The Western Union Telegraph Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Feb 27, 1942

39 N.L.R.B. 285 (N.L.R.B. 1942)

In the Matter of THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY and
FEDERAL LABOR UNION #22973 OF THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF
LABOR
Case No . R-3445
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 27, 194
On January 30, 1942, the National Labor Relations Board issued
a Decision and Direction of Election in the above-entitled proceed-
ings.1 Pursuant to the Direction of Election, an election by secret
ballot was conducted on February 17, 1942, under the direction and
supervision of the Regional Director for the Third Region (Buffalo,
New York). On February 18, 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 objec-
tions 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 ------------------------------------ 119
Total ballots cast-------------- ------- -------------------- 88
Total ballots challenged ------------------------------------ None
Total blank ballots---------------------------------------- None
Total void ballots-------------------------------- - None
Total valid votes counted------------- --------- ---------- --- 88
Votes cast for Federal Labor Union #22973, affiliated with
the American Federation of Labor----------------------- 88
Votes-east against Federal Labor Union #22973, 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 Riles and Rebulations-
Series 2, as amended.
138 N L R B 766
39 N L. R B, No 52.
285
286 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD
IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that Federal Labor Union #22973, affiliated
with the American Federation of Labor, has been designated -and
selected by a majority of all employees at the Rochester, New York,
office of The Western Union Telegraph Company, excluding em-
ployees' having authority to hire and discharge, temporary messen-
gers, sales manager, chief clerk in commercial department, chief
bookkeeper, cashier, night chief operators, statistical clerk in traf-
fie department, telephone bureau supervisor, automatic department
supervisor, city foreman, and T. &'R. chief, as their representative
for the purposes of collective bargaining, and that, pursuant to
Section 9 (a) of the Act, Federal Labor Union #22973, affiliated
with the American Federation of Labor, is the exclusive represen-
tative 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.