Pacific Lumber Inspection Bureau, Inc.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Dec 29, 1939

18 N.L.R.B. 946 (N.L.R.B. 1939)

In the Matter Of PACIFIC LUMBER INSPECTION BUREAU, INC. and
NORTHWEST LUMBER INSPECTORS' UNION, LOCAL No. 20,877
Case No. R-699
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
December 29, 1939
On May 28, 1938, the National Labor Relations Board, berein called
the Board, issued its Decision and Direction of Election in the above-
entitled proceeding.' On June 30, 1938, the Board issued an Amend-
ment to Direction of Election 32 whereby it directed that the election
be postponed indefinitely. On October 24, 1939, the Board issued a
Supplemental Decision and Second Amendment to Direction of Elec-
tion.' Pursuant to the Direction of Election and amendments there-
to, air election by secret ballot was conducted by mail, and the bal-
lots counted on December 6, 1939, under the direction and supervision
of the Regional Director for the Nineteenth Region (Seattle, Wash-
ington). On December 12, 1939, the Regional Director, acting pur-
suant to Article III, Section 9, of the National Labor Relations
Board Rules and Regulations-Series 2, issued an Election Report,
copies of which were duly served on 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 its results, the Regional Director reported
as follows:
Total number eligible voters_______________________________ 337
Total number of ballots cast______________________________ 312
Total number of votes in favor of Northwest Lumber In-
spectors' Union, Local No. 20,877________________________ 180
Total number of votes in favor of Northwest Lumber In-
spectors Association_____________________________________ 126
Total number of votes in favor of neither___________________ 2
Total number of blank ballots_____________________________ 2
Total number of void ballots______________________________ none
Total number of challenged votes___________________________ 2
Total number of eligible voters not voting__________________ 25
17 N. L. R. B. 529.
3 7 N. L . R. B. 535.
316 N. L. R. B. 329.
18 N. L. R. B., No. 100.
946
PACIFIC LUMBER INSPECTION BUtREAU, INCORPORATED 947
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 Northwest Lumber Inspectors' Union,
Local No. 20,877, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor,
has been designated and selected by a majority of the lumber in-
spectors of Pacific Lumber Inspection Bureau in the States of Ore-
gon and Washington, excluding clerical and supervisory employees,
as their representative for the purposes of collective bargaining, and
that, pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the Act, Northwest Lumber In-
spectors' Union, Local No. 20,877, affiliated with the American Fed-
eration of Labor, 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 employ-
ment.