American Oil Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

May 22, 1942

41 N.L.R.B. 202 (N.L.R.B. 1942)

In,the Matter of: AMERICAN OIL COMPANY and TRUCK DRIVERS R
HELPERS, ,LOCAL 355, INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF TEAMSTERS,
CHAUFFEURS, WAREHOUSEMEN AND HELPERS OF AMERICA (AFL)
- Case No. R-3354
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
May 02, 1942
On December 18, 1941, the National Labor Relations Board, herein
called the Board, issued a Decision and Direction of Election in the
above-entitled proceeding? On January 17, March 2, and April 28,
1942, respectively, the Board issued an Amendment to Direction of
Election,2 a Second Amendment to Direction of Election,3 and a
Third Amendment to Direction of Election." Pursuant to the Direc-
tion of Election, as amended, an election by secret ballot was con-
ducted on May 6, 1942, under the direction and supervision of the
Regional Director for the Fifth Region (Baltimore, Maryland). On
May 8, 1942, the Regional Director, acting pursuant to Article III,
Section 9, of National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regula-
tions-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.
The Regional Director reported as follows concerning the balloting
and its results :
Total on eligibility list________________________________________ 57
Total ballots cast___________________________________________ 51
Total ballots challenged_____________________________________ 0
Total blank ballots__________________________________________ 0
Total void ballots___________________________________________ 0
Total valid votes counted__________________________________`_ 51
Votes cast for Truck Drivers & Helpers, Local 355, International
Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen & Help-
ers of America (A. F. L.)-------------- _------------------- 41
Votes cast against Truck Drivers & Helpers, Local 355, Interna-
tional Brotherhood of Teamsters , Chauffeurs , Warehousemen
& Helpers of America (A. F. L.) ---------------------------- 10
1 37 N. L. R. B. 752.
1 38 N. L R. B. 419.
339N.L R B 409.
4 40 N L R B 949
41 N. L. R. B., No. 44.
202
AMERICAN OIL COMPANY 203
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,
IT 'IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that Truck Drivers & Helpers, Local 355,
International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen
and Helpers of America (AFL) has been designated and selected by
a majority of the monthly salaried truck drivers employed at the
American Oil Company's" places of business at 26th and Hampden
Streets, known as Liberty plant, and Clarkson Street, in Baltimore,
Maryland, excluding persons employed on a temporary basis and
those who are paid on an hourly rate and that, pursuant.to Section
9 (a) of the Act, Truck Drivers & Helpers, Local 355, International
Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen and Helpers
of America (A. F. L.) 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.