Tide Water Associated Oil Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Jun 19, 1942

41 N.L.R.B. 1154 (N.L.R.B. 1942)

In the Matter of TIDE WATER ASSOCIATED OIL COMPANY and MARINE
DIVISION, COMMERCIAL TELEGRAPHERS UNION, A. F. OF L.
Case No. R-3386
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
June 19, 1942
On January 31, 1942, the National Labor Relations Board issued
a Decision and Direction of Election in the above-entitled proceed-
ing.' Pursuant to the Direction of Election, an election by secret
ballot was conducted between March 4 and May 21, 1942, under the
direction and supervision of the Regional Director for the Second
Region (New York City). On May 28, 1942, the Regional Director,
acting pursuant to Article III, Section 9, of National Labor Rela-
tions Board Rules and Regulations-Series 2, as amended, issued an
Election Report, copies of which were duly served upon the parties.
No objections to the conduct of the ballot or to the Election Report
were filed by any of the parties.
As to the balloting and its results, the Regional Director reported
as follows :
Total on eligibility list-------------------------------------- 11
Total ballots cast------------------------------------------ 10
Total ballots challenged------------------------------------ 1
Total blank ballots----------------------------------------- 0
Total void ballots------------------------------------------ 0
Total valid votes counted----------------------------------- 9
Votes cast for Marine Division, Commercial Telegraphers
Union, A. F. of L----------------------------------------- 7
Votes cast for Marine Division, American Communications As-
sociation, C. I. 0----------------------------------------- 2
Votes cast for neither Union-------------------------------- 0
By virtue of and pursuant to the power vested in the National
Labor Relations Board by Section 9 (c) of the National Labor Rela-
tions 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,
1 38 N. L . R. B. 889.
41 N. L. R. B., No. 208.
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TIDE WATER ASSOCIATED OIL COMPANY 1155
IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that Marine Division, Commercial Teleg-
raphers Union, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, has
been designated and selected by a majority of all radio operators
employed on the vessels of Tide Water Associated Oil Company
operated by the Marine Department of its Eastern Division, as their
representative for the purposes of collective bargaining, and that,
pursuant to the provisions of Section 9 (a) of the National Labor
Relations Act, Marine Division, Commercial Telegraphers Union,
affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, is the exclusive
representative of all such employees for the purposes of collective
bargaining with respect to rates of pay, wages, hours of employment,
and other conditions of employment.