Long-Bell Lumber Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Apr 14, 1941

30 N.L.R.B. 1193 (N.L.R.B. 1941)

In the Matter of LONG-BELL LUMBER COMPANY and 'INTERNATIONAL
BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS, LOCAL UNION #B77, AFFILI-
ATED WITH THE CONGRESS OF INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATIONS
In the Matter of LONG-BELL LUMBER COMPANY, LONGVIEW BRANCH
and BOOMMEN AND RAFTERS, LOCAL UNION No. 107, CHARTERED BY
THE INTERNATIONAL WOODWORKERS OF AMERICA, AFFILIATED WITH
THE CONGRESS OF INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATIONS -
In the Matter of LONG-BELL LUMBER COMPANY and LUMBER AND SAW-
MILL WORKERS UNION, LOCAL 2610, CHARTERED BY TIIE UNITED BROTH-
ERHOOD OF CARPENTERS-& JOINERS OF AMERICA, AFFILIATED WITH THE
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR
Cases Nos. R-2095 to R-8097 inclusive
SUPPLEMENTAL DECISION
AND
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
April 14, 1941
On February 13, 1941 , 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 Elections,
elections by secret ballot were conducted on March 10 and 11, 1941,
under the direction and supervision of the Regional Director for the.
Nineteenth Region (Seattle, Washington ). On March 17, 1941, the
Regional Director , acting pursuant to Article III, Section 9, of
National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series 2, as
amended, issued and duly served upon the parties an Election Report.
As to the balloting and its results , the Regional Director reported
as follows :
BOOMMEN AND RA.FTE&s AND Sr1PMEN
Total on eligibility list______________________________________ 45
Total ballots cast_______________________,___________________ 44
Total votes in favor of Boommen and Rafters, Local Union
No. 107, chartered by International Woodworkers of America,
affiliated with the C. I. 0__________________________________ 44
129 N. L. R: B. 586
30 N. L. R. B., No. 168.
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Total votes opposed to Boommen and Rafters, Local Union No.
107, chartered by International Woodworkers of America,
affiliated with the C. I. 0-------------------------------- 0
Total on eligibility list not voting--------------------------- 1
REMAINING EMPLOYEES
Total on eligibility list------------------------------------- 1930
Total ballots cast- ---------------------------------------- 1697
Total votes in favor of International Woodworkers of America,
Local 36 , affiliated with the C. I. 0------------------------- 1031
Total votes in favor of American Federation of Labor [Lum-
ber and Sawmill Workers Union, Local 2610, Lumber and
Sawmill Workers Union, Local 2678, International Brother-
hood of Electrical Workers, Local Union No. B77, Interna-
tional Association of Machinists, Lodge 1350]-------------- 91
Total votes in favor of neither------------------------------ 260
Total blank ballots. . -------------------------------------- 1
Total challenged votes-------------------------------------- 14
Total on eligibility list not voting---------------------------- 233
Objections to Election Report, dated March 23, 1941, were filed by
the I. A. M. On March 28, 1941, the Regional Director issued his
Report on Objections to Election Report wherein he referred the
objections of the I. A. M. to the Board for its consideration. The
,objections of the I. A. M. are directed to the unit found appropriate
in the original Decision and Direction of Elections and we find for
the reasons therein stated that these objections are without merit.
The objections raise no substantial or material issues with respect to
the conduct of the elections and are hereby overruled.
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 Relations
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 Boommen and Rafters; Local Union No.
107, chartered by the International Woodworkers of America, affiliated
with the Congress of Industrial Organizations, has been designated
and selected by a majority of all boommen, rafters, and slipmen em-
ployed by the Long-Bell Lumber Company at its Longview, Wash-
ington, division, excluding shingle-mill slipmen and the foreman of the
log-pond department, as their representative for the purposes of,col-
lective bargaining, and that pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the Act,
Boommen and Rafters, Local Union No. 107, chartered by the Inter-
national Woodworkers of America, affiliated with the Congress. of
Industrial Organizations, is the exclusive representative of all such
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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 36, affiliated with the Congress of Industrial Organizations, has
been designated and selected by a majority of all production and
maintenance employees employed by the Long-Bell Lumber Company
at its Longview, Washington, division, excluding supervisory, clerical,
office, and shingle-mill employees, and boommen, rafters, and slipmen,
as their representative for the purposes of collective bargaining, and
that, pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the Act, International Woodworkers
of America, Local 36, affiliated with the Congress of Industrial Or-
ganizations, 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.