Mill B, Inc.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Jul 15, 1939

13 N.L.R.B. 613 (N.L.R.B. 1939)

In the Matter of MILL B , INC. and LUMBER AND SAWMILL WORKERS
UNION, LOCAL No. 2573
Case No. R-1347
SUPPLEMENTAL DECISION
AND
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
July 15, 1939
On May 27, 1939, the National Labor Relations Board, herein
called the Board, issued a Decision and Direction of Election in the
above-entitled case.' The Direction of Election directed that an
election by secret ballot be conducted within 15 days from the date of
the Direction among the production and maintenance employees of
Mill B, Inc., North Bend, Oregon, whose names appeared on its pay
roll of March 15 to 30, 1939, excluding supervisory and clerical em-
ployees and those who have since quit or been discharged for cause,
but including employees who did not work during such period be-
cause they were ill or on vacation, to determine whether they wished
to be represented by Lumber and Sawmill Workers Union, Local
2573, United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America,
American Federation of Labor, or by Lumber and Sawmill Work-
ers Local No. 116, International Woodworkers of America, Con-
gress of Industrial Organizations, for the purposes of collective
bargaining, or by neither.
Pursuant to the Direction, an election by secret ballot was con-
ducted on June 10, 1939, at North Bend, Oregon, under the direction
and supervision of the Regional Director for the Nineteenth Region
(Seattle, Washington). On June 13, 1939, the said Regional Direc-
tor, acting pursuant to Article III, Section 9, of National Labor
Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series 1, as amended, issued
and served upon the parties an Intermediate Report Upon Secret
Ballot, in which he made the following findings with respect to the
results of the election :
Total number of eligible voters____________________________ 179
Total number of ballots cast______________________________ 172
Total number of votes in favor of Lumber and Sawmill
Workers Union Local No. 2573, U. B. C. J. A., A. F. L____ 110
112 N. L. R. B. 1317.
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Total number of votes in favor of Lumber and Sawmill
Workers Local No. 116, I. W. A., C. I. O__________________ 62
Total number of votes in favor of neither---------------- 0
Total number of blank ballots_____________________________ 0
Total number of void ballots_____________________________ 0
Total number of challenged,ballots ------------------------ 0
Total number of eligible voters not voting__________________ 7
On June 12, 1939, Lumber and Sawmill Workers Local No. 116
filed with the Regional Director objections to the election alleging
as grounds that Mill B, Inc. had, prior to the election, aided and
supported the organization of the American Federation of Labor
among its employees and had discharged, demoted, and otherwise
discriminated against employees acting for the Congress of Indus-
trial Organizations. Subsequently, on the basis of an investigation,
the Acting Regional Director reported to the Board that the objec-
tions to the election made by Lumber and Sawmill Workers Local
No. 116 were not supported by credible evidence and were without
merit. The Regional Director in the Intermediate Report certified
that the secret ballot was fairly and impartially conducted, that the
ballots cast were duly and fairly counted under his supervision, and
that statements to such effect from the tellers had been filed with
him. We have considered the objections to the election, together with
the report of the Acting Regional Director thereon, and find they do
not warrant setting aside the election. The objections to the election
are hereby overruled.
No objections or protest to the ballot or to said Intermediate
Report were made or filed by the other parties to the proceedings.
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 Rela-
tions Act, and pursuant to Article III, Section 8, of National Labor
Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series 2,
IT Is HEREBY CERTIFIED that Lumber and Sawmill Workers Union,
Local No. 2573, United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of
America, American. Federation of Labor, has been designated by a
majority of the production and maintenance employees of Mill B,
The., North Bend, Oregon, exclusive of supervisory and clerical em-
ployees, as their representative for the purposes of collective bargain-
ing, and that, pursuant to the provisions of Section 9 (a) of the
National Labor Relations Act, Lumber and Sawmill Workers Union,
Local No. 2573, United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of
America, American Federation of Labor, is the exclusive representa-
tive 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.