Union Oil Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Jul 29, 1938

8 N.L.R.B. 683 (N.L.R.B. 1938)

In the Matter of UNION OIL COMPANY and SAILORS UNION OF THE
PACIFIC
In the Matter of UNION OIL COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA and PACIFIC
COAST MARINE FIREMEN, OILERS, WATEPTENDERS, & WIPERS ASSO-
CIATION
In the Matter of UNION OIL COMPANY and MARINE COOKS AND
STEWARDS ASSOCIATION OF THE PACIFIC COAST
In the Matter of UNION OIL COMPANY and PACIFIC COAST 'MARINE
FIREMEN, OILERS, WATERTENDERS, & WIPERS ASSOCIATION
In the Matter Of UNION OIL COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA and AMERICAN
RADIO TELEGRAPHISTS' ASSOCIATION
Cases Wos. R-478, 8,501, R-509, R--510, and R-518, respectively
SUPPLEMENTAL DECISION
AND
ORDER
July 29, 1938
On March 9, 1938, March 14, 1938, and March 15, 1938, the National
Labor Relations Board, herein called the Board, issued Decisions and
Directions of Elections 1 in the above-entitled cases and 19 related
cases. In so far as they applied to the above-entitled cases, the Direc-
tions of Elections provided that separate elections by secret ballot be
held as soon as convenient, and beginning as promptly as practicable
after the dates of the Directions, among the unlicensed deck personnel,
the radio operators, the unlicensed personnel of the engine depart-
ments, and the unlicensed personnel of the stewards' departments on
tankers operated out of Pacific Coast ports by Union Oil Company
of California,' herein called the Company, to determine whether or
not they desired to be represented by the Sailors Union of the Pacific,
the American Radio Telegraphists' Association, Marine Division, the
Pacific Coast Marine Firemen, Oilers, Watertenders, and Wipers
15 N. L. R. B. 893 Includes R-478.
5 N.L. R B 954 includes R-518.
5 NA. R. B. 982 includes A-504, R-509, and R-512
2 Designated in the .titles of cases R-478, R-509, and R-512' as Union Oil, Company.
8 N L. R. B., No. 72.
683
684 NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD
Association, and the Marine Cooks' and Stewards' Association of the
Pacific Coast, respectively, for the purposes of collective bargaining.
Pursuant to the Directions, four separate elections by secret ballot
were conducted upon each of the Company's Pacific Coast tankers.
On June 13, 1938, Alice M. Rosseter, Regional Director for the Twen-
tieth Region (San Francisco, California), acting pursuant to Article
III, Section 9, of National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regu-
lations-Series 1, as amended, issued four Intermediate Reports Upon
Secret Ballot, copies of which were duly served upon all parties to
the proceedings. No exceptions to the Intermediate Reports have
been filed by any of the parties.
As to the balloting and the results thereof, the Regional Director
reported as follows :
Unlicensed Deck Personnel
Number of votes for Sailors Union of the Pacific-------------- 26
Number of votes against Sailors Union of the Pacific ---------- 91
Total Ballots Counted_______________________________________ 117
Number of blank ballots------------------------------------- 0
Number of void ballots_____________________________________ 1
Number of challenged ballots________________________________ 3
Number eligible to vote-------------------------------------- 120
Radio Operators
Number of votes for American Radio Telegraphists' Association,
Marine Division ------------------------------------------ 5.
Number of votes against American Radio Telegraphists' Associa-
tion, Marine Division___________________________________ 5
Total number of ballots counted_____________________________ 10
Number eligible to vote------------------------------------- 10
There were no blank, void or challenged ballots.
Unlicensed Personnel of the Engine Departments
Number of votes for Pacific Coast Marine Firemen, Oilers,
Watertenders,,& Wipers Association_______________________ 5
Number of votes against Pacific Coast Marine Firemen, Oilers,
Watertenders, & Wipers Association_______________________ 89
Total number of ballots counted---------------------------- 104
Number of blank ballots____________________________________ 0
Number of void ballots ----------------------------------------- 1
Number of challenged ballots________________________________ 1
Number eligible to vote -------------------------------------- 107
DECISIONS AND ORDERS 685
Unlicensed Personnel of the Stewards' Departments
Number of votes for Marine Cooks' & Stewards' Association of
the Pacific Coast----------------------------------------- 14
Number of votes against Marine Cooks' & Stewards' Association
of the Pacific Coast-------------------------------------- 41
Total number of ballots counted----------------------------- 55
Number of blank ballots------------------------------------- 0
Number of void ballots-------------------------------------- 0
Number of challenged ballots-------------------------------- 3
Number eligible to vote-------------------------------------- 60
The results of the elections show that no collective bargaining rep-
resentatives have been selected by a majority of either the unlicensed
deck personnel, the radio operators, the unlicensed personnel of the
engine departments, or the unlicensed personnel of the stewards' de-
partments. The petitions for investigation and certification of repre-
sentatives of employees of the Company in each of such groups will
therefore be dismissed.
ORDER
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 and pursuant to Article III, Sections 8 and 9, of National
Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series 1, as amended,
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the petitions for investigation and certi-
fication of representatives of the unlicensed deck personnel, the radio
operators, the unlicensed personnel of the engine departments, and the
unlicensed personnel of the stewards' departments on tankers operated
out of Pacific Coast ports by Union Oil Company of California, filed
by the Sailors Union of the Pacific, the American Radio Telegraphists'
Association, Marine Division, the Pacific Coast Marine Firemen, Oil-
ers, Watertenders, & Wipers Association, and the Marine Cooks' and
Stewards' Association of the Pacific 'Coast, respectively, be, and'they'
hereby are, dismissed.