Mogoldrick Lumber Company, a Corporation; Industrial Employees' Union, Inc., a Corporation; And Industrial Employees' Union, Inc., Local No. 76, District 9 And Lumber And Sawmill Workers Union, Local No. 2552, 887 (1940)

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Potlatch Forests, Inc., a Corporation; Industrial Employees' Union, Inc., a Corporation; And Industrial Employees' Union, Inc., Lo

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Mogoldrick Lumber Company, a Corporation; Industrial Employees' Union, Inc., a Corporation; And Industrial Employees' Union, Inc., Local No. 76, District 9 And Lumber And Sawmill Workers Union, Local No. 2552, 887 (1940)

In the Matter of MoGOLDRICK LUMBER COMPANY, A CORPORATION;

INDUSTRIAL EMPLOYEES' UNION, INC., A CORPORATION; AND INDUSTRIAL EMPLOYEES' UNION, INC., LOCAL NO. 76, DISTRICT 9 and LUMBER AND SAWMILL WORKERS UNION, LOCAL No. 2552 In the Matter of POTLATCH FORESTS, INC., A CORPORATION; INDUSTRIAL EMPLOYEES' UNION, INC., A CORPORATION; AND INDUSTRIAL EMPLOYEES' UNION, INC., LOCALS Nos. 26, 67, 68, 69, 70, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, AND 80, DISTRICT 10 and OREGON AND WASHINGTON COUNCIL OF LUMBER AND SAWMILL WORKERS UNION, AFFILIATED WITH THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR In the Matter of C. D. JOHNSON LUMBER CORPORATION; WILLAMETTE VALLEY LUMBER OPERATORS ASSOCIATION, INC., A CORPORATION; INDUSTRIAL EMPLOYEES' UNION, INC., A CORPORATION; AND INDUSTRIAL EMPLOYEES' UNION, INC., LOCAL No. 50, DISTRICT 1 and OREGON AND WASHINGTON COUNCIL OF LUMBER AND SAWMILL WORKERS UNION, AFFILIATED WITH THE A. F. OF L.; COLUMBIA RIVER DISTRICT COUNCIL No. 5, LUMBER AND SAWMILL WORKERS, AFFILIATED WITH I. W. A., AND LUMBER AND SAWMILL WORKERS UNION, LOCALS No. 2803, AND NO. 2751, AFFILIATED WITH I. W. A.

Cases Nos. C-63,9 to C-642, inclusive.-Decided January 25, 1940 Lumber Industry-Interference, Restraint, and Coercion: discriminatory refusal to place employees laid off for cause because of their union affiliation;

discriminatory lay-off of striking employees going through picket line on passes because of union affiliation; requiring membership in company-dominated labor organization as a condition of employment; activities by which employers dominated and interfered with the formation and administration of labor organizations and contributed financial and other support to them; similar activities by association of employers-Company-Dominated Unions: Loyal Legion of Loggers and Lumbermen (4L): employers helped to form; employers were members of; employers shared control of, with employees; employers contributed dues to, equally with employees; constitution of, perpetuated equal division of power between employers and employees; locals of, existed at operations of respondents: established at instance of employers and 4L; aided and supported by employers and 4L; 4L and 4L Locals at operations of respondents found to be company dominated; Industrial Employees' Union (I. E. U.):

resulted from reorganization of employer-dominated 4L; reorganization of 4L::

instigated by employers; effected with approval of employer representatives oný

4L board of directors after they had seen a copy of the proposed constitution.

of new organization and after they had discussed and advised on the problems confronting it; approved also by employee directors of employer-dominated 4L:

accomplished with aid of members of paid administrative staff of 4L; I. E. U.

a continuation of the 4L: not a new corporation; constitution, drawn by ýemployee directors of 4L, modeled after and substantially similar to that of 4L; directors, administrative staff, and field officers taken over almost without exception from 4L; locals, their members, officers, and committees taken over almost wholly from 4L; parts of 4L structure not found in I. E. U.: employer membership eliminated: counteracted by action of Operators' Association, composed in part of former 4L employers, in entering into a contract with the I. E. U. which created machinery similar to that of the 4L for collective bargaining and the settlement of disputes; elimination of employer dues: lost significance because I. E. U. took over assets of 4L, at least one half of which resulted from employer contributions; domination of and interference with the formation and administration of the I. E. U. Locals at the operations of the respondents and the contribution of support to them; I. E. U. Locals: supported by employer-dominated I. E. U. and afforded support to I. E. U., found to be a part thereof; came into being at operations of respondents as a result of the reorganization of employer-dominated 4L Locals; reorganization accomplished with support of respondents: meetings on company property, sometimes during working hours; notices on company bulletin boards; supervisors spoke in favor of I. E. U. and solicited membership; respondents antagonistic to bona fide competing unions; I. E. U. Locals substantially the same as employer-dominated 4L Locals they replaced: officers the same; assets taken over; initiation fees not required of former 4L members; I. E. U. and I. E. U. Locals at operations of respondents disestablished; Employer-Association-Dominated Labor Organization: interference with the administration of the I. E. U. and contribution of support to it, by association- of employers-Contract: with company-dominated unions, abrogated-Check-Off: for company-dominated unions; employers ordered to reimburse employees for-Labor Organizations: organizations though they may be acting in the interest of an employer, as-Procedure: complaint dismissed as to labor organizations since ...

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