Tide Water Associated Oil Co.

In the Matter of,TIDE WATER ASSOCIATED OIL COMPANY 'a'nd Associ- ATED OIL EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION Case No. R-4124.-Decided August 18,1942 Investigation and Certification of Representatives : stipulation for, certification upon consent audit. Mrs. Alice M. Rosseter, for the Board. Mr. W.. F. Kressig, of Avon, Calif., for the Company. Mr. R. R. Lowrey, of Avon, Calif., for the Association. Miss Melvern R. Krelow, of counsel to the Board. DECISION AND CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES STATEMENT OF THE CASE Upon petition-duly filed by Associated Oil Employees Association, herein called the Association, alleging that a question affecting com- • merce had arisen concerning the representation of employees of Tide, Water Associated Oil Company, herein called the Company, engaged in Avon, California, in the producing, manufacturing, and selling inter alia, crude oil, and refined,products of petroleum, the National Labor Relations Board provided for an appropriate hearing upon due notice. On, July 20, 1942, before a hearing was held, the Company, the Association, and the Regional Director for the Twentieth Region (San Francisco, California) entered into a "Stipulation for. Certifica- tion Upon Consent Audit." Pursuant to the stipulation, an audit of appropriate records was conducted on July 29, 1942, under the direction and supervision of the Regional Director, among all watchmen employed by the Company at its refinery at Avon, California, excluding watch captains, to deter- mine whether or not they desire to be represented by the Association for the purposes of collective bargaining. On July 30, 1942, the Re- gional Director issued and duly served on the parties a Consent Audit Report. No objections to the conduct of the audit or the Consent Audit Report have been filed by any of the parties. 43 N. L. R. B., No. 53. 481039-42-vol. 43-22 337 338 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD As to the findings with respect to the results of said audit, the Re- gional Director reported as follows: Number of employees in unit------------------------ ---------- 63 Number of employees designating Associated Oil Employees Association------------------------------------------------ 36 Upon the basis of the Stipulation, the Consent Audit Report, and the entire record in the case, the Board makes the following : FINDINGS OF FACT 1. A question affecting commerce has' arisen concerning the repre- sentation of employees of Tide Water Associated Oil Company, Avon, California, within the meaning of Section 9 (c) and Section 2 (6) and (7) of the National Labor-Relations Act. 2. All watchmen employed by the Company at its refinery at Avon, California, excluding watch captains, constitute a unit appropriate for the purposes of collective bargaining within the meaning of Sec- tion 9 (b) of the Act. ' 3-. Associated Oil Employees Association has been designated and selected by a majority of the employees in the above' unit as their representative for the purposes of collective bargaining and is the exclusive representative of all employees in said unit within the mean- ing of Section 9 (a) of the Act. CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES 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, IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that Associated Oil Employees Association hats been designated'and selected by a majority of all watchmen em- ployed, by Tide Water Associated Oil Company at its refinery at Avon, California, excluding watch captains, as their representative for the purposes of collective bargaining, and that, pursuant to Sec- tion 9 (a) of the Act; Associated Oil Employees Association is the exclusive representative of such employees for the purposes of col- lective bargaining ivith respect to rates of pay, wages, hours of,em- ployment, and other conditions of employment. a