Postal Telegraph-Cable Corporation of New York

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Dec 6, 1938

10 N.L.R.B. 225 (N.L.R.B. 1938)

In the Matter Of POSTAL TELEGRAPH-CABLE CORPORATION OF NEW
YORK, POSTAL TELEGRAPH -CABLE COMPANY ( LAND LINE SYSTEM ) ,
POSTAL TELEGRAPH -CABLE COMPANY ( DELAWARE ), THE POSTAL TELE-
GRAPH-CABLE COMPANY OF INDIANA , POSTAL TELEGRAPH -CABLE COM-
PANY OF MISSOURI , THE OHIO POSTAL TELEGRAPH -CABLE COMPANY,
POSTAL TELEGRAPH-CABLE COMPANY ( TEXAS) , THE COLORADO POSTAL
TELEGRAPH-CABLE COMPANY, POSTAL TELEGRAPH -CABLE COMPANY
(OKLAHOMA) , THE KANSAS POSTAL TELEGRAPH-CABLE COMPANY,
POSTAL TELEGRAPH-CABLE COMPANY ( KENTUCKY) , POSTAL TELE-
GRAPH -CABLE COMPANY OF MASSACHUSETTS , POSTAL TELEGRAPH-
CABLE COMPANY (MICHIGAN ) and COMMERCIAL TELEGRAPHERS'
UNION
In the Matter of THE POSTAL TELEGRAPH - CABLE COMPANY (LAND LINE
SYSTEM), POSTAL TELEGRAPH -CABLE COMPANY (ARIZONA ), POSTAI;
TELEGRAPH-CABLE COMPANY ( ARKANSAS), POSTAL TELEGRAPFI-
CABLE COMPANY (CALIFORNIA) , THE COLORADO POSTAL TELE-
GRAPH-CABLE COMPANY, POSTAL TELEGRAPI-I-CABLE COMPANY
(CONNECTICUT) , POSTAL TELEGRAPH - CABLE COMPANY (DELAWARE) )
POSTAL TELEGRAPH - CABLE COMPANY OF IDAHO , POSTAL TELEGRAPH-
CABLE COMPANY OF ILLINOIS , THE POSTAL TELEGRAPH -CABLE COM-
PANY OF INDIANA , POSTAL TELEGRAPH -CABLE COMPANY OF IOWA, THE
KANSAS POSTAL TELEGRAPH - CABLE COMPANY , POSTAL TELEGRAPH-
CABLE COMPANY ( KENTUCKY) , POSTAL TELEGRAPH -CABLE COMPANY
(LOUISIANA) , POSTAL TELEGRAPH -CABLE COMPANY OF MASSACHU-
SETTS, POSTAL TELEGRAPH -CABLE COMPANY (MICHIGAN) , POSTAL
TELEGRAPH-CABLE COMPANY (MINNESOTA), POSTAL TELEGRAPH-
CABLE COMPANY OF MISSOURI , POSTAL TELEGRAPH-CABLE COMPANY
OF MONTANA , POSTAL TELEGRAPH - CABLE COMPANY OF NEBRASKA,
POSTAL TELEGRAPH - CABLE COMPANY ( NEVADA), POSTAL TELEGRAPH-
CABLE COMPANY OF NEW JERSEY , POSTAL TELEGRAPH -CABLE COM-
PANY ( NEW MEXICO) , POSTAL TELEGRAPH -CABLE COMPANY (NEW
YORK), THE OHIO POSTAL TELEGRAPH -CABLE COMPANY, POSTAL
TELEGRAPH-CABLE COMPANY (OKLAHOMA) , POSTAL TELEGRAPH-
CABLE COMPANY ( OREGON) ,.. POSTAL TELEGRAPH -CABLE COMPANY
(PENNSYLVANIA) , POSTAL TELEGRAPH AND CABLE COMPANY (RHODE
ISLAND), POSTAL TELEGRAPH - CABLE COMPANY OF TENNESSEE , POSTAL
TELEGRAPH-CABLE COMPANY ( TEXAS), POSTAL TELEGRAPH-CABLE
COMPANY OF UTAH, POSTAL TELEGRAPH - CABLE COMPANY OF WASH-
-INGTON, POSTAL TELEGRAPH -CABLE COMPANY OF WEST VIRGINIA,
10N.L R. B ., No.16. .
225
226 NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD
POSTAL TELEGRAPH-CABLE COMPANY (WISCONSIN), POSTAL TELE-
GRAPH-CABLE COMPANY OF WYOMING and AMERICAN COMMUNICA-
TIONS ASSOCIATION
Cases Nos . R-644 and R-997, respectively
SUPPLEMENTAL DECISION
AND
AMENDMENT TO DIRECTION OF ELECTION
December 6, 1938
On November 22, 1938, the National Labor Relations Board, herein
called the Board, issued a Decision. and Direction of Election' in
the above-entitled proceeding. The Direction of Election provided
that an election be conducted among all the employees of the System
who were on the pay rolls of the Company on October 1, 1938, ex-
cluding executives, general managers, attorneys, confidential secre-
taries, general wire and traffic chiefs, and supervisory employees who
have the right to hire and discharge, excluding employees who have
since quit or been discharged for cause, excluding employees located
in Washington, Oregon, Montana, and northern Idaho, and exclud-
ing also the line gang engaged in construction work on lines of the
Company on the Illinois Central Railroad south of the Ohio River,
to determine whether they desire to be represented by Commercial
Telegraphers' Union, affiliated with the American Federation of
Labor, or by American Communications Association, affiliated with
the Committee for Industrial Organization, for the purposes of collec-
tive bargaining, or by neither.,
On November 30, 1938, the Commercial Telegraphers' Union filed
with the Board in Washington, D. C., a Protest to the Decision and
Direction of Election in which it requests the Board to certify the
Commercial Telegraphers' Union as the sole and exclusive bargaining
agency of the employees in 45 specified cities and in which it "de-
clines to permit the use of its name on the ballot in connection with
the Decision and Direction of Election" issued November 22, 1938.
The Board has considered said Protest and finds that no substantial
or material issue is raised therein not disposed of by the Board in
its Decision. The request of the Commercial Telegraphers' Union
for certification as bargaining representative of employees in the 45
cities is hereby denied.
19 N. L R. B. 1060
DECISIONS AND ORDERS 227
In accordance with the desires of the Commercial Telegraphers'
Union that its name not appear upon the ballot, the Board hereby
amends its Direction of Election, by striking therefrom the words
"whether they desire to be represented by Commercial Telegraphers'
Union, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, or by Ameri-
can Communications Association, affiliated with the Committee for
Industrial Organization, for the purposes of collective bargaining, or
by neither" and substituting therefor the words "whether or not they
desire to be represented by American Communications Association,
affiliated with the Committee for Industrial Organization, for the
purposes of collective bargaining."