Inter-Island Steam Navigation Co., Ltd.

In the Matter of INTER-ISLAND STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY, LIMITED and THE PACIFIC COAST MARINE FIREMEN, OILERS, WATERTENDERS AND WIPERS ASSOCIATION In the Matter of INTER-ISLAND STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY, LIMITED and MARINE COOKS' AND STEWARDS' ASSOCIATION OF. THE PACIFIC COAST (CIO) Cases Nos. R-2700 and R-2701 CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES • October 11, 1941 On August 11, 1941, the National Labor Relations Board issued a Decision and Direction of Elections in the above-entitled proceeding."' Pursuant to the Direction, elections by secret ballot were conducted under the direction and supervision of the Regional Director for the Twentieth Region (San Francisco,' California) on September 8 and 9, 1941, among certain employees in the engine-room department of Inter- Island Steam Navigation Company, Limited, Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii, herein called the Company, and on September 10 and 11, 1941, among certain employees in the stewards department of the Company. On 'September 19, 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 her Elections Report. No objections to the conduct of the ballot or to the Elections Report have been filed by any of the parties. As to the balloting and its results, the Regional Director reported as follows : Engine-room Department Total number eligible to vote_________________________________ 33 Number of votes for Pacific Coast Marine Firemen, Oilers, Water- tenders and Wipers Association_____________________________ 28 Number of votes against Pacific Coast Marine Firemen, Oilers, Watertenders and Wipers Association______________________ 0 Total number of votes counted________________________________ 28 Number of blank ballots_____________________________________ 0 Number of void ballots_______________________________________ 0 Number of challenged ballots____ ____________________________ 0 134 N. L. R. B., No. 22. 36 N. L. B.. B., No. 62. 337 433118-42-vol. 36-23 338 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD Stewards Department Total number eligible to vote________________________________ 80 Number of votes for Marine Cooks' and Stewards ' Association of the Pacific Coast________________________________________ 66 Number of votes against Marine Cooks' and Stewards' Association of the Pacific Coast_______________________________________ 4 Total number of votes counted________________________________ 70 Number of blank ballots_____________________________________ 0 Number of void ballots_______________________________________ 0 Number of challenged ballots________________________ ________ 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 The Pacific Coast Marine Firemen, Oilers, Watertenders and Wipers Association has been designated aid selected by a majority of the unlicensed employees in the engine-room depart- ment of the ships of Inter-Island Steam Navigation Company, Limited, Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii, as their representative for the purposes of collective bargaining and that pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the Act The Pacific Coast Marine Firemen, Oilers, Watertenders and Wipers Association 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; IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that Marine Cooks' and Stewards' Association of the Pacific Coast has been designated and selected by a majority of the employees in the stewards department of the ships of Inter-Island Steam Navigation Company, Limited, Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii, including second stewards, stewardesses, and chief stewards on the smaller vessels, but excluding the chief stewards on the larger vessels,2 as their representative for the purposes of collective bargaining, and that pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the Act, Marine Cooks' and Stewards' Association of the Pacific Coast 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. Mr. GERARD D. REILLY took no part in the consideration of the above Certification of Representatives. 9 See footnotes 9, 10, and 11 of Decision and Direction of Elections.