Algoma Lumber Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

May 22, 1941

32 N.L.R.B. 67 (N.L.R.B. 1941)

In the Matter of ALGOMA LUMBER COMPANY a?id LUMBER AND SAWMILL
WORKERS UNION, LOCAL No. 2568, CHARTERED BY UNITED BROTIIER-
HOOD OF CARPENTERS AND JOINERS OF AMERICA, AFFILIATED WITH THE
A. F. OF L.
In the Matter of ALGOMA LUMBER COMPANY and INTERNATIONAL WOOD-
WORKERS OF AMERICA, LOCAL 6-241, AFFILIATED WITH TIIE C. I. O.
Oases No.. R-PJ91 and R-2 392
Investigation and Certification of Representatives : run-off election directed
SUPPLEMENTAL DECISION
AND
SECOND DIRECTION OF ELECTION
May P^2. 1941
On March 31, 1941, the National Labor Relations Board, herein
called the Board, issued a Decision and Direction of Elections in the
above-entitled proceeding,' directing, inter alia, that an election
by secret ballot be conducted among certain employees of Algoma
Lumber Company, Algoma, Oregon, herein called the Company, to
determine whether they desired to be represented by Lumber and Saw-
mill Workers Union, Local No. 2568, chartered by United Brother-
hood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, affiliated with the Amer-
ican Federation of Labor, herein called Local 2568, or by Interna-
tional Woodworkers of America, Local 6-241, affiliated with the Con-
gress of Industrial Organizations, herein called the I. W. A., for the
purposes of collective bargaining, or by neither.2
Pursuant to the Decision and Direction of Elections, an election by
secret ballot was conducted among such employees on April 28, 1941,
under the direction and supervision of the Regional Director for the
Nineteenth Region (Seattle, Washington). On May 2, 1941, the Re-
gional Director, acting pursuant to Article III, Section 9, of National
Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series 2, as amended,
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'The Board also directed an election among the woods employees of the Company. We
are not concerned with that election at this time
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prepared and duly served upon the parties an Election Report, setting
forth, inter alia , the following results of the aforesaid election :
Total on eligibility list------------------------------------- 254
Total votes in favor of Lumber and Sawmill Workers Union,
Local No. 2568------------------------------------------- 85
Total votes in favor of International Woodworkers of America,
Local 6-241 ---------------------------------------------- 92
Total votes in favor of neither------------------------------ 59
Total on eligibility list not voting----------------------------- 18
No objections were thereafter filed to the Election Report.
On April 30 and May 2,1941, respectively, Local 2568 and the I. W. A.
filed formal requests for a run-off election to be held by the Board.
Although neither of the competing labor organizations received a
majority of the votes cast, the results of the election show'that a sub-
stantial majority of the employees in question desire to bargain" col-
lectively with the Company. Accordingly, we shall direct a run-off
election, in which such employees will be given an opportunity to de-
cide whether they desire to be represented by Local 2568 or by the
I. W. A. for the purposes of collective bargaining.
SECOND DIRECTION OF ELECTION
By virtue of and pursuant to the power vested in the National
Labor Relations Board by Section 9 (c) of the National Labor Rela-
tions 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
DIRECTED that, as part of the investigation authorized by the Board
to determine the appropriate units and to ascertain representatives
for the purposes of collective bargaining with Algoma Lumber Com-
pany, Algoma, Oregon, an election by secret ballot shall be conducted
as early as possible, but not later than thirty (30) days from the date
of this Second Direction of Election, under the direction and super-
vision of the Regional Director for the Nineteenth Region, acting 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 employees described in paragraph 1 of the Direction of Elections
issued on March 31, 1941, but excluding those who have since quit
or been discharged for cause, to determine whether they desire to be
represented by Lumber and Sawmill Workers Union, Local No. 2568,
chartered by United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of Amer-
ica, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, or by Inter-
national Woodworkers of America, Local 6-241, affiliated with the
Congress of Industrial Organizations, for the purposes of collective
bargaining.