The Western Union Telegraph Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Apr 23, 1942

40 N.L.R.B. 812 (N.L.R.B. 1942)

In the Matter of THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY and
COMMERCIAL TELEGRAPHERS' UNION, LOCAL #23, AFFILIATED WITH
THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR
Case No. R-3,593
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
April 23, 1942
On March 14, 1942, 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 under the direction and supervision of the Regional Di-
rector for the Seventeenth Region (Kansas City, Missouri). On
April 13, 1942, the Regional Director, acting pursuant to Article III,
Section 9, of National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regula-
tions-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__ ___________________________________ 629
Total ballots cast___________________________________________ 362
Total ballots challenged ____________________________________ 3
Total blank ballots_________________________________________ 1
Total void ballots__ ________________________________________ 6
Total
Votes
valid votes counted____ _______________________________
cast for Commercial Telegraphers ' Union, Local #23,
352
affiliated with the A. F. of L______________________________ 338
Votes cast against Commercial Telegraphers' Union, Local
#23, affiliated with the A. F. of L________________ __ 14
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 s
and 9, of National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations-
Series 2, as amended,
IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that Commercial Telegraphers' Union, Local
#23, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, has been
designated and selected by a majority of all employees in the offices
located in District No. 4 of the Gulf Division of The Western Union
139 N. L. R. B 792
40 N. L. R. B., No 141
812
THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY 813
Telegraph Company, excluding employees in divisional cities, tempo-
rary employees, and managers and chief operators at Springfield and
St. Joseph, Missouri; Salina, Kansas; and Colorado Springs, Pueblo,
Grand Junction, Alamosa, and Trinidad, Colorado, as their repre-
sentative for the purposes of collective bargaining, and that, pursuant
to Section 9 (a) of the Act, Commercial Telegraphers' Union, Local
;$23, affiliated with the American Federation of. Labor, is the ex-
clusive 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.
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