Weyerhaeuser Timber Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Oct 12, 1942

44 N.L.R.B. 1092 (N.L.R.B. 1942)

In the Matter Of WEYERHAEUSER TIDIBER COMPANY , KLAMATH FALLS
BRANCH and LUMBER AND SAWMILL WORKERS UNION, LOCAL No. 3026;
A. F. L.
Case No. B-3838
SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL DECISION
AND
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
October L2, 19493
On July 15 , 1942 , the National Labor Relations Board issued a
Decision and Direction of Elections in the above -entitled 'proceeding,)
and on August 25, 1942, a Supplemental Decision and Direction of
Run-off Elections .2 Pursuant to the Direction of Run-off Elections,
run-off elections by secret ballot were conducted on September 10, 1942,
under the direction and supervision of the Regional Director for the
Nineteenth Region ( Seattle , Washington ). On September 15, 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 -a Report on Run-off
Elections . No objections to the conduct of the ballots or to the Report
on Run-off Elections have been filed by any of the parties.
As to the balloting and its results, the Regional Director ' reported
as follows :
Machine Shop Employees
Total on eligibility list-------------------------------------- 87
Total ballots cast----- -------------------------------------- 71
Total ballots challenged------------------------------------- 1
Total blank ballots ----------------------------------------- 0
Total void ballots ------------------------------------------- 0
Total valid votes counted------------------------------------ 70
, Totes cast for Lumber and Sawmill Workers Union , Local No.
3026, A. F. L---------------------------------------------- 3
Votes cast for International Association of Machinists, Lodge
No. 1473, A F. L------------------------------------------- 55
Votes cast for International Woodworkers of America, Local
6-12, 0. I. 0---------------------------------------------- 12
142-N. L R. B. 499.
2 43 N . L. R. B., 651.
44 N.-L. R. B., No. 212.
1092
WEyk-R AEUSEA:'TIMBER -dbAff IfY -=--
Remaining Production, and Maintenance Employees
x1093
Total on eligibility list______________________________________ 561
Total ballots east --------- -------------------------------- 340
Total ballots challenged_____________________________________ 2
Total blank ballots__________________________________------------------------------------------ 1
Total void ballots------------------------------------------ 0
Total valid votes counted --------- _--------------- ----------- 337
Votes cast for Lumber and Sawmill Workers Union, Local No.
3026, A F. L-------------------------------------------- 87
Votes cast for International Woodworkers of America, Local
6-12, C. I 0---------------------------------------------- 250
In the Decision and Direction of Elections previously referred to,
the Board made no final determination as to-the appropriate unit or
units. The Board there stated :
Since we have previously found the I. A. M. unit to be appro-
priate as a separate bargaining unit, and now find that it could
be included in a larger production and maintenance unit, we shall
direct that the employees in the I. A. M., unit indicate by vote
whether they desire to continue being represented in a separate
unit or wish to be represented as part of a production and mainte-
nance unit.
Upon the entire record in the case, the Board makes the following :
SUPPLEMENTAL FINDINGS OF FACT
We find that all employees in the machine shop of the, Company,
including electricians, car men, millwrights, and their helpers, and
John Bushong, but excluding supervisory employees, constitute a unit
appropriate for the purposes of collective bargaining within the mean-
ing of Section 9 (b) of the Act.
We also find that all production and maintenance employees of the
Company's mill operations, including W. D. Crawford and J. Robin-
son, but excluding supervisory and clerical employees, conductors,
brakemen, firemen, engineers, and hostlers on the Company's logging
trains, employees, of the machine shop, electricians, car men, mill-
wrights, and their helpers, and John Bushong, constitute a unit ap-
propriate for the purposes of collective bargaining within the mean-
ing of Section 9 (b) of the Act.
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
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, and pursuant to Article III, Sections 8 and 9, of National Labor
Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series 2, as amended.
A-094 ' DECISIONS'OF NATIONAL-LABOR---RELATIONS BOARD
IT IS HEREBYcERTIFIEn that International Association, of Machinists,,
Lodge No. 1473, A. F. L., has been designated'and selected by a majority„
of all employees in the machine shop of Weyerhaeuser Timber Com=:
pany, Klamath Falls, Oregon, including electricians, car men, mill-
wrights, and their helpers, and John Busfong, but excluding super-
visory employees, as their representative for the purposes of 'collective
bargaining, and that, pursuant to Section 9 (a)• of the National Labor
Relations Act, International Association of Machinists, Lodge No. 1473,
A. F. L., is the exclusive 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. -
IT IS FURTHER CERTIFIED that International Woodworkers of America,
Local 6-12, C. I. 0., has been designated and selected by a majority of
all production and maintenance employees of Weyerhaeuser Timber
Company, Klamath Falls, Oregon, including W. D. Crawford and
J. Robinson, but excluding supervisory and clerical employees, con-
ductors, brakemen, firemen, engineers, and hostlers on the Company's
logging trains, employees of the machine shop, electricians, car nmen,
millwrights, and their helpers; and John Bushong, as their repre-
sentative for the purposes of collective bargaining, and that pursuant
to Section 9 (a) of the National Labor Relations Act, International
Woodworkers of,America, Local 6-12, C. I. 0., is the exclusive repre-
sentative of all such employees for the purposes of collective bargain-
ing i n respect to rates of pay, wages, hours of employment, and other
conditions of employment.