The Western Union Telegraph Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Mar 4, 1942

39 N.L.R.B. 428 (N.L.R.B. 1942)

In the Matter of THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY and LOCAL
91, COMMERCIAL TELEGRAPHERS' UNION, AFFILIATED WITH THE
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR
Case No. R-3433
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
March 4, 1942
On January 26, 1942, the National Labor Relations Board issued a
Decision and Direction of Election in the above-entitled proceedings.,,
Pursuant to the Direction of Election, an election by secret ballot was
conducted on February 19, 1942, under the direction and supervision of
the Regional Director for the Eighteenth Region (Minneapolis, Min-
nesota). On February 20,1942, 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 parties:
As to the balloting and its results, the Regional Director reported
as follows :
Total on eligibility list_____________________________________ 58
Total ballots cast_________________________________________ 49
Total ballots challenged____________________________________ none
Total blank ballots________________________________________ none
Total void ballots__________________________________________ none
Total valid votes cast______________________________________ 49
Votes cast for Local 91, Commercial Telegraphers ' Union, affili-
ated with the American Federation of Labor____ ___________ 49
Votes cast against Local 91, Commercial Telegraphers ' Union,
affiliated with the American Federation of Labor______ ____ none
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 CERTIFIED that Local 91, Commercial Telegraphers'
Union, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, has been
1 38 N. L . R. B. 535.
39 N. L . R. B., 76.
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THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY 429
designated and selected by a majority of all employees of The Western
Union Telegraph Company working in or from Sioux City, Iowa,
under the jurisdiction of the superintendent' at Sioux City, excluding
employees having the exclusive right to hire and discharge, messenger
boys engaged exclusively in the handling of errand service and/or
distribution service, delivery manager, late night chief operator, and
confidential clerk to chief operator, as their representative for the pur-
poses of collective bargaining, and that, pursuant to Section 9 (a) of
the Act, Local 91, , Commercial Telegraphers' Union, affiliated with
the American Federation of Labor, 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.