The Western Union Telegraph Co.

In the Matter of THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY and AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR, FEDERAL UNION No. 22460 Case No. R-23O9 CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES April 26, 1941 On March 29, 1941, the National Labor Relations Board issued a Decision and Direction of Election in the above-entitled pro- ceedings.' Pursuant to the Direction of Election, an election by secret ballot was conducted on April 9, 1941, under the direction and supervision of the Regional Director for the Eighth Region (Cleve- land, Ohio). On April 11, 1941, the Regional Director, acting pur- suant to Article III, Section 9, of National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series 2, as amended, issued and duly served upon the parties his Election Report. 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-------------------------------------- 148 Total ballots cast------------------------------------------ 107 Total votes cast for American Federation of Labor, Federal Union No. 22460----------------------------------------- 96 Total votes cast against American Federation of Labor, Federal Union No. 22460----------------------------------------- 11 Total blank ballots---------------------------------7------- 0 Total void ballots------------------------------------------ 0 Total challenged votes-------------------------------------- 0 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 American Federation of 'Labor, Fed- eral Union No. 22460, has been designated and selected by a majority of the employees of The Western Union Telegraph Company work- ing in and in the territory immediately adjacent to Toledo, Ohio, 1 30 N. L. R. B. 679. 31 N L. R -B, -No 63 411 412 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD in the traffic department, commercial department (including mes- sengers), and plant department, excluding the traffic manager, early night traffic manager, late night traffic manager, testing and regu- lating chief, senior supervisor, telephone supervisor, Morse super- visor, timekeeper, city superintendent, chief clerk, delivery manager, sales manager (commercial representative), chief bookkeeper, and clerk, (private secretary to the superintendent and chief clerk),'as their representative for the purposes of collective bargaining, and that, pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the National Labor Relations Act, American Federation of Labor, Federal Union No. 22460, is the exclusive representative of all such employees for the purpose of collective bargaining 'in respect to rates of pay, wages, hours of employment, and other conditions of employment.