Pacific Greyhound Lines

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Jun 27, 1941

33 N.L.R.B. 24 (N.L.R.B. 1941)

In the Matter of PACIFIC GREYHOUND LINES, A CORPORATION and
BROTHERHOOD OF RAILROAD TRAINMEN , AMALGAMATED ASSOCIATION
OF STREET, ELECTRIC RAILWAY AND MOTOR COACH EMPLOYEES OF
AMERICA
Case No. RE-4,Decided June 27,1941
Investigation and Certification of Representatives : stipulation for certification
of representatives upon consent election.
Mr. John T. McTernan and Mr. John Paul Jennings, for the Board.
Mr. Gregory Harrison, of San Francisco, Calif., for the Company.
Mr. Robert Littler, of San Francisco, Calif., for the Amalgamated.
Mr. C. P. Randall, of Cleveland, Ohio, for the Brotherhood.
Mr. Gilbert V. Rosenberg, of counsel to the Board.
DECISION
AND
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
. STATEMENT OF THE CASE
On February 19, 1941, Pacific Greyhound Lines, a corporation, San
Francisco, California, herein called the Company, a common carrier
engaged in the interstate transportation by motor carrier for hire of
passengers , baggage, express , and United States mail , filed with the
Regional Director for the Twentieth Region (San Francisco, Califor-
nia) a petition alleging that a question affecting commerce had arisen
concerning the representation of employees of the Company, and
requesting an investigation and certification of representatives pur-
suant to Section 9 (c) of the National Labor Relations Act, 49 Stat.
449, herein called the Act. On February 20,1941, the Company, Amal-
gamated Association of Street, Electric Railway, and Motor Coach
Employees of America, herein called the Amalgamated, Brotherhood
of Railroad Trainmen, herein called the Brotherhood, and representa-
tives for the National Labor Relations Board, herein called the Board,
entered into a "STIPULATION FOR CERTIFICATION UPON
CONSENT ELECTION." On March 3, 1941, the Board; acting
pursuant to Section 9 (c) of the Act and Article III, Section 3, of
National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series 2, as
amended, ordered an investigation and authorized the Regional Di-
rector to conduct it and to provide for an appropriate hearing upon
due notice.
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Pursuant to the Stipulation, an election by secret ballot was con-
ducted between May 7 and- May 24, 1941, under the direction and
supervision of the Regional Director among all bus drivers of the
Company whose names appeared upon a stipulated eligibility list to
determine whether they desired to be represented by the Amalgamated,,
by the Brotherhood, or by neither. On June 2, 1941, the Regional
Director issued and duly served upon the parties an Election Report on
the ballot. No objections to the conduct of the ballot or the Election
Report have been filed by any of the parties.
In his Election Report the Regional Director reported as follows
concerning the balloting and its results :
,Total number eligible to vote________________________________ 908
Total number of ballots for Amalgamated Association of Street,
Electric Railway and Motor Coach Employees of America__ 544
Total number of ballots for Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen_ 339
Total number of ballots for neither__________________________ 3
Total number of ballots counted------------------------------ 886
Number of blank ballots___________________________________ 0
Number of void ballots______________________________________ 0
Number of challenged ballots_______________________________ 2
Upon the basis of the Stipulation, the Election Report,-and the en-
tire record in the, case, the Board makes the following :
FINDINGS OF FACT
1. A question affecting commerce has arisen concerning the repre-
sentation of employees of Pacific Greyhound Lines, a corporation,
San Francisco, California, within the meaning of Section 9 (c) and
Section 2 (6) and (7) of the National Labor Relations Act.
2. All bus drivers of the Company constitute a unit appropriate for
the purposes of collective bargaining, within the meaning of Section
9 (b) of the Act.
3. Amalgamated Association of Street, Electric Railway and Motor
Coach Employees of America has been designated and selected by a
majority of bus drivers as their representative for the purposes of
collective bargaining, and is the exclusive representative of all such
employees within the meaning of Section 9 (a) of the National Labor
Relations 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 Re-
lations Act,
IT Is HEREBY CERTIFIED that Amalgamated Association of Street,
Electric Railway and Motor Coach Employees of America has been
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selected by a majority of all bus drivers of Pacific Greyhound Lines, a
corporation, San Francisco, California, as their representative for the
purposes of collective bargaining and that, pursuant to Section 9 (a)
of the Act, Amalgamated Association of Street, Electric Railway and
Motor Coach Employees of America 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.