Carlisle Lumber Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Jul 3, 1941

33 N.L.R.B. 128 (N.L.R.B. 1941)

In'the Matter of CARLISLE LUMBER COMPANY and LUMBER & SAWMILL.
'.WORKERS UNION, LOCAL. No. 2697, CHARTERED BY THE UNITED
BROTHERHOOD OF CARPENTERS' AND JOINERS OF AMERICA, AFFILIATED
'WITH THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR
Case No. R-2321
SUPPLEMENTAL DECISION
AND
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
July 3, 1941
On April 22 , 1941, the National Labor Relations Board, herein
called the Board, issued its Decision and Direction of Election in this
proceeding.' Pursuant to the Direction of Election , an election by
secret ballot was conducted on May .9, 1941, under the direction and
supervision of the Regional Director for the Nineteenth Region
(Seattle , Washington). On May 13, 1941, the Regional Director,
acting pursuant to Article III, Section 9, of National Labor Relations
Board Rules and Regulations-Series 2, as amended, issued and duly
served upon the parties an Election Report .' As to the balloting and.
its results the Regional Director reported as follows :
Total on eligibility list----------------------------------- 860
Total ballots challenged----------------------------------- - 66
Votes cast for Lumber and Sawmill Workers Union , Local -
No. 2697 ----------------------------------------------- 452'
Votes cast for. International Woodworkers of America, Local
No. 3-6------------------------------------------------- .305
Votes cast for Neither------------------------------------ 3
Total on eligibility list not voting-------------------------- 34
On May 21, 1941, International Woodworkers of America, Local
No..3-6, C. I. 0., filed its objections to the Election Report. On
June 5, 1941, the Regional Director issued his Report on objections.
The Board has considered the Election Report, the objections thereto,
and the Regional Director's Report on objections, and finds that the
objections do not raise substantial and material issues in respect to
1 31 N. L . R. B. 180.
33 N. L. R. B., No. 27.
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the conduct of the ballot or the Election Report. The objections are
hereby overruled.
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 HEREBY CERTIFIED that Lumber & Sawmill Workers Union,
Local No. 2697, Chartered by United Brotherhood of Carpenters and
Joiners of America, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor,
has been designated and selected by a majority of all the production
and maintenance employees of Carlisle Lumber Company,. Onalaska,
Washington, in its mill and logging operations at and near Onalaska,
Washington, and in its town department, at Onalaska, Washington,
including the head sawyers, the head filer, the store clerk, the car-
loading and lumber piling boss in the yard and shed, and the head
car whacker, but excluding employees in the shingle mill, the Jap boss,
the night foreman of the machine shop, the employees' of the New-
aukum Railroad Company, clerical and office employees, and super-
visory employees with the power to hire or.discharge or to recommend
for. hiring or discharge, as their representative for the.purposes of
collective bargaining and that pursuant- to Section 9 (a) of the
National' Labor Relations Act, Lumber & Sawmill Workers Union,
Local No. 2697, Chartered by 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.