American France Line et al.

In the Matter of AMERICAN FRANCE LINE et al. (SWORD STEAMSHIP 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 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 52 named companies, including Sword Steamship Line, Inc., New York City. By a Supplemental Decision and Direction of Elections, issued September 17, 193'1,'-' similar elections were directed to be held in nine additional compa- nies. Supplemental or amended decisions have also been issued in this case. on August 16, September 11, and November 10, 1937,3 deal- ing with various matters which need not be set forth in detail here. Pursuant to these Decisions and Directions of Elections, an election by secret ballot has been conducted under the direction and super- vision 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 Sword Steamship Line, Inc. On Janu- ary 18, 1938, the said Regional Director, acting pursuant to Article III, Section 9, of National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regu- lations-Series 1, as amended, issued anddduly 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. As to the balloting and its results, the Regional Director reported as follows : Total number eligible to vote-----_----------------------------- 130 Total number of ballots cast------------------------------------ 117 Total number of votes in favor of International Seamen's Union of America, or its successor, affiliated with the American Federa- tion of Labor------------------------------------------------- 2 13 N. L R. B 64. 23 N L. R. B. 80. 9 3 N. L R B. 74; 3 N L R B. 76; and 4 N. L R B . 112, respectively. 122 DECISIONS AND ORDERS 123 Total number of votes in favor of National Maritime Unipn of America, affiliated with the Committee for Industrial Organiza- tion---------------------------------------------------------- 108 Total number of votes in favor of neither organization----------- 3 Total number of blank ballots----------------------------------- 0 Total number of void ballots------------------------------------ 4 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 Rela- tions 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 Sword Steamship Line, Inc., New York City, ast their representative for the purposes of collective bargaining, and that, pursuant to Section 9 (a) of'the Act, National Maritime Union of America, affiliated with the Committee for Industrial Organiza- tion, 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.