International Freighting Corp., et al.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Mar 28, 1938

6 N.L.R.B. 239 (N.L.R.B. 1938)

In the Matter Of INTERNATIONAL FREIGHTING CORP., et -al. (POCA-
HONTAS STEAMSHIP COMPANY) and INTERNATIONAL SEAMEN'S UNION
OF AMERICA
Case No. R-159
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
March 28, 1938
On September 17, 1937, the National Labor Relations Board, herein
called the Board, issued a Decision and Direction of Elections 1 in
the above-entitled case. On November 10, 1937, the Board issued an
Amendment to Decision and Direction of Elections.' The Direction
of Elections, as amended, directed that elections by secret ballot be
conducted among the unlicensed seamen, except wireless and radio
operators, chief electricians on electrically driven ships, and junior
engineers who hold licenses, employed on all type of craft operated
in or out of Atlantic and Gulf ports, except craft operated in harbors
only, by several named companies, including Pocahontas Steamship
Company, New York City.
Pursuant to the Decision and Direction of Elections, as amended,
an election by secret ballot has been conducted under the direction
and supervision of Elinore Morehouse Herrick, the Regional Director
for the Second Region (New York City), among the eligible em-
ployees of Pocahontas Steamship Company. On February 18, 1938,
the said Regional Director, acting pursuant to Article III, Section 9,
of National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series 1,
as amended, issued and duly served upon the parties an Intermediate
Report on the election. No objections or exceptions to the Inter-
mediate Report have been filed by any of the parties.
As to the balloting and its results, the Regional Director reported
as follows :
Total number eligible to vote------------------------------- 231
Total number of ballots cast------------------------------- 227
Total number of votes in favor of International Seamen's
Union of America, or its successor, affiliated with the
American Federation of Labor--------------------------- 21
Total number of votes in favor of National Maritime Union of
America, affiliated with the Committee for Industrial Or-
ganization---------------------------------------------- 198
Total number of votes in favor of neither organization------- 7
Total number of blank ballots----------------------------- 1
Total number of void ballots------------------------------- 0
Total number of challenged ballots------------------------ 0
13 N L. R. B. 692
24 N. L. R B 111
239
240 NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD
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
National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series 1, as
amended,
IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that National Maritime Union of America,
affiliated with the Committee for Industrial Organization, has been
designated and selected by a majority of the unlicensed seamen, except
wireless and radio operators, chief electricians on electrically driven
ships, and junior engineers who hold licenses, employed on all type of
craft operated in or out of Atlantic and Gulf ports, except craft op-
erated in harbors only, by Pocahontas Steamship Company, New
York City, as their representative for the purposes of collective bar-
gaining, and that, pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the Act, National
Maritime Union of America, affiliated with the Committee for Indus-
trial Organization, is the exclusive representative of all such em-
ployees for the purposes of collective bargaining in respect to rates
of pay, wages, hours of employment, and other conditions of
employment.
CHAIRMAN.J. WARREN MADDEN took no part in the consideration of
the above Certification of Representatives.