Gulf Oil Corporation

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Mar 4, 1940

21 N.L.R.B. 97 (N.L.R.B. 1940)

In the Matter of GULF OIL CORPORATION and GULF EMPLOYEES
ASSOCIATION OF NEW ENGLAND
In the Matter of GULF OIL CORPORATION and OII. WORKERS INTERNA-
TIONAL UNION, LOCAL 381, AFFILIATED WITH THE CONGRESS OF INDUS-
TRIAL ORGANIZATIONS
In the Matter of GULF OIL CORPORATION and OIL WORKERS INTERNA-
TIONAL UNION , LOCAL 381, AFFILIATED WITH THE CONGRESS OF INDUS-
TRIAL ORGANIZATIONS
Cases Nos. R-1564, R-1563 and R-1564, respectively
SUPPLEMENTAL DECISION
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
AND
ORDER
March 4,1940
On January 11, 1940, the National Labor Relations Board, herein
called the Board, issued its Decision and Direction of Election in the
above-entitled proceedings. In the Decision the Board found that
all the non-supervisory employees of the Company in its Boston
marketing division, exclusive of executives and clerks, constituted a
unit appropriate for the purposes of collective bargaining, and di-
rected an election among the employees in the appropriate unit to
determine whether or not they desired to be represented by Gulf
Employees Association of New England, herein called the Associa-
tion. We found at the same time that the plant units requested by
Oil Workers International Union, Local 381, affiliated with the Con-
gress of Industrial Organizations, herein called the International, for
the larger plants of the Company, might not be inappropriate if the
employees in the division did not desire yet to be represented by an
exclusive representative in a unit comprising the entire division, and
stated that we would not dismiss the petitions of the International
119 N. L. R. B. .334.
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unless it appeared as a result of the election that organization had
proceeded sufficiently to designate an exclusive representative for the
division-wide unit.
Pursuant to the Direction of Election, an election by secret ballot
was conducted from January 29 to February 3, 1940, inclusive, under
the direction and supervision of the Regional Director for the First
Region. On February 5, 1940, the Regional Director, acting pursuant
to Article III, Section 9, of National Labor Relations Board Rules
and Regulations-Series 2, as amended, issued and duly served upon
the parties to the proceeding his Election Report. No objections to
the conduct of the ballot or the Election Report have been filed by
any of the parties.
The Regional Director reported the following results of the election :
Total number eligible______________________________________ 536
Total number of valid votes cast-------- - ------ ---------------- 490
Total number of ballots for the Association___________________ 4,36
Total number of ballots against the Association------- ------- -- .54
Total number of blank ballots_______________________ __ 0
Total number of challenged ballots__________________________ 0
Total number of void ballots________________________________ 0
We find that organization has proceeded sufficiently throughout
the division to designate the Association as exclusive representative
for the division-wide unit. We shall therefore certify the Association
as exclusive bargaining representative for all employees in "the appro-
priate unit, and dismiss the petitions of the International.
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 Gulf Oil Employees Association of New
England has been designated and selected by a majority of the non-
supervisory employees in the Boston marketing division of Gulf Oil
Corporation, exclusive of executives and clerks, for the purposes of
collective bargaining, and that, pursuant to the provisions of Section
9 (a) of the National Labor Relations Act, Gulf Employees Associa-
tion of New England is the exclusive representative of all such em-
ployees for the purposes of collective bargaining in respect to rates
of pay, wages, hours of employment, and other conditions of
employment.
GULF OIL CORPORATION
ORDER
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IT IS IIEREBY OBDEI.FD that the petitions for investigations and certifi-
cation of representatives filed by Oil Workers International Union,
Local 381, affiliated with the Congress of Industrial Organizations, be,
and they hereby are, dismissed.
MR. WILLIAM M. LEISERsoN took no part in the consideration of the
above Supplemental Decision , Certification of Representatives, and
Order.