The Western Union Telegraph Co.

In the Matter of THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY and DEN- VER LOCAL #31, WESTERN UNION SYSTEM DIVISION #2, COMMERCIAL TELEGRAPHERS' UNION Case No. R-2983- CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES December 12,1941 On October 31, 1941, the National Labor Relations 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 on November 18, 1941, under the direction and supervision of the Regional Director for the Twenty-second Region (Denver, Colorado). On November 21, 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 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 eligible list_________________________________________ 339 Total ballots cast___________________________________________ 214 Total ballots challenged_____________________________________ 0 Total blank ballots__________________________________________ 0 Total void ballots------------------------------------------- 0 Total valid votes counted____________________________________ Votes cast for Denver Local #31, Western Union System Divi- 214 sion #2, Commercial Telegraphers' Union___________________ 198 Votes cast against Denver Local #31, Western Union System Division #2, Commercial Telegraphers' Union______________ 16 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 Denver Local #31, Westerly Union Sys- tem Division #2, Commercial Telegraphers' Union, affiliated with 136 N. L. R. B. 634. 37 N. L. R. B., No. 93 556 THE, WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY 557 the American Federation of Labor, has been designated and selected by a' majority of all employees at the Denver, Colorado, office of The Western Union Telegraph Company, excluding temporary employees, traffic managers, assistant chief operators, chief clerk in traffic depart- ment, testing and regulating chief, city superintendent, chief clerk in' commercial department, city commercial manager, delivery manager, sales manager, manager of revenue accounting center, branch-office supervisor, and plant-department employees, as their representative for the purposes of collective bargaining, and that pursuant to Sec- tion 9 (a) of the Act, Denver Local #31, Western Union System Divi- sion #2, Commercial Telegraphers' Union, affiliated with the Amer- ican 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 employ- ment.