Medford Corp.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Sep 18, 1941

35 N.L.R.B. 512 (N.L.R.B. 1941)

,In the Matter of MEDFORD CORPORATION and INTERNATIONAL WOOD-
WORKERS OF AMERICA, LOCAL UNION No. 6-221 , C. I. O.
Case No. R-2,956.-Decided September 18, 1941
Investigation and Certification of Representatives : stipulation for Certification
of Representatives upon consent election.
Mr. Arthur Hailey, for the Board.
Mr. B. L. Nutting, of Medford, Oreg., for the Company.
Mr. Elmer Abbott, of Butte Falls, Ore.,for the C. I. O.
Mr. Willis L. Hild, of Butte Falls, Ore., for the A. F. L.
Mr. Dan H. Byrd, Jr., of counsel to the Board.
DECISION
AND
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
STATEMENT OF THE CASE
On June 17, 1941, International Woodworkers of America, Local
Union No. 6-221, C. I. 0., herein called the I. W. A., filed with
the Regional Director for the Nineteenth Region (Seattle, Washing-
ton) a petition alleging that a question affecting commerce had arisen
concerning the representation of employees at the logging operations
in the vicinity of Butte Falls, Oregon, of Medford Corporation, herein
called the Company, engaged in the business of logging and of manu-
facturing lumber at Medford, Oregon, and requesting an investiga-
tion and certification of representatives pursuant to Section 9 (c)
of the National Labor Relations Act, 49 Stat. 449, herein called the
Act. On July 29, 1941; the National Labor Relations Board, herein
called the Board, acting pursuant to Section 9 (c) of the Act, and
Article III, Section 3, of National Labor Relations Board Rules
and Regulations-Series 2, as amended, ordered an investigation and
authorized the Regional Director to conduct it and to provide for
an appropriate hearing upon due notice. On July 24, 1941, the
Company, the I. W. A., Lumber and Sawmill Workers Union, Local
No. 2731, affiliated with the A. F. L., herein called Local No. 2731,
and the Acting Regional Director entered into a "STIPULATION
FOR CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES UPON CON-
SENT ELECTION."
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Pursuant to the stipulation, an election by secret ballot was con-
ducted on August 14, 1941, under the direction and supervision of
the Regional Director among the following employees to determine
whether or not they desired to be represented by the I. W. A., or by
Local No. 2731, for the purposes of collective bargaining, or by
neither : all production and maintenance employees of the Company
at its logging operations in the vicinity of Butte Falls, Oregon,
including main line railroad employees,'but excluding the timekeeper,
the logging superintendent, the logging foreman, the master mechanic
foreman, the steel gang foreman, the spur maintenance foreman, the
brush foreman, the bull buck foreman, the main line section crew
foremen, the bridge crew foreman, and the roundhouse foreman.
On August 19, 1941, the Regional Director issued and duly served
upon the parties his Election Report on the ballot. No objections
to the conduct of the ballot or the Election Report have been filed by
any of the parties.
In his Election Report the Regional Director reported as follows
concerning the balloting and its results :
Total on Eligibility List_________________________________ 169
Total ballots cast__________________________________________ 155
Total Votes cast for International Woodworkers of America,
Local Union No. 6-221, C. I. O__________________________ 90
Total• Votes cast for Lumber and Sawmill Workers Union,
Local No. 2731, A. F. of L______________________________ 64
Total Votes cast for Neither______________________________ 1
Total on Eligibility List Not Voting________________________ 14
Upon the basis of the Stipulation, the Election Report, and the
entire record in the case, the Board makes the following :
FINDINGS OF FACT
1. A question affecting commerce has arisen concerning the repre-
sentation of employees at the logging operations in the vicinity of
Butte Falls, Oregon, of Medford Corporation, Medford, Oregon,
within the meaning of Section 9 (c) and Section 2 (6) and (7) of the
National Labor Relations Act.
2. All production and maintenance employees of the Company at
its logging operations in the vicinity of Butte Falls, Oregon, includ-
ing main line railroad employees, but excluding the timekeeper, the
logging superintendent, the logging foreman, the master mechanic
foreman, the steel gang foreman, the spur maintenance foreman, the
brush foreman, the bull buck foreman, the main line section crew
foremen, the bridge crew foreman, and the roundhouse foreman,
constitute a unit appropriate for the purposes of collective bargain-
ing, within the meaning of Section 9 (b) of the National Labor Rela-
tions Act.
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3. International Woodworkers of America, Local Union No. 6-221,
C. I. 0., has been designated and selected by a,majority of the em-
ployees in the above unit as their representative for the'purposes of
collective bargaining, and is the exclusive representative of all em-
ployees in said unit, within the meaning of Section 9 (a) of the
National Labor Relations Act.
CERTIFIC'ATION'OF REPRESENTATIVES
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,
IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that International Woodworkers of America,
Local Union No. 6-221, C. I. 0., has been designated and selected
by a majority of all production and maintenance employees of the
Medford- Corporation, Medford, Oregon, at its logging operations
in the vicinity of Butte Falls, Oregon, including main line railroad
employees, but excluding the timekeeper, the logging superintend-
ent, the logging foreman, the master mechanic foreman,: the steel
gang foreman, the spur maintenance foreman, the brush foreman,
the bull buck foreman, the main line section crew foremen, the
bridge crew foreman, and the roundhouse foreman, as their repre-
sentative for the purposes of collective bargaining, and that, pur-
suant to the provisions of Section 9 (a) of the Act, International
Woodworkers of America, Local Union No. 6-221, C.' I. 0., is the
exclusive representative of all such employees for the purposes of
collective bargaining in respect to rates of pay, wages, hours, of
employment, and other conditions of employment.