Lewis Lumber Co.

In the Matter of LEwIS LUMBER COMPANY and INTERNATIONAL WOOD- WORKERS OF AMERICA, LOCAL UNION, No. 257, AFFILIATED WITH THE C. I. O. Case No. R-0416 SUPPLEMENTAL DECISION AND CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES June 30, 1941 On' May 9, 1941, the National Labor Relations Board, herein called the Board, issued its Decision and Direction of Elections,' in the above-entitled proceeding. Pursuant to the Direction of Elections, elections by secret ballot were conducted on June 3, 1941, under the direction and supervision of the Regional Director for the Nineteenth Region (Seattle, Washington). On June 6, 1941, the Regional Di- rector, acting pursuant to Article III, Section 9, of National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series 2, as amended, issued an Election Report, copies of which were duly served upon the parties. 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 the results thereof, the Regional Director reported as follows : Logging Camp and Sawmill Operations Total on eligibility list------------------------------------- 77 Votes cast for International Woodworkers of America, Local 257------------------------------------------------- 50 Votes cast for Lumber and Sawmill Workers, Local 2574----- 22 Votes cast for neither--------------------------------------- 2 Total on eligibility list not voting---------------------------- 3 Planing Mill Operation Total on eligibility list-------------------------------------- 40 Votes cast for International Woodworkers of America, Local 257----------------'-------------------------------- 7 Votes cast against International Woodworkers of America, Local 257------------------------------------------------- 31 Total on eligibility list not voting---------------------------- 2 1 31 N . L. R. B. 688. 33 N. L. R. B., No. 19. 92 ' . LEWIS LUMBER COMPANY 93 In the Decision and Direction of Elections previously referred to the Board made no ' final determination as to the appropriate unit. The Board there stated : If a majority of the employees of the sawmill and logging camp and those of the planing mill designate the I. W. A. -as their collective bargaining representative, then the employees of the sawmill,' logging camp, and planing mill shall constitute a single appropriate unit. Otherwise they shall constitute two separate units. Since a majority of the employees of the planing mill voted against, and a majority of the employees of the logging camp and sawmill voted for the I. W. A., we 'shall find that the employees of the log- ging camp and sawmill constitute a separate appropriate unit and shall certify the I. W. A. as their representative. Upon the basis of the entire record in the case the Board makes the following : SUPPLEMENTAL FINDING OF FACT We find that the employees of the logging camp and sawmill operations of Lewis Lumber Company, Dexter, Oregon, excluding supervisory and office employees, officers, and stockholders, the flume boss, and the bull buck, 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 finding of fact and upon the entire record in the case the Board makes the following : SUPPLEMENTAL CONCLUSION OF LAW The employees of the logging camp and sawmill operations of Lewis Lumber Company, Dexter, Oregon, excluding supervisory and office employees, officers, and stockholders, the flume boss, and the bull buck, 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 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. 94 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL, LABOR RELATIONS BOARD IT' IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that International Woodworkers of America, Local Union 257, affiliated with the C. I. 0., has been' designated and selected by a majority of the employees of the logging camp and' sawmill operations of Lewis Lumber Company, Dexter,' Oregon, ex- cluding supervisory and office employees, officers, and stockholders, the. flume boss, and the bull buck, as their representative for the purposes of collective bargaining, and that pursuant to the provisions of Section 9 (a), of the National Labor Relations Act, International Woodworkers of America, Local Union 257, affiliated with the C. I. 0., 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.