The Western Union Telegraph Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Jan 8, 1942

38 N.L.R.B. 97 (N.L.R.B. 1942)

In the Matter of THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY and
TELEGRAPH WORKERS FEDERAL LABOR UNION, No. 22679, EL PASO
CHAPTER
Case No. 8-3811
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 8, 1942
On November 29, 1941, the National Labor Relations Board issued
a Decision and Direction of Election in the above -entitled pro-
ceeding. ' Pursuant to the Direction of Election , an election by
secret ballot was conducted on December 16, 1941 , under the direc-
tion and supervision of the Regional Director for the Sixteenth Re-
gion (Fort Worth, Texas). On December 22, 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______________________________________ 94
Total ballots cast___________________________________________ 64
Total ballots challenged ------------------------------------- none
Total blank ballots ------------------------------------------ none
Total void ballots ------------------------------------------- none
Total valid votes counted___________________________________ 64
Votes cast for Telegraph Workers Federal Labor Union No.
22679, El Paso Chapter___________________________________ 64
Votes cast against Telegraph Workers Federal Labor Union,
No. 22679, El Paso Chapter ------------------------------- none
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,
137 N. L. R. B. 200.
38 N. L. It. B., No. 21.
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IT is HEREBY CERTIFIED that Telegraph Workers Federal Labor
Union, No. 22679, El Paso Chapter, affiliated with the American
Federation of Labor, has been designated and selected by a majority
of all employees at the El Paso, Texas, office of The Western Union
Telegraph Company, including regular and regular part-time mes-
sengers, but excluding the superintendent, commercial representative,
manager of delivery department, T & R. chief, night traffic man-
agers, traffic manager, and temporary employees, as their representa-
tive for the purposes of collective bargaining, and that, pursuant to
Section 9 (a) of the Act, Telegraph Workers Federal Labor Union,
No. 22679, El Paso 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.