Socony-Vacuum Oil Co., Inc.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Apr 12, 1940

22 N.L.R.B. 855 (N.L.R.B. 1940)

In the Matter of SOCONY-VACUUM OIL CO., INC. and COMMERCIAL
TELEGRAPHERS UNION, MARINE DIVISION, A. F. OF L.
Case No. R-1579
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
April 10, 1940
On November 30, 1939, the National Labor Relations Board, herein
called the Board, issued its Decision and Direction of Election in the
above-entitled proceeding.' Pursuant to the Direction of Election an
election by secret ballot was conducted under the direction and super-
vision of the Regional Director for the Second Region (New York
City). On March 25, 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 an Election Report. No objections to the conduct of the ballot
or the Election Report were filed by any of the parties.
As to the balloting and its results, the Regional Director reported
as follows :
Total number eligible to vote________________________________ 34
Total number of ballots cast_________________________________ 34
Total number of valid ballots -------------------------------- 33
Total number of votes in favor of Commercial Telegraphers
Union, Marine Division , A. F. of L_________________________ 20
Total number of votes in favor of American Communications
Association , Marine Division , C. I. 0_______________________ 7 --
Total number of votes in favor of neither union ______________ 6
Total number of blank votes _________________________________ 0
Total number of void ballots________________________________ 0
Total number of challenged votes____________________________ 1
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 The Commercial Telegraphers Union,
Marine Division, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, has
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been designated and selected by a majority of the radio telegraphers
employed by Socony-Vacuum Oil Company, Incorporated, on its
ocean-going tanker vessels flying the American flag, as their repre-
sentative for the purposes of collective bargaining, and that, pursuant
to Section 9 (a) of the Act, The Commercial Telegraphers Union, Ma-
rine Division, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, is the
exclusive representative of all such employees for the purposes of col-
lective bargaining with respect to rates of pay, wages, hours of employ-
ment, and other conditions of employment.