Cities Service Oil Co.

In the Matter of CITIES SERVICE OIL CO. and COMMERCIAL T!ELEGRA PHERS' UNION , MARINE DIVISION , A. F. of L. Copse No. R-1972 CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES April 17,1940 On November 22, 1939, the National Labor Relations Board, herein called the Board, issued a Decision and Direction of Election in the above-entitled proceeding.' Pursuant to the Direction of Election, an election by secret ballot was conducted beginning on December 21, 1939, and ending on March 7, 1940, under the direction and supervision of the Regional Director for the Second Region (New York City).2 On March 16, 1940, the Regional Director, acting pursuant to Article III, Section 9, of National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regu- lations=Series 2,-'as- amended, -issued, an Election R^'port, copies of' which were duly served upon the parties. As to the balloting and its results, the Regional Director reported as follows : Total Number Eligible to Vote_______________________________ 11 Total Number of Ballots Cast________________________________ 11 Total Number of Valid Ballots_______________________________ 11 Total Number of Votes in favor of Marine Division, American Communications Association, affiliated with the Congress of Industrial Organizations___________________________________ 1 Total Number of Votes in favor of Commercial Telegraphers' Union, Marine Division, A. F. of L_________________________ 7 Total Number of Votes in favor of neither union-------------- 3 Total Number of Blank Votes________________________________ 0 Total'Number.of Void Ballots________________________________ 0 -- Total Number of Challenged Votes ------ -------------------- 0 No objections to the conduct of the ballot or the Election Report have been filed by any of the parties. 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, 1 17 N. L. R. B. 989 After, servicet of?Notice ofzElectlon, tha,'baHoting-was, conducted-'a9>eacb "ot the Coin-- pany's respective vessels arrived in a North Atlantic port. 22 N. L. R. B.. No. 77. 1006 CITIES SERVICE OIL COMPANY 1007 IT IS HERESY CERTIFIED that Commercial Telegraphers' Union, Marine Division, A. F. of L., has been designated and selected-by a majority of all the radio telegraphers employed by Cities Service Oil Company, New York City, excluding relief operators, as their representative for the purposes of collective bargaining and that, pursuant to Sec- tion 9 (a) of the National Labor Relations Act, Commercial Telegra- phers' Union, Marine Division, A. F+.-of-L., is the exclusive bargaining representative of all such employees for the purposes of collective bar- gaining in respect to rates of pay, wages; hours of employment, and other conditions of employment.