Cities Service Oil Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Apr 13, 1942

40 N.L.R.B. 502 (N.L.R.B. 1942)

In the Matter Of CITIES SERVICE OIL CoiuPANY, PETTYS ISLAND REFINERY
DIVISION and OIL WORKERS INTERNATIONAL UNION, AFFILIATED WITH
THE C. I. O.
Case No. R-3479
SUPPLEMENTAL DECISION
AND
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
April 13, 1942
On February 10, 1942, the National Labor Relations Board, herein
called the Board, issued its Decision and Direction of Election in the
above-entitled proceeding.' Pursuant to the Direction of Election, an
election by secret ballot was conducted on March 5, 1942, under the
direction and supervision of the Regional Director for the Fourth
Region (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania). On March 9, 1942, the Re-
gional 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 his Election Report.
As to the balloting and the results thereof, the Regional Director
reported as follows :
Total on eligibility list__ ____________________________________ 236
Total ballots cast_______________________________________ \ __ 227
Total valid votes counted ---------------------------- -------- 225
Total ballots challenged___________________________________ 0
Total blank ballots__________________________________________ 0
Total void ballots___________________________________________ 2
Votes cast for Oil Workers International Union, Camden Local
451, C. I. 0----------------------------------------------- 107
Votes cast for Pettys Island Independent Oil Workers Union____ 115
Votes cast for neither_______________________________________ 3
On March 13, 1942, Oil Workers International Union, affiliated with
the Congress of Industrial Organizations, herein called the Interna-
tional,.filed objections to the Election Report, and, on March 23, 1942,
filed further objections. On April 2, 1942, the Regional Director
issued his Report on Objections to Election Report, which was duly
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served upon the parties. The Board has considered the objections filed
by the International and finds that the objections raise no substantial
or material issues in respect to the conduct of the election or the Elec-
tion Report. The objections are hereby overruled.
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 Oif Workers International Union, Cam-
den Local 451, C. I. 0., has been designated and selected by.a majority
of all employees of Cities Service Oil Company, Pettys Island Refinery
Division, Pettys Island, New Jersey, including office and clerical em-.'
ployees, but excluding supervisory employees and the office manager,
as their representative for the purposes of collective bargaining and
that, pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the National Labor; Relations Act,
Oil Workers International Union, Camden Local 451, C. I. 0., is the
exclusive representative of all such employees for the purposes of col-
lective bargaining in respect to rates of pay, wages, hours of employ-
ment , and other conditions of employment.
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