Deep Rock Oil Corp.

In the Matter of DEEP ROCK OIL CORPORATION ,' EMPLOYER AND PETI- TIONER and OIL WORKERS INTERNATIONAL UNION, CIO, UNION Case No. 16RM-13. Decided January 5,1949 DECISION AND ORDER Upon a petition duly filed, a hearing was held before a hearing offi- cer of the National Labor Relations Board. The hearing officer's rulings made at the hearing are free from prejudicial error and are hereby affirmed. Pursuant to the provisions of Section 3 (b) of the National Labor Relations Act, the Board has delegated its powers in connection with this case to a three-man panel consisting of the undersigned Board Members.* Upon the entire record in this case, the Board finds : 1. The Employer is engaged in commerce within the meaning of the National Labor Relations Act. 2. Oil Workers International Union, CIO, is a labor organization affiliated with the Congress of Industrial Organizations, claiming to represent employees of the Employer. 3. The alleged question concerning representation : The Employer has bargained with the Union since 1934. In August 1948, following a dispute between the parties as to the appropriate units, the Employer and the Union agreed to submit the unit question to the Board. Pursuant to this agreement, the Employer filed the petition herein, alleging that there are nine appropriate units. There- after, the Employer and the Union entered into a stipulation regard- ing the appropriate units.2 As the Employer had, prior to the hear- ing, agreed to recognize the majority status of the Union, and had 3 The name of the Employer appears as amended at the hearing. *Chairman Herzog and Members Houston and Murdock. The Employer and the Union agreed that there are three appropriate unite composed of (a) pipe line department employees , (b) production department employees, and (c) refinery employees, with the usual exclusions of guards , clerical employees and supervisors. From the record before us, there is nothing to indicate that these stipulated units are inappropriate or inconsistent with the provisions of Section 9 (b) of the Act, as amended. 81 N. L. R. B., No. 3. 10 DEEP ROCK OIL CORPORATION 11 indicated that, upon the resolution by the Board of the question of the appropriate units, it would withdraw its petition, there is no dispute between the parties on any material issue. Accordingly, we find that no question affecting commerce exists concerning the representation of employees of the Employer, within the meaning of Section 9 (c) (1) and Section 2 (6) and (7) of the Act. ORDER Upon the basis of the entire record in this case, the National Labor Relations Board hereby orders that the petition filed in the instant matter be, and it hereby is, dismissed.