18 N.L.R.B. 40 (N.L.R.B. 1939)

Long-Bell Lumber Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board DecisionsDec 1, 1939

18 N.L.R.B. 40 (N.L.R.B. 1939)

In the Matter of LONG-BELL LUMBER COMPANY and INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS LOCAL No. 1350, AFFILIATED WITH THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR In the Matter of LONG-BELL LUMBER COMPANY and LUMBER & SAW- MILL WORKERS LOCAL 3-34, CHARTERED BY THE I. W. A., AFFILIATED WITH THE CONGRESS OF INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATIONS Cases Nos. R-1320 and R-13P21, respectively SUPPLEMENTAL DECISION AND CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES December 1, 1939 On October 30, 1939, the National Labor Relations Board, herein called the Board, issued its Decision and Direction of Elections in the above-entitled proceedings."' Pursuant to the Direction of Elec- tions, elections by secret ballot were conducted on November 15, 1939, under the direction and supervision of the Regional Director for the Nineteenth Region (Seattle, Washington). On November 17, 1939, the Regional Director, acting pursuant to Article III, Section 9, of National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series 2, issued and duly served upon the parties an Election Report on the elections. No Objections to the conduct of the ballot or the Elec- tion Report had been filed by any of the parties. As to the balloting and its results, the Regional Director reported as follows : MACHINE SHOP EMPLOYEES Total number eligible to vote ______________________________ 36 Total number of ballots cast ______________________________ 36 Total number of votes in favor of International Association of Machinists Local No. 1350-AFL ---------------------- 27 Total number of votes in favor of Lumber and Sawmill Workers Local No. 2512-AFL --------------------------- 1 Total number of votes in favor of Lumber and Sawmill Workers Local No. 3--34-CIO ---------------------------- 8 Total number of votes in favor of none of them ------------ None Total number of blank ballots______________________________ None Total number of void ballots______________________________ None Total number of challenged votes__________________________ None Total number eligible voters not voting____________________ None 116 N. L. R. B. 892. 18 N. L. R. B., No. 8. 40 LONG-BELL LUMBER COMPANY REMAINING EMPLOYEES 41 Total number eligible to vote______________________________ 452 Total number of ballots cast_____________________________ 427 Total number of votes in favor of Lumber and Sawmill Workers Local No. 2512-AFL -------------------------- 168 Total number of votes in favor of Lumber and Sawmill Workers Local No. 3-34-CIO -------------------------- 250 Total number of votes in favor of neither__________________ 5 Total number of blank ballots ____________________________ None Total number of void ballots_______________________________ None Total number of challenged votes__________________________ 4 Total number eligible voters not voting__ __________________ 25 In the Decision and Direction of Elections previously referred to, the Board stated that upon the results of the election would depend in part the determination of the appropriate unit or units for the purposes of collective bargaining. The Board stated therein : If the I. A. M. receives a majority of the votes cast by em- ployees in the machine shop they will constitute a separate appropriate unit and we will certify the I. A. M. as the repre- sentative thereof. In such event, if the Sawmill Union or the I. W. A. receives a majority of the votes cast by the remaining employees, we will certify the winning union as the exclusive rep- resentative of an appropriate unit composed of such employees. Upon the entire record in the case, the Board makes the following: SUPPLEMENTAL FINDINGS OF FACT We find that the employees in the machine shop of the Long-Bell Lumber Company at its Ryderwood, Washington, division, including one woods mechanic, but excluding supervisory employees, and those employees excluded by stipulations, constitute a unit appropriate for the purposes of collective bargaining and that said unit will in- sure 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. We find that the remaining employees of the Long-Bell Lumber Company at its Ryderwood, Washington, division, excluding super- visory employees, and those employees excluded by stipulations, con- stitute a unit appropriate for the purposes of collective bargaining and that said unit will insure to employees of the Company 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 findings of fact and upon the entire record in the case, the Board makes the following : 42 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD SUPPLEMENTAL CONCLUSIONS OF LAW The employees in the machine shop of the Long-Bell Lumber Company at its Ryderwood, Washington, division, including one woods mechanic, but excluding supervisory employees, and those employees excluded by stipulations, constitute a unit appropriate for the purposes of collective bargaining within the meaning of Section 9 (b) of the National Labor Relations Act. The remaining employees of the, Long-Bell Lumber Company at its Ryderwood, Washington, division, excluding supervisory em- ployees, and those employees excluded by stipulations, 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, IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that International Association of Machin- ists, Local No. 1350, has been designated and selected by a majority of the employees in the machine shop of the Long-Bell Lumber Company at its Ryderwood, Washington, division, including one woods mechanic, but excluding supervisory employees, and those employees excluded by stipulations, as their representative for the purposes of collective bargaining, and that pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the Act, International Association of Machinists Local No. 1350, 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. IT Is HEREBY CERTIFIED that Lumber & Sawmill Workers, Local 3-34, chartered by the International Woodworkers of America, has been designated and selected by a majority of the remaining employees of the Long-Bell Lumber Company at its Ryderwood, Washington, division, excluding supervisory employees, and those employees ex- cluded by stipulations, as their representative for the purposes of col- lective bargaining, and that pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the Act, Lumber & Sawmill Workers, Local 3-34, chartered by the Interna- tional Woodworkers of America, 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.