Higman Towing Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Jul 10, 1941

33 N.L.R.B. 314 (N.L.R.B. 1941)

In the Matter of IIIGMAN TOWJNG COMPANY and INLAND BOATMEN'S
DIVISION OF NATIONAL MARITIME UNION
Case No. R-2455
SUPPLEMENTAL DECISION
AND
ORDER
July 10, 1941
On May 27, 1941, 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 between June 14 and June
18, 1941 , by the Regional Director for the Sixteenth Region (Fort
Worth, Texas ). On June 20 , 1941 , the Acting 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 his Election Report . 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 Acting Regional Director
reported as follows :
Total number of eligibles____________________________________ 39
Total number of ballots counted______ ________________________ 37
Total number of votes for Inland Boatmen's Division of the
National Maritime Union_____ _____________________________ 15
Total number of votes against the Inland Boatmen 's Division of
the National Maritime Union______________________________ 22
Total number of void ballots_________________________________ 0
Total number of blank ballots ________________________________ 0
Total number of challenged ballots__________ _________________ 0
The results of the election show that no collective bargaining repre-
sentative has been selected by a majority of the employees of the
Company in the unit heretofore found 'to be appropriate for col-
lective bargaining. We will, therefore, dismiss the petition for in-
132 N. L. R. B. 102.
33 N. L. R. B., No. 62.
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MGM" TOWING COMPANY 315
vestigation and certification of representatives of employees of the
Company.
ORDER
By virtue of Section 9 (c) of the National Labor Relations Act,
49 Stat. 449, and pursuant to Article III, Sections 8 and 9, of Na-
tional Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series 2, as
amended,
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the petition for investigation and certifi-
cation of representatives of employees of Higman Towing Company,
Orange, Texas, filed by Inland Boatmen's Division of National Mari-
time Union, be, and it hereby is, dismissed.