International Freighting Corp., et al.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Feb 8, 1938

5 N.L.R.B. 140 (N.L.R.B. 1938)

In the Matter Of INTERNATIONAL FREIGHTING CORP., et al. (M. & £
TRACY) and INTERNATIONAL SEAMEN'S UNION OF AMERICA
Case No. R-159
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 8, 1938
On September 17, 1937, the National Labor Relations Board, herein
called the Board, issued a Decision and Direction of Elections 1 in
the above-entitled case. On November 10, 1937, the Board issued an
Amendment to Decision and Direction of Elections.' The Direction
of Elections, as amended, directed that elections by secret ballot be
conducted among the unlicensed seamen, except wireless and radio
operators, chief electricians on electrically driven ships, and junior
engineers who hold licenses, employed on all type of craft operated
in or out of Atlantic and Gulf ports, except craft operated in harbors
only, by 19 named companies, including M. & J. Tracy, New York
City.
Pursuant *to the Decision and Direction of Elections, as amended,
an election by secret ballot has been conducted under the direction
and supervision of Elinore Morehouse Herrick, the Regional Director
for the Second Region (New York City), among the eligible em-
ployees of M. & J. Tracy. On January 21, 1938, the said Regional
Director, acting pursuant to Article III, Section 9, of National Labor
Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series 1, as amended, is-
sued 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.
As to the balloting and its results, the Regional Director reported
as follows :
Total number eligible to vote------------------------------------ 121
Total number of ballots cast------------------------------------ 112
Total number of votes in favor of International Seamen's union of
America, or its successor, affiliated with the American Federa-
tion of Labor------------------------------------------------- 2
Total number of votes in favor of National Maritime Union of
America, affiliated with the Committee for Industrial Organiza-
tion---------------------------------------------------------- IOT
13N L. R B.692.
2 4 N. L. R. B. 111.
140
DECISIONS AND ORDERS 141
Total number of votes in favor of neither organization---------- 2
Total number of blank ballots___________________________________ 0
Total number of void ballots___________________________________ 1
Total number of challenged ballots______________________________ 0
By virtue of and pursuant to the power vested in the National
Labor Relations Board by Section 9 (c) of the National Labor Re-
lations 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
designated and selected by a majority of the unlicensed seamen, ex-
cept wireless and radio operators, chief electricians on electrically
driven ships, and junior engineers who -hold licenses, employed on,
all type of craft operated in or out of Atlantic and Gulf ports,,
except craft operated in harbors only, by M. & J. Tracy, 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
Organization, 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.