Seas Shipping Co., Inc.

In the Matter of SEAS SHIPPING COMPANY, INC. (ROBIN LINE) and SE'1FARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA , A. F. OF L. Case No. R-2033 CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES February 14,1941 On September 25, 1940, the National Labor Relations Board issued a Decision and Direction of Election in the above-entitled proceedings.' Pursuant to the Direction of Election, an election by secret ballot was conducted under the direction and supervision of the Regional Di- rector for the Second Region (New York City). On January 31, 1941, 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 Number Eligible to Vote _______________________________ 210 Total Number of Ballots Cast_______________________________ 201 Total Number of Valid Ballots -------------------------------- 200 Total Number of Votes in favor of Seafarers ' International Union of North America___________________________________ 199 Total Number of Votes against aforementioned union---------- 1 Total Number of Blank Votes________________________________ 0 Total Number of Void Ballots________________________________ 1 Total Number of Challenged Votes___________________________ 0 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, IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that Seafarers' International Union of North America has been designated and selected by a majority of all the unlicensed personnel employed by Seas Shipping Coml5any, Inc., New York City, on vessels operated by said company in the deck, engine, 127 N L R B. 460. 29 N. L. R. B, No. 109 629 630 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD and stewards' departments, except wireless and radio operators, and junior engineers who hold licenses, as their representative for the pur- poses of collective bargaining, and that, pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the National Labor Relations Act, Seafarers' International Union of North America, 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.