Higman Towing Co.

In the Matter of IIIGMAN TOWJNG COMPANY and INLAND BOATMEN'S DIVISION OF NATIONAL MARITIME UNION Case No. R-2455 SUPPLEMENTAL DECISION AND ORDER July 10, 1941 On May 27, 1941, 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 between June 14 and June 18, 1941, by the Regional Director for the Sixteenth Region (Fort Worth, Texas). On June 20, 1941 , the Acting 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 his Election Report. No objections to the conduct of the ballot or to the Election Report have been filed by any of the parties. As to the balloting and its results , the Acting Regional Director reported as follows : Total number of eligibles____________________________________ 39 Total number of ballots counted______ ________________________ 37 Total number of votes for Inland Boatmen's Division of the National Maritime Union_____ _____________________________ 15 Total number of votes against the Inland Boatmen 's Division of the National Maritime Union______________________________ 22 Total number of void ballots_________________________________ 0 Total number of blank ballots ________________________________ 0 Total number of challenged ballots__________ _________________ 0 The results of the election show that no collective bargaining repre- sentative has been selected by a majority of the employees of the Company in the unit heretofore found 'to be appropriate for col- lective bargaining. We will, therefore, dismiss the petition for in- 132 N. L. R. B. 102. 33 N. L. R. B., No. 62. 314 MGM" TOWING COMPANY 315 vestigation and certification of representatives of employees of the Company. 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 certifi- cation of representatives of employees of Higman Towing Company, Orange, Texas, filed by Inland Boatmen's Division of National Mari- time Union, be, and it hereby is, dismissed.