Cities Service Oil Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Apr 17, 1940

22 N.L.R.B. 1006 (N.L.R.B. 1940)

In the Matter of CITIES SERVICE OIL CO . and COMMERCIAL T!ELEGRA
PHERS' UNION , MARINE DIVISION , A. F. of L.
Copse No. R-1972
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
April 17,1940
On November 22, 1939, 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 beginning on December 21,
1939, and ending on March 7, 1940, under the direction and supervision
of the Regional Director for the Second Region (New York City).2
On March 16, 1940, the Regional Director, acting pursuant to Article
III, Section 9, of National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regu-
lations=Series 2,-'as- amended, -issued, an Election R^'port, copies of'
which were duly served upon the parties.
As to the balloting and its results, the Regional Director reported
as follows :
Total Number Eligible to Vote_______________________________ 11
Total Number of Ballots Cast________________________________ 11
Total Number of Valid Ballots_______________________________ 11
Total Number of Votes in favor of Marine Division, American
Communications Association, affiliated with the Congress of
Industrial Organizations___________________________________ 1
Total Number of Votes in favor of Commercial Telegraphers'
Union, Marine Division, A. F. of L_________________________ 7
Total Number of Votes in favor of neither union-------------- 3
Total Number of Blank Votes________________________________ 0
Total'Number.of Void Ballots________________________________ 0 --
Total Number of Challenged Votes ------ -------------------- 0
No objections to the conduct of the ballot or the Election Report
have been filed by any of the parties.
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,
1 17 N. L. R. B. 989
After, servicet of?Notice ofzElectlon, tha,'baHoting-was, conducted-'a9>eacb "ot the Coin--
pany 's respective vessels arrived in a North Atlantic port.
22 N. L. R. B.. No. 77.
1006
CITIES SERVICE OIL COMPANY 1007
IT IS HERESY CERTIFIED that Commercial Telegraphers' Union, Marine
Division, A. F. of L., has been designated and selected-by a majority
of all the radio telegraphers employed by Cities Service Oil Company,
New York City, excluding relief operators, as their representative
for the purposes of collective bargaining and that, pursuant to Sec-
tion 9 (a) of the National Labor Relations Act, Commercial Telegra-
phers' Union, Marine Division, A. F+.-of-L., is the exclusive bargaining
representative of all such employees for the purposes of collective bar-
gaining in respect to rates of pay, wages; hours of employment, and
other conditions of employment.