Weyerhaeuser Timber Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Dec 5, 1939

18 N.L.R.B. 129 (N.L.R.B. 1939)

In the Matter Of WEYERHAEUSER TIMBER COMPANY and INTERNA-
TIONAL WOODWORKERS OF AMERICA, LOCAL No. 107, BOOMMEN AND
RAFTERS
In the Matter of LONGVIEW BRANCH, WEYERHAEUSER TIMBER COM-
PANY and BROTHERHOOD OF LOCOMOTIVE FIREMEN AND ENGINEMEN
In the Matter of LONGVIEW BRANCH, WEYERHAEUSER TIMBER COM-
PANY and BROTHERHOOD OF RAILROAD TRAINMEN
Cases Nos. R-1315, R-1316, and R-1317, respectively
SUPPLEMENTAL DECISION
AND
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
December 5, 1939
On October 30, 1939, the National Labor Relations Board, herein
called the Board, issued its Decision and Direction of Elections in the
above-entitled proceedings., Pursuant to the Direction of Elections,
elections by secret ballot were conducted on November 16 and 17,
1939, under the direction and supervision of the Regional Director
for the Nineteenth Region (Seattle, Washington). On November 20,
1939, the Regional Director, acting pursuant to Article III, Section 9,
of National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series 2,
issued and duly served upon the parties an Election Report on the
elections. 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 :
Boommen, rafters, and slipmen
Total number eligible voters------------------------------- 29
Total number of ballots cast------------------------------- 29
Total number of votes in favor of Boommen and Rafters,
Local 107, I . W. A-------------------------------------- 28
Total number of votes in favor of Lumber and Sawmill
Workers Local 2641, A. F. L.---------------------------- None
Total number of votes in favor of neither ----------------- 1
Total number of blank ballots----------------------------- None
Total number of void ballots------------------------------- None
Total number of challenged votes-------------------------- None
Total number eligible voters not voting--------------------- None
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Conductors and brakemen
Total number eligible voters- ------------------------------ 39
Total number of ballots cast-- ----------------------------- 39
Total number of votes in favor of Brotherhood of Railroad
Trainmen----------------------------------------------- 39
Total number of votes in favor of Lumber and Sawmill
Workers Local 2642------------------------------------- None
Total number of votes in favor of International Woodworkers
of America, Local 36------------------------------------ None
Total number of votes in favor of none of them ------------ None
Total number of blank ballots----------------------------- None
Total number of void ballots------------------------------ None
Total number of challenged votes-------------------------- None
Total number eligible voters not voting-------------------- None
Firemen and engineers
Total number eligible voters----------- -------------------- 33
Total number of ballots cast------------------------------ 32
Total number of votes in favor of Brotherhood of Locomotive
Firemen and Enginemen --------------------------------- 32
Total number of votes in favor of Lumber and Sawmill Work-
ers Local 2642------------------------------------------ None
Total number of votes in favor of International Woodworkers
of America , Local 36------------------------------------ None
Total number of votes in favor of none of them---- --------- None
Total number of blank ballots ----------------------------- None
Total number of void ballots ------------------------------- None
Total number of challenged votes--- ----------------------- None
Total number , eligible voters not voting -------------------- 1
In the Decision and Direction of Elections previously referred to,
the Board stated that upon the results of the elections would depend
in part the determination of the appropriate units for the purposes
of collective bargaining. The Board stated therein with respect to
the election among the boommen, rafters, and slipmen "If, in this
election, a majority of the boommen, rafters, and slipmen cast their
votes for I. W. A. Local 107, we shall find that they constitute an appro-
priate unit and certify I. W. A. Local 107 as exclusive representative
thereof." And with respect to the elections (1) among the con-
ductors and brakemen and (2) among the firemen and engineers,
the Board stated "If the trainmen should receive a majority of the
votes cast by the conductors and brakemen, we shall find that they
constitute an appropriate unit and certify the Trainmen as exclusive
representative thereof. Similarly, if a majority of the firemen and
engineers should designate the Firemen as their representative, we
shall find that they constitute, an appropriate unit and certify the
Firemen as exclusive representative thereof."
WEYERHAEUSER TIMBER COMPANY 131
Upon the entire record in the case, the Board makes the following:
SUPPLEMENTAL FINDINGS OF FACT
We find that all the boommen, rafters, and slipmen employed
by the Weyerhaeuser Timber Company at its Longview Branch,
Longview, Washington, at the mill pond, falling within the classifi-
cations of pondmen, sorters, head raftsmen, log unloaders, slipmen,
or any other such classifications, constitute a unit appropriate for the
purposes of collective bargaining, and that said unit will insure to
the employees of the Company the full benefit of their right to self-
organization and to collective bargaining and otherwise effectuate
the policies of the Act.
We find that all conductors and brakemen employed by the Weyer-
haeuser Timber. Company at its Longview Branch, Longview, Wash-
ington, on the logging trains, constitute a unit appropriate for the
purposes of collective bargaining, and that said unit will insure to
employees of the Company the full benefit of their right to self-
organization and to collective bargaining and otherwise effectuate
the policies of the Act.
We find that all firemen and engineers employed by the Weyer-
haeuser Timber Company at its Longview Branch, Longview, Wash-
ington, on the logging trains, constitute a unit appropriate for the
purposes of collective bargaining, and that said unit will insure to
employees of the Company the full benefit of their right to self-
organization and to collective bargaining and otherwise effectuate the
policies of the Act.
Upon the basis of the above findings of fact and upon the entire
record in the case, the Board makes the following:
SUPPLEMENTAL CONCLUSIONS OF LAW
The employees engaged as boommen, rafters, and slipmen by
the Weyerhaeuser Timber Company at its Longview Branch, Long-
view, Washington, at the mill pond, falling within the classifications
of pondmen, sorters, head raftsmen, log unloaders, slipmen, or any
other such classifications, constitute a unit appropriate for the pur-
poses of collective bargaining within the meaning of Section 9 (b)
of the National Labor Relations Act.
The employees engaged as conductors and brakemen by the Weyer-
haeuser Timber Company at its Longview Branch, Longview, Wash-
ington, on the logging trains constitute a unit appropriate for the
purposes of collective bargaining within the meaning of Section 9 (b)
of the National Labor Relations Act.
The employees engaged as firemen and engineers by the Weyer-
haeuser Timber Company at its Longview Branch, Longview, Wash-
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ington, on the logging trains constitute a unit appropriate for the
purposes of collective bargaining within the meaning of Section 9 (b)
of the National Labor Relations Act.
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
By virtue of and pursuant to the power vested in the National La-
bor 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 Na-
tional Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series 2,
IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that International Woodworkers of Amer-
ica, Local No. 107, Boommen and Rafters, has bean designated and
selected by a majority of the boommen, rafters, and slipmen em-
ployed by the Weyerhaeuser Timber Company at its Longview
Branch, Longview, Washington, at the mill pond, falling within the
classifications of pondmen, sorters, head raftsmen, log unloaders, slip-
men, or any other such classifications, 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. 107,
Boommen and Rafters, 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.
IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that the Brotherhood' of Railroad Trainmen
has been designated and selected by a majority of the conductors
and brakemen employed by the Weyerhaeuser Timber Company at
its Longview Branch, Longview, Washington, on the logging trains,
as their representative for the purposes of collective bargaining, and
that pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the Act, Brotherhood of Railroad
Trainmen 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.
IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
and Enginemen has been designated and selected by a majority of
the firemen and engineers employed by the Weyerhaeuser Timber
Company at its Longview Branch, Longview, Washington, on the
logging trains, as their representative for the purposes of collective
bargaining, and that pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the Act, Brother-
hood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen is the exclusive rep-
resentative 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.