Cities Service Oil Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Sep 6, 1940

27 N.L.R.B. 77 (N.L.R.B. 1940)

In the Matter of CITIES SFRVICE OIL COMPANY and UNITED LICENSED
OFFICERS OF THE U. S. A.
Cases Nos. R-1032 and R-1033
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES,
September 6, 1940
On January. 4, 1939, the National Labor Relations Board, herein
called the Board,.issued its Decision and Direction of Elections in the
above-entitled proceedings.' On April 2, 1940, the Board issued a
Supplemental Decision and Amendment to Direction of Elections.2
The Direction of Elections, as amended, provided that elections by
secret ballot be conducted as soon as convenient, and beginning as
promptly as practicable after the date of the Direction; under the di-
rection and supervision of the Regional Director for the Second Re-
gion, among those employees of the Cities Service Oil Company, New
York City, herein called the Company, within the groups described
below: (1) among the licensed deck officers, including masters, em-
ployed by the Company on vessels operating out of Atlantic and Gulf
ports to determine whether or not they-desire to be represented by
Deepwater Officers Association for the purposes of collective bargain-
ing; and (2) among the licensed engineers employed by,the Company
on vessels operating out of Atlantic and Gulf ports to determine
whether or not they desire to be represented by Deepwater Officers-As-
sociation for the purposes of collective bargaining.
Pursuant.to the Direction of Elections, as amended, elections, by
secret ballot were conducted among the above-described employees of
the Company, under the direction and supervision of the Regional
Director for the Second Region. On August 8, 1940, 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 to the proceedings her Election
Report. No objections to the conduct of the ballot or to the Election
Report have been filed by any of the, parties.
1ION L R B 954
22 N. L R B 657
27 N.-L R. B, No. 17.
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78, DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD
As to the balloting and the results thereof, the Regional, Director
reported as follows :
(1) Among the group of employees listed in paragraph (1) of
the Direction, as amended :
Total number eligible to vote----,---------------------- 59
Total number of ballots cast---------------------------- 51
Total numbet of valid ballots---------------------------- 51
Total number of votes in favor of Deepwater Officers Asso-
ciation ----------------------------------------------- 48
Total number of votes against Deepwater Officers Asso-
ciation ----------------------------------------------- 3
Total number of blank ballots --------------------------- 0
Total number of void ballots----------------------------- 0
Total number of challenged ballots---------------------- 0
(2) Among the group of employees listed in paragraph (2) of
the Direction, as amended :
Total number eligible to vote---------------------------- 56
Total number of ballots cast---------------------------- 54
Total number of valid ballots--------------------------- 54
Total number of votes in favor of Deepwater Officers Asso-
ciation----------------------------------------------- 50
Total number of votes against Deepwater Officers Asso-
ciation ----------------------------------------------- 4
Total number of blank ballots ------------- -------------- 0
Total number of void ballots---------------------------- 0
Total 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 Re-
lations 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 Deepwater Officers Association has been
designated and-selected by a majority of the licensed deck officers,
including masters, employed by Cities Service Oil Company, New
York City, on vessels operating out of Atlantic and Gulf ports, as
their representative for the purposes of collective bargaining, and
that, pursuant to the provisions of Section 9 (a) of the National
Labor Relations Act, lDeepwater Officers 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; and
IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that Deepwater Officers Association has been
designated and selected by a majority of the licensed engineers, em-
ployed by Cities Service Oil Company, New York City, on vessels
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operating out of Atlantic and Gulf ports, as their representative for the
purposes of collective bargaining, and that pursuant to the provisions
of Section 9 (a) of the National Labor Relations Act, Deepwater
OfficersAssociation 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.