The Western Union Telegraph Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Jan 12, 1942

38 N.L.R.B. 475 (N.L.R.B. 1942)

In the Matter of THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY and
TELEGRAPH WORnERs FEDERAL LABOR UNION, No. 22679, SHREVE-
PORT CHAPTER '
Case No. R-3108
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 12, 1942
On November 18, 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 December 15, 1941, under the direction
and supervision of the Regional Director for the Sixteenth Region
(Fort Worth, Texas). On January 2, 1942, 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________-------------------------------------- 105
Total ballots cast_______ ____________________________________ 80
Total ballots challenged_____________________________________ 0
Total blank ballots__ ________________ 0
Total void ballots___________________________________________ 1
Total valid ballots counted___________________________________ 79
Votes cast for Telegraph Workers Federal Labor Union, No.
22679, Shreveport Chapter_________________________________ 76
Votes cast against Telegraph Workers Federal Labor Union,
No. 22679, Shreveport Chapter_____________________________ 3
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,
136 N . L. R. B. 1051.
38 N. L. R. B., No. 100.
475
476 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD
IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that Telegraph Workers Federal Labor
Union, No. 22679, Shreveport Chapter, affiliated with the American
Federation of Labor, has been designated and selected by a majority
of all employees at the Shreveport, Louisiana, office of The Western
Union Telegraph Company, including regular and part-time messen-
gers, but excluding the superintendent, manager of delivery depart-
ment, T & R chief, sales manager, chief operators, 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, Shreveport
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.