The Western Union Telegraph Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Apr 3, 1942

40 N.L.R.B. 194 (N.L.R.B. 1942)

In the Matter of THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY and
TELEGRAPH WORKERS FEDERAL LABOR UNION #22679 , DisTRlcr No. 1
CHAPTER , AFFILIATED WITH A. F. of L.
Case No. 8-3525
SUPPLEMENTAL DECISION
AND
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
April 3,1942 -
On February 18, 1942 , the National Labor Relations Board , herein`
called the 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 under , the direction and
supervision of the Regional Director for the Sixteenth Region (Fort
Worth, Texas ). On March 17 , 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 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-- ---------------------------------- 1, 019
Total ballots cast----------------------------------------- 445
Total ballots challenged----------------------------------- 4
Total blank ballots----- ---------------------------------- 1
Total void ballots----------------------------------------- 1
Total' valid votes counted---------------------------------- 439
Votes cast for Telegraph Workers Federal Labor Union
#22679------------------------------------------------- 413
Votes cast against Telegraph Workers Federal Labor Union
#22679 ------------------------------------------------ 26
On March 9 , 1942 , The Western Union Telegraph Company and,
Telegraph Workers Federal Labor Union #22679 entered into a stip-
ulation, providing for the exclusion of managers and chief operators
in the functional offices located in the First District of the Gulf Divi-
1 38 N. L . R B 1386.
40 N. L. R. B., No. 27.
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THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY 195
sion. The Board hereby approves the stipulation and shall exclude
such employees from the unit for which the Union is certified below?
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 HERESY CERTIFIED that Telegraph Workers Federal Labor Union
#22679, District No. 1 Chapter, affiliated with the American Federa-
tion of Labor, has-been designated and selected by,a majority of all
employees in the offices located in District No. 1 of the Gulf Division
of The Western Union Telegraph Company, including regular and
part-time messengers and managers, but excluding employees in divi-
sional cities, temporary employees, and managers and chief operators,
in the functional offices in the First District of the Gulf Division, as.
their representative for the purposes of collective bargaining, and that,
pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the Act, Telegraph Workers Federal La-
bor Union #22679, District No. 1 Chapter, affiliated with the American
Federation of Labor,. is the exclusive, representative of all such em-
ployees for the purposes of collective bargaining with respect to rates_
of pay, wages, hours of employment, and other conditions of employ-
ment.
2 There are only four such employees in the First District of the Gulf Division of the
Company who sought to vote in the election Thus, in view of the overwhelming majority
of,votes received by the Union, the results of the election could not have been affected by,
their ballots.