Mt. Shasta Pine Manufacturing Co.

In the Matter Of MT. SHASTA PINE MANUFACTURING COMPANY and NORTHERN CALIFORNIA PINE WORKERS ASSOCIATION Case No. R-2908.-Decided September 20,1941 Investigation and Certification of Representatives : stipulation for Certification of Representatives upon consent election. Alice M. Rosseter, for the Board. Mr. Frank Ball, of Mt. Shasta, Calif., for the Company. Mr. W. H. Day, of Mt. Shasta, Calif., for the Union. Mr. Louis Cokin, of counsel to the Board. DECISION AND CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES STATEMENT OF THE CASE On July 12, 1941, Northern California Pine Workers Association, herein called the Union, filed with the Regional Director for the Twentieth Region (San Francisco, California) a petition alleging that a question affecting commerce had arisen concerning the representa- tion of employees of Mt. Shasta Pine Manufacturing Company, herein called the Company, engaged in the manufacture and distribution of lumber and lumber products at Mt. Shasta, California, and requesting an investigation and certification of representatives pursuant to Sec- tion 9 (c) of the National Labor Relations Act, 49 Stat. 449, herein collpd the Act. On August 2, 1941, the Company, the Union, and the Regional Director entered into a "STIPULATION- FOR CERTIFI- CATION UPON CONSENT ELECTION." On August 6, 1941, the National Labor Relations Board, herein called the Board, acting pur- suant to Section 9 (c) of the Act, and Article III, Section 9, of National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series 2, as amended, ordered an investigation and authorized the Regional Director to conduct it and to provide for an appropriate hearing upon due notice. Pursuant to the Stipulation, an election by secret ballot was con- ducted on August 11, 1941, under the direction and supervision of the Regional Director, among all production and maintenance employees of the Company, excluding executives, foremen, clerical workers, and watchmen, to determine whether or not said employees desire to be represented by the Union. On August 12, 1941, the Regional Director issued and duly served upon the parties an Election Report on the 35 N L. It. B., No. 22. 114 I MT. SHASTA PINE MANUFACTURING COMPANY 115 ballot. No objections to the conduct of the ballot or the Election Report have been filed by any of the parties. In his Election Report, the Regional Director reported as follows concerning the balloting and its results: Total number eligible to vote--------------------------------- 180 Number of votes for Northern California Pine Workers Associa- tion ------------------------------------------------------ 120 Number of votes against Northern California Pine Workers Asso- ciation --------------------------------------------------- 40 Total number of votes counted------------------------------- 160 Number of blank ballots------------------------------------- 0 Number of void ballots-------------------------------------- 3 Number of challenged ballots--------------------------------- 0 Upon the basis of the Stipulation, the Election Report, and the entire record in the case, the Board makes the following : FINDINGS OF FACT 1. A question affecting commerce has arisen concerning the repre- sentation of employees of Mt. Shasta Pine Manufacturing Company, Mt. Shasta, California, within the meaning of Section 9 (c) and Sec- tion 2 (6) and (7) of the National Labor Relations Act. 2. All production and maintenance employees of the Company, ex- cluding executives, foremen, clerical workers, and watchmen, constitute a unit appropriate for the purposes of collective bargaining, within the meaning of Section 9 (b) of the National Labor.Relations Act. 3. Northern California Pine Workers Association has been desig- nated and selected by a majority of the employees in the above unit as their representative for the purposes of collective bargaining, and is the exclusive representative of all employees in said unit, within the meaning of Section 9 (a) 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 Rela- tions Act IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that Northern California Pine Workers Association has been designated and selected by a majority of all pro- duction and maintenance employees'of Mt. Shasta Pine Manufactur- ing Company, Mt. Shasta, California, excluding executives,. foremen, clerical workers, and watchmen, as their representative for the pur- poses of collective bargaining, and that, pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the Act, Northern California Pine Workers Association is the ex- clusive representative of all such employees for the purposes of col- lective bargaining in respect to rates of pay, wages, hours of employ- ment, and other conditions of employment. 4.-51270-42-N of 33--O