Buckley Hemlock Mills, Inc.

In the Matter of BUCKLEY HEMLOCK MILLS, INC., BUCKLEY LOGGING COMPANY and INTERNATIONAL WOODWORKERS OF AMERICA, LOCAL No. 52 Case No. R-974 CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES October 21, 1939 On September 19, 1939, the National Labor Relations Board, herein called the Board, issued a Decision and Direction of Elections in the above-entitled proceeding.' The Direction of Elections provided that separate elections by secret ballot be conducted (1) among all the em- ployees of the Buckley Hemlock Mills, Inc., who were on the Com- pany's pay roll for the period next preceding the date of the Direction of Elections, including employees who did not work during such pay- roll period because they were ill or on vacation, and employees who were then or had since been temporarily laid off, but excluding super- visory employees with authority to hire and discharge, clerical em- ployees, truck drivers, the following persons : R. L. Brasen, J. R. Loughran, Rufus Semanski, and J. G. Workman, and employees who had since quit or been discharged for cause, to determine whether they desired to be represented by International Woodworkers of America, Local No. 52, affiliated with the Congress of Industrial Organizations, or by Lumber and Sawmill Workers Union, Local 2613, chartered by the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, for the purposes of collective bar- gaining, or by neither; and (2) among all the employees of the Buckley Logging Company who were on the Company's pay roll for the period next preceding the date of the Direction of Elections, including employees who did not work during such pay-roll period because they were ill or on vacation, and employees who were then or had since been temporarily laid off, but excluding supervisory em- ployees with authority to hire and discharge, clerical employees, the following persons : B. B. Peterson, E. G. Peterson, O. R. Peterson, George Vassil, H. F. Martin, and Joe Blessing, and any person since hired by the Logging Company to fill the position held by them at the time of the hearing, and employees who had since quit or been 115 N. L. R. B. 498. 16 N. L. R. B., No. 28. 209 210 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD discharged for cause, to determine whether or not they. desired to be represented by International Woodworkers of America, Local No. 52, affiliated with the Congress of Industrial Organizations, for the purposes of collective bargaining. Pursuant to the Direction of ' Elections, elections by secret ballot were conducted on October 3, 1939, under the direction and super- vision of the Regional Director for the Nineteenth Region..(Seattlef; Washington). On October 4,1939, the-.Regional. Director;.actingpur.- suant to Article III, Section 9, of National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series 2, issued and duly served upon the parties his Election Report. No objections to the conduct of the ballot or the Election Report have been filed by any of the parties. The Regional Director reported the following results of the balloting : Employees of Buckley , Hemlock Mills, Inc. : Total number of employees eligible to vote_________ ______ 34 Total number of ballots cast_____________________________ 32 Total number of ballots cast for Lumber and Sawmill Workers Union; Local2613 ,=A. F. of L_______ ---------- 22 Total number of votes cast for International ' Woodworkers' of America, Local No. 52, C. I. O_______________________ 10 Total number of ballots cast for neither organization----- 0 Total number of blank ballots___________________________ 0 Total number of void ballots____________________________ 0 Total number of challenged ballots________ ______________ 0 Employees of Buckley Logging Company : Total number of employees eligible to vote___________ _____ 97 Total number of ballots cast_____________________________ 94 Total number of ballots cast for International Wood- workers of America, Local No. 52 ---------------------- 89 Total number of ballots cast against International Wood- ' workers of America, Local No. 52______________________ 5 Total number of blank ballots___________________________ 0 Total number of void ballots_____________________________ 0 Total number of challenged ballots___ ___________________ 0 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, IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that Lumber and Sawmill Workers Union, Local 2613, chartered by the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, has been designated and selected by a majority of the employees of Buckley Hemlock Mills, Inc., Buckley, Washington, excluding supervisory employees with authority to hire and discharge, clerical employees, truck drivers and the following persons : R. L. Brasen, J. R. Loughran, Rufus Semanski and J. G. Workman, as their representative' for the BUCKLEY HEMLOCK MILLS, INC. 211 purposes of collective bargaining, and that, pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the Act, Lumber and Sawmill Workers Union, Local 2613, chartered by the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, 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 International Woodworkers of America, Local No. 52, affiliated with the Congress of Industrial Organizations, has been designated and selected by a majority of the employees of the Buckley Logging Company, exclusive of supervisory employees, with authority to hire and discharge, clerical employees, and the following persons : B. B. Peterson, E. G. Peterson, O. R. Peterson, George Vassil, H. F. Martin, and Joe Blessing, as their representative for the pur- poses of collective bargaining, and that, pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the Act, International Woodworkers of America,, Local No. 52, affili- ated with the Congress of Industrial Organizations, 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.