Detroit & Cleveland Navigation Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

May 9, 1941

31 N.L.R.B. 698 (N.L.R.B. 1941)

In the Matter of DETROIT & CLEVELAND NAVIGATION COMPANY and
NATIONAL ORGANIZATION OF MASTERS, MATES AND PILOTS OF AMERICA,
A. F. of L., AND GREAT LAKES OFFICERS ASSOCIATION, (C. I. 0.)
Case No. RE-16
SUPPLEMENTAL DECISION
AND
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
May 9, 1941
On January 24, 1941, 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,
en election by secret ballot was conducted on March 6, 1941, under the
direction and supervision of the Regional Director for the Seventh
Region (Detroit, Michigan). On March 7, 1941, the Regional Direc-
tor, acting pursuant to Article III, Section 9, of National Labor
Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series 2, as amended,
issued an Election Report, copies of which were duly served upon
the parties. •
As to the balloting and the results thereof, the Regional Director
reported as follows :
Total on eligibility list____ ________________________________ 30
Total ballots ca 'st----------------------------------------- 29
Total ballots challenged___________________________________ O
Total blank ballots________________________________________ 0
Total void ballots_________________________________________ 0
Total valid votes cast_____________________________________ 29
Votes cast for National Organization of Masters , Mates and
Pilots of America, A . F. of L._____ ________________ 23
Votes cast for Great Lakes Officers Association ( C. I. O.)__ 6
Votes cast for Neither__________________________________ 0
On March 10, 1941, the Great Lakes Officers Association, (C. I. 0.),
herein called the Association, filed with the Regional Director for the
Seventh Region its "Objections to Election" and on March 14, 1941,
its "Amended Objection" in each of which is set forth certain objec-
tions to the conduct of the election and to the Election Report.
129 N. L. R. B. 176.
31 N. L. R. B., No. 116.
698,
DETROIT & CLEVELAND NAVIGATION COMPANY 699
On March 27, 1941, the Regional Director for the Seventh Region,
acting pursuant to Article III, Section 9, of the Rules and Regula-
tions, issued his Report on Objections setting forth that he had duly
investigated the matters set forth in the aforesaid objections, and
recommending that the Board find that no substantial and material
issues . had been raised thereby with respect to the conduct of the
ballot or to the Election Report.
The Board has considered the matters specified in the Objections,
filed herein by the Association, and on the basis of the above-men-
tioned Election Report, Objection to Election, Amended Objections,
and Report on Objections, finds that no substantial or material issues
with respect to the conduct of the ballot or to the' Election Report
have been raised thereby. Accordingly, we hereby overrule said
objections and affirm the rulings, findings, and recommendations of
the Regional Director in his Election Report and Report on
Objections.
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
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 the National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations-
Series 2, as amended,
IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that National Organization of Masters,
Mates and Pilots of America, A. F. of L., has been designated and
selected by a majority of all licensed deck officers, excluding captains,
employed on all boats owned or operated by Detroit & Cleveland
Navigation Company, Detroit, Michigan, as their representative for
the purposes of collective bargaining, and that pursuant to the pro-
visions of Section 9 (a) of the National Labor Relations Act, National
Organization of Masters, Mates and Pilots of America, A. F. of L.
is the exclusive representative of all such employees for the purposes
of collective bargaining with respect to rates of pay, wages, hours of
employment, and other conditions of employment.