The Texas Company

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Apr 5, 1939

12 N.L.R.B. 106 (N.L.R.B. 1939)

In the Matter of THE TEXAS COMPANY and AMERICAN RADIO
TELEGRAPHISTS ASSOCIATION
In the Matter of THE TEXAS COMPANY and MARINE ENGINEERS'
BENEFICIAL ASSOCIATION
In the Matter of THE TEXAS COMPANY and TEXACO SMALL FLEET
ASSOCIATION, INC.
Cases Nos. R-1025, R-1026 and R-10.7, respectively
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
April 5, 1939
On December 27, 1938, the National Labor Relations Board, herein
called the Board, issued a Decision and Direction of Elections in the
-entitled proceedings. On February 8, 1939, the Board issuedabove
an Amendment to Direction of Elections.2 The Direction of Elec-
tions, as amended, directed inter alia that an election by secret ballot
be conducted among all harbor craftsmen and canalmen of all non-
self-propelled oil barges and canal boats operated by The Texas Com-
pany, herein called the Company, in New York harbor and on the
Erie Canal, together with the deck hands employed on the one motor-
propelled barge operated by the Company in the same places em-
ployed in such capacity by said Company on the date of the Direction
of Elections, excluding those who had resigned or had been discharged
for cause between the date of the Direction and the date on which
the election was held, to determine whether or not they desired to be
represented by Texaco Small Fleet Association, for the purposes of
collective bargaining.
Pursuant to the Direction of Elections, as amended, an election by
secret ballot has been conducted among the above-described em-
ployees of the Company, under the direction and supervision of the
Regional Director for the Second Region. Full opportunity was
accorded to all the parties to this investigation to participate therein
and to make challenges. On March 13, 1939, the Regional Director,
acting pursuant to Article III, Section 9, of National Labor Relations
Board Rules and Regulations-Series 1, as amended, issued an Inter-
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mediate Report on the election , copies of which were duly served upon
the parties on March 15 , 1939. 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 ------------------------------- 32
Total Number of Ballots Cast -------------------------------- 32
Total Number of Ballots Counted---------------------------- 32
Total Number of Votes in favor of Texaco Small Fleet
Association----------------------------------------------- 29
Total Number of Votes against afore-mentioned labor or-
ganization------------------------------------------------ 3
Total Number of Blank Votes -------------------------------- 0
Total Number of Void Ballots ------------------------------- 0
Total Number of Challenged Votes--- ------------------------- 0
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 1, as
amended,
IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that Texaco Small Fleet Association, Inc.,
has been designated and selected by a majority of all harbor crafts-
men and canalmen of all non -self-propelled oil barges and canal
boats operated by The Texas Company in New York harbor and on
the Erie Canal, together with the deck hands employed on the one
motor-propelled barge operated by the Company in the same places,
as their representative for the purposes of collective bargaining and
that, pursuant to the provisions of Section 9 (a) of the Act, Texaco
Small Fleet Association, Inc., 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.