American Oil Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Jul 5, 1938

8 N.L.R.B. 69 (N.L.R.B. 1938)

In the Matter of AMERICAN OIL COMPANY and OIL WORKERS' INTER-
NATIONAL UNION
Case No. R-703
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
July 5, 1938
On May 14, 1938, the National Labor Relations Board issued a
Decision and Direction of Election in the above-entitled case.,, The
Direction of Election directed that an election by secret ballot be
conducted within fifteen (15) days from the date of the Direction,
under the direction and supervision of the Regional Director for the
Fifth Region (Baltimore, Maryland) among all the employees of
the American Oil Company at its plants at South Washington,
Virginia, and Rosslyn, Virginia, who were on the Company's pay
roll for March 1, 1938, excluding clerical and supervisory employees,
fuel oil dispatchers, and those who have since quit or been dis-
charged for cause, to determine whether or not they desired to be
represented by Oil Workers' International Union, Local No. 403,
for the purposes of collective bargaining.
Pursuant to the Direction, an election by secret ballot was con-
ducted on May 26, 1938, by the said Regional Director. On June
1, 1938, the said Regional Director, acting pursuant to Article III,
Section 9, of National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regula-
tions-Series 1, as amended, issued and, on June 2, 1938, duly served
upon the parties an Intermediate Report on the election. No ob-
jections or exceptions to the Intermediate Report have been filed by
any of the parties.
As to the balloting and its results, the Regional Director reported
as follows :
Total number eligible to vote______________________________ 75
Total number of ballots cast________________________________ 71
Total number of blank ballots______________________________ 0
Total number of void ballots________________________________ 0
Total number of challenged votes__________________________ 1
Total number of ballots cast for Oil Workers' International
- Union, Local No. 403 (C. I. 0.) -------------------------- 63
Total number of ballots cast against Oil Workers' Inter-
national Union, Local No. 403 (C. I. 0.) ------------------ 7
17 N. L. R. B. 210.
8 N. L R. B., No. 5.
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70 NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD
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, herein called the Act, 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 Oil Workers' International Union,
Local No. 403, has been designated and selected by a majority of
the employees of the American Oil Company at its plants at South
Washington, Virginia and Rosslyn, Virginia, excluding clerical and
supervisory employees and fuel oil dispatchers, as their representa-
tive for the purposes of collective bargaining, and that, pursuant to
Section 9 (a) of the Act, Oil Workers' International Union, Local
No. 403, 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.