American France Line et al.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Mar 29, 1938

6 N.L.R.B. 241 (N.L.R.B. 1938)

In the litatter of AMERICAN FRANCE LINE et al. (AMERICAN WEST
AFRICAN LINE, INC.) and INTERNATIONAL SEAMEN'S UNION OF
AMERICA
Case No. R-157
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
- March 29, 1938
On July 16, 1937, the National Labor Relations Board, herein
called the Board, issued a Decision and Direction of Elections 1 in
the above-entitled case. The Direction of Elections directed that
elections by secret ballot be conducted among the unlicensed personnel
,employed in the deck, engine, and stewards' departments, except wire-
less and radio operators, chief electricians on electrically driven
ships, and junior engineers who hold licenses, on the vessels operated
out of Atlantic and Gulf ports by 52 named companies, including
American West African Line, Inc., New York City. By a supple-
mental Decision and Direction of Elections, issued September 17,
1937,2 similar elections were directed to be held in nine additional
,companies. Supplemental or amended decisions have also been issued
in this case on August 16, September 11, and November 10, 1937,3
dealing with various matters which need not be set forth in detail
here.
Pursuant to these Decisions and Directions of Elections, an election
by secret ballot has been conducted, under the direction and super-
vision of Elinore Morehouse Herrick, the -Regional Director for
the Second Region (New York City), on the vessels operated out
of Atlantic and Gulf ports by American West African Line, Inc.
On February 25, 1938, the said Regional Director, acting pursuant
to Article III, Section 9, of National Labor Relations Board Rules
and Regulations-Series 1, as amended, issued and duly served upon
the parties an Intermediate Report on the election. No objections
or exceptions to the Intermediate Report have been filed by any of
the parties.
13 N L. R B 64.
23 N L R B 80
a 3 N L R. B 74, 3 N L R B 76 ; 4 N L R B 112, respectively
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242 NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD
As to the balloting and its results , the Regional Director reported
as follows :
Total number eligible to vote-------------------------------- 201
Total number of ballots cast ---------------------------------- 193
Total number of votes in favor of International Seamen 's Union
of America, or its successor , affiliated with the American Fed-
eration of Labor------------------------------------------ 3
Total number of votes in favor of National Maritime Union of
America, affiliated with the Committee for Industrial Organ-
ization-- -------------------------------------------------- 183
Total number of votes in favor of neither organization-___--__ 3
Total number of blank ballots_______________________________ 2
Total number of void ballots_________________________________ 0
Total number of challenged 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 National Maritime Union of America,
affiliated with the Committee for Industrial Organization, has been
selected by a majority of the unlicensed personnel employed in the
deck, engine, and stewards' departments, except wireless and radio
operators, chief electricians on electrically driven ships, and junior
engineers who hold licenses, on the vessels operated out of Atlantic
and Gulf ports by American West African Line, Inc., New York City,
as their representative for the purposes of collective bargaining, and
that, pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the Act, National Maritime Union
of America, affiliated with the Committee for Industrial Organiza-
tion, 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.
CIIAIRMAN J. WARREN MADDEN took no part in the consideration
of the above Certification of Representatives.