The Texas Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Oct 31, 1941

36 N.L.R.B. 648 (N.L.R.B. 1941)

In the 'Matter of THE TEXAS COMPANY, WEST DALLAS WORKS and
INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERS , LOCAL No. 472
Case No. R-2914
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
October 31, 1941
On September 12, 1941, the National Labor Relations Board issued
its Decision and Direction of Election in the above-entitled proceed-
ing.' Pursuant to the Direction of Election, an election by secret
ballot was conducted on September 25, 1941, under the direction and
supervision of the Regional Director for the Sixteenth Region (Fort
Worth, Texas). On September 27, 1941, the Regional Director, acting
pursuant to Article III, Section 9, of National Labor Relations Board
Rules and Regulations-Series 2, as amended, issued an Election
Report, copies of which were duly served upon the parties. No objec-
tions to the conduct of the ballot or to the Election Report were filed
by any of the parties.
As to the balloting and the results thereof, the Regional Director
reported as follows :
Total number of ballots counted___ __________________________ 213
Total number of votes for International Union of Operating
Engineers , Local 472______________________________________ 151
Total number of votes against International Union of Oper-
ating Engineers , Local 472_________________________________ 62
Total number of void ballots_________________________________ 1
Total number of blank ballots ________________________________ 1
Total number of challenged ballots_ __________________________ 0
Total number of eligibles____________________________________ 223
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 Union of Operating Engi-
neers, Local No. 472 has been selected by a majority of all production
1 35 N. L. R. B., No. 77.
36 N. L . R. B., No. 139.
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THE TEXAS COMPANY 649
and maintenance employees of The Texas Company at its West Dallas
Works, West Dallas, Texas, refinery, excepting supervisory employees
who have the right to hire and discharge or to recommend hiring or
discharging, and clerical employees, as their representative for the
purposes of collective bargaining, and that, pursuant to the provisions
of Section 9 (a) of the National Labor Relations Act, International
Union of Operating Engineers, Local No. 472 is the exclusive repre-
sentative of all such employees for the purposes of collective bargain-
ing with respect to rates of pay, wages, hours of employment, and
other conditions of employment.