E. H. Clarke Lumber Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

May 19, 1942

41 N.L.R.B. 114 (N.L.R.B. 1942)

In the Matter of E. H. CLARKE LUMBER COMPANY and INTERNATIONAL
WOODWORKERS _ OF AMERICA, LOCAL No. 5-265, C. I. O.
Case No. R-3584
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
May 19, 1942
On March 27, 1942, the National Labor Relations Board, herein
called the Board, issued its Decision and Direction of Election'
in the above-entitled proceeding. Pursuant to the Direction of Elec-
tion, an election by secret ballot was conducted on April 23, 1942,
under the direction and supervision of the Acting Regional Director
for the Nineteenth Region (Seattle, Washington). On April 27,
1942, the Acting Regional Director, acting pursuant to Article III,
Section 9, of National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regula-
tions-Series 2, as amended, issued an Election Report, copies of
which were duly served upon the parties. No objections to the
conduct of the ballot or to the Election Report have been filed by any
of the parties.
As to the balloting and the results thereof, the Acting Regional
Director reported as follows : .
Total on eligibility list-------------------------------------- 52
Votes cast for International Woodworkers of America, Local
No. 5-265, 'C. I. 0.---------------------------------------- 1
Votes cast for Lumber & Sawmill , Workers Union `, Local 2791;
A' F of L------------------------------------------------ 25
Votes cast for Neither--------- ------------------------------ 11
Total challenged ballots -------------------------------------- p
Total blank ballots---------------------- ------'------____-- p
Total void ballots------------------------------------------- p
Total valid votes cast --------------------------------------- 37
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,
139 N L R B 1208
41 N L. R. B, No. 24
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E. H. CLARKE LUMBER COMPANY 115
IT is rrEREI3Y oERTmEn that Lumber & Sawmill Workers Union,
Local 2791, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, has
been designated and selected by a majority of all production and
maintenance employees at the Company's sawmill in Sweet Home,
Oregon, excluding supervisory and clerical employees, and excluding
Sam Bauman, as their representative for the purposes of collective
bargaining, and that, pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the Act, Lumber
& Sawmill Workers Union, Local 2791, affiliated with the American
Federation of Labor, is the exclusive representative of all such em-
ployees for the purposes of collective bargaining in respect to rates
of pay, wages , hours of employment, and other conditions of
employment.