The Western Union Telegraph Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Jan 8, 1942

38 N.L.R.B. 99 (N.L.R.B. 1942)

In the Matter of THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY and TELE-
GRAPH WORKERS FEDERAL LABOR UNION No. 22679, NEW ORLEANS
CHAPTER
Case No. R-3110
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 8, 1942
On November 17, 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 December 19,1941, 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_______________________________________ 535
Total ballots cast___________________________________________ 358
Total ballots challenged_____________________________________ 1
Total blank ballots__________________________________________ 0
Total void ballots___________________________________________ 4
Total valid votes counted____________________________________ 353
Votes cast for the Union______________________________________ 319
Votes cast against the Union_________________________________ 34
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 Telegraph Workers Federal Labor Union
No. 22679, New Orleans Chapter, affiliated with the American Feder-
ation of Labor, has been designated and selected by a majority of all
employees at the New Orleans, Louisiana, office of The Western Union
Telegraph Company, including regular and part-time messengers, but
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100 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD
excluding the superintendent, assistant chief operators, manager of
delivery 'department, sales manager, chief clerks, T. & R. chief, traffic
managers, city foreman, automatic chief, building supervisor, manager
of accounting center, 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,
New Orleans Chapter, affiliated with the American Federation of La-
bor, is the exclusive representative of all such employees for the pur-
poses of collective bargaining in respect to rates of pay, wages, hours
of employment, and other conditions of employment.