The Western Union Telegraph Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Apr 2, 1942

40 N.L.R.B. 98 (N.L.R.B. 1942)

In the Matter of TIIE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY and
TELEGRAPH WORKERS FEDERAL LABOR UNION #22679, DISTRICT No. 3`
CHAPTER, AFFIMATED WITH A. F. OF L.
Case No. R-3&7
SUPPLEMENTAL DECISION
AND
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
April 2, 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 objec-
tions 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------ -------------------------------- 393
Total ballots cast------------------------------------------- 198
Total ballots challenged------------------------------------- 4
Total blank ballots----------------------------------------- 0
Total void ballots------------------------------------------- 0
Total valid votes counted------------------------------------ 194
Votes cast for Telegraph Workers Federal Labor Union #22679_ 162
Votes cast against Telegraph Workers Federal Labor Union
#22679--------------------------------------------------- 32
On March 9, 1942, The Western Union Telegraph Company and
Telegraph Workers Federal Labor Union #22679 entered into a
stipulation, providing for the exclusion of managers and chief op-
erators in the functional offices located in the Third District of the
Gulf Division. The Board hereby approves the stipulation and shall-
1 38 N. L R. B. 1396
40 N. L. R B., No. 15.
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THEE WESTERN UNTGN TELEGRAPH COMPANY 99)
exclude such employees from the unit for which the Union is certified'
below.2
By virtue of and pursuant to the power vested in the National
Labor Relations Board by Section 9 (c) of the National Labor Rela-
tions 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 #22679, District No. 3 Chapter, affiliated with the American
Federation of Labor,, has been designated and selected by a ma-
jority of all employees in the offices located in District No. 3
of the Gulf Division of The Western , Union Telegraph Company,
including regular and part-time messengers and managers,, but ex-
cluding employees in divisional cities, temporary employees, and'_
managers and chief operators in the functional offices in the Third
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 Labor Union #22679, District No._
3, Chapter, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, is the
exclusive representative of all such employees for the purposes of
collective bargaining with respect to rates of pay, wages, hours of
employment, and other conditions of employment.
2 There are only four such employees in the Third 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. -