Pennsylvania Greyhound Lines, et al.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Jan 11, 1941

28 N.L.R.B. 1219 (N.L.R.B. 1941)

In the' Matter Of PENNSYLVANIA GREYHOUND LINES, et al., ATLANTIC
GREYHOUND CORPORATION and THE BROTHERHOOD OF RAILROAD
TRAINMEN
Case No. R-151
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 11, 1941
On January 25, 1940, the National Labor Relations Board, herein
called the Board, issued a Supplemental Direction of Elections in the
above-entitled proceeding, nuns pro tune as of January 19, 19401 On
August 12, 1940, the Board issued a Supplemental Decision and
Direction and ' Order,2 and on October 19, 1940, the Board issued a
Second Supplemental Decision and Direction of Run-Off Election.3
On October 28, 1940, Transport Workers Union of America filed a
motion requesting the Board for leave to intervene in the above-
e4ltitled proceeding and to be placed On the ballot in the run-off
election directed by the Board. On November 1, 1940, the Board
'denied said motion.' Pursuant to the Second Supplemental Decision
and Direction of Run-Off Election, an election by secret ballot was
conducted on November 13, 14, 15, 16, and 18, 1940, under the direc-
tion and supervision of the Regional Director for the Ninth Region
. (Cincinnati, Ohio). On November 30, 1940, the Regional Director,
acting pursuant to Article III, Section 9, of National Labor Rela-
tions Board Rules and Regulations-=Series 2; as amended, issued and
duly served upon the parties an Election Report. No objections to
the conduct of the ballot or the Election Report have been filed by
any of the parties.
1 19 N L R B . 694. See also order revoking prior Supplemental Direction of Elec-
tions, 19 N. L R . B 642 ; Supplemental Direction of Elections , 19 N. L. R. B. 692,
and Decision , Order, and Second Direction of Elections , 11 N. L. R. B. 738.
2 26 N. L. R. B., No. 53.
9 27 N. L. R. B., No. 162.
' In a letter to the Board dated December 12, 1940 , Transport Workers Union of
America set forth facts similar to-these alleged in its motion of October 28, 1940, and in
effect moved that the Board withhold certification from the majority representative of the
maintenance employees designated at the run-off election , the results of which are here-
inafter set forth. Such motion is hereby denied.
28 N. L. R. B., No. 105.
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As to the balloting and its results, the Regional Director reported
as follows :
Number of alleged eligible voters--------------------------- 196
Number of ballots placed in ballot box ------------------------ 183
Number of unchallenged ballots for International Association of
Machinests , A. F. L-------------------------------------- 91
Number of unchallenged ballots for Interstate Motor Transpor-
tation Employees Union, Inc------------------------------ 47
Number of challenged ballots------------------------------- 1
Number of blank ballots ------------------------------------- p
Number of spoiled ballots---------------------------------- 44
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
2, as amended,
IT Is HEREBY CERTIFIED that International Association of Machin-
ists, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, has been des-
ignated and selected by a majority of the maintenance employees of
the Atlantic' Greyhound Corporation, Charleston, West Virginia,
and its subsidiaries, as their exclusive representative for the purpose
of collective bargaining, and that, pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the
Act, International Association of Machinists, affiliated with the
American Federation of Labor, 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.
CHAIRMAN HARRY A. MILLIS took no part in the consideration of
the above Certification of Representatives.