The Western Union Telegraph Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Jan 10, 1942

38 N.L.R.B. 157 (N.L.R.B. 1942)

In the Matter of THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY and
COMMUNICATIONS GUILD
Case No. 8-3281
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 10, 1942
On November 29, 1941, the National Labor Relations 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 December 19, 1941, under the direction and supervision
of the Regional Director for the Second Region (New York City).
On December 22, 1941, the Regional 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 an Election Report on the ballot. No objections to the conduct
of the ballot or the Election Report have been filed by any of the par-
ties.
As to the balloting and its results, the Regional Director reported
as follows :
Total on eligibility list-------------------------------------- 76
Total ballots cast------------------------------------------- 27
Total ballots challenged-------------------------------------- 0
Total blank ballots------------------------------------------ 0
Total void ballots------------------------------------------- 0
Total valid votes counted------------------------------------ 27
Votes cast for American Federation of Labor------------------ 26
Votes cast for Communications Guild------------------------- 1
Votes cast for neither union---------- ----------------------- 0
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, Section 8 and 9, of National
Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series 2, as amended,
IT Is HEREBY CERTIFIED that American Federation of Labor has been
designated and selected by a majority of all employees in the commer-
cial, traffic, and plant departments at the metropolitan New Haven,
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158 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD
Connecticut, office of The Western Union Telegraph Company, includ-
ing regular full-time and regular part-time messengers and part-time
employees in the commercial department, but excluding superintend-
ent, manager of the delivery department, cashier, commercial repre-
sentative, day-telephone supervisor, and night manager in the
commercial department; chief operator, early night chief operator,
automatic supervisor, and assistant automatic chief in the traffic
department; maintenance foreman, city foreman, construction fore-
man, line-gang force, and maintenance employees in the plant depart-
ment; distribution employees, "other employment" employees, and
Helen Widenberg, as their representative for the purposes of collective
bargaining, and that, pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the Act, 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.