The Long-Bell Lumber Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Oct 14, 1942

44 N.L.R.B. 1187 (N.L.R.B. 1942)

In the Matter of THE LONG-BELL LUMBER COMPANY, RYDERWOOD DIVI-
SION and INTERNATIONAL WOODWORKERS OF AMERICA LOCAL 3-34,
AFFILIATED WITH THE CONGRESS OF INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATIONS
Case No. R-4086.-Decided October 14,1942
Jurisdiction : lumber industry.
Investigation and Certification of Representatives : existence of question: re-
fusal to negotiate with petitioner because of prior certification by the Board
of another union; contract, with no ascertainable termination date, no bar;
election necessary.
Unit Appropriate for Collective Bargaining : all employees in the machine shop
of the Company's Ryderwood Division including wood mechanics, foreman
and head car repairman, but excluding warehousemen, supervisory employees,
and master mechanic ; agreement as to and in accordance with prior determi-
nation by Board.
Mr. David E. McLean and Mr. Roy F. Morse, of Longview, Wash.,
for the Company.
Mr. Harry George, of Portland, Oreg., Mr. W. R. McDonald, of
Ryderwood, Wash., and Mr. Ken Johnston, of Aberdeen, Wash., for
the I. W. A.
Mr. James A. Duncan, of Seattle, Wash., Mr. Carl Nagel, of Kelso,
Wash., and Mr. W. H.,Scully,'of Ryderwood, Wash., for the I. A. M.
Mr. Louis A. Pontello, Jr., of counsel to the Board.
DECISION
AND
DIRECTION OF ELECTION
STATEMENT OF THE CASE
Upon petition duly filed by International Woodworkers of Amer-
ica, Local 3-34, affiliated with the Congress of Industrial Organiza-
tions, herein called the I. W. A., alleging that a question affecting
commerce had arisen concerning the representation 'of employees of
The Long-Bell Lumber Company, Ryderwood, Washington, herein
called the Company, the National Labor Relations Board provided
for an appropriate hearing upon due notice before William A. Bab-
cock, Jr., Trial Examiner. Said hearing was held at Kelso, Wash-
ington, on September 12, 1942. The Company, the I. W. A., and
International Association of Machinists, Local 1350, affiliated with the
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American Federation of Labor, herein called the I. A. M., appeared,
participated, and were afforded full opportunity to be heard, to
examine and cross-examine witnesses, and to introduce evidence bear-
ing on the issues. The Trial Examiner's rulings made at the hear-
ing are free from prejudicial error and are hereby affirmed. All-
parties filed briefs-which the Board has considered.
Upon the entire record in the case, the Board makes the following :
FINDINGS OF FACT
I. THE BUSINESS OF THE COMPANY
The Long-Bell Lumber Company is a Missouri corporation with
principal offices in Kansas City, Missouri. This proceeding is con-
cerned solely with the Company's division at Ryderwood, Washing--
ton, where it is, engaged in logging operations. Trees or logs are
felled by the logging employees of Ryderwood and are transported
to the Company's Longview division by rail where they are manu-
factured into lumber at a sawmill. In 1938 this sawmill turned out
206,926,613 feet of lumber, commercial log scale . Fifty-six, percent
of the logs used in the manufacture of this lumber came from the
Company's Ryderwood properties; the remainder being purchased
in the open market. The value of the lumber manufactured at Long-
view in 1938 was $5,267,242.22. The Company also sold-logs valued
at $438,343.18, some of which were obtained from Ryderwood and
others in the open market. Of the lumber sold from Longview, 93.5
percelit was shipped to places outside the State of Washington, while
41.1 percent of the logs was shipped to places outside the State of
Washington. Together the Ryderwood'and Longview divisions pur-
chased during 1938 the following raw materials from the States indi-
cated : $200,000 worth of logging machinery from Washington and
Oregon;, 25,000 gallons of gasoline from California ; 50,000 barrels
of fuel oil from California and miscellaneous items-valued at $50,000
from various States throughout the country. The Company's present
operations are approximately as above described.' The Company ad-
mits that it is engaged in commerce within the meaning of the Na-
tional Labor Relations Act.
II. THE ORGANIZATIONS INVOLVED,
International Woodworkers of America, Local 3-34 is a labor organ-
ization affiliated with the Congress of Industrial Organizations, admit-
ting to membership employees of the Company. -
11 The parties stipulated that the operations of the Company at the present time are
substantially described in Matter,of The Lonq-Bell Lumber Company and International
Association of Machinists , Local No 1350 , A F of L, 16 N. L. R B 892 , and Mattel of
Long-Bell Lumber Company and Lumber