General Petroleum Corp. of California

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Sep 28, 1942

44 N.L.R.B. 584 (N.L.R.B. 1942)

In the Matter of GENERAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION OF CALIFORNIA
and INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERS , LOCAL 12,
A. F. L.
Case No. R-4042
SUPPLEMENTAL DECISION
AND
CERTIFICATION OFD REPRESENTATIVES
September 08, 194..
On August 5, 1942, the National Labor Relations Board issued a
Decision and Direction of Election in the above-entitled proceeding,'
directing that an election by secret ballot be conducted among all
shovel, dragline, crane, and tractor operators in the transportation
department of General Petroleum Corporation of California, em-
ployed in the Bakersfield, Ventura, and Los Angeles, California, areas.
Pursuant to the Direction of Election, an election by secret ballot was
conducted under the direction and supervision of the Regional
Director for the Twenty-first Region (Los Angeles, California). On
September 5, 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 the
Election Report have been filed by any of the parties.
As to the balloting and its results, the Regional Director reported
as follows :
Total on eligibility list-------------------------------------- 10
Total ballots cast------------------------------------------- 10
Total ballots challenged------------------------------------- 0
Total blank ballots---------------------------------------- '0
Total void ballots ------------------------------------------ 0
Total valid votes counted----------------------------------- 10
Votes cast for Employees Union of General Petroleum Corp.
of California--------------------------------------------- 0
Votes cast for International Union of Operating Engineers,
Local 12, A F. L----------------------------------------- 10
Votes for neither ------------------------------------------- 0
In its Decision and Direction of Election, the Board made no final
determination as to the appropriate unit for the purposes of collec-
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tive bargaining pending the results of the election. The Board stated
that if a majority of the eligible voters cast their votes for Interna-
tional Union of Operating Engineers, Local 12, A. F. of L., all those
eligible to vote would constitute a separate bargaining unit. If, how-
ever, a majority of those voting cast their ballots for Employees
Union of General Petroleum Corporation of California or for neither
union, the eligible employees would not constitute a bargaining unit
separate from other employees of the Company.
Upon the basis, of the entire record,'the Board makes the following :
SUPPLEMENTAL FINDINGS OF FACT
We find that all shovel, dragline, crane, and tractor operators in
the transportation department of General Petroleum Corporation of
California, employed in the Bakersfield, Ventura, and Los Angeles,
California, areas constitute a unit appropriate for the purposes of
collective bargaining, within the meaning of Section 9 (b) of the
National Labor Relations Act.
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
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, 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 International Union of Operating Engi-
neers, Local 12, affiliated with the American Federation of Libor, has
been designated and selected by a majority of all shovel, dragline,
crane, and tractor operators in the transportation department of Gen-
eral Petroleum Corporation of California, employed in the Bakers-'
field, Ventura, and Los Angeles, California, areas, as their representa-
tive for the purposes of collective bargaining, and that pursuant to
Section 9 (a) of the Act, International Union of Operating Engi-
neers, Local 12, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, is
the exclusive representative of all such employees for the purposes of
collective bargaining in respect to rates of pay, wages, hours of em-
ployment, and other conditions of employment.
MR. WM. M. LEISERSON took no part in the consideration of the
above Supplemental Decision and Certification of Representatives.