Gulf Refining Co.

In the Matter of BULK SALES DEPARTMENT, GULF REFINING Co. and THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR Case No. R-1717 CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES May 10, 1940 On March 25, 1940, the National Labor Relations Board, herein called the Board, issued its Decision and Direction of Election in the above-entitled proceeding.) Pursuant to the Direction of Election, an election by secret ballot was conducted on, April 23, 1940, under the direction and supervision of the Regional Director for the Eighth Region (Cleveland, Ohio). On April 25, 1940, the Regional Direc- tor, 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 his Election Report. No objections to the conduct of the ballot or the Election Report have been filed by any of the parties. The Regional Director reported the following results of the balloting : Total on eligibility list_____________________________________ 30 Total ballots cast____________________________________________ Total votes cast for Oil Workers' Federal Labor Union, Local 30 No. 22191, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor__ 22 Total votes cast for Oil Workers' International Union, Local No. 346, affiliated with the Congress of Industrial Organizations_ 5 Total votes cast for neither organization ___________________ 2 Total blank ballots__________________________________________ 0 Total void ballots__________________________________________ 0 Total challenged votes_______________________________________ 1 Since the challenged vote cannot affect the result of the election, we find it unnecessary to pass upon the challenge. 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, 121 N. L. R. B. 1033. 23 N. L. R. B., No. 65. 699 700 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that Oil Workers' Federal Labor Union, Local No. 22191, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, has been designated and selected by a majority of all regular em- ployees of Bulk Sales Department of Gulf Refining Company, Toledo, Ohio, excluding office and supervisory employees, as their representative for the purposes of collective bargaining and that, pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the Act, Oil Workers' Federal Labor Union, Local No. 22191, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, 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.