American France Line et al.

In the Matter Of AMERICAN FRANCE LINE et al. (SUN OIL COMPANY) and INTERNATIONAL SEAMEN'S UNION OF AMERICA Case No. R-157 SUPPLEMENTAL DECISION April 15, 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 elections by secret ballot be conducted among the unlicensed personnel, with cer- tain enumerated exceptions, employed on the vessels operated out of Atlantic and Gulf ports,by 52 named companies. In the case of Sun Oil Company, Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania, one of the companies named, it was directed that the election should be held to determine whether the employees in question desired to be represented by Inter- national Seamen's Union of America, National Maritime Union of America, or Sun Marine Employees Association. On August 16, 1937, National Maritime Union of America filed a charge with the Regional Director for the Fourth Region (Phila- delphia, Pennsylvania) alleging that Sun Oil Company, had en- gaged in and was engaging in unfair labor practices affecting com- merce, within the meaning of Section 8 (2) of the Act, in that it had dominated and interfered with the formation and administration of Sun Marine Employees Association and had contributed financial and other support to it. On the same date the Board issued an Amendment to Decision and Supplemental Decision 2 in which it directed, inter alia, that the election among the employees of Sun Oil Company should be postponed until such time as the Board issued a decision on the charge which had been filed. On March 12, 1938, the Regional Director for the Fourth Region notified the Board that National Maritime Union of America had requested permission to withdraw the charge and that such per- mission had been granted by the said Regional Director. There is, therefore, no reason for further postponing the election among the employees of this company. 13 N L R B 64 23 N L R B. 74. 618 DECISIONS AND ORDERS 619 The provision of the Amendment to Decision and Supplemental Decision of August 16, 1937, which provides that a space be included on the ballot where employees may indicate they do not wish to be represented by any of the labor organizations named, is applicable to the election in this Company. The election is further subject to the provisions of the Amendment to Decision and Direction of Elections, issued November 10, 1937. IT IS HEREBY DIRECTED that that portion of the Amendment to Deci- sion and Supplemental Decision of August 16, 1937, which directed a postponement of the election among the employees of Sun Oil Company be, and it hereby is, rescinded.