The Western Union Telegraph Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Apr 3, 1942

40 N.L.R.B. 196 (N.L.R.B. 1942)

In the Matter of THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY and TELE-
GRAPH WORKERS FEDERAL LABOR UNION #22679, DISTRIOT-'No. 2-
CHAPTER, AFFILIATED wrFH A. F. OF L.
Case No. R-3526
SUPPLEMENTAL DECISION
AND
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
April 3,194
On February 18, 1942 , the National Labor Relations Board, herein,
called the 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 under the direction and
supervision of the Regional Director for the Sixteenth Region (Fort
Worth , Texas). On March 17 , 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------ -------------------------------- 401
Total ballots cast___________________________________________ 239
Total'ballots challenged------------------------------------- 3
Total blank ballots----------------------------------------- 1
Total void ballots------------------------------------------ 0
Total valid votes counted------------------------------------ 235
Votes cast for Telegraph Workers Federal Labor Union #22679__ 223
Votes cast against Telegraph Workers Federal Labor Union
#22679-------------------------------------------------- 12
On March 9, 1942, The Western Union Telegraph Company and
Telegraph Workers Federal Labor Union #22679 entered into a stipu-
lation, providing for the exclusion of managers and chief operators
in the functional offices located in the Second District of the Gulf
Division. The Board hereby approves the stipulation and shall ex-
1 38 N. L . R. B. 1391.
40 N. L. R. B., No. 28.
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THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY 197
elude such employees from the unit for which the Union is certified
below.2
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,Telegraph Workers Federal Labor Union
#22679, District No. 2 Chapter, affiliated with the American Federa-
tion of Labor, has been designated and selected by a majority of all
employees in the offices located in District No. 2 of the Gulf Division
of The Western Union Telegraph Company, including regular and
part-time messengers and managers, but excluding employees in divi-
sional cities, temporary employees, and managers and chief operators
in the functional offices in the :Second District of the Gulf Division,
as their representative for the purposes of collective bargaining, and
that, pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the Act, Telegraph Workers Federal
Labor Union #22679, District No. 2 Chapter, affiliated with the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor, is the exclusive representative of all such
employees for the purposes of collective bargaining with respect to
rates of pay, wages, hours of employment, and other conditions of
employment.
2 There are only three such employees in the Second District of the Gulf Division of the
Company who sought to vote in the election . Thus, in view of the overwhelming majority
of votes received by the Union , the results of the election could not have been affected by
their ballots.