American France Line et al.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Feb 1, 1938

5 N.L.R.B. 3 (N.L.R.B. 1938)

In the Matter of AMERICAN FRANCE LINE et al. (TAMPA INTER-OCEAN
STEAMSHIP COMPANY) and INTERNATIONAL SEAMEN'S UNION OF
AMERICA
Case' No. R-157
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 1, 1938
On July 16, 1937, the National Labor Relations Board, herein called
the Board, issued a Decision and Direction of Elections' in the
above-entitled case. The Direction of Elections directed that elec-
tions by secret ballot be conducted among the unlicensed personnel
employed in the deck, engine, and stewards' departments, except wire-
less and radio operators, chief electricians on electrically driven ships,
and junior engineers who hold licenses, on the vessels operated out
of Atlantic and Gulf ports by 52 named companies, including Tampa
Inter-Ocean Steamship Company, Tampa, Florida. By a Supple-
mental Decision and Direction of Elections, issued September 17,
1937,2 similar elections were directed to be held in nine additional
companies. Supplemental or amended decisions have also been
issued in this case on August 16, September 11, and November 10,
1937,3 dealing with various matters which need not be set forth in
detail here.
Pursuant to these Decisions and Directions of Elections, an elec-
tion by secret ballot has been conducted under the direction and super-
vision of Elillore Morehouse Herrick, the Regional Director for the
Second Region (New York City), on the vessels operated out of
Atlantic and Gulf ports by Tampa Inter-Ocean Steamship Company.
On January 17, 1938, the said Regional Director, acting pursuant to
Article III, Section 9, of National Labor Relations Board Rules and
Regulations-Series 1, as amended, issued and duly served upon the
parties an Intermediate Report on the election. No objections or
exceptions to the Intermediate Report have been filed by any of the
parties.
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23 N. L.R.B 80
8 3 N L R B 74, 3 N L R B 76; and 4 N L R B 112, respectively.
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As to the balloting and its results, the Regional Director reported
as follows :
Total number eligible to vote____________________________________ 209
Total number of ballots cast_____________________________________ 184
Total number of votes in favor of International Seamen's Union of
America, or its successor, affiliated with the American Federation
of Labor----------------------------------------------------- 1
Total number of votes in favor of National Maritime Union of Amer-
ica, affiliated with the Committee for Industrial Organization___ 181
Total number of votes in favor of neither organization____________ 1
Total number of blank ballots__________________________________ 0
Total number of void ballots___________________________________ 0
Total number of challenged ballots_______________________________ 1
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 1,
as amended,
IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that National Maritime Union of America,
affiliated with the Committee for Industrial Organization, has been
selected by a majority of the unlicensed personnel employed in the
deck, engine, and stewards' departments, except wireless and radio
operators, chief electricians on electrically driven ships, and junior
engineers who hold licenses, on the vessels operated out of Atlantic
and Gulf ports by Tampa Inter-Ocean Steamship Company, Tampa,
Florida, as their representative for the purposes of collective bargain-
ing, and that, pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the Act, National Maritime
Union of America, affiliated with the Committee for Industrial Or-
ganization, 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.