Row River Lumber Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Jun 6, 1941

32 N.L.R.B. 334 (N.L.R.B. 1941)

In the Matter of Row RIVER LUMBER COMPANY and LOCAL No. 2627,
LUMBER AND SAWMILL WORKERS, CHARTERED BY THE UNITED
BROTHERHOOD OF CARPENTERS AND JOINERS OF AMERICA, AFFILIATED
WITH THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR and LOCAL No. 76, Dis-
TRICT 1, INDUSTRIAL EMPLOYEES UNION7 INC.
In the Matter of Row RIVER LUMBER COMPANY and LOCAL UNION No.
5-248, INTERNATIONAL WOODWORKERS OF AMERICA, AFFILIATED WITH
THE C. I. O.
Cases Nos. RE-19 and R-2210
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
June 6, 1941
On March 11, 1941, the Board issued its Decision and Direction
of Election, 1 and on April 24, 1941, its Amendment to Decision and
Direction of Election,2 in the above-entitled proceedings. Pursuant
to the Direction of Election, as amended, an election by secret ballot
was conducted on May 6, 1941, under the direction and supervision
of the Regional Director for the Nineteenth Region (Seattle, Wash-
ington). On May 8, 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. 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 on eligibility list------------------- ---------------- 114
Total votes in favor of International Woodworkers of Amer-
ica, Union No. 5-248------------------------------------ 99
Total votes in favor of Industrial Employees' Union, Inc.,
Local No. 76, District 1--------------------------------- 6
Total votes in favor of neither---------------------------- 3
Total on eligibility list not voting-------------------------- 6
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, 49 Stat. 449, and pursuant to Article III, Sections 8 and 9,
1 30 N. L. R. B. 232.
231 N. L. R. B. 317.
32 N. L. R. B., No. 75.
334
ROW RIVER LUMBER COMPANY 335
of National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations- Series 2,
as amended,
IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED , that International Woodworkers of Amer-
ica, Local Union No. 5-248, affiliated with the Congress of Industrial
Organizations, has been designated and selected by a majority of all
production and maintenance employees of the Row River Lumber
Company at its mill and logging operations in the vicinity of Dorena,
Oregon, including employees engaged in construction work, but
excluding mill, yard, planing mill and woods superintendents, the
bull buck, the hook-tender and office employees, as their representa-
tive for the purpose of collective bargaining, and that, pursuant to
the provisions of Section 9 (a) of the National Labor Relations
Act, International Woodworkers of America, Local Union No. 5-248,
affiliated with the Congress of Industrial Organizations, is the exclu-
sive 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.