Canyon Lumber Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Sep 29, 1939

15 N.L.R.B. 765 (N.L.R.B. 1939)

In the Matter of CANYON LUMBER COMPANY and LUMBER AND SAW-
MILL WORKERS UNION, LOCAL No. 2655, CHARTERED BY THE UNITED
BROTHERHOOD OF CARPENTERS AND JOINERS OF AMERICA
Case No. R-1414
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
September 29, 1939
On August 23, 1939, the National Labor Relations Board, herein
called the Board, issued in the above-entitled proceeding a Decision
and Direction of Election.' The Direction of Election provided that
an election by secret ballot be conducted within twenty (20) days
from the date of the Direction among the production and mainte-
nance employees of Canyon Lumber Company whose names appeared
on the Company's pay roll for October. 1938, including employees who
did not work during such pay-roll period because they were ill or on
vacation and employees who were then or have since been temporar-
ily laid off, and including boommen, but excluding office and super-
visory employees, and those who had since quit or had been dis-
charged for cause, to determine whether they desired to be repre-
sented for the purposes of collective bargaining by Lumber and Saw-
mill Workers Union, Local No. 2655, chartered by the United Broth=
erhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, affiliated with the
American Federation of Labor, or by International Woodworkers of
America, Local No. 101, affiliated with the Congress of Industrial
Organizations, or by neither.
Pursuant to the Direction of Election, an election by secret ballot
was conducted on September 9, 1939, at Everett, Washington, under
the direction and supervision of the Regional Director for the Nine-
teenth Region (Seattle, Washington). On September 11, 1939, the
Regional Director, acting pursuant to Article III, Section 9, of
National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series 2,
issued and duly served upon the parties an Election Report contain-
ing a tally of the ballots and his, findings and recommendations. No
objections or exceptions to the Election Report have been filed by
any of the parties.
114 N. L. R. B. 931.
15 N. L. R. B., No. 80.
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The Regional Director reported the following results of the
balloting :
Total number of eligible voters___________ ___________________ 241
Total number of ballots --------------- 201
Total number of votes in favor - of Lumber and Sawmill
Workers Union , Local No. 2655, affiliated with the United
Brotherhood of-Caipenters and Joiners- of America ,-AFL____ 118
Total number of votes in favor of Local 101 , International
Woodworkers of America , affiliated with -, the-CIO ----------- 82
Total number of votes in favor of neither--------------------- 0
Total number of blank ballots _______________________________ 0
Total number of void ballots ________________________________ 1
Total number of challenged votes ______________________ 0
Total number eligible voters not voting______________________ 40
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 No. 2655, chartered by the United Brotherhood of Carpenters
and Joiners of America, affiliated with the American Federation of
Labor, has been selected by a majority of the production and mainte-
nance employees of Canyon Lumber Company, Everett, -Washington,
exclusive of office and supervisory employees, as their representa-
tive for the purposes of collective bargaining, and that pursuant to
Section 9 (a) of the National Labor Relations Act, Lumber and
Sawmill Workers Union, Local No. 2655, 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 pay, wages, hours of employment, and other
conditions of employment.