the bal-
loting:
Total number eligible --------------------------------------- 315
Total number ballots cast----------------------------------
Total number ballots cast for United Garment Workers of
310
America, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor--- 103
Total number of ballots cast for Amalgamated Clothing Workers
of America , affiliated with the Congress of Industrial Organi-
zations--------------------------------------------------- 197
Total number of ballots cast for neither labor organization----- 5
Total number of protested ballots---- ---------------------- 3
Total number of void ballots-------------------------------- 2
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 1,
as amended,
IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that Amalgamated Clothing Workers of
America, affiliated with the Congress of Industrial Organizations, has
been designated and selected by a majority of the production em-
ployees of Hirsch Shirt Corporation, Hammond, Indiana, excluding
supervisory, office , and maintenance employees, floorladies, porters,
and machinists, as their representative for the purposes of collective
bargaining and that, pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the Act, Amalga-
mated Clothing Workers of America, affiliated with the Congress of
Industrial Organizations, 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.