Ore Steamship Corp.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Dec 23, 1941

37 N.L.R.B. 910 (N.L.R.B. 1941)

In the Matter of ORE STEAMSHIP CORPORATION and SEAFARERS' INTER-
NATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA
Case No. R-2519
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
December 03, 1941
On May 21, 1941, the National Labor Relations Board herein called
the Board, issued a Decision and Direction of Election in the above-
entitled proceeding.' On June 4, 1941, the Board issued an Amend-
ment to Direction of Election 2 On September 3, 1941, the Board
issued an Amendment to Decision and Direction of Election .3 Pur-
suant to the Direction of Election, as amended, an election by secret
ballot was conducted from October 17 to November 10, 1941, inclusive,
under the direction and supervision of the Regional Director for the
Fifth Region (Baltimore, Maryland). On December 5, 1941, the
Regional Director, acting pursuant to Article III, Section 9, of Na-
tional Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series 2, as
amended, issued and duly served upon the parties an Election Report
on the ballot. No objections to the conduct of the ballot or the Elec-
tion Report have been filed by any of the parties.
As to the balloting and its results, the Regional Director reported as
follows:
Total on eligibility list -------------------------------------- 294
Total ballots cast----- -------------------------------------- 287
Total ballots challenged ------------------------------------- 0
Total blank ballots------------------------------------------ 1
Total void ballots--- ---------------------------------------- 5
Total valid votes cast-------- ------------------------------- 281
Votes cast for Seafarers' International Union of North America- 239
Votes cast against Seafarers' International Union of North
America-------------------------------------------------- 42
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,
1 31 N. L. R. B., No. 174.
9 32 N. L . R. B., No. 66.
3 35 N. L. R. B., No. 28.
37 N. L. R. B., No. 149.
910
ORE STEAMSHIP CORPORATION 911
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 HERESY CERTIFIED that Seafarers' International Union of North
America has been designated and selected by a majority of all un-
licensed personnel employed on vessels operated by Ore Steamship
Corporation, New York City, in the deck, engine, and steward's depart-
ments except wireless and radio operators and junior engineers who
hold licenses, as their representative for the purposes of collective bar-
gaining, and that, pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the National Labor
Relations Act, Seafarers' International Union of North America is
the exclusive representative of all such employees for the purposes of
collective bargaining in respect to rates of pay, wages, hours of em-
ployment, and other conditions of employment.