The Western Union Telegraph Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Jan 24, 1942

38 N.L.R.B. 492 (N.L.R.B. 1942)

In the Matter of THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY and
FEDERAL LABOR UNION 22671 , NORFOLK, VA. CHAPTER , AFFTLIATED
WITH A . F. OF L.
In the Matter of THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY and
FEDERAL LABOR UNION 22671 , RICHMOND , VA, CHAPTER , AFFILIATED
WITH A. F. OF L.
In the Matter of THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY and
FEDERAL LABOR UNION 22671, DISTRICT No. 1 CHAPTER , AFFILIATED
WITH A. F. OF L.
In the Matter of THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY and
FEDERAL LABOR UNION 22671, MIAMI, FLA. CHAPTER , AFFILIATED
WITH A. F. OF L.
In the Matter of THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY and
FEDERAL LABOR UNION 22671, JACKSONVILLE, FLA. CHAPTER , AFFILI-
ATED WITH A. F. OF L.
In the Matter of THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY and
FEDERAL LABOR UNION 22671 , DISTRICT No. 3 CHAPTER , AFFILIATED
WITH A. F. OF L.
In the Matter of THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY and
FEDERAL LABOR UNION 22671, DISTRICT No. 4 CHAPTER , AFFILIATED
WITH A. F. OF L.
In the Matter of THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY and
FEDERAL LABOR UNION 22671, MEMPHIS, TENN. CHAPTER , AFFILIATED
WITH A. F. OF L.
In the Matter of THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY and
FEDERAL LABOR UNION 22671, NASHVILLE , TENN. CHAPTER , AFFILI-
ATED WITH A. F. OF L.
In the Matter of THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY and'
FEDERAL LABOR UNION 22671 , KNOXVILLE, TENN . CHAPTER , AFFILI-
ATED WITH A. F. OF L.
In the Matter of THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY and
FEDERAL LABOR UNION 22671, DISTRICT No. 5 CHAPTER , AFFILIATED
WITH A. F. OF L.
38 N. L . R. B., No. 105.
492
THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY 493
In the Matter of THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY and
FEDERAL LABOR UNION 22671, CHATTANOOGA, TENN. CHAPTER, AFFILI-
ATED WITH A. F. OF L.
In the Matter of THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY and
FEDERAL LABOR UNION 22671, LOUISVILLE, Ky. CHAPTER, AFFILIATED
WITH A. F. OF L.
In the Matter of -TIIE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY and
FEDERAL LABOR UNION 22671, DISTRICT No. 2 CHAPTER, AFFILIATED
WITH A. F. OF L.
In the Matter of TIIE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY and
FEDERAL LABOR UNION 22671, ATLANTA, GEORGIA CHAPTER, AFFIL-
IATED WITH A. F. OF L.
In the Matter of TIIE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY and
FEDERAL LABOR UNION 22671, SAVANNAH, GA. CHAPTER, AFFILIATED
WITH A. F. OF L.
In the Matter of TIIE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY and
FEDERAL LABOR UNION 22671, MOBILE, ALA. CHAPTER, AFFILIATED
WITH A. F. OF L.
In the Matter of THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY and
TELEGRAPH EMPLOYEES' FEDERAL LABOR UNION 22671, TAMPA,
FLORIDA, CHAPTER, AFFILIATED WITH A. F. OF L.
Cases Nos. R-3173 to R-3189, inclusive and R-3310.-Decided
January 04, 194
Jurisdiction : telegraph industry.
Investigation and Certification of Representatives : existence of question: re-
fusal to accord union recognition until certified by the Board ; employees
with less than three months service entitled to vote where it is the intention
of the Company to retain them on its pay roll after their three months
probationary period ; election necessary.
Unit Appropriate for Collective Bargaining : employees in all of the offices com-
prising a division of a nation-wide telegraph system, excepting two offices
already covered by contracts between the Company and another union ; certain
stipulated categories of employees excluded as supervisory ; managers and
relief managers included notwithstanding desire of the Company for their
exclusion, where their supervisory authority is limited and where many of
them are members of, and have been represented by, the petitioner; equipment
repair plant employees excluded notwithstanding desire of both the Com-
pany and the union for their inclusion where their work relates to the
Company's nation-wide system, rather than to the division here found to
constitute an appropriate unit.
Mr. Lester M. Levin, for the Board.
Mr. C. H. Carroll, of Atlanta, Ga., for the Company.
494 D'EUIKONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELAPTONSi BOARD
Mr. Herbert S. Thatcher and Mr. Robert A. Wilson, of Washing-
ton, D. C., for the Federal.
Mr. Hugh C. McKenna, of Washington, D. C., for the C. T. U.
Mr. Louis Cokin, of counsel to the Board.
DECISION
AND
DIRECTION OF ELECTION
STATEMENT OF THE CASE
On May 7 and October 9, 1941, respectively, Federal Labor Union
22671, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, herein called
the Federal, filed with the Regional Director for the Fifth Region
(Baltimore, Maryland) petitions and amended petitions alleging, re-
spectively, that questions affecting commerce had arisen concerning
the representation of employees in the First, Second, Third, Fourth,
and Fifth Districts of the Southern Division of The Western Union
Telegraph Company, herein called the Company, and at the Mobile,
Alabama; Savannah and Atlanta, Georgia; Louisville, Kentucky;
Chattanooga, Knoxville, Nashville, and Memphis, Tennessee; Jack-
sonville and Miami, Florida; and Richmond and Norfolk, Virginia,
offices of the Company, and requesting an investigation and certifica-
tion of representatives pursuant to Section 9 (c) of the National
Labor Relations Act, 49 Stat. 449, herein called the Act. On Octo-
ber 14, 1941, the National Labor Relations Board, herein called the
Board, acting pursuant to Article III, Section 3, of National Labor
Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series 2, as amended, or-
dered an investigation and authorized the Regional Director to con-
duct it and to provide for an appropriate hearing upon due notice,
and, acting pursuant to Article III, Section 10 (c) (2), of said Rules
and Regulations, ordered.that the 17 cases be consolidated.
On October 14, 1941, the Regional Director issued a notice of
hearing, copies of which were duly served upon the Company and
the Federal, and upon the Commercial Telegraphers Union, affili-
ated with the American Federation of Labor, herein called the C. T.
U., and the American Communications Association, affiliated with
the Congress of Industrial Organizations, herein called the A. C. A.
Pursuant to notice, a hearing was held on October 17 and 18, 1941,
at Richmond, Virginia, before Walter W. Wilbur, the Trial Exam-
iner duly designated by the Chief Trial Examiner. The Board, the
Company, the Federal, and the C. T. U.1 were represented by counsel
a Although the C. T. U. appeared at the hearing, it stated that it did not claim to repre-
sent any of the employees involved herein.
THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY - 495
and participated in the hearing. The A. C. A. did not appear at the
hearing. Full opportunity to be heard, to examine and cross-exam-
ine witnesses, and to introduce evidence bearing on the issues was
afforded all parties. During the course of the hearing the. Trial
Examiner granted motions of the Federal to amend its petitions as
to certain formal matters. During the course of the hearing the
Trial Examiner made rulings on other motions and on objections to
the admission of evidence. The Board has reviewed all these rulings
and finds that no prejudicial errors were committed. The. rulings
are hereby affirmed.
On October 28, 1941, the Federal filed with the Regional Director
a petition alleging that a question affecting commerce had arisen con-
cerning the representation of employees at the Tampa, Florida, office
of the Company, and requesting an investigation and certification of
representatives pursuant to Section 9 (c) of the Act. On November
12, 1941, the Board, acting pursuant to Section 9 (c) of the Act and
Article III, Section 3, of National Labor Relations Board Rules and
Regulations-Series 2, as amended, ordered an investigation and
authorized the Regional Director to conduct it and to provide for
an appropriate hearing upon due notice, and, acting pursuant to
Article III, Section 10 (c) (2), of said Rules and Regulations,
ordered that this case be consolidated with the 17 cases previously
ordered consolidated, and, acting pursuant to Article III, Section 8,
of said Rules and Regulations, ordered that the record in all of the
cases be reopened for the purpose of taking further evidence, and that
a further hearing be held for such purpose.
On November 14, 1941, the Regional Director issued a notice of
hearing, copies of which were duly served on the Company, the
Federal, the C. T. U., and the A. C. A. Pursuant to notice, a hear-
ing was held on November 19, 1941, at Washington, D. C., before
Walter W. Wilbur, the Trial Examiner duly designated by the Chief
Trial Examiner. The Board, the Company, and the Federal were
represented by counsel and participated in the hearing. The C. T. U.
and the A. C. A. did not appear at the hearing. Full opportunity to
be heard, to examine and cross-examine witnesses, and to introduce
evidence bearing on the issues was afforded all parties. During the
course of the hearing counsel for the Federal moved to incorporate
in the record testimony taken at another proceeding involving the
Company.2 None of the parties objected to this motion. The Trial
Examiner reserved ruling thereon. The motion is hereby granted.
During the course of the hearing the Trial Examiner made several
rulings on motions and on objections to the admission of evidence.
2 Matter of The Western Union Telegraph Company and Federal Labor Union No. 22679,
Dallas Chapter, 36 N. L . R B. 1165.
496 " DECISIONS Or NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS! BOARD
The Board has reviewed these rulings and finds that no prejudicial
errors were committed. The rulings are hereby affirmed.
On November 1 and December 4, 1941, the Federal filed briefs,
and on November 3, 1941, the A. C. A. filed a brief, all of which have
been considered by the Board.
On January 19, 1942, the Company and the Federal entered into
a Stipulation, which is hereby incorporated into and made a part of
the record in this proceeding.
Upon the entire record in the case, the Board makes the following :
FINDINGS OF FACT
1. THE BUSINESS OF THE COMPANY
The Western Union Telegraph Company is a New York corpora-
tion with its principal office in New York City. It is engaged
throughout the United States and in various foreign countries in
the receiving and transmission by telegraph and cable of intrastate,
interstate, and international communications. In the operation of
its national and international communications system the Company
owns and/or operates 214,220 miles of pole lines, 4,160 miles of land-
line cable, 1,876,993 miles of wire, 30,344 nautical miles of ocean
cable, and 20,445 telegraph offices. At the close of 1940 the Com-
pany employed approximately 49,000 persons. This proceeding con-
cerns all the offices in the Company's Southern Division, which
comprises the States of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina,
Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama, Kentucky, Florida, and Mississippi,
with the exception of the cities of Birmingham, Alabama, and Char-
lotte, North Carolina. The Company admits that it is engaged in
commerce within the meaning of the Act.
II. THE ORGANIZATIONS INVOLVED
The following chapters of Federal Labor Union 22671 are labor
organizations affiliated with the American Federation of Labor :
Norfolk, Virginia; Richmond, Virginia; District No. 1; Miami,
Florida; Jacksonville, Florida; District No. 3; District No. 4; Mem-
phis, Tennessee; Nashville, Tennessee; Knoxville, Tennessee; Dis-
trict No. 5; Chattanooga, Tennessee; Louisville, Kentucky; District
No. 2; Atlanta, Georgia; Savannah, Georgia; Mobile, Alabama; and
Tampa, Florida. They admit to membership employees in the
Southern Division of the Company.
III. THE QUESTION CONCERNING REPRESENTATION
The Company refuses to recognize the Federal as the exclusive
representative of its employees in the Southern Division until such
THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY 497
time as the Federal is certified by the Board. Statements of a Field
Examiner of the Board, introduced into evidence at the hearing,
show that the Federal represents a substantial number of employees
in the unit hereinafter found to be appropriate.'
We find that a question has arisen concerning the representation
of employees of the Company.
IV. THE EFFECT OF THE QUESTION CONCERNING REPRESENTATION UPON
COMMERCE
We find that the question concerning representation which has
arisen, occurring in connection with the operations of the Company
described in Section I above, has a close , intimate , and substantial
relation to trade, traffic , and commerce among the several States
and tends to lead to labor disputes burdening and obstructing com-
merce and the free flow of commerce.
V. THE APPROPRIATE UNIT
The Federal and the Company agreed by stipulation 4 that all
employees in the .district offices located in the Southern Division of
the Company and "a11 employees in all departments in the divisional
cities 5 of Mobile, Alabama; Savannah and Atlanta, Georgia; Louis-
ville, Kentucky; Chattanooga, Knoxville, Nashville, and Memphis,
Tennessee; Jacksonville, Miami, and Tampa, Florida; and Rich-
mond and Norfolk, Virginia, excluding employees listed in Appendix
"A",e constitute a unit appropriate for the purposes of collective
bargaining.
The above groups cover all the Southern Division offices of the
Company, with the exception of Charlotte, North Carolina, and
Birmingham, Alabama. These cities are covered by contracts be-
tween the C. T. U. and the Company. Inasmuch as organization
has extended throughout the Southern Division and the ultimate
goal of all parties concerned is a single Nation-wide unit, we find
that all offices in the Southern Division, excluding the cities of Char-
lotte, North Carolina, and Birmingham, Alabama, comprise a single
appropriate unit.-
*'
The Field Examiner repotted that the Federal presented 2581 membership application
cards bearing the names of persons nho appear on the Company 's pay lolls for the offices
in the appropriate unit. There are approximately 5,700 employees in the appropriate unit
4 Originally the Federal petitioned for 18 separate units in the ,southern Division, each of
the 5 districts , and l2 di%isional cities. By stipulation, after the close of the hearing, the
Company and the Federal agreed that these 18 groups should be combined into a single
bargaining unit
1 A divisional city is one having two or more depai tments headed by department heads
who report directly to division superintendents.
Appendix "A" lists the confidential or supervisory employees whom the Company and
the Federal have agreed should be excluded from the unit
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498 DE'CTSIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR R'ELAPIONS BOARD
Questions arose at the, hearing concerning the exclusion of certain
supervisory and other employees from the appropriate unit. We
shall consider these exclusions separately.
Messengers. The Federal urges that regular messengers be in-
cluded in the unit but that part-time messengers be excluded from
the unit. The Company took no definite position with respect to
the messengers but referred the Board to the facts concerning mes-
sengers presented in connection with the case involving the Chicago
office of the Company. Part-time messengers work a few hours
per week and there is approximately a 20-per cent turn-over among
them every month. It appears that they work every week. For
the reasons indicated in our decision in the Chicago case-, we find
that regular and part-time messengers should be included in the
unit.
Temporary employees and distribution messengers. Temporary
employees are hired for the performance of specific tasks, with the
knowledge that their work is to be temporary. Distribution mes-
sengers are hired to perform certain special tasks, such as to dis-
tribute packages or advertising material. Their work is of a tem-
porary character. We shall exclude temporary employees and
distribution messengers from the unit.
Managers and relief managers. These employees are in charge of
the various district offices throughout the Southern Division of the
Company. The Federal urges that such employees who spend over
50 per cent of their time performing supervisory functions should
be excluded from the unit and that the remainder should be in-
cluded. The Company asks that all of these employees be excluded
from the unit, contending that such employees represent the man-
agement in the various localities in which they work and have the
authority to hire and discharge messengers. Although the man-
agers do have authority to hire and discharge messengers, the man-
agers and the other employees at the district offices are under the
supervision of a district superintendent. The local managers have
authority to settle only minor grievances, and representatives of the
Federal have discussed grievances with the Company on behalf of
local managers. It appears from the testimony that many of the
managers are members of the Federal. Under these circumstances,
we find that all managers and relief managers of district offices in
the Southern Division of the Company should be included in the
unit.
Floating gang. The Company the Federal agree that such
employees should be included in the unit. These persons are part
7 Matter of The Western Unzozi Telegraph Company and Telegraph Woi hers Independent
Union, et at, 36 N L R. B 812
THE WESTERN UNION TE'L'E 'GRAPH COMPANY 499
of the divisional plant department and they work in all sections
of the Company's Southern Division,, which comprises nine States.
Although Atlanta is considered their home office, most of them
spend a majority of their time outside of Atlanta. Inasmuch as
they work all over the Southern Division, and we are finding ap-
propriate a divisional unit, we shall include floating-gang employees
in the unit. ,
Equipment installation force. The Federal and the Company ask
that these employees be included in the divisional unit. Atlanta
is their home, office and these employees work in all parts of the
Southern Division. We shall include them in the unit.
Chattanooga Works. The Company maintains a plant at Chat-
tanooga, Tennessee, where it is engaged in the manufacture and
repair of cars and equipment for its Nation-wide system. The
Federal and the Company request that such employees be included in
the divisional unit. The superintendent in charge of the Chatta-
nooga Works reports directly to an official of the Company located
in New York City. Although these employees work in Chattanooga,
they are housed in an entirely separate building, their work bears no
direct relation to the operation of the Southern Division, and they
are not in contact with the Southern Division employees. We shall
therefore exclude the Chattanooga Works', employees from the unit.
Equipment foreman. The Company has one employee attached to
its Atlanta office who is designated as an equipment foreman. The
Federal urges that he be included in the divisional unit, and the
Company that he be excluded. This employee travels throughout
the entire Southern Division. He has from 25 to 50 persons working
under him, supervises the larger installation jobs for the Company,
hires the persons working under him, and makes up the list of per-
sons to be laid off when work is curtailed. Under these circum-
stances;,we shall exclude the equipment foreman from the unit.
Accounting section supervisor. The Company employs one person
with this title in its division headquarters at Atlanta. The Federal
urges that lie be included in the divisional unit, and the Company
suggests that he be excluded. This employee has about 12 persons
working under him and interviews applicants for positions in his
department. He has the duty of allocating work among his staff
and reports on their progress. We shall exclude the accounting
section supervisor from the unit.
Authorization clerk. The Company employs one person with this
title in its divisional headquarters at Atlanta. ' The Federal urges
that he be included in the divisional unit, and the Company suggests
that he be excluded. The authorization clerk is charged with the
custody of the service record cards for all employees in the Southern
500 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD
Division. The service record cards contain confidential data. We
shall exclude the authorization clerk front the unit.
City foramen. The Company employs a city foreman in each of
its 13 divisional cities involved herein. The Federal urges that these
employees be included in the unit, and the Company suggests that
they be excluded. These persons are the heads of the plant depart-
ments in the respective divisional cities and are responsible for the
laying out of work in those departments. We shall exclude the city
foremen from the unit.
Chief bookkeepers. Nine of the divisional cities involved herein
employ chief bookkeepers. The. Company suggests that these em-
ployees be excluded from the unit, and the Federal urges that they
be included. These employees have from two to seven persons work-
ing under their and are directly responsible for the accounting in
the divisional cities and their branch offices. Although the chief
bookkeepers do not have authority to hire or discharge, they recom-
mend increases in salaries, discipline, or dismissal for the employees
working under them. Under these circumstances, we shall exclude
the chief bookkeepers from the unit.
Cashiers. The Company employs a cashier at each of its 13 di-
visional cities involved herein. The Company suggests that cashiers
be excluded from the unit, and the Federal that they be included.
The parties agreed that the cashier at Atlanta should be excluded
from the unit. The cashiers in four of the divisional cities each
has but one employee under him, and in the remainder they have no
helpers. The cashiers have no authority to hire or discharge. Under
these circumstances, we shall include the cashiers, with the exception
of Atlanta, in the unit.
We find that all employees in the district offices in the Southern
Division of the Company and all employees in all departments in
the divisional offices of Mobile, Alabama; Savannah and Atlanta,
Georgia; Louisville, Kentucky; Chattanooga, Knoxville, Nashville,
and Memphis, Tennessee; Jacksonville, Miami, and Tampa, Florida;
and Richmond and Norfolk, Virginia, including the managers, relief
managers, regular messengers, part-time messengers, cashiers, floating-
gang force, and equipment installation force, but excluding temporary
employees, distribution messengers, city foremen, chief bookkeepers,
equipment foremen, accounting section supervisor, authorization
clerk, employees listed in Appendix "A", and employees in the Chat-
tanooga Works, constitute a single unit appropriate for the purposes
of collective bargaining, and that such unit will insure to employees
of the Company the full benefit of their right to self-organization
and to collective bargaining and otherwise will effectuate the policies
of the Act.
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VI. TIIE DETERMINATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
We find that the question concerning representation which has
arisen can best be resolved by the holding of an election by secret
ballot. We shall direct that the employees of the Company eligible
to vote in the election shall be those in the appropriate unit who
were employed during the pay-roll period immediately preceding the
(late of the Direction of Election herein subject to the limitations
and additions set forth in the Direction.
The Company suggests that employees with less than 3 months'
service with the Company should be excluded from voting in the
election. It appears that such employees are not temporary but are
considered by the Company as probational employees. It is the
Company's intention to retain such employees on its pay roll after
their 3 months' probational period and their seniority rights are
determined by the dates of their entrance into the service of the
Company. We find that such employees are entitled to participate
in the determination of representatives.
The Federal requested that it appear on the ballot as "Telegraph
Employees Union, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor."
The request is hereby granted.
Upon the basis of the above findings of fact and upon the entire
record in the case, the Board makes the following:
CONCLUSIONS OF LAW
1. A question affecting commerce has arisen concerning the repre-
sentation of employees in the Southern Division of The Western
Union Telegraph Company, within the meaning of Section 9 (c) and
Section 2 (G) and (7) of the National Labor Relations Act.
2. All employees in the district offices of the Southern Division
and all employees in all departments in the divisional offices of Mobile,
Alabama; Savannah and Atlanta, Georgia; Louisville, Kentucky;
Chattanooga, Knoxville, Nashville, and Memphis, Tennessee; Jack-
sonville, Miami, and Tampa, Florida; and Richmond and Norfolk,
Virginia, including managers, relief managers, regular messengers,
part-time messengers, cashiers, floating-gang force, and equipment
installation force, but excluding temporary employees, distribution
messengers, city foremen, chief bookkeepers, equipment foreman,
accounting section supervisor, authorization clerk, employees in the
Chattanooga Works, and employees listed in Appendix "A", con-
stitute a single unit appropriate for the purposes of collective bar-
gaining, within the meaning of Section 9 (b) of the National Labor
Relations Act.
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DIRECTION OF ELECTION
By virtue of and pursuant to the power vested in the National
Relations Board by Section 9 (c) of the National Labor Relations
Act, and pursuant to Article III, Section 8, of National Labor Rela-
tions Board Rules and Regulations-Series 2, as amended, it is hereby
DIRECTED that, as part of the investigation authorized by the Board
to ascertain representatives for the purposes of collective bargaining
with The Western Union Telegraph Company, an election by secret
ballot shall be conducted as soon as possible, but not later than thirty
(30) days from the date of this Direction , under the direction and
supervision of the Regional Director for 'the Fifth Region , acting
in this matter as agent for the National Labor Relations Board, , and
subject to Article III, Section 9, of said Rules and Regulations,
among all employees in the district offices of the Southern Division
of the Company and all employees in the divisional cities of Mobile,
Alabama; Savannah and- Atlanta , Georgia; Louisville ; Kentucky;
Chattanooga, Knoxville , Nashville , and Memphis , Tennessee; Jack-
sonville, Miami , and Tampa , Florida; and Richmond and Norfolk,
Virginia, who were employed during the pay-roll period immediately
preceding the date of this Direction, including managers; relief man-
agers, regular messengers , part-time messengers , cashiers , floating-
bang force, equipment installation force, and employees who did not
work during such pay-roll period because they were ill or on vacation
or in the active military service or training of the United States, or
temporarily laid off, but excluding temporary employees , distribu-
tion messengers , city foremen , chief bookkeepers , equipment foreman,
accounting section supervisor , authorization clerk, employees in the
Chattanooga Works, employees listed in Appendix "A", and em-
ployees who have since quit or been discharged for cause , to determine
whether or not they desire to be represented by Telegraph Employees
Union, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, for the
purposes of collective bargaining.
APPENDIX A
COMMERCIAL DEPARTMENT
General Manager's Ofee :
General Manager
Division Sales Mgr.
Division Coml. Mgr. ,( in charge of terminal handlings)
Division Coml. Mgr. (Sales)
Division Coml. Mgr. (on Methods and Operation)
Division Coml. Mgr. (Errand Service)
Chief Clerk
General Manager 's Secretary
Division Coml. Representative
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District:
District Superintendents
District Managers
District Sales Managers
Chief Clerks
Relief Managers (who actually make complete audits and
inspections)
City Supt's. Office:
Supt. City Coml. Mgr.
Sales Mgr. (Coml. Representative where there is no Sales Mgr.)
Chief Clerk (except where we have an Office Mgr.)
Mgr. Delivery Dept.
Cashier (Atlanta only)
Supt's. Confidential Clerk
Accounting Center Mgr.
TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT
Div. Tfc. Supt's. OSce:
Div. Tfc. Supt.
Div. Tfc. Supervisors
Div. T & R. Chief
Div. Tfc. Engineer
Chief Clerk
Div. Tfc. Inspectors
Confidential Stenographer
Tfc. Mgr's. Office :
Tfc. Mgr. or Chief Oprs.
Night Tfc. Mgrs.
Assistant Tfc. Mgrs. -
T & R Chief
Automatic Chief (at points where no T & R Chief)
Wire Chief (at points where no T & R Chief)
Repeater Chief (at points where no T & R Chief)
Chief Clerk
Confidential Clerk to Tfc. Mgr.
Confidential Stenographer to Tfc. Mgr. -
Asst. Chief Oprs.
504 IYE'CTSiIONS OF NATIOINAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD
PLANT DEPARTMENT
Div. Plant Supt's. Office:
Div. Plant Supt.
Div. Supervisor of Maintenance
Div. Supervisor of Lines
Div. Supervisor of Equipment
Div. Ticket Supervisor
Div. Plant Engineer
Div. Valuation & Tax Engineer
Chief Clerk
Maintenance Supervisor
Construction Supervisor
Equipment Supervisor
Building Supervisor
Maintenance Foreman
General Foreman
Chief Inspector
Building Forces:
Engineer (head)
Line Forces:
Gang Foreman
PURCHASING AND STORES DEI'ART11IENT
Div. Storekeeper's Office:
Div. Storekeeper
Depot Manager (Uniform)
ACCOUNTING DEPARTMENT
Division Auditor's Ofce:
Division Auditor
Chief Accountant
Supervisor of Accounting Centers
Chief Traveling Auditor
Plant Accountant
Money Order Supervisor
Traveling Auditors
Secretary (confidential stenographer)
In the Matter of THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY and FED-
ERAL LABOR UNION 22671 , NORFOLK , VA. CHAPTER , AFFILIATED WITH
A. F. OF L.
In the Matter of THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY and FED-
ERAL LABOR UNION 22671 , RICHMOND , VA. CHAPTER , AFFILIATED WITH
A. F. OF L.
In the Matter of THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY and FED-
ERAL LABOR UNION 22671 , DISTRICT No. 1 CHAPTER , AFFILIATED WITH
A. F. OF L.
In the Matter of THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY and FED-
ERAL LABOR UNION 22671 , MIAMI , FLA. CHAPTER , AFFILIATED WITH
A. F. OF L.
In the Matter of THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY and FED-
ERAL LABOR UNION 22671 , JACKSONVILLE , FLA. CHAPTER , AFFILIATED
WITH A. F. OF L.
In the Matter of THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY and FED-
ERAL LABOR UNION 22671, DISTRICT No. 3 CHAPTER, AFFILIATED WITH
A. F. OF L.
In the Matter of THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY and
FEDERAL LABOR UNION 22671, DISTRICT No. 4 CHAPTER, AFFILIATED
WITH A. F. OF L.
In the Matter of THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY and
FEDERAL LABOR UNION 22671, MEMPHIS, TENN. CHAPTER, AFFILI-
ATED WITH A. F. OF L.
In the Matter of THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY and
FEDERAL LABOR UNION 22671, NASHVILLE, TENN. CHAPTER, AFFILIATED
WITH A. F. OF L.
In the Matter of THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY and
FEDERAL LABOR UNION 22671, KNOXVILLE, TENN. CHAP'T'ER, AFFILIATED
WITH A. F. OF L.
In the Matter of THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY and
FEDERAL LABOR UNION 22671, DISTRICT No. 5 CHAPTER, AFFILIATED
WITH A. F. OF L.
In the Matter of THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY and
FEDERAL LABOR UNION 22671, CHATTANOOGA, TENN. CHAPTER, AFFILI-
ATED WITH A. F. of L.
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506 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD
In the Matter of THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY and
FEDERAL LABOR UNION 22671, LOUISVILLE, Ky. CHAPTER, AFFILIATED
WITH A. F. OF L.
In the Matter of THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY and
'FEDERAL LABOR UNION 22671, DISTRICT No. 2 CHAPTER, AFFILIATED
WITH A. F. OF L.
In the Matter of THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY and
FEDERAL LABOR UNION 22671, ATLANTA, GEORGIA CHAPTER, AFFILIATED
WITH A. F. OF L.
In the Matter of THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY and
FEDERAL LABOR UNION 22671, SAVANNAH, GA. CHAPTER,_ AFFILIATED
WITH A. F. OF L.
In the Matter of THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY and
FEDERAL LABOR UNION 22671, MOBILE, ALA. CHAPTER, AFFILIATED
ti rITH A. F. OF L.
In the Matter of THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY and
CELEGRAPH EMPLOYEES' FEDERAL LABOR UNION 22671, TAMPA, FLOR-
IDA, CHAPTER, AFFILIATED WITH A. F. OF L.
Cases Nos. R-3173 to R-3189, inclusive, respectively, and R-3310
AMENDMENT TO DIRECTION OF ELECTION
February 10, 19142
On January 24, 1942, the National Labor Relations Board, herein
called the Board, issued a Decision and Direction of Election in the
above-entitled proceeding.' The Board, having been advised by the
Regional Director that a longer period in winch to hold the election is
necessary, hereby amends its Direction of Election by striking there-
from the words "but not later than thirty (30) days from the date of
this Direction" and substituting therefor the words "but not later than
sixty (60) days from the date of this Direction."
1 38 N L R B 492