John J. Boland

-In the Matter of JOHN J. BOLAND AND JOHN J. BOLAND, JR., and NATIONAL MARITIME UNION OF AMERICA, AFFILIATED WITH THE C. I. O. , Case No. R-202 CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES December 5, 1940 On September 30, 1940, the National Labor Relations Board issued its Decision and Direction of Election in the above-entitled pro- ceeding.' Pursuant to the Direction of Election, an election by secret ballot was conducted on October 17, 1940, under the direction and supervision of the Regional Director for the Third Region (Buffalo, New York). On November 4, 1940, the Regional Director, acting pursuant to Article III, Section 9, of National Labor Rela- tions Board Rules and Regulations-Series .2, as amended, issued and duly served upon the parties to the proceeding his 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 the results thereof, the Regional Director reported as follows : Total on eligibility list -------------------------- ---------- 21 Total ballots cast ---------------------------------------- 21 Total ballots challenged ----------------------------------- None Total blank ballots--------------------------------------- None Total void ballots ---------------------------------------- None Total valid votes cast------------------------------------ 21 Votes cast for National Maritime Union of America, affiliated with the C. I. 0---------------------------------------- - 13 Votes cast against National Maritime Union of America, affil- iated with the C. I. 0---------------------------------- 8 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, IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that National Maritime Union of America, affiliated with the C. I. 0., has been designated and selected by a 127 N L R. B 584 28 N. L. R B , No. 59. 346 JOHN J. BOLAND AND JOHN J. BOLAND, JR. 347 majority of the unlicensed seamen employed by John J. Boland and John J. Boland, Jr., Buffalo, New York, on the steamship Lake Chelan as their representative for the purposes of collective bargain- ing, and that, pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the National Labor Rela-' tions Act, National Maritime Union of America, affiliated with 'the 'C. I. O.,'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. CHAIRMAN HARRY A. MiLLis took no part in the consideration of the above Certification of Representatives. t