The Western Union Telegraph Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Dec 23, 1941

37 N.L.R.B. 920 (N.L.R.B. 1941)

In the Matter of THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY and
TELEGRAPH WORKERS FEDERAL LABOR UNION No . 22679, OKLAHOMA
CITY CHAPTER
Case No. R-3105
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
December 23, 1941
On November 18, 1941 , the National Labor Relations Board issued
a Decision and Direction of Election in the above -entitled pro-
ceecling . 1 Pursuant to the Direction of Election , an election by
secret ballot was conducted on December 8, 1941 , under the direction
and supervision of the Regional - Director for the Sixteenth Region
(Fort Worth, Texas ). On December 11, 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 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_____________________________________ 174
Total ballots, cast---------------------------- -__---------- 100
Total ballots challenged ----------------- ------ _----------- 0
Total blank ballots _________________________________________ 0
Total void ballots______________ ____________________________ 0
Total valid votes counted ___________________________________ 100
Votes cast for Telegraph Workers Federal Labor Union No.
22679, Oklahoma City Chapter ____________________________ 99
Votes cast against Telegraph Workers Federal Labor Union
No. 22679, Oklahoma City Chapter_______-------------------------- I
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 Telegraph Workers Federal Labor
Union , No. 22679, Oklahoma City Chapter, affiliated with the Amer-
136 N. L . R. B 1061.
37 N. L. R. B., No. 152.
920
THE WE'StTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY 921
ican Federation of Labor, has been designated and selected by a
majority of all employees at the Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, office of
The Western Union Telegraph Company, including regular and part-
time messengers, but excluding the superintendent, manager of
delivery department, sales manager, chief clerk, assistant chief oper-
ator, T. & R. chief, district managers, city foreman, and temporary
employees, as their representative for the purposes of collective bar-
gaining, and that, pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the Act, Telegraph
Workers Federal Labor Union No. 22679, Oklahoma City Chapter,
affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, is the exclusive
representativ6 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.