16 N.L.R.B. 329 (N.L.R.B. 1939)

Pacific Lumber Inspection Bureau, Inc.

National Labor Relations Board - Board DecisionsOct 24, 1939

16 N.L.R.B. 329 (N.L.R.B. 1939)

In the Matter of PACIFIC LUMBER INSPECTION BUREAU, INC. and NORTHWEST LUMBER INSPECTORS' UNION, LOCAL No. 20,877 Case No..R--699 SUPPLEMENTAL DECISION AND SECOND AMENDMENT TO DIRECTION OF ELECTION October 24, 1939 On May 28, 1938 , the National Labor Relations Board, herein called the Board , issued a Decision and Direction of Election in *the above- entitled proceeding ,, the election to be held within forty-five (45) days from the date of the Direction, under the supervision of the Regional Director for the Nineteenth -Region - ( Seattle, Washington ), to deter- mine whether the lumber inspectors of Pacific Lumber Inspection Bureau, Inc ., Seattle , Washington , herein called the Company, desire to be represented by Northwest Lumber Inspectors ' Union, Local No. 20,8771 affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, herein called the Union , or by Northwest Lumber Inspectors ' Association, herein called the Association , for the purposes of collective bargaining, or by neither. On June 23, 1938, the Union duly filed with the Regional Director charges that the Company had dominated and interfered with the formation and administration of the Association , within the meaning of Section 8 (2) of the National Labor Relations Act, 49 Stat. 449. On June 30 , 1938, the Board issued an Amendment to Direction of Election,2 whereby it directed that the election be postponed indefi- nitely pending the investigation and determination of the aforesaid charges. On October 10,.1939, the Company, the Union, and the Association entered into a stipulation , which provides as follows : Whereas the National Labor Relations Board on May 28, 1938 ordered an election in the above entitled matter; Whereas on June 30, 1938 the National Labor Relations Board ordered that said election be postponed indefinitely pending the t 7 N. L. P. B. 529. '7 N. L. R. B.55. 16 N. L. R. B., No. 37. 329 330 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD investigation and determination of charges filed June 23, 1938 by the Northwest Lumber Inspectors' Union, Local No. 20877; Whereas said Local No. 20877 has requested the withdrawal of said charges and such withdrawal has been approved by the Regional Director of the Nineteenth Region of the National Labor Relations Board; Whereas it is anticipated by the parties hereto that the Na- tional Labor Relations Board will shortly order an election in the above entitled matter; Whereas there have been certain changes in the employment status of the employees of the undersigned company; Whereas there should be certain deductions and additions made to the list of names upon which the Order of the Board herein, ordered an election be based, and Whereas it appears that the employees of said company are scattered over a' wide area and that it is impractical to conduct a ballot except by mail, Nov, therefore, it is hereby stipulated by and between the Pacific Lumber Inspection Bureau, Inc., the Northwest Lumber Inspectors' Union, Local No. 20877, and the Northwest Lumber Inspectors' Association that the National Labor Relations Board may, if it approves this stipulation, enter an amended decision and amended direction of election herein, directing that an elec- tion shall be held on the basis of the list of employees, attached hereto marked Exhibit "A" 3 and made a part hereof, less those who may quit or be discharged for cause between this date and the date of said election. It is further stipulated that said election may be conducted by the use of the United States mail. It is further stipulated by and between the parties hereto that this instrument shall be made a part of the record herein, if approved by the National Labor Relations Board, and have the same force and effect as if it had been received in evidence in said matter. By letter dated October 13, 1939, the Regional Director notified the Board that he had approved the Union's request for withdrawal of the above-mentioned charges. The Board hereby approves the above stipulation. It is hereby ordered that the above stipulation. be, and it hereby is, made part of the record in this proceeding. On the basis of the above stipulation the Board finds that the. employees listed below in Appendix A shall be eligible to vote in the election. The Direction of Election will be amended so as to. 3 Set forth infra as Appendix A. PACIFIC LUMBER INSPECTION BUREAU, INCORPORATED 331 provide and to fix a period within which the election shall be conducted. The Board hereby amends its Direction of Election, as amended, to read as follows : DIRECTED that, as a part of the investigation authorized by the Board to ascertain representatives for, the purposes of collective bargaining with Pacific Lumber Inspection Bureau, Inc., Seattle, Washington, an election by secret ballot shall be conducted as early as possible but not later than December 9, 1939, under the direction and supervision of the Regional Director for the Nineteenth Region, actin; in this matter as agent for the National Labor Relations Board and subject to Article III, Section 9, of said Rules and Regulations, among the lumber inspectors listed in Appendix A, less those who have since October 10, 1937, quit or been discharged for cause, to deter- mine whether they desire to be represented by Northwest Lumber Inspectors' Union, Local No. .20,877, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, or by Northwest Lumber Inspectors' Associa- tion, for the purposes of collective bargaining, or by neither. APPENDIX A E. J. Watkins Chas. Finch Otto Dagner S. DeL. Smith D. I. Fish Frank L. Dammann W. A. Morrison Robert Gulin J. E. Dutton Angus Grant Algot Lundquist Louis Egaas W. H. Hines Bert Mason Carl Ehler A., J. Bolman H. S. Misner A. E. Ellsworth P. E. Carpenter W. H. Nelson Alonzo A. Gauslin Frank Arveson W. G. Nix G. Hemness G. S. Fullerton H. M. Olsen E. M. LaPlante Robert Sutherlin Wm. Olson Victor Larson Fred Lund L. A. Regan A. G. LaRue John M. O. Martin Geo. Richardson C. H. MacNichols Earl T. Paulus S. W. Shepard Donald McArthur Robert Wilkinson Wm. Skinner John McIntyre J. H. Eckersly B. J. Thornton W. G. McIntyre Ray M. Garner Floyd Watson Al. Nyhack John Lind Anton Bang Gust Olson Mack Mode Chas. J. Belton P. E. Peterson Fred Siden 0. Benson Geo. F. Sousie R. E. Trailor J. E. Bishop W. C. Stevenson Claude L. Coffman Harry Bruun D. Swanson Chas. E. Davis R. R. Christianson 0. Wallin Frank Denton G. A. Churchill R. L. Whitman C. H. Dun H. M. Cobbett B. P. Wren A. M. Emard W. W. Collins Hubert S. Conley 332 DECISIONS OF _NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD G. E. Crosby Nels Erickson P. Fredricksen R. F. Dahlgren Dan Espedal J. D. Halsted W. B. Fairchild Wm. Foelkner Roy A. Hough Lee Ferrier G. Frederickson Carl Krigsman Chas.. Floetke T. O. Fromme Ray McKillip Paul Hudziak Peter Fulseth I. G. Olson Jorgen Johnson H. L. Gamble L. A. Poland R. P. Kehoe J. G. Girard K. C. Sayre Ed. Knutson M. E. Greenwood A. E. Swanson Otto Kochrian Aino Harkonen G. E. Swanson K. M. Leach L. E. Harris L. R. Thurman C. P. O'Brien Knute Haukelid A. R. Walstead H. M. ,Olson . Jonas. Holland: S. Wineberg _ Chas. Petersen Alex Johnson K. Nyberg C. Ponzoha . Gunnar Johnson V. J. Andersen M. M. Reddington H. W. Johnson Geo. S. Bacon Ingar Sorenson John E. Johnson W. E. Bender B. R. Sproul A. N. Jurich John Beno Joe Thomas Gus Palo A. W. Blanchard Benj. Udd N. A. Patterson J. L. Brown E. Wennberg C. Petersen Gust Dahlstrom I. F. West A. J. Randolph E. E. Davis D. T. Wolfe Andrew Remmen Reid Davis A. Anderson C. Rosenholm George N. Day M. S. Andersen Robert P. Scott James L. Dixon R. Anderson Chas. D. Service Geo. L. Dunlap E. N. Askerlund N. P. Sickman Otto Eastlund C. T. Bell C. C. Smith Chas. Eastman J. D. Beard S. J. Stevens C. S. Finley E. E. Bennett E. W. Thomson P. F. Freeman V. P. Berglund A. J. Titus Oscar Granquist Martin Berntsen A. E. Wickert A. E. Grimstad Geo. W. Best C. E. Wood A. L. Gubser P. N. Branstad W. L. Goin Fred Hagg L. C. Brown H. Haroldson L. E. Hansen Andrew Carlson Chas. Edman D. O. Hendricks Ed. Carlson Ferris Brooks Percy Higgins Lyle Challacombe O.. S. Bacon P. M. Hirte L. E. Childress Fred IT. Bain B. J. Holm H. J. Coons J. E. Bain R. C. Howard M. G. Crisp H. E. Bennett C. J. Johnson F. S. Delaney C. O. Borgen Elmer B. Johnson C. DePute Glen Chenoweth J. E. Johnson J. W. Dunn M.. J. Cunard G. Klepp Vance Eager E. C. Davis Kohler, Alvin PACIFIC LUMBER INSPECTION BUREAU, INCORPORATED 333 Walter Kohler C. A. Gruner W. M. Chapman Chas. Lagerstedt T. B. Kenney A. R. Clinton Louis Larsen E. W. Meredith Theo. L. Clinton H. Lindfors Wm. Noonan L. L. Cox Loll, C. E. Clarence Payne G. -H:.'Earl H. Luoto W. L. Peck H. E. Eby C. Mathis Roy Stokes E. Elfbrandt Wm. Mattson R. T. Swearingen Ellis B. Fuller J. A. Meliza H. A. Thompson Olaf Gunderson J. B. Miner Orlyn Bolt R. W. Habel O. A. Moe Jack K. Greig .James Hinds Louis T. Nichols Earl A. Henry Frank B. Huelshoff R. G. O'Neel Leonard Larsen F. S. Johnston Andrew Olson K. O. Joyce H. L. Jones J. W. Over J. H. Bennett F. E. Kennedy Sam Owre Geo. O . Carlson A. E. King T. O. Kellogg A. Ferguson E. S. Leavitt Paul J. Larson G. Hart Johnson Christ Lee Albert Lindholm P. Lind E. H. LeTourney C. W. Lundgren J. H. Mott Carl G. Linner J. W. Lundgren E. M. MacWilliams J. A. Long Z. McGhee P. W. Oyan J. C. McColl T. McLaughlin Ole Sand Lyle Murdock Tom Matheson A. M. Sylten J. C. Murphy Wm. May J. McDonald Alvin H. Neely Paul H. Miller A. C. Buchan Ivan Neely Gust Nordgren Perry Davis Geo. W. Owen Elmer Nordloff J. H. Furniss E. N. Paterson Hans Norling W. F. Nickum Leo E. Paulus Ole C. Olson G. S. Aaland H. W. Pierce A. R. Ostergard Geo. Brazeau David Pike H. Ostrom J. P. Laursen W. G. Robinson E. S. Preston Sig Abrahamsen Carl A. Roos H. Sandstrom S. J. Ayers Gust Roos J. O. Sandvig Gerald Bailey G. Simpson A.'L. Sedlack Harold -Balch Ray Smith J. A. Talso T. A. Barber J. E. Solberg C. W. Teetz A. Borgeson Guy Syvertson Earl C. Harsha Elmer L. Brown Harry Walker E. H. Keepers N. J. Brown J. E. Whitaker H. E. Bremness C. F. Byers F. O. Young Wm. Foley Edward H. Campbell John Gissberg A. J. Challacombe