Ohio Match Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Oct 21, 1941

36 N.L.R.B. 303 (N.L.R.B. 1941)

In the Matter of OHIO MATCH COMPANY and INTERNATIONAL WooD--
WORKERS OF AMERICA, LocAL No. 119; AFFILIATED WITH THE CONGRESS.
OF INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATIONS
Case No. R-3075.-Decided October 01, 1911
Practice and Procedure : petition dismissed where results of an election, held
pursuant to a stipulation for certification upon consent election, show that
no representative has been selected by a majority of the employees in the,
appropriate unit.
Mr. Thomas P. - Graham , Jr., for the Board.
Mr. A. P. Bailey , of Huetter , Idaho, for the Company:
Mr. Fred Sic f ken, of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, for the I. W. A.
Miss Marcia Hertzmark , of counsel to the Board.
DECISION
AND
ORDER
STATEMENT OF THE CASE
On July 29, 1941, the International Woodworkers of America,.
Local No. 119, affiliated with the Congress of Industrial Organiza-
tions, herein called the I. W. A., filed with the Regional Director for
the Nineteenth Region (Seattle, Washington) a petition alleging-
-that a question affecting commerce had arisen concerning the repre-
sentation of employees of Ohio Match Company, herein called the-
Company, engaged in sawing lumber at Huetter, Idaho, and request-
ing an investigation and certification of representatives pursuant
to Section 9 (c) of the National Labor Relations Act, 49 Stat. 449,
herein called the Act. On August 6, 1941, the National Labor Rela-
tions Board, herein called the Board, acting pursuant to Section
9 (c) of the Act and Article III, Section 3, of National Labor
Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series 2, as amended,.
ordered an. investigation and authorized the Regional Director to
conduct it and to provide for an appropriate hearing upon due notice.
On July 30, 1941, the Company, the I. W. A., and the Regional Di_
rector, entered into a "STIPULATION FOR CERTIFICATION
UPON CONSENT ELECTION."
36 N. L. R. B., No. 53.
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304 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD
Pursuant to the Stipulation, an election by secret ballot was con-
ducted on August 11, 1941, under the direction and supervision of
the Acting Regional Director among all production and maintenance
employees of the Company in and about its plant at Huetter, Idaho,
excluding supervisory and clerical employees, to determine whether
or not said employees desired to be represented by the I. W. A. On
August 16, 1941, the Acting Regional Director issued and duly
served upon the parties his Election Report on the ballot. No ob-
jections to the conduct of the ballot or the Election Report have
been filed by any of the parties.
In his Election Report, the Acting Regional Director reported
as follows concerning the balloting and its results:
Total on eligibility list____________________________________ 200
Total ballots cast__________________________________________ 190
Total votes cast for International Woodworkers of America,
Local No. 119, C. I. O-------------------------------------- 91
Total votes cast against the International Woodworkers of
America, Local No. 119, C. I. O___________________________ 95
Total ballots challenged 4
Total on eligibility list not voting ----------------------------- 10
The results of the election show that no representative has been
selected by a majority of the employees in the appropriate unit. The
petition of International Woodworkers of America, Local No. 119,
for investigation and certification of representatives of employees of
Ohio Match Company, Huetter, Idaho, will therefore be dismissed.
Upon the basis of the Stipulation, the Election Report, and the
entire record in the case, the Board makes the following :
FINDINGS OF FACT
1. A question affecting commerce has arisen concerning the repre-
sentation of employees of the Ohio Match Company, Huetter, Idaho,
within the meaning of Section 9 (c) and Section 2 (6) and (7) of the
National Labor Relations Act.
2. All. production and maintenance employees of the Company in
and about its plant at Huetter, Idaho, excluding supervisory and
clerical employees, constitute a unit appropriate for the purposes of
collective bargaining within the meaning of Section 9 (b) of the
National Labor Relations Act.
ORDER
By virtue of Section 9 (c) of the National Labor Relations Act,
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the petition for investigation and certifi-
cation of representatives of employees of Ohio Match Company,
OHIO MATCH COMPANY 305
Huetter, Idaho, filed by International Woodworkers of America, Local
No. 119, affiliated with the Congress of Industrial Organizations, be,
and it hereby is, dismissed.
MR. GERARD D . REUaY took no part in the consideration of the above
Decision and Order.
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