White Star Lumber Co.

In the Matter Of WHITE STAR LUMBER COMPANY and LUMBER AND SAWMILL WORKERS' UNION, LOCAL No. 2834, CHARTERED BY THE UNITED BROTHERHOOD OF CARPENTERS AND JOINERS OF AMERICA, AFFILIATED WITH THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR Case No. R-1876 CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES September 9, 1940 On July 13, 1940, the National Labor Relations Board issued a De- cision and Direction of Election in the above-entitled proceedings., Pursuant to the Direction of Election, an election by secret ballot was conducted on August_ 9, 1940, under the direction and supervision of the Acting Regional Director for the Nineteenth Region ( Seattle, Washington). On August 10, 1940, the Acting 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 an Election Report. 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 Acting Regional Director reported as follows : Total on eligibility list ___________________________________ 130 Total ballots cast_________________________________________ 126 Total votes in favor of Lumber and Sawmill Workers' Union, Local No. 2834, chartered by the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America , affiliated with the American Federation of Labor___________________________ 98 _ Total votes in favor of International Woodworkers of America, Local No 22__________________________________ 28 Total on eligibility list not voting_________________________ 4 By virtue of and pursuant to the power vested in the National Labor Relations Board by Section 9 (c) of the National Labor Re- lations Act, 49 Stat. 449, and pursuant to Article III, Sections 8 and 9, of National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series 2, as amended, 125 N L. R. B 363 27 N. L. R. B, No. 35. 159 160 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that Lumber and Sa wmill Workers' Union, Local No. 2834, chartered by the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America , affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, has been designated and selected by a majority of the produc-_ tion and maintenance employees of White Star Lumber Company in and about its logging operations and sawmill at Whites, Washing- ton,'excluding supervisory and clerical employees , truck drivers, and persons employed in the store and Montesano retail yard of the Company, specifically those persons listed in Appendix A or their successors, as their representative for the purposes of collective bar- gaining, and that, pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the Act , Lumber and Sawmill Workers' Union, Local No. 2834 , chartered by the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America , 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 paiy, wages, hours of employment , and other conditions of employment. APPENDIX A Clerical -------------------------------- Hilliard, Ellen Hink, A. C. Lovell, Jeanne Store ---------------------------------- Dailey, M M. Forbes, Ella Russell, Jack Supervisory (According to Company)-_-_ Bloomingdale, L C. (mill superin- tendent) Demers, James (scaler-confidential) Dunlap, Earle (bullbuck) Elwing, John (shop) Finney, Ted (woods superintendent) McKenna, James (truck shop) Vaughan, George H. (yard foreman) Westover, D. L. (shop) Bergstrom, Otto Montesano Retail Yard------------------ Bender, Albert McNutt, M. D. Wyman, Max Truck drivers__________________________ Barnes, Art Curtice, Clyde Daniels, Russell Geer, Frank - Murrey, Lloyd