Long-Bell Lumber Co.

In the Matter of LONG -BELL LUMBER COMPANY, WEED DIVISION and BROTHERHOOD OF LOCOMOTIVE FIREMEN & ENGINEMEN In the Matter of LONG-BELL LUMBER COMPANY , WEED DIVISION and BROTHERHOOD OF RAILROAD TRAINMEN In the Matter of LONG-BELL LUMBER COMPANY , WEED DIVISION and LUMBER AND SAWMILL WORKERS UNION #2913 Cases Nos. R-3018 to R--3000, inclusive CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES December 19, 1941 On November 3, 1941, the National Labor Relations Board issued a Decision and Direction of Elections in the above -entitled proceed- ing.) Pursuant to the Direction of Elections , elections by secret bal- lot were conducted on November 25 and 26, 1941 , under the direction and supervision of the Regional Director for the Twentieth Region (San Francisco , California). On November 29, 1941, the Regional Director, acting pursuant to Article III, Section 9, of National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series 2 as amonded, issued and duly served upon the -parties ' her Elections Report. No objec- tions to the conduct of the ballots or the Elections Report have been filed by any of the parties. As to the balloting and its results, the Regional Director reported as follows : Engineers, fremen, and hostlers Total, number., eligible to vote ---------------------------- 14 Number of votes for Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen ,& Enginemen ------------------------------------------ 13 Number of votes against Brotherhood of Locomotive Fire- men & Enginemen ------------------------------------- 0 Total number of votes counted --------------------------- 13 Void ballots --------------------------------------------- 0 Blank ballots -------------------------------------------- 0 Challenged ballots --------------------------------------- 0 136 N. L R B 664 37 N.L R.B, No 130. 807 808 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS' BOARD Conductors and brakemen Total number eligible to vote ----------------------------- Number of votes for Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen___- 12 11 Number of votes against Brotherhood of Railroad Train- men -------------------- - ----------------------- -------- -- 0 Total number of votes counted ----------------------------- 11 Void ballots --------------------------------------------- 0 Blank ballots -------------------------------------------- 0 Challenged ballots --------------------- ------------------ 0 Prodnclion, and maintenance employees Total number eligible to vote ----------------------------- 237 Number of votes for Lumber & Sawmill Workers Local 2913 A F. of L -------------------------------------------- 116 Number of votes for International Woodworkers of America, Local 6-12, C LO -------------------------------------- 46 Number of votes for Neither ------------------------- '__ __ 22 Total number of votes counted ---------------------------- 184 Void ballots ---------------------- I ballots -------------------------------------------- 0 Challenged - ballots --------- ------------------------------ - 1 Since the challenged ballot in the election; among the production and -maintenance employees cannot, affect the ultimate result of that election, 'we, find it unnecessary to, male any, determination,with re- spect thereto. 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, - IT IS r-IEREBY CERTIFIED that Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen Enginemen has been' designated an'ci selected by a majority qf'all locomotive engineers, firemen, hostlers, and hostler helpers employed by Long-Bell Lumber Company, Kansas City, Missouri, on its rail- road at its operations at Tennant and Modoc, Camp 1, California, in- cluding F. Al. Filson, as their representative for the purposes of col- lective bargaining, and- that, pursuant to Section 9' (a) ,of the Act, Brotherhood of Locomo''tive'Firemen & Enginemen„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; and IT IS HEREBY FURTHER CERTIFIED that Brotheihood Of Railroad Trainmen has been designated and selected by a majority, of, all conductors and brakemen employed by Long-Bell',L= ranger Company, Kansas City, Missouri, on its railroad at its operations at Tennant and Modoc, Camp 1, California, including Jens Christensen, as their LONG-BELL LUMBER COMPANY 809 representative for the purposes of collective bargaining, and that, pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the Act, Brotherhood of Railroad Train- men 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 ; and IT IS HEREBY FURTHER CERTIFIED that Lumber and Sawmill Workers Union, Local 2913, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, has been designated and selected by a majority of all production and maintenance employees of Long-Bell Lumber Company, Kansas City, Missouri, employed at its operations at Tennant and Modoc, Camp 1, California, excluding supervisory and clerical employees, and locomotive engineers, firemen, hostlers, hostler helpers, conduc- tors, and brakemen employed on the Company's railroad, as their representative for the purposes of collective bargaining, and that, pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the Act, Lumber and Sawmill Workers Union, Local 2913, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, 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. 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