The Long-Bell Lumber Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

May 25, 1942

41 N.L.R.B. 251 (N.L.R.B. 1942)

In the Matter of THE LONG-BELL LUMBER COMPANY and INTERNA-
TIONAL WOODWORKERS OF AMERICA, LOCAL No. 6-12, C. I. O.
Case No. R-361.9
SUPPLEMENTAL DECISION
AND
DIRECTION OF RUN-OFF ELECTION
May 25, 1942
On April 3, 1942, the National Labor Relations Board, herein
called the Board, issued a Decision and Direction of Election in
the above-entitled proceeding.1 Pursuant to the Direction of Elec-
tion, an election by secret ballot was conducted on April 27,
1942, under the direction and supervision of the Regional Director
for the Nineteenth Region (Seattle, Washington). On April 30,
1942, 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 his Election
Report on the balloting. 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 Lirector reported
as follows :
Total on eligibility list--------------- ---- --------------------- 132
Votes cast for lumber & Sawmill Workers Union, Local 2898,
A. F. of L--------------------------------------------- 29
Votes cast for International Woodworkers of America, Local
No. 6-12, C. 1. 0---------- -------------------- 48
Votes cast for neither------------------------------------ 35
Total challenged ballots----------------------------------- None
Total blank ballots--------------------------------------- None
Total void ballots----------------------------------------- None
Total valid votes cast------------------------------------- 112
On April 28, 1942, International Woodworkers of America, Local
No. 6-12, C. 1. 0., filed a request for a run-off election to be held
by the Board. Although neither of the competing labor organiza-
tions in the election received a majority of the votes cast, the results
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of the election show that a majority of the employees in question
desire 'to bargain collectively with the Company. Accordingly, we
shall direct a run-off election in which such employees will be given
an opportunity to decide whether they desire to be represented 'by
International Woodworkers of America, Local No. 6-12, C. I. 0.,
or by Lumber & Sawmill Workers Union; Local 2898, A. F. of L., for
the purposes of collective bargaining.
DIRECTION OF RUN-OFF ELECTION
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
DIRECTED that, as part of the investigation authorized by the Board
to determine representatives for the purposes of collective bargaining
with The Long-Bell Lumber Company of Klamath Falls, Oregon,
an election by secret ballot shall be conducted as early as possible,
but not later than thirty (30) days from the date of this Direction
of Run-off Election, under the direction and supervision of the Re-
gional Director for the Nineteenth Region, acting in this matter as
agent for the National Labor Relations Board, and subject to Article
III, Section 9, of said Rules and Regulations, among the employees
described in the Direction of Election issued on April 3, 1942, but
excluding those who have since quit or been discharged for cause,
to determine whether they desire to be represented by International
Woodworkers of America, Local No. 6-12, C. I. 0., or by Lumber
& Sawmill Workers Union, Local 2898, A. F. of L., for the purposes
of collective bargaining.
In the Matter of TmE LONG-BELL LUMBER COMPANY and INTERNA-
TIONAL WOODWORKERS OF AMERICA, LOCAL No. 6-12, C. I. O.
Case No. R-3619,
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
June 26, 1942
On April 3, 1942, the National Labor Relations Board issued a
Decision and Direction of Election' and on May 25, 1942,--a Supple-
mental Decision and Direction of Run-Off Election 2 in the above-
entitled proceedings. Pursuant to the Direction of Run-Off Election,
a run-off election was conducted on June 5, 1942, under the direction
and supervision of the Regional Director for the Nineteenth Regidn
(Seattle, Washington). On June 9, 1942, the Regional Director, act-
ing 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 a Run-Off Election Report. No objections
to the conduct of the ballot or to the Run-Off Election Report were
filed by any of the parties.
As to the balloting and its results, the Regional Director reported
as follows :
Total on eligibility list----------------------------------- 105
Total ballots cast ---------------------------- L----------- 82
Total ballots challenged---------- ---------------------- 0
Total blank ballots--------------------------------------- 0
Total void ballots---------------------------------------- 0
Total valid votes counted--------------------------------- 82
Votes cast for Lumber and Sawmill Workers Union, Local
2898, A. F. of L---------------------------------------- 30
Votes cast for International Woodworkers of America, Local
No. 6-12, C. I. 0--------------------------------------- 52
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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, of National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series
2, as amended,
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2 41 N. L R . B. 251.
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IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that International Woodworkers of Amer-
ica, Local No. 6-12, C. I. 0., has been designated and selected by a
majority of the production and maintenance employees of The Long-
Bell Lumber Company, Klamath Falls, Oregon, at its mill at Klam-
ath Falls, Oregon, including Art Shuck, but excluding supervisory
and clerical employees, as their representative for the purposes of
collective bargaining and that pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the Act,
International Woodworkers of America, Local No. 6-12, C. I. 0., 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 employment.