Todd-Johnson Dry Docks Inc.

In the Matter of TODD-JOHNSON DRY DOCKS INC. and ' INDUSTRIAL UNION OF MARINE AND SHIPBUILDING WORKERS OF AMERICA, LOCAL No. 29 Case No. R-754 CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES . February 21, 1940 On December 4, 1938, the National Labor Relations Board, herein called the Board, issued its Decision and Order 1 and on December 29, 1939, its Supplemental Decision and Direction of Election 2 in the above-entitled proceedings. Pursuant to the Direction of Election, an election by secret ballot was conducted on January 24, 1940, under the direction and supervision of the Regional Director for the Fifteenth Region (New Orleans, Louisiana). On January 26, 1940, the Regional Director, acting pursuant to Article III, Section 9, of National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series 2, issued an election report, copies of which were duly served upon Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers of America, Local No. 29, upon Todd-Johnson Dry Docks Inc., and upon Metal Trades Council of New Orleans, subordinate to the Metal Trades Department of the American Federation of Labor. As to the balloting and its results, the Regional Director reported as follows : Total number on eligibility list_____________________________ 573 Total number of ballots cast______________________________ 530 Total number of ballots for Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers of America, Local No. 29 ----------- 289 Total - number of ballots for Metal Trades Council of -New Orleans, subordinate to the Metal Trades Department of the American Federation of Labor_______________________ 229 Total number of ballots for neither organization ------------ 12 Total number of blank ballots_____________________________ 0 Total number of void ballots______________________________ 0 Total number of challenged ballots_________________________ .0 110 N. L. R. B. 629. '218 N. L. R. B. 973. 20 N. L. It. B., No. 63. 615 616 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD On February 3, 1940; Metal Trades Council of New Orleans filed with the Regional Director a "Protest on Behalf of Metal Trades Council of New Orleans," contending (1) that the rights of Metal Trades Council of New Orleans and the individual unions affiliated with it were prejudiced by the holding of a plant-wide election rather than an election by crafts, and that for this reason the results of said election should be set aside; and (2) that a hearing and election in these proceedings was "unnecessary and unauthorized." On February 10, 1940, the Regional Director issued his Report on Objections, copies of which were duly served upon Industrial Union of Marine and Ship- building Workers of Amer. ica, Local No. 29, upon Todd-Johnson Dry Docks Inc., and upon Metal Trades Council of New Orleans, subordi- nate to the Metal Trades Department of the American Federation of Labor, in which he found that the said Protest is directed against the decision of the Board and referred the Protest to the Board without ruling on it. Metal Trades Council of New Orleans and individual unions affili- ated with. it, as intervenors in these proceedings, have made substan- tially the same two contentions as those set forth above, in the hearings, in the oral argument before the Board, and in memoranda submitted on their behalf. We have heretofore considered them on their merits in connection with our Decision and Order and our Supplemental Decision and Direction of Election. It does not appear to us that they raise substantial and material issues with respect to the conduct of the ballot. 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, 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 Industrial Union of Marine and Ship- building Workers of America, Local No. 29, has been designated and selected by a majority of all employees of Todd-Johnson Dry Docks Inc., New Orleans, Louisiana, excluding the employees listed in Ap- pendixes A and B, and including the employees listed in Appendix C, as their representative for the purposes of collective bargaining and that, pursuant to the provisions of Section 9 (a) of the Act, Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers of America, Local No. 29,. 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. TODD-JOHNS-ON DRY DOCKS INCORPORATED 617 APPENDIX A Administration : President. Vice-President. Secretary-Treasurer. Supervision : General Superintendent. Assistant General Superin- tendent. General Office : Auditor. All Clerks. Typist. Office Boy. Telephone Operator. Secretary-Stenographers. Paymaster and Timekeepers : Paymaster. All Clerks. All Timekeepers. Purchasing Department: Purchasing Agent. All' Clerks. Sales : All Solicitors. Estimating : Estimator. Miscellaneous : Night Superintendent. Draftsmen. Bookkeepers. General Foreman. Dock Master. Assistant Dock Masters. APPENDIX B Foremen. Assistant Foremen. Salaried leadermen, snappers, or pushers. Watchmen. Safety engineer. APPENDIX C Off-and-on leadermen, snappers, Storeroom employees. or pushers. Floating: equipment crew. Porter. Hourly paid leadermen, - snap- pers, or pushers.