Coos Bay Logging Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Sep 1, 1939

15 N.L.R.B. 51 (N.L.R.B. 1939)

In the Matter of Coos BAY LOGGING COMPANY and INTERNATIONAL
WOODWORKERS OF AMERICA, LOCAL No. 116
Case No. R-1339
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
September 1, 1939
On July 24, 1939 , the National Labor Relations Board, herein
called the Board, issued a Decision , Order, and Direction of Election
in the above -entitled proceeding .' The Direction of Election pro-
vided that an election by secret ballot be conducted within 15 days
from the date of the Direction among all the employees of Coos Bay
Logging Company in its Old Town and Sitka plants , exclusive of
office and supervisory employees , who were employed by the Com-
pany during the period from March 15 to 31 , 1939, including em-
ployees who did not work during such period because they were ill
or on vacation , and also any employees who had been employed by
the Company between March 31, 1939, and the date of the Direction
of Election , but excluding employees who had since quit or been
discharged for cause , to determine whether they desired to be repre-
sented for the purposes of collective bargaining by Lumber and
Sawmill Workers , Local No. 116 , affiliated with the International
Woodworkers of America , which is in . turn affiliated with the Con-.
gress of Industrial Organizations , or by Lumber and Sawmill
Workers Union , Local No. 2573, affiliated with the United Brother-
hood of Carpenters and Joiners of America , which in turn is
affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, or by neither.
Pursuant to the Direction of Election, an election by secret ballot
was conducted on August 8, 1939, under the direction and supervision
of the Regional Director for the Nineteenth Region ( Seattle, Wash-
ington ). On August 12, 1939, the Regional Director , acting pur-
suant to Article III, Section 9, of National Labor Relations Board
Rules and Regulations-Series 2, issued an Intermediate Report on
the election , copies of which were duly served upon the parties. No
objections or exceptions to the Intermediate Report have been filed by
any of the parties.
113 N. L . R. B. 950.
15 N. L. R. B., No. 6.
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The Regional Director reported the following results of the
balloting :
Total number eligible_______________________________________ 160
Total number ballots cast___________________________________ 140
Total number ballots cast for Lumber and Sawmill Workers,
Local No. 116, affiliated with the International Woodworkers
of America (C. I. 0.) ------------------------------------ 119
Total number ballots cast for Lumber and Sawmill Workers
Union, Local No. 2573, affiliated with the United Brotherhood
of Carpenters and Joiners of America (A. F. of L.) --------- 16
Total number ballots for neither labor organization ---------- 1
Total number blank ballots _________________________________ 1
Total number ballots challenged----------------------- -___- 3
By virtue of and pursuant to the power vested in the National
Labor Relations Board by Section 9 (c) of the National Labor
Relations 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, Local
No. 116, affiliated with the International Woodworkers of America,
which in turn is affiliated with the Congress of Industrial-Organiza-
tions, has been designated and selected by a majority of all the em-
ployees of Coos Bay Logging Company, North Bend, Oregon, in its
Old Town and Sitka plants, exclusive of office and supervisory em-
ployees, as their representative for the purposes of collective bar-
gaining, and that, pursuant to (Section 9 (a) of the Act, Lumber and
Sawmill Workers, Local No. 116, affiliated with the International
Woodworkers of America, which in turn is affiliated with the Con-
gress of Industrial Organizations, is the exclusive representative of
all such employees for the purposes of collective bargaining in re-
spect to rates of pay, wages, hours of employment, and other
conditions of employment.
M.R. WILLIAM M. LEISERSON took no part in the consideration of
the above Certification of Representatives.