005 NLRB 599
International Freighting Corp., et al.
I
In the Matter Of INTERNATIONAL FREIGHTING CORP., et al.
(SEMINOLE
STEAMSHIP COMPANY, INC.)
and INTERNATIONAL SEAMEN'S UNION
OF AMERICA
Case No. R-159
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 24, 1938
On September 17, 1937, the National Labor Relations Board, herein
called the Board, issued a Decision and Direction of Elections' in
the above-entitled case.
On November 10, 1937, the Board issued
an Amendment to Decision and Direction of Elections.2
The Direc-
tion of Elections, as amended, directed that elections by secret ballot
be conducted among the unlicensed seamen, except wireless and radio
operators, chief electricians on electrically driven ships, and junior
engineers who hold licenses, employed on all type of craft operated
in or out of Atlantic and Gulf ports, except craft operated in harbors
only, by 19 named companies, including Seminole Steamship Com-
pany, Inc., New York City.
Pursuant to the Decision and Direction of Elections, as amended,
an election by secret ballot has been conducted under the direction
and supervision of Elinore Morehouse Herrick, the Regional Direc-
tor for the Second Region (New York City), among the eligible
employees of Seminole Steamship Company, Inc.
On February 7,
1938, the said Regional Director, acting pursuant to Article III,
Section 9, of National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regula-
tions-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.
As to the balloting and its results, the Regional Director reported
as follows :
Total number eligible to vote_______ ______________________
50
Total number of ballots cast_______________________________
50
Total number of votes in favor of International Seamen's
Union of America, or its successor, affiliated with the
American Federation of Labor___ _______________________
0
13 N. L R B. 692
24 N L R B 111
599
8053 -38-:i9
600
NATIONAL LABOR. RELATIONS BOARD
Total number of votes in favor of National Maritime Union
of America, affiliated with the Committee for Industrial
Organization------------------------------------------
46
Total number of votes in favor of neither organization-----
3
Total number of blank ballots---------------------------
1
Total number of void ballots-----------------------------
0
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
designated and selected by a majority of the unlicensed seamen, ex-,
cept wireless and radio operators, chief electricians on electrically
driven ships, and junior engineers who hold licenses, employed on
all type of craft operated in or out of Atlantic and Gulf ports,
except craft operated in harbors only, by Seminole Steamship Com-
pany, Inc., New York City, as 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 Com-
mittee 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 con-
ditions of employment.