The Western Union Telegraph Co.

In the Matter of THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY and LOCAL 91, COMMERCIAL TELEGRAPHERS' UNION, AFFILIATED WITH THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR Case No. R-3433 CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES March 4, 1942 On January 26, 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 on February 19, 1942, under the direction and supervision of the Regional Director for the Eighteenth Region (Minneapolis, Min- nesota). On February 20,1942, 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_____________________________________ 58 Total ballots cast_________________________________________ 49 Total ballots challenged ____________________________________ none Total blank ballots________________________________________ none Total void ballots__________________________________________ none Total valid votes cast______________________________________ 49 Votes cast for Local 91, Commercial Telegraphers ' Union, affili- ated with the American Federation of Labor____ ___________ 49 Votes cast against Local 91, Commercial Telegraphers' Union, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor__________ none 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 Local 91, Commercial Telegraphers' Union, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, has been 1 38 N. L. R. B. 535. 39 N. L. R. B., 76. 428 THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY 429 designated and selected by a majority of all employees of The Western Union Telegraph Company working in or from Sioux City, Iowa, under the jurisdiction of the superintendent' at Sioux City, excluding employees having the exclusive right to hire and discharge, messenger boys engaged exclusively in the handling of errand service and/or distribution service, delivery manager, late night chief operator, and confidential clerk to chief operator, as their representative for the pur- poses of collective bargaining, and that, pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the Act, Local 91, , Commercial Telegraphers' Union, 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 conditions of employment.