B. F. Johnson Lumber Company

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Jun 28, 1939

13 N.L.R.B. 434 (N.L.R.B. 1939)

In the Matter of B. F . JOHNSON LUMBER COMPANY and LUMBER AND
SAWMILL WORKERS UNION7 LOCAL No. 2839 , CHARTERED BY UNITED
BROTHERHOOD OF CARPENTERS AND JOINERS OF AMERICA, AFFILIATED
WITH THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR
Case No. R-1151
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
June 28, 1939
On April 11, 1939, the National Labor Relations Board, herein
called the Board, issued a Decision, Order and Direction of Election
in the above-entitled case., The Direction of Election directed that
an election by secret ballot be conducted within twenty (20) days
from the date of the Direction among all plant and production em-
ployees employed by B. F. Johnson Lumber Company, during the pay-
roll period next preceding the date of the Direction, excluding office
employees, foremen, and other supervisory employees, to determine
whether they desired to be represented by Lumber and Sawmill Work-
ers Union, Local No. 2839, chartered by United Brotherhood of Car-
penters and Joiners of America, affiliated with the American Feder-
ation of Labor, or by Lumber and Sawmill Workers Union, Local
No. 3, International Woodworkers of America, affiliated with the Com-
mittee for Industrial Organization, for the purposes of collective
bargaining, or by neither.
Pursuant to the Direction of Election, an election by secret ballot
was held on April 28, 1939, under the direction and supervision of the
Regional Director for the Nineteenth Region (Seattle, Washington).
On May 23, 1939, the said Regional Director, acting pursuant to
Article III, Section 9, of National Labor Relations Board Rules and
Regulations-Series 1, as amended, issued and duly served upon the
parties his Intermediate Report on the election.
As to the balloting and its results, the Regional Director reported
as follows :
Total number eligible voters ------------------------------- 93
Total number of ballots cast______________________________ 93
Total number of votes in favor of Lumber and Sawmill Work-
ers Union, Local No. 2839 , chartered by United Brother-
hood of Carpenters and Joiners of America_______________ 60
212 N. L R. B. 209.
13 N. L. R. B., No. 50.
434
B. F. TOHNSON LUMBER COMPANY 435
Total number of votes in favor of Lumber and Sawmill Work-
ers Union, Local No. 3, International Woodworkers of
America, affiliated with the C. I. O_______________________ 31
Total number of votes in favor of neither__________________ 2
Total number of blank ballots____________________________ None
Total number of void ballots ______________________________ None
Total number of challenged votes__________________ _________ None
Total number eligible voters not voting_____________________ None
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 1, as
amended,
IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that Lumber and Sawmill Workers Union,
Local No. 2839, 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 the plant and pro-
duction employees of B. F. Johnson Lumber Company, excluding
office employees, foremen, and other supervisory employees, 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 No. 2839, chartered by United Brotherhood of Carpenters
and Joiners of America , affiliated with the American Federation of
Labor , ' as 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.