O. K. Storage & Transfer Co., Inc.

In the Matter of O. K. STOR.IGE & TRANSFER CO., INC., (OPERATED BY WALKER STORAGE & VAN CO., INC.) and INTERNATIONAL LONG- SHOREMEN1 S AND WAREHOUSEMEN'S UNION LOCAL 2-7, AFFILIATED WITH THE CONGRESS OF INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATIONS Case No. R-1762 SUPPLEMENTAL DECISION AND ORDER May 14, 1940 On April 8, 1940, the National Labor Relations Board, herein called the Board, issued a Decision and Direction of Election 1 in. the above-entitled case. Pursuant to the Direction of Election, an, election by secret ballot was conducted on April 26, 1940, under the, direction and supervision of the Regional Director for the Fifteenth Region (New Orleans, Louisiana). On April 26, 1940, the Regional 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 an 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 : Total on eligibility list____________________________________ 27 Total ballots cast________________________________________ Total ballots challenged__________________________________ Total blank ballots_______________________________________ Total void ballots________________________________________ 26 1 0 0 Total valid votes cast____________________________________ 25 Votes cast for International Longshoremen's and Warehouse- men's Union Local 2-7, affiliated with the Congress of Industrial Organizations________________________________ 12 Votes cast against International Longshoremen's and Ware- housemen's Union Local 2-7, affiliated with the Congress of Industrial Organizations_____________________________ 13 1 22 N. L. R B. 752 23 N. L. R. B., No. 80. 787 7 88 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD Since the challenged ballot cannot affect the result of the election, we find it unnecessary to pass upon the challenge. The results of the election show that no collective bargaining representative has been selected by a majority of the employees in the appropriate unit. The petition for investigation and certifica- tion of representatives of employees of Walker Storage & Van Co., Inc., New Orleans, Louisiana, will, therefore, be dismissed. ORDER By virtue of Section 9 (c) of the National Labor Relations Act, 49 Stat. 449, and pursuant to Article III, Sections 8 and 9, of Na- tional Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations- Series 2, as amended, IT Is HEREBY ORDERED that the petition for investigation and certification of representatives of employees of Walker Storage & Van Co., Inc., New Orleans, Louisiana, filed by International Long- shoremen's and Warehousemen's Union Local 2-7, affiliated with the Congress of Industrial Organizations, be, and it hereby is, dismissed.