The Western Union Telegraph Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Jan 10, 1942

38 N.L.R.B. 155 (N.L.R.B. 1942)

In the Matter of THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY and
WESTERN UNION, EMPLOYEES UNION No. 22506, AFFILIATED WITH THE
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR
Case No. R-3081
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
Janrua,iT 10, 19412
On, November 24, 1941, the National Labor Relations Board issued
a Decision and Direction of Election in the above-entitled proceedings."
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 Nineteenth Region (Seattle, Washing-
ton). On December 18, 1941, the Regional Directory 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______________________________________ 245
Votes cast for Western Union Employees Union No 22506,
affiliated with the American Federation of Labor___________ 117
Votes cast against Western Union Employees Union No. 22506,
affiliated with the American Federation of Labor___________ 16
Total ballots challenged_____________________________________ 1
Total valid votes cast______________________________________ 133
Total on eligibility list not votirg ----------------------------- 111
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 Western Union Employees Union No.
22506, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, has been
designated and selected by a majority of all employees at the Portland,
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Oregon, office of The Western Union Telegraph Company, including
employees at the Vancouver and Oregon City branch offices and regular
messengers, but excluding plant-department employees, chief clerk in
district superintendent's office, district superintendent, district man-
ager, chief-delivery clerk, superintendent, confidential stenographers,
chief clerk in commercial department, E. L. McCauley, sales manager,
night-traffic managers, chief clerk in traffic department, statistical
clerk in traffic department, time clerk, traffic managers, manager of
accounting center, "other employment" employees, distribution mes-
sengers, and temporary employees, as their representative for the pur-
poses of collective bargaining, and that, pursuant to Section 9 (a) of
the Act, Western Union Employees Union No. 22506, 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.