Waterman Steamship Corporation and Pan-Atlantic Steamship Corporation

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Jun 12, 1939

13 N.L.R.B. 251 (N.L.R.B. 1939)

In the Matter Of WATERMAN STEAMSHIP CORPORATION AND PAN-
ATLANTIC STEAMSHIP CORPORATION and COMMERCIAL TELEGRAPHERS
UNION, MARINE DIVISION, A. F. or L.
Case No. R-1124
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
June 12, 1939
On January 9, 1939, the National Labor Relations Board, herein
called the Board, issued a Decision and Direction of Election in
the above-entitled proceeding." On January 19, 1939, the Board
issued an Amendment to Direction of Election.2 The Direction of
Election, as amended, directed, inter alia, that an election by secret
ballot be conducted among the radio telegraphers employed on
November 1, 1938, by Waterman Steamship Corporation and Pan-
Atlantic Steamship Corporation, herein called the Companies, includ-
ing the four radio telegraphers on vacation on said date and exclud-
ing those who prior to the date of balloting had voluntarily quit
or had been discharged for cause, to determine whether they desired
to be represented for the purposes of collective bargaining by Com-
mercial Telegraphers Union, Marine Division, A. F. of L., by Ameri-
can Radio Telegraphists' Association, affiliated with the Committee
for Industrial Organization, or by neither.
Pursuant to the Direction of Election, as amended, an election by
secret ballot was conducted among the above-described employees
of the Companies under the direction and supervision of the Regional
Director for the Fifteenth Region (New Orleans, Louisiana). On
May 23, 1939, the Regional Director, acting pursuant to Article III,
Section 9, of National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regula-
tions-Series 1, as amended, issued an Intermediate Report on the
-election, copies of which were duly served upon the parties. No
exceptions to the Intermediate Report have been filed by any of the
parties.
110 N. L . R. B. 1079.
a 10 N. L. R. B. 7 084
13 N. L. R. B., No. 29.
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252 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD
The Regional Director reported the following results of the
balloting :
Total number of employees eligible to vote----------------- 23
Total number of votes cast________________________________ 23
Total number of votes for Commercial Telegraphers Union,
Marine Division, affiliated with A. F. L___________________ 20
Total number of votes for American Radio Telegraphists'
Association, affiliated with C. I O_______________________ 1
Total number of votes for neither organization_____________ 2
Total number of blank ballots____________________________ 0
Total number of void ballots_____________________________ 0
Total number of challenged ballots--* ---------------------- 0
Total number of spoiled ballots___________________________ 0
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 1, as amended,
IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that Commercial Telegraphers Union, Ma-
rine Division, A. F. of L., has been designated and selected by a
majority of the radio telegraphers employed by Waterman Steam-
ship Corporation and Pan-Atlantic Steamship Corporation, both of
Mobile, Alabama, as their representative for the purposes of collec-
tive bargaining, and that, pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the Act, Com-
mercial Telegraphers Union, Marine Division, A. F. of L., 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.