Booth-Kelly Lumber Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Sep 23, 1941

35 N.L.R.B. 706 (N.L.R.B. 1941)

In the Matter of BOOTH-KELLY LUMBER COMPANY and INTERNATIONAL
WOODWORKERS OF AMERICA, LoCAL No. 5-246, AFFILIATED WITH THE
C. I. O.
Case No. R-2741
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
September 23, 1941
On August 6, 1941, the National Labor Relations Board issued a
Decision and Direction of Election in the above-entitled proceedings'
Pursuant to the Direction of Election, an election by secret ballot
was conducted on August 26, 1941, under the direction and super-
vision of the Regional Director for the Nineteenth Region (Seattle,
Washington). On August 28, 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. No objections to the
conduct of the ballot or the Election Report have been filed by
any of the parties.
As to the balloting and its results, the Regional Director reported
as follows :
Total on eligibility list------------------------------------ 198
Total number of ballots cast------------------------------ 187
Total number of ballots cast for International Woodworkers
of America, Local No. 5-246, affiliated with the C. I. O--_- 133
Total number of ballots cast for Willamette Valley District
Council, A. F. of L------------------------------------- 48
Total number of ballots cast for neither------------------ 2
Total number of challenged ballots------------------------ 4
Total number of void ballots------------------------------ 0
Total number of blank ballots----------------------------- 0
Since the four challenged ballots could have no possible effect on
the outcome of the election, it is unnecessary to rule upon them.
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 2, as amended,
1 33 N. L. R. B 1146.
35 N L. R B, No. 154.
706
BOOTH-KELLY LUMBER COMPANY 707
IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that International Woodworkers of Amer-
ica, Local No. 5-246, affiliated with the C. I. 0., has been designated
and selected by a majority of all employees of Booth-Kelly Lumber
Company, Eugene, Oregon, engaged in the manufacturing, whole-
saling, and retailing of lumber products in the operation of the
Company's mill located in Springfield, Oregon, excluding super-
visory and office employees, as their representative for the, purposes
of collective bargaining, and that, pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the
National Labor Relations Act, International Woodworkers of Amer-
ica, Local No. 5-246, affiliated with the C. I. 0., is the exclusive repre-
sentative 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.
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