The Red River Lumber Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Jun 12, 1941

32 N.L.R.B. 637 (N.L.R.B. 1941)

In the Matter of THE RED RIVER LUMBER COMPANY, A CORPORATION
and LUMBER AND SAWMILL WORKERS LOCAL UNION No. 53, INTER-
NATIONAL WOODWORKERS OF AMERICA
In the Matter of THE RED RIVER LUMBER COMPANY, A CORPORATION
and LUMBER & SAWMILL WORKERS LOCAL 2836, UNITED BROTHER-
HOOD OF CARPENTERS & JOINERS, A. F. OF L.
In the Matter of THE RED RIVER LUMBER COMPANY, A CORPORATION
and OFFICE EMPLOYEES UNION 21697, A. F. OF L.
Cases C-10.23, R-1104, and R-1105 respectively
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
June 12, 1941
On December 13, 1938, the National Labor Relations Board, herein
called the Board, issued its Decision, Order, Direction of Election,
and Certification of Representatives 1 in the above-entitled proceeding.
On April 16, April 25, and May 16, 1941, the Board issued an Amend-
ment, Second Amendment, and Third Amendment to Direction of
Election therein.2 Pursuant to the Direction of Election, as amended,
an election by secret ballot was conducted on May 28, 1941, at West-
wood, California, under the direction and supervision of the Acting
Regional Director for the Twentieth Region (San Francisco, Cali-
fornia). On June 2, 1941, the Acting Regional Director, acting pur-
suant to Article III, Section 9, of National Labor Relations Board
Rules and Regulations-Series 2, as amended, issued and duly served
upon the parties his Election Report. No objections to the conduct
of the ballot or to the Election Report have been filed by any of the
parties.
As to the balloting and its results, the Acting Regional Director
reported as follows :
Total number eligible to vote______________________________ 1736
Number of votes for Lumber & Sawmill Workers Local Union
No. 53, International Woodworkers of America________ ___ 432
Number of votes for Lumber & Sawmill Workers Local 2836,
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners____________ 1059
110 N. L. R. B. 594.
2 31 N. L. R. B. 10 and 11, respectively.
32 N. L. R. B., No. 117.
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Number of votes for neither -------------------------------- 26
Total number of ballots counted___________________________ 1517
Number of blank ballots __________________________________ 0
Number of void ballots__________________________________ 0
Number of challenged ballots_ _____________________________ 58
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 Local 2836,
United Brotherhood of Carpenters & Joiners, A. F. of L., has been
designated and selected by a majority of all the production and main-
tenance workers employed by The Red River Lumber Company in
the operations at or contributory to its lumber mill at Westwood,
California, including those engaged in the logging camps and includ-
ing all persons who receive compensation by company check and
carry company brass checks, and excluding all main office employees,
supervisory employees, all employees working for contractors under
contract with The Red River Lumber Company, Westwood, Cali-
fornia, all Ross Carrier operators in the plant, and all truck drivers,
catskinners, and loading hoisters in the logging operations, as their
representative for the purposes of collective bargaining, and that,
pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the National Labor Relations Act, Lum-
ber & Sawmill Workers Local 2836, United Brotherhood of Carpenters
& Joiners, A. F. of L., 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.