The Western Union Telegraph Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Jan 8, 1942

38 N.L.R.B. 101 (N.L.R.B. 1942)

In the Matter of THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY and
TELEGRAPH WORKERS FEDERAL LABOR UNION No. 22679, FORT WORTH
CHAPTER
Case No. R-3103
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 8 , 1942
On November 18, 1941, the National Labor Relations Board issued
a Decision and Direction of Election in the above-entitled proceed-
ing.) 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 Sixteenth Region (Fort
Worth, Texas). On December 8, 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______________________________________ 125
Total ballots cast___________________________________________ 92
Total ballots challenged____________________________________ 0
Total blank ballots______----------------------------------------- 0
Total void ballots__________________________________________ 0
Total valid votes counted____________________________________ 92
Votes cast for Telegraph Workers Federal Labor Union No.
22679, Fort Worth Chapter________________________________ 90
Votes cast against Telegraph Workers Federal Labor Union No.
22679, Fort Worth Chapter________________________________ 2
By virtue of and pursuant to the power vested in the National
Labor Relations Board by Section 9 (c) of the National Labor Re-
lations 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,
136 N L. R. B. 1056.
38 N. L. R. B., No. 23.
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102 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD'
IT is HEREBY CERTIFIED that Telegraph Workers Federal Labor
Union, No. 22679, Fort Worth Chapter, affiliated with the American
Federation of Labor, has been designated and selected by a majority
of all employees at the Fort Worth, Texas, office of The Western
Union Telegraph Company, including regular and part-time mes-
sengers, but excluding the superintendent, manager of delivery de-
partment, sales manager, chief operators, T. & R. chief, city foreman,
and temporary employees, as their representative for the purposes of
collective bargaining, and that, pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the Act,
Telegraph Workers Federal Labor Union, No. 22679, Fort Worth
Chapter, 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.