The Western Union Telegraph Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Feb 20, 1942

39 N.L.R.B. 59 (N.L.R.B. 1942)

In the Matter of THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY and
COMMERCIAL TELEGRAPHERS ' UNION, LOCAL No. 9
Case No. B-3426
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 20, 1942
On January 16, 1942, the National Labor Relations Board issued
a Decision and Direction of Election in the above -entitled proceed-
ings. ' Pursuant to the Direction of Election , an election by secret
ballot was conducted on February 6, 1942, under the direction and
supervision of the Regional Director for the Eighteenth Region
(Minneapolis , Minnesota ). On February 7, 1942, the Regional
Director , acting pursuant tot 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____________________________________ 106
Total ballots cast------------------------------------------` 78
Total ballots challenged____________________________________ 0
Total blank ballots ----------------------------------------- 0
Total void ballots------------------------------------------ 0
Total valid votes cast --------------------------------------- 78
Votes cast for commercial Telegraphers' Union, Local No 9,
affiliated with the American Federation of Labor__________ 78
Votes cast against Commercial Telegraphers' Union, Local
No. 9, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor____ 0
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, 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 Commercial Telegraphers' Union, Local
No. 9, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, has been
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designated and selected by a majority of all employees of The
Western Union Telegraph Company working in or from St. Paul,
South St. Paul, and the suburbs of St. Paul, Minnesota, under the
jurisdiction of the superintendent at St. Paul, excluding employees
having the exclusive right to hire and discharge, part-time mes-
senger boys engaged exclusively in the handling of errand service
and/or distribution service, chief bookkeepers, and late night traffic
manager, as their representative for the purposes of collective bar-
gaining, and that, pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the Act, Commercial
Telegraphers' Union, Local • No. 9, affiliated with the 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.