Sebastian Stuart Fish Co.

In the Matter of SEBASTIAN STUART FISH CO., A CORPN. and CANNERY WORKERS UNION, LOCAL 21173, A. F. OF L. In the Matter of FARWEST FISHERMEN, INC., A CORPN. and CANNERY WORKERS UNION, LOCAL 21173, A. F. OF L. In the Matter of ANACORTES CANNING CO., A CORPN. and CANNERY WORKERS UNION, LOCAL 21173, A. F. OF L. Cases Nos. R--1446, R-1447 and R-1448, respectively CERTIFICATIONS OF REPRESENTATIVES January N1, 1940 On November 6, 1939, the National Labor Relations Board, herein called the Board, issued a Decision and Direction of Elections in the above-entitled proceedings.' Pursuant to the Direction of Elections, separate elections by secret ballot were conducted on December 4, 1939, under the direction and supervision of the Regional Director for the Nineteenth Region (Seattle, Washington). On December 14, 1939, the Regional Director, acting pursuant to Article III, Section 9, of National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series 2, issued and duly served upon the parties to the respective proceedings separate Election Reports. No objections to the conduct of the bal- lots-or the Election Reports have been filed by any of the parties. As to the balloting and the results thereof, the Regional Director reported as follows : SEBASTIAN STUART FISH CO. Total No. Eligible Voters----------------------------------- 141 Total No. of Ballots Cast---------------------------------- 104 Total No. of Votes in Favor of Cannery Workers Union, Local 21173, AFL---------------------------------------- 71 Total No. of Votes in Favor of Cannery Workers Union, Local 17, CIO------------------------------------------- 26 Total No. of Votes in Favor of Neither--------------------- 2 Total No. of Blank Ballots--------------------------------- None Total No. of Void Ballots---------------------------------- None Total No. of Challenged Votes----------------------------- 5 Total No. Eligible Voters Not Voting ------------------------ 37 117 N. L. R. B. 352. 19 N. L. R. B., No. 90. 857 858 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD FARWEST FISHERMEN, INC. Total No. Eligible Voters----------------------------------- 166 Total No. of Ballots Cast----------------------------------- 123 Total No. of Votes in Favor of Cannery Workers Union, Local 21173, AFL--------------------------------------- 99 Total No. of Votes in Favor of Cannery Workers Union, Local 17, CIO------------------------------------------- 23 Total No. of Votes in Favor of Neither--------------------- .0 Total No. of Blank Ballots--------------------------------- 0 Total No. of Void Ballots---------------------------------- 0 Total No. of Challenged Votes------------------------------ 1 Total No. Eligible Voters Not Voting----------------------- 43 ANACORTES CANNING CO. Total No. Eligible Voters---------------------------------- 117 Total No. of Ballots Cast---------------------------------- 93 Total No. of Votes in Favor of" Cannery Workers Union, Local 21173, AFL---------------------------------------- 53 Total No. of Votes in Favor of Cannery Workers Union, Local 17, CIO------------------------------------------- 37 Total No. of Votes in Favor of Neither-------------------- 1 Total No. of Blank Ballots--------------------------------- None Total No. of Void Ballots---------------------------------- None Total No. of Challenged Votes----------------------------- 2 Total No. Eligible Voters Not Voting---------------------- 24 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, IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that Cannery Workers Union, Local 21173, A. F. of L. has been designated and selected by a majority of all can- nery workers and warehouse employees of Sebastian Stuart Fish Co. at Anacortes, excluding office employees, supervisory employees who have the authority to hire and discharge, employees who in the course of their duties are expected to recommend the hiring or discharge of employees, and machinists and machinists' helpers, as their representa- tive for the purposes of collective bargaining and that, pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the National Labor Relations Act, Cannery Workers Union, Local 21173, A. F. of L., 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 ; IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that Cannery Workers Union, Local 21173, A.F. of L. has been designated and selected by a majority of all can- nery workers and warehouse employees of Farwest Fishermen, Inc., at Anacortes, excluding office employees, supervisory employees who have the authority to hire and discharge, employees who in the course SEBAST'IAN STUART FISH COMPANY 859 of their duties are expected to recommend the hiring or discharge of employees, and machinists and machinists' helpers, as their repre- sentative for the purposes. of collective bargaining and that, pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the National Labor Relations Act, Cannery Workers Union, Local 21173, A. F. of L., 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; and IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that Cannery Workers Union, Local 21173, A. F. of L. has been designated and selected by a majority of all can- nery workers and warehouse employees of Anacortes Canning Co. at Anacortes, excluding office employees, supervisory employees who have the authority to hire and discharge, employees who in the course of their duties are expected to recommend the hiring or discharge of employees, and machinists and machinists' helpers, as their representa- tive for the purposes of collective bargaining and that, pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the National Labor Relations Act, Cannery Workers Union, Local 21173, A. F. of L., 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.