Union Oil Co.

In the Matter of UNION OIL COMPANY and SAILORS UNION OF THE PACIFIC In the Matter of UNION OIL COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA and PACIFIC COAST MARINE FIREMEN, OILERS, WATEPTENDERS, & WIPERS ASSO- CIATION In the Matter of UNION OIL COMPANY and MARINE COOKS AND STEWARDS ASSOCIATION OF THE PACIFIC COAST In the Matter of UNION OIL COMPANY and PACIFIC COAST 'MARINE FIREMEN, OILERS, WATERTENDERS, & WIPERS ASSOCIATION In the Matter Of UNION OIL COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA and AMERICAN RADIO TELEGRAPHISTS' ASSOCIATION Cases Wos. R-478, 8,501, R-509, R--510, and R-518, respectively SUPPLEMENTAL DECISION AND ORDER July 29, 1938 On March 9, 1938, March 14, 1938, and March 15, 1938, the National Labor Relations Board, herein called the Board, issued Decisions and Directions of Elections 1 in the above-entitled cases and 19 related cases. In so far as they applied to the above-entitled cases, the Direc- tions of Elections provided that separate elections by secret ballot be held as soon as convenient, and beginning as promptly as practicable after the dates of the Directions, among the unlicensed deck personnel, the radio operators, the unlicensed personnel of the engine depart- ments, and the unlicensed personnel of the stewards' departments on tankers operated out of Pacific Coast ports by Union Oil Company of California,' herein called the Company, to determine whether or not they desired to be represented by the Sailors Union of the Pacific, the American Radio Telegraphists' Association, Marine Division, the Pacific Coast Marine Firemen, Oilers, Watertenders, and Wipers 15 N. L. R. B. 893 Includes R-478. 5 N.L. R B 954 includes R-518. 5 NA. R. B. 982 includes A-504, R-509, and R-512 2 Designated in the .titles of cases R-478, R-509, and R-512' as Union Oil, Company. 8 N L. R. B., No. 72. 683 684 NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD Association, and the Marine Cooks' and Stewards' Association of the Pacific Coast, respectively, for the purposes of collective bargaining. Pursuant to the Directions, four separate elections by secret ballot were conducted upon each of the Company's Pacific Coast tankers. On June 13, 1938, Alice M. Rosseter, Regional Director for the Twen- tieth Region (San Francisco, California), acting pursuant to Article III, Section 9, of National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regu- lations-Series 1, as amended, issued four Intermediate Reports Upon Secret Ballot, copies of which were duly served upon all parties to the proceedings. No exceptions to the Intermediate Reports have been filed by any of the parties. As to the balloting and the results thereof, the Regional Director reported as follows : Unlicensed Deck Personnel Number of votes for Sailors Union of the Pacific-------------- 26 Number of votes against Sailors Union of the Pacific ---------- 91 Total Ballots Counted_______________________________________ 117 Number of blank ballots------------------------------------- 0 Number of void ballots_____________________________________ 1 Number of challenged ballots________________________________ 3 Number eligible to vote-------------------------------------- 120 Radio Operators Number of votes for American Radio Telegraphists' Association, Marine Division ------------------------------------------ 5. Number of votes against American Radio Telegraphists' Associa- tion, Marine Division___________________________________ 5 Total number of ballots counted_____________________________ 10 Number eligible to vote------------------------------------- 10 There were no blank, void or challenged ballots. Unlicensed Personnel of the Engine Departments Number of votes for Pacific Coast Marine Firemen, Oilers, Watertenders,,& Wipers Association_______________________ 5 Number of votes against Pacific Coast Marine Firemen, Oilers, Watertenders, & Wipers Association_______________________ 89 Total number of ballots counted---------------------------- 104 Number of blank ballots____________________________________ 0 Number of void ballots ----------------------------------------- 1 Number of challenged ballots________________________________ 1 Number eligible to vote -------------------------------------- 107 DECISIONS AND ORDERS 685 Unlicensed Personnel of the Stewards' Departments Number of votes for Marine Cooks' & Stewards' Association of the Pacific Coast----------------------------------------- 14 Number of votes against Marine Cooks' & Stewards' Association of the Pacific Coast-------------------------------------- 41 Total number of ballots counted----------------------------- 55 Number of blank ballots------------------------------------- 0 Number of void ballots-------------------------------------- 0 Number of challenged ballots-------------------------------- 3 Number eligible to vote-------------------------------------- 60 The results of the elections show that no collective bargaining rep- resentatives have been selected by a majority of either the unlicensed deck personnel, the radio operators, the unlicensed personnel of the engine departments, or the unlicensed personnel of the stewards' de- partments. The petitions for investigation and certification of repre- sentatives of employees of the Company in each of such groups will therefore be dismissed. ORDER 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 and pursuant to Article III, Sections 8 and 9, of National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series 1, as amended, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the petitions for investigation and certi- fication of representatives of the unlicensed deck personnel, the radio operators, the unlicensed personnel of the engine departments, and the unlicensed personnel of the stewards' departments on tankers operated out of Pacific Coast ports by Union Oil Company of California, filed by the Sailors Union of the Pacific, the American Radio Telegraphists' Association, Marine Division, the Pacific Coast Marine Firemen, Oil- ers, Watertenders, & Wipers Association, and the Marine Cooks' and Stewards' Association of the Pacific 'Coast, respectively, be, and'they' hereby are, dismissed.