Bellingham Plywood Corp.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

May 7, 1942

40 N.L.R.B. 1220 (N.L.R.B. 1942)

In the Matter of BELLINGHAM PLYWOOD CORPORATION and INTERNA-
TIONAL WOODWORKERS OF AMERICA, LOCAL 9-330, AFFILIATED WITH
THE CONGRESS OF INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATIONS
Case No. R-3562
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
May 7, 19.¢2
On March 25, 1942, the National Labor Relations Board issued its
Decision and Direction of Election in the above-entitled proceeding.,,
Pursuant to the Direction of Election, an election by secret ballot
was conducted on April 22, 1942, under the direction and supervision
of the Acting Regional Director for the Nineteenth Region (Seattle,
Washington). On April 23, 1942, the Acting Regional Director,
acting pursuant to Article III, Section 9, of National Labor Relations
Board Rules and Regulations-Series 2, as amended, issued 'an Elec-
tion Report, copies of which were duly served upon the parties. No
objections to the conduct of the ballot or to the Election Report have
been filed by any of the parties.
As to the balloting and the results thereof, the Acting Regional
Director reported as follows :
Total on eligibility list------------------------------------- 256
Votes cast for Plywood and Veneer Workers Union, Local No.
2993, U. B of C. & J. of A., A. F. of L-------------------- 67
Votes cast for International Woodworkers of America, Local
9-330, C. 1. 0-------------------------- ----------------- 163
Votes cast for Neither------------------------------------- 6
Total challenged ballots------------------------------------ 0
Total blank ballots---------------------------------------- 0
Total void ballots----------------------------------------- 0
Total valid votes cast-------------------------------------- 241
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 Woodworkers of America,
Local 9-330, affiliated with the Congress of Industrial Organizations,
1 39 N L . R. B. 1115.
40 N. L. R. B., No. 214.
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BELLINGHAM PLYWOOD CORPORATION 1221
has been designated and selected by a majority of all production and
maintenance -employees of Bellingham Plywood Corporation, Bell-
ingham, Washington, excluding clerical employees and supervisory
employees of the rank of foreman or higher, as their, representative
for the purposes of collective bargaining, and that, pursuant to Sec-
tion 9 (a) of the Act, International Woodworkers of America, Local
9-330, affiliated with the Congress of Industrial Organizations, 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.