Continental Oil Company

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Jun 7, 1939

13 N.L.R.B. 137 (N.L.R.B. 1939)

In the Matter Of CONTINENTAL OIL COMPANY and OIL WORKERS
INTERNATIONAL UNION
Cases Nos. C-627 and R-653
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
June 7,1939
On May 9, 1939, the National Labor Relations Board, herein called
the Board, issued a Decision, Order, and Direction of Election in the
above-entitled proceeding. The Direction of Election provided that
an election by secret ballot be conducted within twenty (20) days
.from the date of the Direction, among the production employees of
Continental Oil Company at Salt Creek Field whose names appeared
upon the pay roll of the respondent next preceding the date of the
Direction, including head roustabouts, but excluding the production
foreman, the clerk, and employees engaged in the operation of the
gas compression and reduction plant, to determine whether or not
they desired to be represented by Oil Workers International Union
for the purposes of collective bargaining.
Pursuant to the Direction of Election, an election by secret ballot
was conducted on May 24, 1939, under the direction and supervision
of the Regional Director for the Twenty-second Region. On May
26, 1939, the Regional Director, acting pursuant to Article III, Sec-
tion 9, of National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations-
Series 1, as amended, issued and duly served upon the parties an
Intermediate Report upon the secret ballot. No objections or excep-
tions to the Intermediate Report were filed by any of the parties.
As to the balloting and its results, the Regional Director reported
as follows :
Total Number Eligible to Vote ------------------------------- 23
Total Number of Ballots Cast------------------------------- 23
Total Number of Ballots Counted---------------------------- 23
Total Number of Votes for Oil Workers International Union___ 12
Total Number of Votes Against Oil Workers International
Union---------------------------------------------------- 11
Total Number of Blank Votes------------------------------- 0
Total Number of Void Ballots------------------------------- 0
Total Number of Challenged Votes--------------------------- 0
1 12 N. L. R. B. 789.
13 N. L. R. B., No. 19.
137
138 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD
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 C]u TIFIED that Oil Workers International Union has
been selected by a majority of the production employees of Con-
tinental Oil Company at Salt Creek Field, including head rousta-
bouts, but excluding the production foreman, the clerk, and employees
engaged in the operation of the gas compression and reduction plant
as their representative for the purposes of collective bargaining, and
that pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the Act, Oil Workers International
Union is the exclusive representative of all such employees for the
purposes of collective bargaining in respect to wages, rates of pay,
hours of employment, and other conditions of employment.
MR. WILLIAM M. LEISERSON took no part in the consideration of
the above Certification of Representatives.