Castle & Cooke Terminals, Ltd.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Mar 20, 1941

30 N.L.R.B. 475 (N.L.R.B. 1941)

In the Matter of CASTLE & COOKE TERMINALS, LTD. and INTERNATIONAL
LONGSHOREMEN'S, & - WAREHOUSEMEN'S UNION, LOCAL 1-37, UNIT
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In the Matter of CASTLE & COOKE.TERMINALS, LTD. and INTERNATIONAL
LONGSHOREMEN'S & WAREHOUSEMEN'S UNION2 LOCAL 1-37
Cases Nos. R-2129 and R-2130
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES ;
March 20, 1941
On December 12, 1940, the National Labor Relations Board issued
aDecision and Direction of Elections in the above -entitled proceed-
ings ; I and on January 7, 1941, issued an Amendment to Direction
of Elections.2 Pursuant to the Direction of Elections and the Amend-
lnent thereto , elections by secret ballot were conducted on January 24,
1941, at Honolulu , Territory of Hawaii , under the direction . and super-
vision of the Regional Director for the Twentieth Region (San
Francisco , California ). On February 19, 1941, the Regional Direc-
tor, 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 an Election Report on the ballot. 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 Regional Director reported
as follows :
Scalers
Total number eligible to vote_______________________________ 21
Number of votes for International Longshoremen's and Ware-
housemen's Union, Local 1-37, Unit #2____________________ 17
Number of votes against International Longshoremen's and
Warehousemen's Union, Local 1-37, Unit #2------- -------- 2
Total Number of Votes Counted________________________ 19
Number of blank ballots____________________________________ 0
Number of void ballots______________________________________ 0
Number of challenged ballots______________________--------------------------------- 1
1 28 N. L R. B 493.
228N L.R.B 501
30 N. L. R. B., No. 67.
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476 \ DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD
Inasmuch as the challenged ballot could not affect the results of
the election, it was not counted.
Longshoremen
Total number eligible to vote________________________________ 552
Number of votes for International Longshoremen 's and Ware-
-housemen 's Union, Local 1-37------------------------------- 402
'Number of ' votes against International Longshoremen's and
Warehousemen 's Union; Local 1-37---------- _------------- 126
Total Number of Votes Counted_______________________ 528
Number of blank ballots____________________________________ 1
Number of void ballots --- --------- ^------------------------- 1
Number of challenged ballots____ _____________________________ 0
By virtue of and pursuant to the power vested in the National
Labor Relations Board by Section 9 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, International Longshoremen's & Ware-
housemen's Union, Local 1-37, Unit #2, affiliated with the Congress
of Industrial Organizations, has been designated and selected by a
majority of all the regular or "basic" scalers employed by Castle &
Cooke Terminals, Ltd., excluding the foreman and any permit men
who are or may be assigned to the work of scalers, as their representa-
tive for the purposes of collective bargaining, and that, pursuant to
Section 9 (a) of the Act, International Longshoremen's & Warehouse-
men's Union, 'Local 1-37, Unit #2, affiliated with the Congress of
Industrial Organizations, 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; and
IT IS HEREBY FURTHER CERTIFIED that International Longshore-
men's & Warehousemen's Union, Local 1-37, affiliated with the Con-
gress of Industrial Organization, has been designated and selected
-by a majority of all regular or "basic" employees of Castle & Cooke
Terminals, Ltd. in the following categories : members of the ship
gangs and of the wharf gangs, including leading men and the gang
foremen; members of the gear (or cooper) gang, including the gang
foreman;- members -of the Makule gang; and machine (or jitney)
operators; excluding departmeht heads, the head timekeeper, clerks
in charge of terminals, watchmen, the paymaster, ship, wharf, and
dock foremen, office employees, wharf clerks, sorters, timekeepers,
machine-shop employees, and, all permit employees, as their repre-
sentative for the purposes of collective bargaining, and that, pursuant
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to Section 9 (a) of the Act, International Longshoremen's & Ware-
housemen's Union, Local 1-37, affiliated with the Congress of Indus-
trial Organizations, is the exclusive representative of all such em-
ployees for the purposes of collective bargaining in respect- to-
rates of, pay, wages, hours of employment, and other conditions of
employment.