The Western Union Telegraph Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Dec 12, 1941

37 N.L.R.B. 556 (N.L.R.B. 1941)

In the Matter of THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY and DEN-
VER LOCAL #31, WESTERN UNION SYSTEM DIVISION #2, COMMERCIAL
TELEGRAPHERS' UNION
Case No. R-2983-
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
December 12,1941
On October 31, 1941, the National Labor Relations 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 on November 18, 1941, under the direction and supervision
of the Regional Director for the Twenty-second Region (Denver,
Colorado). On November 21, 1941, the Regional Director, acting pur-
suant 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 eligible list_________________________________________ 339
Total ballots cast___________________________________________ 214
Total ballots challenged_____________________________________ 0
Total blank ballots__________________________________________ 0
Total void ballots------------------------------------------- 0
Total valid votes counted____________________________________
Votes cast for Denver Local #31, Western Union System Divi-
214
sion #2, Commercial Telegraphers' Union___________________ 198
Votes cast against Denver Local #31, Western Union System
Division #2, Commercial Telegraphers' Union______________ 16
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 Denver Local #31, Westerly Union Sys-
tem Division #2, Commercial Telegraphers' Union, affiliated with
136 N. L. R. B. 634.
37 N. L. R. B., No. 93
556
THE, WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY 557
the American Federation of Labor, has been designated and selected by
a' majority of all employees at the Denver, Colorado, office of The
Western Union Telegraph Company, excluding temporary employees,
traffic managers, assistant chief operators, chief clerk in traffic depart-
ment, testing and regulating chief, city superintendent, chief clerk in'
commercial department, city commercial manager, delivery manager,
sales manager, manager of revenue accounting center, branch-office
supervisor, and plant-department employees, as their representative
for the purposes of collective bargaining, and that pursuant to Sec-
tion 9 (a) of the Act, Denver Local #31, Western Union System Divi-
sion #2, Commercial Telegraphers' Union, affiliated with the Amer-
ican Federation of Labor, is the exclusive representative of all such
employees for the purposes of collective bargaining in,respect to rates
of pay, wages, hours of employment, and other conditions of employ-
ment.