In re Certification of a Bargaining Agent

Thomas Gallagher, Justice.

Appeal from an order of the district court of Ramsey county, affirming an order of Harry Hanson, Labor Conciliator of the state of Minnesota, which certified respondent Amalgamated Food Handlers Local 653-A, hereafter referred to as the food handlers union, as the exclusive representative for collective bargaining purposes of some 51 employees of Egekvist Bakeries, Inc. Retail Clerks Union, Local 1086, hereafter referred to as the clerks union, which had previously been such representative, petitioned the district court of Ramsey county for a writ of certiorari to…