Lewis Lumber Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Jun 30, 1941

33 N.L.R.B. 92 (N.L.R.B. 1941)

In the Matter of LEwIS LUMBER COMPANY and INTERNATIONAL WOOD-
WORKERS OF AMERICA, LOCAL UNION, No. 257, AFFILIATED WITH
THE C. I. O.
Case No. R-0416
SUPPLEMENTAL DECISION
AND
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
June 30, 1941
On' May 9, 1941, the National Labor Relations Board, herein called
the Board, issued its Decision and Direction of Elections,' in the
above-entitled proceeding. Pursuant to the Direction of Elections,
elections by secret ballot were conducted on June 3, 1941, under the
direction and supervision of the Regional Director for the Nineteenth
Region (Seattle, Washington). On June 6, 1941, the Regional Di-
rector, acting pursuant to Article III, Section 9, of National Labor
Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series 2, as amended, issued
an Election Report, copies of which were duly served upon the parties.
No Objections to the conduct of the ballot or the Election Report
have been filed by any of the parties. .
As to the balloting and the results thereof, the Regional Director
reported as follows :
Logging Camp and Sawmill Operations
Total on eligibility list------------------------------------- 77
Votes cast for International Woodworkers of America,
Local 257------------------------------------------------- 50
Votes cast for Lumber and Sawmill Workers, Local 2574----- 22
Votes cast for neither--------------------------------------- 2
Total on eligibility list not voting---------------------------- 3
Planing Mill Operation
Total on eligibility list-------------------------------------- 40
Votes cast for International Woodworkers of America,
Local 257----------------'-------------------------------- 7
Votes cast against International Woodworkers of America,
Local 257------------------------------------------------- 31
Total on eligibility list not voting---------------------------- 2
1 31 N . L. R. B. 688.
33 N. L. R. B., No. 19.
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. LEWIS LUMBER COMPANY 93
In the Decision and Direction of Elections previously referred to
the Board made no ' final determination as to the appropriate unit.
The Board there stated :
If a majority of the employees of the sawmill and logging camp
and those of the planing mill designate the I. W. A. -as their
collective bargaining representative, then the employees of the
sawmill,' logging camp, and planing mill shall constitute a single
appropriate unit. Otherwise they shall constitute two separate
units.
Since a majority of the employees of the planing mill voted against,
and a majority of the employees of the logging camp and sawmill
voted for the I. W. A., we 'shall find that the employees of the log-
ging camp and sawmill constitute a separate appropriate unit and
shall certify the I. W. A. as their representative.
Upon the basis of the entire record in the case the Board makes the
following :
SUPPLEMENTAL FINDING OF FACT
We find that the employees of the logging camp and sawmill
operations of Lewis Lumber Company, Dexter, Oregon, excluding
supervisory and office employees, officers, and stockholders, the flume
boss, and the bull buck, constitute a unit appropriate for the purposes
of collective bargaining, and that said unit will insure to employees
of the Company the full benefit of their right to self-organization
and to collective bargaining and otherwise effectuate the policies of
the Act.
Upon the basis of the above finding of fact and upon the entire
record in the case the Board makes the following :
SUPPLEMENTAL CONCLUSION OF LAW
The employees of the logging camp and sawmill operations of
Lewis Lumber Company, Dexter, Oregon, excluding supervisory and
office employees, officers, and stockholders, the flume boss, and the
bull buck, constitute a unit appropriate for the purposes of collective
bargaining, within the meaning of Section 9 (b) of the National
Labor Relations Act.
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
By virtue of and pursuant to the power vested in the National
Labor Relations Board by Section 9 (c) of the National Labor Re-
lations 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.
94 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL, LABOR RELATIONS BOARD
IT' IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that International Woodworkers of America,
Local Union 257, affiliated with the C. I. 0., has been' designated
and selected by a majority of the employees of the logging camp and'
sawmill operations of Lewis Lumber Company, Dexter,' Oregon, ex-
cluding supervisory and office employees, officers, and stockholders,
the. flume boss, and the bull buck, as their representative for the
purposes of collective bargaining, and that pursuant to the provisions
of Section 9 (a), of the National Labor Relations Act, International
Woodworkers of America, Local Union 257, affiliated with the C. I. 0.,
is the exclusive representative of all such employees for the purposes
of collective bargaining with respect to rates of pay, wages, hours of
employment, and other conditions of employment.