The Western Union Telegraph Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Mar 28, 1945

61 N.L.R.B. 110 (N.L.R.B. 1945)

In the Matter of THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY and
'AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR
Case No. 1 7-R-71
SECOND -SUPPLEMENTAL DECISION
AND
AMENDED CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
March 28, 1945
On March 13, 1945, the Board issued a Supplemental Decision and
Certification of Representatives in this proceeding, certifying, inter
alia, the American Federation of Labor as the exclusive representative
of the employees of The Western Union Telegraph Company in each of
six units heretofore found appropriate by the Board. On March 24,
1945, the Board heard oral argument from all parties on the motion
heretofore filed,by the American Federation of Labor, requesting
that the Board consolidate into one unit all units in which the A. F.
of L. was selected as the exclusive representative.
We are of the opinion, and find, that the purposes of the Act will
best be effectuated by granting the motion of the A. F. of L. and
consolidating the six units into one and amending our certification
accordingly. We find, therefore, that all employees of the Company
in the Home Office, the Eastern Division, the Gulf Division, the Lake
Division, the Southern Division, and the Pacific Division, heretofore
found to be separate appropriate units, constitute a single unit appro-
priate for the purposes of, collective bargaining within the meaning
of Section 9 (b) of the Act.
AMENDED CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
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, and pursuant to Article III, Sections 9 and 10, of National
Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series 3, as amended,
IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that American Federation of Labor has
been designated and selected by a majority of all employees of the
Company in one consolidated unit, consisting of employees in the
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units of the Home Office, Eastern Division, Gulf Division, Lake Divi-
sion, Southern Division, and Pacific Division, for which the American
Federation of Labor was separately certified on March 13, 1945, as
their representative for the purposes of 'collective bargaining, and
that, pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the Act, the said organization is
the exclusive representative of all the employees in said consolidated
unit for the purposes of collective bargaining with respect to rates
of pay, wages, hours of employment, and other conditions of
employment.