Tide Water Associated Oil Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Aug 18, 1942

43 N.L.R.B. 337 (N.L.R.B. 1942)

In the Matter of,TIDE WATER ASSOCIATED OIL COMPANY 'a'nd Associ-
ATED OIL EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION
Case No. R-4124.-Decided August 18,1942
Investigation and Certification of Representatives : stipulation for, certification
upon consent audit.
Mrs. Alice M. Rosseter , for the Board.
Mr. W.. F. Kressig, of Avon, Calif., for the Company.
Mr. R. R. Lowrey, of Avon, Calif., for the Association.
Miss Melvern R. Krelow, of counsel to the Board.
DECISION
AND
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
STATEMENT OF THE CASE
Upon petition-duly filed by Associated Oil Employees Association,
herein called the Association, alleging that a question affecting com- •
merce had arisen concerning the representation of employees of Tide,
Water Associated Oil Company, herein called the Company, engaged
in Avon, California, in the producing, manufacturing, and selling
inter alia, crude oil, and refined,products of petroleum, the National
Labor Relations Board provided for an appropriate hearing upon
due notice. On, July 20, 1942, before a hearing was held, the Company,
the Association, and the Regional Director for the Twentieth Region
(San Francisco, California) entered into a "Stipulation for. Certifica-
tion Upon Consent Audit."
Pursuant to the stipulation, an audit of appropriate records was
conducted on July 29, 1942, under the direction and supervision of the
Regional Director, among all watchmen employed by the Company at
its refinery at Avon, California, excluding watch captains, to deter-
mine whether or not they desire to be represented by the Association
for the purposes of collective bargaining. On July 30, 1942, the Re-
gional Director issued and duly served on the parties a Consent Audit
Report. No objections to the conduct of the audit or the Consent
Audit Report have been filed by any of the parties.
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As to the findings with respect to the results of said audit, the Re-
gional Director reported as follows:
Number of employees in unit------------------------ ---------- 63
Number of employees designating Associated Oil Employees
Association------------------------------------------------ 36
Upon the basis of the Stipulation, the Consent Audit Report, and
the entire 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 Tide Water Associated Oil Company, Avon,
California, within the meaning of Section 9 (c) and Section 2 (6)
and (7) of the National Labor-Relations Act.
2. All watchmen employed by the Company at its refinery at Avon,
California, excluding watch captains, constitute a unit appropriate
for the purposes of collective bargaining within the meaning of Sec-
tion 9 (b) of the Act. '
3-. Associated Oil Employees Association has been designated and
selected by a majority of the employees in the above' unit as their
representative for the purposes of collective bargaining and is the
exclusive representative of all employees in said unit within the mean-
ing of Section 9 (a) of the 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 Relations Act,
IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that Associated Oil Employees Association
hats been designated'and selected by a majority of all watchmen em-
ployed, by Tide Water Associated Oil Company at its refinery at
Avon, California, excluding watch captains, as their representative
for the purposes of collective bargaining, and that, pursuant to Sec-
tion 9 (a) of the Act; Associated Oil Employees Association is the
exclusive representative of such employees for the purposes of col-
lective bargaining ivith respect to rates of pay, wages, hours of,em-
ployment, and other conditions of employment.
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