American France Line et al.

In the Matter of AMERICAN FRANCE LINE et al. (LYRES BROTHERS RIPLEY STEAMSHIP COMPANY, INC.) and INTERNATIONAL SEAMEN'S UNION OF AMERICA Case No. R-157 CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES April 13, 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 Lykes Brothers Ripley Steamship Company, Inc., New Orleans, Louisiana. By a Supplemental 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 issued 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 Elinore Morehouse Herrick, the Regional Director for the Second Region (New York City), on the vessels operated out of Atlantic and Gulf ports by Lykes Brothers Ripley Steamship Com- pany, Inc. On March 22, 1938, the Regional Director, acting pur- suant 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 objec- tions or exceptions to the Intermediate Report have been filed by any of the parties. 13 N. L It. B. 64. 13 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. 557 558 NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD As to the balloting and its results, the Regional Director reported as follows : Total number eligible to vote-- ----------------------------- 1200 Total number of ballots cast ------ _ ------------------------ 1093 Total number of votes in favor of International Seamen's Union of America, or its successor, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor--------------------------- 10 Total'number of votes in favor of National Maritime Union of America, affiliated with the Committee for Industrial Or- ganization----------------------------------------------- 1049 Total number of votes in favor of neither organization------ 16 Total number of blank ballots------------------------------ 0 Total number of void ballots------------------------------- 10 Total number of challenged ballots------------------------ 8 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 Lykes Brothers Ripley Steamship Company, Inc., New Orleans, Louisiana, 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 condi- tions of employment.