De Camp Bus Lines

In the Matter of DE CAMP Bus LINES AND DE CA11IP INTERSTATE TRANSIT Co. and AMALGAMATED ASSOCIATION OF STREET, ELECTRIC RAILWAY & MOTOR COACH EMPLOYEES OF AMERICA, LOCAL 11156, AFFILIATED WITH 'THE AMERICAN FEDERATION 'OF LABOR Case No. R-1649 SUPPLEMENTAL DECISION AND CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES March 19, 1940 On February 6, 1940, the National Labor Relations Board, herein called the Board, issued its Decision and Direction of Elections in the, above-entitled proceedings.' Pursuant to the Direction of Elec- tions, elections by secret ballot were conducted on February 23, 1940, under the direction and supervision of the Regional Director for the Second Region (New York City). On February 28, 1940, the Re- gional 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 her Election Report. 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 : Bus DiuvEes Total Number Eligible to Vote ------------------------------ 54 Total Number of Ballots Cast-------------------------------- 50 Total Number of Valid Ballots------------------------------ 50 Total Number of Votes in Favor of Amalgamated De Camp Employees Association, Inc-------------------------------- 45 Total Number of Votes in Favor of American Federation of Labor----------------------------------------------------- 5 Total Number of Blank Votes------------------------------- 0 Total Number of Void Ballots------------------------------- 0 Total Number of Challenged Votes--------------------------- 0 20 N L. R B 250 21 N. L. R. B., No. 77. 776 DE CAMP BUS LINES 777 MAINTENANCE EMPLOYEES Total Number Eligible to Vote______________________________ 21 Total Number of Ballots Cast________________________________ 20 Total Number of Valid Ballots ------------------------------ 20 Total Number of Votes in Favor of Amalgamated De Camp Employees Association, Inc-------------------------------- 20 Total Number of Votes against aforementioned union -------- 0 Total Number of Blank Votes________________________________ 0 Total Number of Void Ballots-------------------------------- 0 Total Number of Challenged Votes___________________________ 0 Upon the entire record in the case, the Board makes the following : SUPPLEMENTAL FINDING OF FACT In the Decision and Direction of Elections previously referred to, the Board made no final determination as to the appropriate unit for the purposes of collective bargaining pending the election, but stated that "if a majority of the bus drivers and a majority of the maintenance employees vote for the Association,' then both the bus drivers and the maintenance employees shall constitute a single ap- propriate unit and we shall certify the Association as the exclusive bargaining representative of such employees." We find that the bus drivers and maintenance employees of De Camp Bus Lines and De Camp Interstate Transit Co., Livingston, New Jersey, excluding supervisory and clerical employees, constitute a unit appropriate for the purposes of collective bargaining and that said unit will insure to employees of such Companies the full benefit of their right to self-organization and to collective bargaining and ctherwise effectuate the policies of the National Labor Relations Act. SUPPLEMENTAL CONCLUSION OF LAW The bus drivers and maintenance employees of De Camp Bus Lines and De Camp Interstate Transit Co., Livingston, New Jersey, exclud- ing supervisory Aid clerical employees, constitute a unit appropriate for the purposes of collective bargaining within the meaning of Sec- tion 9 (b) of the National Labor Relations 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 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, 2 Amalgamated De Camp Employees Association, Inc. 778 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that Amalgamated De Camp Employees Association, Inc., has been designated and selected by a majority of the bus drivers and maintenance employees of De Camp Bus Lines and De Camp Interstate Transit Co., Livingston, New Jersey, exclud- ing supervisory and clerical employees, as their representative for the purposes of collective bargaining, and that pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the National Labor Relations Act, Amalgamated De Camp Em- ployees Association, Inc., is the exclusive representative of all such employees for the purposes of collective bargaining with respect to rates of pay, wages, hours of employment, and other conditions of employment. a