Lakeview Lumber Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Nov 5, 1941

36 N.L.R.B. 676 (N.L.R.B. 1941)

In the Matter of LAKEVIEW LUMBER COMPANY and GOOSE LAKE LumBER
WORKERS' & LOGGERS' UNION
Case No. R-0857
SUPPLEMENTAL DECISION
AND
DIRECTION OF RUN=OFF ELECTION.
November 5, 19411
On August 30, 1941, the National Labor Relations Board, herein
called the Board, issued a Decision and Direction of Election in the
above-entitled proceeding.' Pursuant to the Direction of Election, an
election, by-secret ballot was, conducted on September, 26, 1941, under
the direction and supervision of the Regional Director for the Nine-
teenth Region (Seattle, Washington). On October 10, 1941, the Re-
gional 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 his Election- Report on the
balloting. No objection to the conduct of the ballot or the Election
Report has-been filed by any of the parties..
As to the balloting and its results, the Regional Director reported as
follows :
Total on eligibility list_______________________________________ 48
Votes cast for Lumber and Sawmill Workers Union Local No.
2701, A. F. of L------------------------------------------- 19
Votes cast for Goose Lake Lumber Workers'&. Loggers' Union__ 9:
Votes"cast for neither________________________________________ 14-
Total , valid votes cast________________________________________ 42
On October 17, 1941, Lumber and Sawmill Workers Union Local
2701, chartered by the United Brotherhood of Carpenters & Joiners of
America, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, filed a re-.
quest for a run-off election to be held by the Board. Although neither
of the competing labor organizations in the election received a majority
of the votes cast, the results of the election show that a majority of the
employees in question desire to bargain collectively with the Company.
Accordingly we shall direct a run-off election in which such employees
135 N. L. R. B., No. 18.
36 N. L . R. B., No. 146.
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LAKEVIEW LUMBER COMPANY 677
will be given an opportunity to decide whether they desire to be repre-
sented by Goose Lake Lumber Workers' & Loggers' Union, or by Lum-
ber Workers Union Local 2701, chartered by the United Brotherhood
of Carpenters & Joiners of America, affiliated with the American Fed-
eration of Labor, for the purposes of collective bargaining.
DIRECTION OF RUN-OFF ELECTION
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,
IT IS 'HEREBY DIRECTED that, as part of the investigation authorized
by the Board to determine representatives for the purposes of collec-
tive bargaining with Lakeview Lumber Company, Lakeview, Oregon,