The Western Union Telegraph Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Dec 19, 1941

37 N.L.R.B. 810 (N.L.R.B. 1941)

In the Matter of THE ,WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY and
COMbIERCIAI . TELEGRAPHERS' UNION
Case No. R-3015
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
December 19, 1941
On November 18, 1941, the National Labor Relations Board issued
a Decision and Direction of Election in the above-entitled proceed-
ings.' Pursuant to the Direction of Election, an election by ,secret
ballot was conducted on December 4, 1941, under the direction and
supervision of the Regional Director for the Ninth Region (Cin-
cinnati, Ohio). On December 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 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 eligibility list-------------------------------------- 186
Total ballots cast------------------------------------------- 159
Total ballots challenged------------------------------------- 0
Total blank ballots---------------------------------------- 0
Total void ballots------------------------------------------- 1
Total valid votes counted----------------------------------- 158
Votes cast for Commercial Telegraphers' Union-------------- 147
Votes cast against Commercial Telegraphers' Union----------- 11
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 2 and
9, of National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series
2, as amended.
IT Is HERERY CERTIFIED that Commercial Telegraphers' Union,
affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, has been designated
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THE WESTERN UNION TETL'EGRAPH COMPANY 811
and selected by a majority of all employees in the commercial, traffic,
and plant departments at the Columbus, Ohio, office of The Western
Union Telegraph Company, including regular and regular part-time
messengers and automatic chief, but excluding the superintendent,
sales manager, delivery manager, clerk to superintendent, traffic man-
ager, senior supervisor, T & R chief, confidential clerk to traffic
manager, maintenance foreman, city fireman, clerk assistant to de-
livery manager, chief bookkeeper, cashier, early night and late night
traffic managers, telephone supervisor, chief clerk in traffic depart-
ment, and temporary messengers, as their representative for the pur-
poses of collective bargaining, and-that, pursuant to Section 9 (a)
of the Act, Commercial Telegraphers' Union, affiliated with the
American 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 employment.
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