The Western Union Telegraph Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Feb 15, 1943

47 N.L.R.B. 624 (N.L.R.B. 1943)

In the Matter of THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY and
TELEGRAPH WORKERS FEDERAL LABOR UNION No. 22679, DALLAS
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Ins the Matter of THE ' WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY and
TELEGRAPH WORKERS FEDERAL LABOR UNION No. 22679, AMARILLO
CHAPTER -
In the Matter of THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY and
;TELEGRAPH WORKERS FEDERAL LABOR UNION No. 22679, FORT WORTH
CHAPTER
In the Matter of THE WESTERN, UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY and
TELEGRAPH WORKERS FEDERAL LABOR UNION No. 22679, HOUSTON
CHAPTER
'In, the Matter of THE WESTERN UNION, TELEGRAPH COMPANY and
TELEGRAPH WORKERS FEDERAL LABOR UNION No. 22679, OKLAHOMA-
CITY CHAPTER
In the Matter of THE' WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY and
TELEGRAPH WORKERS FEDERAL LABOR UNION_ No. 22679, TULSA
CHAPTER
In the Matter of THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY and
TELEGRAPH WORKERS FEDERAL LABOR UNION No. 22679, GALVESTON
CHAPTER
In the Matter of THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY and
TELEGRAPH WORKERS FEDERAL LABOR UNION, No. 22679, SHREVEPORT
CHAPTER
In the Matter of THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY and
TELEGRAPH WORKERS FEDERAL UNION, No. 22679, ' NEw ' ORLEANS,
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In the Matter of THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY' and,
TELEGRAPH WORKERS FEDERAL LABOR. UNION No. 22679, . EL PASO.
CHAPTER . , , '
In the Matter of THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY and
TELEGRAPH WORKERS' FEDERAL LABOR UNION No. 22679, FLOATING
GANG DEPARTMENT, DALLAS CHAPTER '
47 N. L. R. B., No. 84.
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'THE WESTERN UNION: TELEGRAPH 'COMPANY 625
In the Matter of THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY and
TELEGRAPH WORKERS FEDERAL LABOR UNION NO. 22679, DISTRICT No.,
1 CHAPTER
In the Matter of THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY and
TELEGRAPH WORKERS FEDERAL LABOR UNION No. 22679, DISTRICT No.
2 CHAPTER
In the Matter of THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY and
TELEGRAPH WORKERS FEDERAL LABOR UNION No. 22679, DISTRICT No.
3 CHAPTER
Cases Nos. 8-3101 thru R-3108, R-3110, R-3111, and R-3504 thru
R-3527, respectively
SUPPLEMENTAL DECISION
AND
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES-
February 15, 1943
On December 23, 1942, Telegraph Workers Federal Labor Union
No. 22679, herein called the Union, filed with the National Labor
Relations Board a petition to consolidate into one appropriate unit the.
units, which the Board had theretofore found appropriate in these,
cases for the purposes of, collective bargaining with The Western
Union Telegraph Company, herein called the Company, and for which
separate chapters of the Union had theretofore been certified by the
Board as exclusive representative," and to certify the, Union as the
exclusive representative of such consolidated unit. The.. Company
stated that it had no objection to the proposed consolidation.
Upon the entire record in the.cases, the Board makes the following
supplemental findings of fact which, to the extent that they are incon-
sistent therewith, supersede the findings of fact heretofore made in
these cases:
SUPPLEMENTAL FINDINGS OF FACT
We are of the opinion that the employees in the several units hereto-
fore found to be appropriate constitute at this time a single appropriate
unit.
We accordingly find that all employees in the offices located in
District No. 1, District No. 2, and District No. 3 of the Gulf Division
"37 N. L R. B. 804 and 40 N. L. R. B. 273 (Dallas) ; 37 N, L R B 922 ( Amarillo) ;' 38
N. L. R. B . 101 (Fort worth) ; 37 N. L. R B 576 (Houston) ; 37 N. L R.' B 920 '(Okla-,
homa City) ; 37 N. L. R B. 698 (Tulsa) ; 37 N. L. R. B 696 (Galveston) '; 38 N. L. R. B
475 (Shreveport ) ; 38 N. L R. B. 99 (New Orleans) ; 38 N. V' R B` 97' (El. Paso) ; 40
N. L R. B 587 (Floating Gang) ; 40 N L. R B. 194 ( District No 1) ; 40 N L R. B 190
(District No. 2) ; 40 N. L. R. B. 98 (District No. 3).
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and all employees at the Dallas, Amarillo, Fort Worth, Houston,
Oklahoma City, Tulsa, Galveston, Shreveport, New Orleans, and El
Paso offices and all Floating Gang employees in the Gulf Division of
the Company, including regular ^nd part-time messengers, relief
managers, and managers of district offices, but excluding employees
listed in Appendix A, constitute a single unit appropriate for the
purposes of collective bargaining, within the meaning of Section 9 (b)
of the Act.
CERTIFICATION OF 'REPRESENTATIVES
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
and pursuant to Article III, Sections 9 and 10, of National Labor
Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series 2, as amended,
IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that Telegraph Workers Federal Labor Union
No. 22679, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, has been
designated and selected by a majority of all employees of The Western
Union Telegraph Company in the offices located in District No. 1,
District No. 2, and District No. 3 of the Gulf Division and all em-
,ployees at the Dallas, Amarillo, Fort Worth, Houston, Oklahoma City,
Tulsa, Galveston, Shreveport, New Orleans, and El Paso offices and.
all Floating Gang employees in the Gulf Division, including regular-
and part-time messengers, relief managers, and managers of district
offices, but excluding employees listed in Appendix A, as their repre-
sentative for the purposes of collective bargaining, and that, pursuant
to Section 9 (a) of the Act, Telegraph Workers Federal Labor Union
No. 22679, 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.
APPENDIX A
EXCLUDED EMPLOYEES
DALLAS
Traffic Department
Traffic Manager.
T & R Chief.
Assistant Chief Operators.
Automatic Chief.
Chief Clerk.'
Night Traffic Managers.
Wire Chief.
THE WESTERN -UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY -627,
Division Plant Department
Plant Superintendent.
Supervisor of Maintenance.
Supervisor of Lines.
Supervisor of Equipment.
Ticker Supervisor.
Plant Engineer.
Valuation and Tag Engineer.
Chief Clerk.
Maintenance Foremen.
Equipment Foremen.
Equipment Supervisor.
Building Supervisor.
General Foremen.
Chief Inspector.
Foremen.
Gang Foremen.
City Foremen.
Shop Foremen.
Assistant Foremen.
Divisional Headquarters Office
General Manager.
Chief Clerk.
Division Commercial Managers.
District Manager.
Division Sales Manager.
Division Sales Representatives.
Confidential Clerks.
District Headquarters Offices
District Superintendents.
District Manager.
District Sales Manager.
Commercial Representatives.
Dallas Commercial Department
City Superintendent.
City Commercial Manager'
Cashier.
Manager Distribution Department:
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Sales Manager. - :: - ,
Manager Delivery Department.
Superintendent's Confidential Clerks.
Division Auditor Department
Division Auditor.
Chief Accountant.
Supervisor. '
Supervisor of Accounting Center.
Traveling Auditors.
Manager.
Assistant Manager.
Dallas Accounting Center
Purchasing and Stores Department
Division Supervisor.
Uniform Depot Manager.
Division Traffic Department
Traffic Superintendent.
Traffic Wire Chief.
Traffic Engineer.
Traffic Supervisor.
Traffic Inspectors.
Chief Clerk.
Dispatchers.
Engineer Assistants.
Traffic Accountants.'
Amarillo
Superintendent.
Chief Operators.
Manager of Delivery Department.
T & R Chief.
Temporary Employees.
Fort Worth
Superintendent.
Manager of Delivery Department.
Sales Manager.
Chief Operators.
T & R Chief.
City Foreman.
Temporary Employees.
THE WESTERN••UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY 629
Houston, -
Superintendent.
Manager Delivery Department.
Sales Manager.
Traffic Managers.
T & R Chief.
Automatic Chief.
Assistant Chief Operator.
Manager of Revenue Accounting Center.
City Foreman.
Temporary Employees.
Oklahoma City
Superintendent.
Manager of Delivery Department.
Sales Manager.
Chief Clerk.
Assistant Chief Operator.
T & R Chief.
District Managers.
City Foreman.
Temporary Employees.
Tulsa
Superintendent.
Chief Operators.
Manager of Delivery Department.
Sales Manager.
Chief Clerk.
Automatic Chief. -
City Foreman.
Temporary Employees.
Superintendent.
Chief Operators.
Galveston
Manager of Delivery Department.
Temporary Employees.
Shreveport
Superintendent. ' -
Manager of Delivery Department.,
T & R Chief.
Sales Manager.
Chief Operators.
City Foreman.
Temporary Employees.
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New Orleans
Superintendent. I
Assistant Chief Operators.
Manager of Delivery Department.
Sales Manager.
Chief Clerks.
T & R Chief.
Traffic Managers.
City Foreman.
Automatic Chief.
Building Supervisor.
Manager of Accounting Center.
Temporary Employees.
El Paso
Superintendent.
Commercial Representative.
Manager of Delivery Department.
T &,R Chief.
Night Traffic Managers.
Traffic Manager.
Temporary Employees.
Foremen.
Floating Gang
District No. 1
Temporary Employees.
Managers and Chief Operators at Functional, Offices.
District No. v
Temporary Employees.
Managers and Chief Operators at Functional Offices.
District No. 3
Temporary Employees.'
Managers and Chief Operators at Functional Offices.