The Western Union Telegraph Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Aug 31, 1942

43 N.L.R.B. 856 (N.L.R.B. 1942)

In the Matter of THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY and
COMMERCIAL TELEGRAPHERS UNION, LOCAL 34, DIVISION 2
In the - Matter of THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY and
COMMERCIAL,TELEGRAPHERS UNION, LOCAL 40
Cases Nos. B-3860 and R3861, respectively
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
August 31, 191
On June 17, 1942, the National Labor Relations Board issued a
Decision and Direction of Elections in the above-entitled proceed-
ing 1 On July 1, 1942, the Board issued an Amendment to Direction
of Elections.2 Pursuant to the Direction of Elections,' as amended,
elections by secret ballot were conducted between July 22 and August
10, 1942, under the direction and supervision of the Regional Director
for the Twentieth Region (San Francisco, California). On August
13, 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
Elections Report on the ballot. No objections to the conduct of the
ballot or the Elections Report have been filed by any of the parties.
As to the balloting and its results, the Regional Director reported
as follows :
First District
Total number eligible to vote------------------------------- 547
Number of votes for Commercial Telegraphers Union, ,Local ,
34, A. F. L.---------------------------------------------- 199
Number of votes against Commercial Telegraphers Union,
Local 34, A. F. L.---------------------------------------- 12
Total number of votes counted------------------------------ 211
Number of blank ballots ------------------------------------ 0
Number of void ballots------------------------------------- 0
Number of challenged ballots-------------------------------- 0
1 41 N L R B 1051
2 42 N L R B. 5
43N L. R B., No. 141
856
THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY 857
Third- District
Total number eligible to vote------------------------------- 534
Number of votes for Commercial Telegraphers Union, Local
40, A. F. L ---------------------------------------------- 206
Number of votes against Commercial Telegraphers Union
Local 40 , A F. L ---------------------------------------- 22
Total number of votes counted ------------------------------ 228
Number of blank ballots------------------------------------ 1
Number of void ballots ------------------------------------- 0
Number of challenged ballots- -----------------------X _---_ 1
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 Commercial •Tele raphers Union, Local
34, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, has been desig-
nated and selected by a majority of all commercial and traffic depart-
ment employees in the offices located in the First District of the
Pacific Division of The Western Union Telegraph Company, includ-
ing delivery managers and managers and relief managers at non-
functional offices, but excluding the manager at Sacramento, district
superintendents, district managers, chief clerks to district superin-
tendents, managers and chief operators at functional offices, and
employees in divisional cities, as their representative for the purposes
of collective bargaining, and that, pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the
Act, Commercial, Telegraphers Union, Local 34, 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.
IT Is HEREBY CERTIFIED that Commercial Telegraphers Union, Local
40, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, has been desig-
nated and selected by a majority of all commercial and traffic depart-
ment employees in, the offices located in the Third District of the
Pacific Division of The Western Union Telegraph Company, includ-
ing delivery managers and managers and relief managers at non-
functional • offices, but excluding district superintendents, district
managers, chief clerks to district superintendents, managers and chief
operators at functional offices, and employees in divisional cities, as
their representative for the purposes of collective bargaining, and
that, pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the Act, Commercial Telegraphers
Union, Local 40,,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. ,