The Western Union Telegraph Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

May 15, 1941

31 N.L.R.B. 898 (N.L.R.B. 1941)

In the Matter of THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY and
NATIONAL WESTERN UNION COUNCIL OF A. F. OF L. FEDERAL UNIONS
AND CTU LOCALS
N Case No. R-2377!
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
May 15,1941
On April 14, 1941, the National Labor Relations Board issued a
Decision and Direction of Election in the above-entitled proceedings.
Pursuant to the Direction of Election an election by secret ballot was
conducted on April, 30, 1941, under the direction and supervision of
the Regional Director for the Third Region (Buffalo, New York).
On May 1, 1941, the Regional Director, acting pursuant to Article
III, Section 9, of National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regu-
lations-Series 2, as amended, issued and duly served upon the parties
his Election Report. 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___________________________________ 148
Total ballots cast_________________________________________ 97
Total ballots challenged__________________________________ 0
Total blank ballots_______________________________________ 0
Total void ballots________________________________________ - 0
Total valid votes cast_____________________________________ 97
Votes cast for Western Union Local 22515__________________ 85
Votes cast against Western Union Local 22515______________ 12
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 Western Union Federal Local 22515
has been designated and selected by a majority of the employees of
The Western Union Telegraph Company at Syracuse, New York, in
130N.L R. B.1181.
31 N. L. R. B., No. 151.
898
THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY 899,
the traffic department, commercial department (including messen-
gers), and plant department, excluding the chief operator, assistant
chief operator, early night chief operator, late night chief operator,
telephone supervisor, clerical supervisor, and wire chief, in the traffic
department; the superintendent, delivery manager, sales manager,
chief clerk, revenue accounting center manager, and extra emergency
messengers, in .the commercial department; and the maintenance
foreman in the plant department, as their representative for the pur-
poses of collective bargaining, and that, pursuant to Section 9 (a)
of the National Labor Relations Act, Western Union Federal Local
22515 is the exclusive representative of all such employees for the pur-
poses of collective bargaining in respect to rates of pay, "wages, hours
of employment, and other conditions of employment.
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