Buckley Hemlock Mills, Inc.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Oct 21, 1939

16 N.L.R.B. 209 (N.L.R.B. 1939)

In the Matter of BUCKLEY HEMLOCK MILLS, INC., BUCKLEY LOGGING
COMPANY and INTERNATIONAL WOODWORKERS OF AMERICA, LOCAL
No. 52
Case No. R-974
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
October 21, 1939
On September 19, 1939, the National Labor Relations Board, herein
called the Board, issued a Decision and Direction of Elections in the
above-entitled proceeding.' The Direction of Elections provided that
separate elections by secret ballot be conducted (1) among all the em-
ployees of the Buckley Hemlock Mills, Inc., who were on the Com-
pany's pay roll for the period next preceding the date of the Direction
of Elections, including employees who did not work during such pay-
roll period because they were ill or on vacation, and employees who
were then or had since been temporarily laid off, but excluding super-
visory employees with authority to hire and discharge, clerical em-
ployees, truck drivers, the following persons : R. L. Brasen, J. R.
Loughran, Rufus Semanski, and J. G. Workman, and employees who
had since quit or been discharged for cause, to determine whether they
desired to be represented by International Woodworkers of America,
Local No. 52, affiliated with the Congress of Industrial Organizations,
or by Lumber and Sawmill Workers Union, Local 2613, chartered by
the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners, affiliated with the
American Federation of Labor, for the purposes of collective bar-
gaining, or by neither; and (2) among all the employees of the
Buckley Logging Company who were on the Company's pay roll for
the period next preceding the date of the Direction of Elections,
including employees who did not work during such pay-roll period
because they were ill or on vacation, and employees who were then
or had since been temporarily laid off, but excluding supervisory em-
ployees with authority to hire and discharge, clerical employees, the
following persons : B. B. Peterson, E. G. Peterson, O. R. Peterson,
George Vassil, H. F. Martin, and Joe Blessing, and any person since
hired by the Logging Company to fill the position held by them at
the time of the hearing, and employees who had since quit or been
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discharged for cause, to determine whether or not they. desired to be
represented by International Woodworkers of America, Local No. 52,
affiliated with the Congress of Industrial Organizations, for the
purposes of collective bargaining.
Pursuant to the Direction of ' Elections, elections by secret ballot
were conducted on October 3, 1939, under the direction and super-
vision of the Regional Director for the Nineteenth Region..(Seattlef;
Washington). On October 4,1939, the-.Regional. Director;.actingpur.-
suant to Article III, Section 9, of National Labor Relations Board
Rules and Regulations-Series 2, issued and duly served upon the
parties his Election Report. No objections to the conduct of the ballot
or the Election Report have been filed by any of the parties.
The Regional Director reported the following results of the
balloting :
Employees of Buckley , Hemlock Mills, Inc. :
Total number of employees eligible to vote_________ ______ 34
Total number of ballots cast______ _______________________ 32
Total number of ballots cast for Lumber and Sawmill
Workers Union ; Local2613 ,= A. F. of L_______ ---------- 22
Total number of votes cast for International ' Woodworkers'
of America, Local No. 52, C. I. O_______________________ 10
Total number of ballots cast for neither organization----- 0
Total number of blank ballots___________________________ 0
Total number of void ballots____________________________ 0
Total number of challenged ballots________ ______________ 0
Employees of Buckley Logging Company :
Total number of employees eligible to vote___________ _____ 97
Total number of ballots cast_____________________________ 94
Total number of ballots cast for International Wood-
workers of America, Local No. 52 ---------------------- 89
Total number of ballots cast against International Wood- '
workers of America, Local No. 52______________________ 5
Total number of blank ballots___________________________ 0
Total number of void ballots_____________________________ 0
Total number of challenged 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 2,
IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that Lumber and Sawmill Workers Union,
Local 2613, chartered by the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and
Joiners, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, has been
designated and selected by a majority of the employees of Buckley
Hemlock Mills, Inc., Buckley, Washington, excluding supervisory
employees with authority to hire and discharge, clerical employees,
truck drivers and the following persons : R. L. Brasen, J. R. Loughran,
Rufus Semanski and J. G. Workman, as their representative' for the
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purposes of collective bargaining, and that, pursuant to Section 9 (a)
of the Act, Lumber and Sawmill Workers Union, Local 2613, chartered
by the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners, affiliated with
the American Federation of Labor, 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.
IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that International Woodworkers of America,
Local No. 52, affiliated with the Congress of Industrial Organizations,
has been designated and selected by a majority of the employees of the
Buckley Logging Company, exclusive of supervisory employees, with
authority to hire and discharge, clerical employees, and the following
persons : B. B. Peterson, E. G. Peterson, O. R. Peterson, George Vassil,
H. F. Martin, and Joe Blessing, as their representative for the pur-
poses of collective bargaining, and that, pursuant to Section 9 (a) of
the Act, International Woodworkers of America,, Local No. 52, affili-
ated 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.