The Riverside and Fort Lee Ferry Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Jun 13, 1940

24 N.L.R.B. 674 (N.L.R.B. 1940)

In the Matter of THE RIVERSIDE AND FORT LEE FERRY COMPANY and
UNITED MARINE DIVISION , LOCAL 333, I . L. A., A. F. OF L.
Case No. R-1756
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
June 1311940
On May 1, 1940, the National Labor Relations Board issued its
Decision and Direction of Election in the above-entitled proceedings?
Pursuant to the Direction of Election, an election by secret ballot
was conducted on May 27, 1940, under the direction and supervision
of the Regional Director for the Second Region (New York City).
On May 29, 1940, the Regional Director, acting pursuant to Article
III, Section 9, of National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regu-
lations-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 Number Eligible to Vote______________________________ 106
Total Number of Ballots Cast______________________________ 105
Total Number of Valid Ballots______________________________ 103
Total Number of Votes in favor of Riverside and Fort Lee
Ferry Association ---------------------------------------- 58
Total Number of Votes in favor of United Marine Division,
Local 333, I. L. A., A. F. of L_____________________________ 44
Total Number of Votes in favor of Neither Union ------------ 1
Total Number of Blank Votes_______________________________ 0
Total Number of Void Ballots______________________________ 0
Total Number of Challenged Votes__________________________ 2
The Regional Director made no ruling on the two challenged bal-
lots, as they could not affect the result of the election.
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,
123 N. L. R. B. 493.
674
RIVERSIDE AND FORT LEE FERRY COMPANY 675
IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that Riverside and Fort Lee Ferry As-
sociation has been designated and selected by a majority of the
marine employees of The Riverside and Fort Lee Ferry Company,
Newark, New Jersey, including captains, engineers, oilers, firemen,
quartermasters, and deckhands, as their representative for the pur-
poses of collective bargaining, and that, pursuant to the provisions
of Section 9 (a) of the National Labor Relations Act, Riverside
and Fort Lee Ferry Association 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 con-
ditions of employment.