Kettleman North Dome Association

In the • Matter of KETTLEMAN NORTH DoiIE ASSOCIATION and OIL WORKERS INTERNATIONAL UNION, C. I. O. Case No. R-3475 CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES May P,5, 194 On April 6, 1942, the National Labor Relations Board issued a Decision and Direction of Election in the above-entitled proceedings., On April 24, 1942, the Board issued an Amendment to Direction of Election.2 Pursuant to the Direction of Election, as amended, an election by secret ballot was conducted on May 9, 1942, under the direction and supervision of the Regional Director for the Twentieth Region (San Francisco, California). On May 11, 1942, the Regional Director, acting pursuant to Article III, Section 9, of National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series 2, as amended, issued and duly served upon the parties an Election Report on the ballot. No objections to the conduct of the ballot or the Election 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_______________________________ 369 Number of votes for Oil Workers International Union, 0. I. O__ 170 Number of votes for, Independent Union of Kenda Employees__ 141 Number of votes for neither_________________________________ 7 Total number of votes counted______________________________ 318 Number of blank ballots------------------------------------ 0 Number of void ballots_____________________________________ 1 Number of challenged ballots________________________________ 2 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 2, as amended, IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that Oil Workers International Union, affiliated with the Congress of Industrial Organizations, has been 140N L R B 214. 2 40 N L R. B 219. 41 N. L. R. B., No. 58 463592-42-vol 41-17 257 258 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD designated and selected by a majority of all production and main- tenance employees of Kettleman North Dome Association, Avenal, California , who are employed in its drilling, producing, and natural gas departments at and near Avenal, California, excluding executives, supervisors, technical employees, and clerical workers, as their repre- sentative for the purposes of collective bargaining, and that, pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the Act, Oil Workers International Union, affil- iated with the Congress of Industrial Organizations, 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.