Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

May 7, 1942

40 N.L.R.B. 1218 (N.L.R.B. 1942)

In the Matter Of STANDARD OIL COMPANY OF NEW JERSEY, MARINE
DEPARTMENT and Esso RADIO OFFICERS ASSOCIATION
In the Matter Of STANDARD OIL COMPANY OF NEW JERSEY, MARINE
DEPARTMENT and, COMMERCIAL TELEGRAPHERS UNION, MARINE
DIvIsIoN , A. F. OF L.
Cases Nos . R-2771 and R-2772, respectively
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
May 7,1942
On September 24, 1941, the National Labor Relations Board, herein
called the Board, issued a Decision and Direction of Election in the
above-entitled proceedings.' On October 17, 1941, the Board issued
an Amendment to Decision and Direction of Election.2 Pursuant to
the Direction of Election, as amended, an election by secret ballot
was conducted between November 12, 1941, and April 20, 1942, under
the direction and supervision of the Regional Director for the Second
Region (New York City). On April 22, 1942, the Regional Director,
acting pursuant to Article III, Section 9, of National Labor Relations
Board Rules and Regulations-Series 2, as amended, issued and duly
served upon the parties an Election Report on the ballot. No objec-
tions to the conduct of the ballot or the Election 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------ ------------------------------- 66
Total ballots cast------------------------------------------ 66
Total ballots challenged----------------------------------- None
Total blank ballots---------------------------------------- None
Total void ballots----------------------------------------- None
Total valid votes counted---------------------------------- 66
Votes cast for Esso Radio Officers Association-------------- 48
Votes cast for Commercial Telegraphers Union, Marine Divi-
sion, A. F. of L------------------------------------------ 10
Votes cast for American Communications Association , C. I. O__ 8
Votes cast for none of these organization ------------------- None
1 35 N. L R B 750
236 N. L R. B 217.
40 N. L. R. B, No. 213.
1218
STANDARD OIL COMPANY OF NEW JERSEY ' 1219
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 Esso Radio Officers Association has
been designated and selected by a majority of all radio operators of
all ocean-going vessels owned and operated by Standard Oil Com-
pany of New Jersey under American Registry as their representative
for the purposes of collective bargaining, and that, pursuant to Sec-
tion 9 (a) of the Act, Esso Radio Officers Association 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.