Western Union Telegraph Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Aug 23, 1941

34 N.L.R.B. 860 (N.L.R.B. 1941)

In the Matter Of WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY and AMERICAN
FEDERATION OF LABOR, COMMERCIAL TELEGRAPHERS UNION
Case No. R-2246
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
August 23, 1941
On April 14, 1941, the National Labor Relations Board issued its
Decision and Direction of Election,' on May 12, 1941, its Amendment
to Decision and Direction of Election,' and on July 8, 1941, its Second
Amendment to Decision and Direction of Election,3 in the above-
entitled proceeding. Pursuant to the Direction of Election, as
amended, an election by secret ballot was conducted on August 5,
1941, under the direction and supervision of the Regional Director
for the Sixth Region (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania). On August 6,
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. No objections to the conduct of the election or the Elec-
tion 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-------------------------------------- 459
Total ballots cast------------------------------------------- 368
Total ballots challenged -------------------------------------- 3
Total blank ballots------------------------------------------ 0
Total void ballots-------------------------------------------- 1
Total valid votes cast-- -------------------------------------- 364
Votes cast for American Federation of Labor, Commercial Teleg-
raphers Union --------------------------------------------- 219
Votes cast for American Communications Association Local No.
54-B, affiliated with the Congress of Industrial Orgailizations- 138
Votes cast for neither--------------------------------------- 7
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,
130 N L R B 1169.
2 31 N. L. R. B. 861.
3 33 N. L R B. 183.
34 N. L. R. B., No. 105.
860
WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY 861
of National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series 2,
as amended,
IT Is HEREBY CERTIFIED that American Federation of Labor, Com-
mercial Telegraphers Union has been designated and selected by a
majority of all employees of Western Union Telegraph Company
working in Metropolitan Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in the commercial,
traffic plant, and accounting departments, excluding executives, law-
yers, confidential employees, temporary messengers, J. W. Bartell, and
the other supervisory employees occupying the positions listed in
Appendices A, B, C, and D, attached to the Decision and Direction
of Election, as their representative for the purposes of collective
bargaining, and that, pursuant to the provisions of Section 9 (a)
of the National Labor Relations Act, American Federation of Labor,
Commercial Telegraphers Union 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. - i
MR. EDWIN S. SMITH took no part in the consideration of the above
Certification of Representatives.