Hillcone Steamship Co., Ltd.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Oct 10, 1942

44 N.L.R.B. 1068 (N.L.R.B. 1942)

In the Matter of HILLCONE STEAMSHIP COMPANY, LTD. and SAILORS
UNION OF THE PACIFIC
In the Matter Of HILLCONE STEAMSHIP COMPANY, LTD. and SEAFARERS
INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA, PACIFIC DISTRICT
In the Matter Of HILLCONE STEAMSHIP COMPANY, LTD. and NATIONAL
MARITIME UNION OF AMERICA
Cases Nos. R-3822 to R-3825, inclusive, respectively
SUPPLEMENTAL DECISION ' '
AND
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
October 10, 1942
On July 28, 1942, the National Labor Relations Board issued a
Decision and Direction of Election in the above-entitled proceedings.,.
Pursuant to the Direction of Election, elections by secret ballot were
conducted on August 24, 1942, September 5, 1942, and September 8,
1942, under the direction and supervision of the Regional Director
for the Twentieth Region (San Francisco, California). On Sep-
tember 29, 1942, the Regional Director, acting pursuant to Article
III, Section 9, of National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regu-
lations-Series 2, as amended, issued and duly served upon the parties
an Elections Report. , No objections to the conduct of the ballots or
to the Elections Report have been filed by any of the parties.
As to the balloting and its results the Regional Director reported
as follows :
1. UNLICENSED DECK PERSONNEL
Total number eligible to vote_________________________________ 26
Number of votes for Sailors Union of the Pacific, A. F. L------ 15
Number of votes for National Maritime Union of America, C. I. O_ 6
Number of votes for Lieither__________________________________ 3.
Total number of votes counted________________________________ 24
Number of blank ballots_____________________________________ 0
Number of void ballots_______________________________________ 0
Number of challenged ballots_________________________________ 0
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2. UNLICENSED ENGINE EMPLOYEES
Total number of eligible to vote_______________________________ 28
Number of "votes for Seafarers International Union of North
• America, Pacific District, A F. L--------------------------- 14
Number of votes for National Maritime Union of America, C. I. O_ 9
Number of votes for neither-------------------------------- 0
Total number of votes counted_______________________________ 23
Number of blank ballots------------------------------------ 0
Number of void ballots --------------------------------------- 0
Number of challenged ballots_________________________________ 0
3. UNLICENSED EMPLOYEES IN STEWARDS' DEPARTMENT
Total number eligible to vote_________________________________ 21
Number of votes for Seafarers International Union of North
America, Pacific District, A. F. L___________________________ 12
Number of votes for National Maritime Union of America, C. I. O_ 7
Number of votes for neither______________________---------------------------------- 0
Total number of votes counted________________________________ - 19
Number of blank ballots ------------------------------------- '0
Number of void ballots--------------------------------------- 0
Number of challenged ballots_________________________________ 0
In the Decision and Direction of Election previously referred • to,
the Board made no final determination of the appropriate unit but
stated that it would permit the scope of the unit or units to depend
,in part upon the results of the elections, since the unlicensed employees
-in the deck, engine, and stewards' departments might properly con-
stitute separate departmental bargaining units or might function as
parts of a single-unit comprising all three departments.
Upon the basis of, the entire record in the case, the Board makes
the following :
SUPPLEMENTAL FINDINGS OF FACT
We find that all unlicensed deck personnel employed by the Com-
pany constitute, a unit appropriate for the purposes of collective
bargaining within the meaning of Section 9 (b) of -the Act.
• We further find that all unlicensed engine employees employed
by the Company constitute a unit appropriate for the purposes of
collective bargaining within the meaning of Section 9 (b) of the Act.
We also find that all unlicensed employees in the stewards' depart-
ment of the Company constitute a unit appropriate for the purposes
of collective bargaining within the meaning of Section 9. (b) of the
Act.
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-
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tions Act, 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 Sailors Union of the Pacific has been
designated and selected by a majority of the unlicensed deck person-
nel employed by Hillcone Steamship Company, Ltd., as their repre-
sentative for the purposes of collective bargaining, and that, pursuant
to Section 9 (a) of the National Labor Relations Act, Sailors Union
of the Pacific 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.
IT Is FURTHER CERTIFIED that Seafarers International Union of
North America, Pacific -District,_has been designated and selected by
a majority of the unlicensed engine employees of Hillcone Steamship
Company, Ltd., as their representative for, the purposes of collective
bargaining, and that pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the National'Labor
Relations Act, Seafarers International Union of North America,
Pacific District, 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.
IT IS FURTHER ' CERTIFIED that Seafarers International Union of
North America, Pacific: District, has been designated and selected by
'a majority of the unlicensed employees in the stewards' department
.of the Hillcone Steamship Company, Ltd., as their representative for
the purposes of collective bargaining, and that pursuant to Section
:9 (a) of the National Labor Relations Act, Seafarers International
Union of North America, Pacific District, is the exclusive-representa-
tive 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.