American France Line et al.

In the Matter of AMERICAN FRANCE LINE et al. (AMERICAN SUGAR TRANSIT CORPORATION ) and INTERNATIONAL SEAMEN'S UNION OF AMERICA Case No. R-157 CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES April 8, 1938 On July 16, 1937, the National Labor Relations Board, herein called the Board, issued a Decision and Direction of Elections in the above-entitled case.' The Direction of Elections directed that elec- tions 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 American Sugar Transit Corporation, New York City. By a Sup- plemental Decision and Direction of Elections, issued September 17, 1937, similar elections were directed to be held in nine additional companies.2 Supplemental or amended decisions have also been is- sued in this case on August 16, September 11, and November 10, 1937, dealing with various matters which need not be set forth in detail here.3 Pursuant to these Decisions and Directions of Elections, an election by secret ballot has been conducted under the direction and super- vision of Elmore Morehouse Herrick, the Regional Director for the Second Region (New York City), on. the vessels operated out of Atlantic and Gulf ports by American Sugar Transit Corporation. On March 14, 1938, the Acting Regional Director, acting pursuant 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. °3 N.L.R B.80 ' 3 N L R. B 74; 3 N. L. R B . 76; and 4 N. L R B 112 , respectively. 524 DECISIONS AND ORDERS 525 As to the balloting and its results, the Acting Regional Director reported as follows : Total number eligible to vote-------------------------------- 66 Total number of ballots cast--------------------------------- 58 Total number of votes in favor of International Seamen's Union of America, or its successor, affiliated with the Ameri- can Federation of Labor--------------------------------- 0 Total number of votes in favor of National Maritime Union of America, affiliated with the Committee for Industrial Or- ganization ----------------------------------------------- 55 Total number of votes in favor of neither organization------ 3 Total number of blank ballots------------------------------ 0 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 Relations 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 IIEREBY 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 Sugar Transit Corporation, New York City, as their representative for the purposes of collective bar- gaining, and that, pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the Act, National Maritime Union of America, affiliated with the Committee for In- dustrial 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.