General Petroleum Corp. of California

In the Matter of GENERAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION OF CALIFORNIA and SAILORS UNION OF THE PACIFIC. A. F. L. Case,No. R-3935 AMENDMENT TO DIRECTION OF ELECTION August 18, 1914 On July 11, 1942, the National Labor Relations Board issued a Decision and Direction of Election in the above-entitled proceeding. In the election directed therein, the Board did not place upon the ballot the name of National Maritime Union, herein called the N. M. U., because that • organization had made no showing of membership in the unit found appropriate. Thereafter, on August 7, 1942, the N. M. U. filed a Motion to Modify Previous Order and to Postpone Election Therein Directed. In its motion the N. M. U. requests the Board to postpone the election and to modify its Direction of Elec- tion by ordering elections in the engine and steward departments of the Company's oil tankers, in addition to the election ordered in the deck departments. The Board has considered the motion, and it is hereby denied. We find, however, that the N. M. U. has now submitted sufficient authorization cards to entitle it to a place on the ballot in the elec- tion directed among unlicensed deck employees.2 , The Board' accordingly hereby amends the aforesaid Direction of Election by striking therefrom the words "whether or not they desire to be represented by Sailors Union of the Pacific, affiliated with Sea- farers International Union, A. F. of L. for the purposes of collec- tive bargaining," and substituting therefor the words "whether they desire to be represented by Sailors Union of the Pacific, affiliated with Seafarers International Union, A. F. 'of L., or by National Maritime Union, for the purposes of collective bargaining, or by neither." CHAIRMAN MILLIS took no part in the consideration of the above Amendment to Direction of Election.,,, 142 N. L. R.B 339 2 The Acting Regional Director for the Twenty-first Region reported that in connection with its motion the N. M. U had submitted 63 authorization cards to hint , and that 6 of these bore signatures which were names of persons whose names appeared as unlicensed deck employees on the Company' s pay roll of June 15, 1942, which listed 41 such employees. 43 N. L. R. B , No. 58. % - 347