Weyerhaeuser Timber Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

May 13, 1941

31 N.L.R.B. 843 (N.L.R.B. 1941)

In the Matter Of WEYERHAEUSER TIMBER COMPANY and INTER-
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS, LODGE No. 1473, AFFILIATED
WITH THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR
In the Matter Of WEYERHAEUSER TIMBER COMPANY KLAMATH FALLS
BRANCH and BROTHERHOOD OF LOCOMOTIVE FIREMEN AND ENGINEMEN
In the Matter Of WEYERHAEUSER TIMBER COMPANY KLAMATH FALLS
BRANCH and BROTHERHOOD OF RAILROAD TRAINMEN
Cases Nos. R-°3303 to R-2305, inclusive,
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
May 13, 1941
On April 2, 1941, the National Labor Relations Board issued its
Decision and Direction of Elections in the above entitled proceed-
ings. ' Pursuant to the Direction of Elections , elections by secret
ballot were - conducted on April 23 and 24, 1941 , under the direction
and supervision of the Regional Director for the Nineteenth Region
(Seattle, Washington ). On April 26, 1941, the Regional Director,
acting pursuant to Article III, Section 9, of National Labor Rela-
tions , Board Rules and Regulations-Series 2, as amended; issued
and duly served upon the parties his, Election Report. No objec-
tions 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 :
Conductors and Brakemen
Total on eligibility list______________________________________ 12
Total votes in favor bf Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen_ 12
Total votes opposed to Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen-___ 0
Firemen and Enginemen
Total
Total
on eligibility list_____________________________________
votes in favor of Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
22
and
Total
Enginemen-------------------------------------------
votes opposed to Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
21
and Enginemen------------------------------------------ 0
Total on eligibility list not voting----------
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1 30 N L. R B. 872.
31 N. L. R. B, No. 140.
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844 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD
Machinists
Total on eligibility list----------------------- --------------- 106
Total votes in favor of International Association of Machinists,
Lodge No. 1473------------------------------------------- 76
Total votes opposed to International Association of Machinists,
Lodge No. 1473------------------------------------------- 18
Total on eligibility list not voting----------------------- --- 12
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 At, 49 Stat. 449, and pursuant to Article III, Sections 8 and 9,
of National Labor Relations, Board RulesVand Regulations-Series 2,
as amended,
IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
has been designated and selected, by a majority of all conductors and
brakemen employed on the logging trains of Weyerhaeuser Timber
Company, Klamath Falls Branch, Klamath Falls, Oregon, exclusive
of supervisory employees, as their representative for the purposes of
collective bargaining, and that, pursuant to the provisions of Sec-
tion 9 (a) of the National Labor Relations Act, Brotherhood of Rail-
road Trainmen 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 HEREBY CERTIFIED that Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
and Enginemen has been designated and selected by a majority of all
firemen, engineers, and hostlers employed on the logging trains of
Weyerhaeuser Timber Company, Klamath Falls Branch, Klamath
Falls, Oregon, 'exclusive of supervisory employees, as their repre-
sentative for the purposes of collective bargaining, and that, pur-
suant to the provisions of Section 9 (a) of the National Labor Rela-
tions Act, Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen is the
exclusive representative of all such employees for purposes of col-
lective bargaining in respect to rates of pay, wages, hours of employ-
ment, and other conditions of employment.
IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that International Association of Machinists,
Lodge No. 1473, has been designated and selected by a majority of
all employees in the machine shop and all electricians, carmen, mill-
wrights, and their helpers, employed by Weyerhaeuser Timber Com-
pany, Klamath Falls Branch, Klamath Falls, Oregon, including
L. L. Robeson, B. Noel Hanscom, Frank Summers, William Ayers,
and William Phillips, but excluding supervisory employees, as their
representative for purposes of collective bargaining, and that, pur-
suant to the provisions of Section 9 (a) of the National Labor Rela-
tions Act, International Association of Machinists, Lodge No. 1473,
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.