The Western Union Telegraph Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Apr 16, 1942

40 N.L.R.B. 587 (N.L.R.B. 1942)

In the Matter of THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY and
TELEGRAPH WORKERS FEDERAL LABOR UNION #22679, FLOATING GANG
DEPARTMENT, DALLAS CHAPTER, AFFILIATED WITH A. F. OF L.
Case No. R-3534
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SUPPLEMENTAL DECISION
AND
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
April '16,19,2
On ,February 17, 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 super-
vision 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------------------------------------ 216
Total ballots cast----------------------------------------- 127
Total ballots challenged----------------------------------- 8
Total blank ballots--------------------------------------- 0
Total void ballots----------------------------------------- 0
Total valid votes counted---------------------------------- 119
Votes cast for Telegraph Workers Federal Labor Union
#22679 ------------------------------------------------ 110
Votes cast against Telegraph Workers Federal Labor Union
#22679 ----------------- -------------------------------- 9
On April 9, 1942, The Western Union Telegraph Company and
Telegraph Workers Federal Labor Union #22679 entered into a stipu-
lation, providing for the exclusion of foremen from the unit. The
138 N. L R . B. 1337
40 N. L. R. B, No. 106.
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588 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD
Board hereby approves the stipulation and shall exclude such em-
ployees 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 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 Telegraph Workers Federal Labor Union
#22679, Floating Gang'Department, Dallas Chapter, affiliated with
the American Federation of Labor, has been designated and selected
by ,a majority of all floating gang employees in the Gulf Division of
The Western Union Telegraph Company, excluding foremen, as their
representative for the purposes of collective bargaining, and that, pur-
suant to Section 9 (a) of the Act, Telegraph Workers Federal Labor
Union #22679, Floating Gang Department, Dallas 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 condi-
tions of employment.
2 There are only eight such employees who cast ballots 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.