American France Line et al.

In the Matter of AMERICAN FRANCE LINE et al. (AMERICAN SOUTH AFRICAN' LINE, INC.) and; INTERNATIONAL SEAMEN'S UNION OF AMERICA Case No. R-157 CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES February 5, 1938 ° On July 16, 1937, the National Labor Relations Board, herein called the Board, issued a Decision and Direction of Elections 1 in the above-entitled case. The Direction of Elections directed that elections by secret ballot be conducted among the unlicensed per- sonnel employed in the deck, engine, and stewards' departments, except wireless and radio operators, chief electricians on electrically driven ships, and junior engineers, who hold licenses, on the vessels operated out of Atlantic and Gulf ports by 52 named companies, including American South African Line, Inc., New York City. By a Supplemental Decision and Direction of Elections, issued Septem- ber 17, 1937,2 similar elections were directed to be held in nine add5tional companies. Supplemental or amended decisions have also been issued in this case on August 16, September 11, and No- vember 10, 1937,3 dealing with various matters which need not be set forth in detail here. Pursuant to these Decisions and Directions of Elections; an elec- tion by secret ballot has been conducted under the direction and supervision of Elinore Morehouse Herrick, the Regional Director for the Second Region (New York City), on the vessels operated out of Atlantic and Gulf ports by American South African Line, Inc. On January 21, 1938, the said Regional Director, acting pur- cuant to Article III, Section 9, of National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series 1, as amended, issued and duly served upon the parties an Intermediate Report on the election. No objections or exceptions to the Intermediate Report have been filed by any of the parties. 13 N L R. B. 64. 2 3 N. L. R. B. 80. 8 3 N L R . B. 74; 3 N. L. R. B. 76; and 4 N . L R. B. 112, respectively. 120 DECISIONS AND ORDERS 121 As to the balloting and its results , the Regional Director reported as follows : Total number eligible to vote------------------------------------ 151 Total number of ballots cast------------------------------------- 144 Total number of votes-in favor of International Seamen's Union of America, or its successor, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor----------------------------------------------------- 36 Total number of votes in favor' of National Maritime Union of America, affiliated with the Committee for Industrial Organiza- tion---------------------------------------------------------- 98 Total number of votes in favor of neither organization------------ 8 Total number of blank ballots----------------------------------- 0 Total number of void ballots----------- ------------------------- 2 Total number of challenged ballots------------------------------- 0 By virtue of and pursuant to the power vested in the National Labor Relations Board by Section 9 (c) of the National Labor Re- lations 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 National Maritime Union of America, affiliated with the Committee for Industrial Organization, has been selected by a majority of the unlicensed personnel employed in the deck, engine, and stewards' departments, except wireless and radio operators, chief electricians on electrically driven ships, and junior engineers who hold licenses, on the vessels operated out of Atlantic and Gulf ports by American South African Line, Inc., New York City, as their representative for the purposes of collective bargain- ing, and that, pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the Act, National Mari- time Union of America, affiliated with the Committee for Industrial Organization, 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-