Diamond Match Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

May 23, 1942

41 N.L.R.B. 213 (N.L.R.B. 1942)

In the Matter" of 'DIAMOND MATCH COMPANY and. INTERNATIONAL
WooDwoRIu s OF AMERICA , AFFILIATED WITH THE CONGRESS OF IN-
DUSTRIAL ORGANIZATIONS
Case No. R-2955
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
May 23,1942
On October 9, 1941, the National Labor Relations Board, issued
a Decision and Direction of Election in the above-entitled proceeding' 1
and on November 7, 1941, and April 29, 1942, respectively, an Amend-
ment 2 and Second Amendment' to the Direction of Election. Pur-
suant to the Direction of Election, as amended, an election by secret
ballot was conducted on May 6, 1942, under the direction and super-
vision of the Regional Director for the Nineteenth Region (Seattle,
Washington). On May 8, 1942, the 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 an Election Report. No objections to the conduct
of the ballot or the Election Report were filed by any of the parties.
As to the balloting and its results, the Regional Director reported
as follows :
Total on eligibility list------------------------------------- 182
Votes cast for International Woodworkers of America, C'. I. O-_ 157
Votes cast against International Woodworkers of America,
C. 1. 0--------------------------------------------------- 5
Total challenged ballots ------------------------------------ 1
Total blank ballots-- -------------------------------------- 0
Total void ballots------------------------------------------ 0
Total valid votes cast -------------------------------------- 162
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,
135 N . L. R. B. 1317
2 36 N. L. R. B. 773.
40 N . L R. B. 1033
41 N. L. R. B., No 49
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214 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD
IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that International Woodworkers of America,
affiliated with the Congress of Industrial Organizations, has been
designated and selected by a majority of the production and main-
tenance employees, who were employed in the Lightning Creek and
West Branch logging camps of Diamond Match Company, Spokane,
Washington, excluding clerical and supervisory employees, as their
representative for the purposes of collective bargaining,, and that,
pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the Act, International Woodworkers
of America, affiliated with the Congress of Industrial Organizations,
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.