The Western Union Telegraph Co.

In the Matter of THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY and TELEGRAPH WORKERS FEDERAL LABOR UNION No. 22679, HOUSTON CHAPTER Case No. R-3104 CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES December 13, 1941 On November 17, 1941, the National Labor Relations Board issued a Decision and Direction of Election in the above-entitled proceed- ing.' Pursuant to the Direction of Election, an election by secret ballot was conducted on November 24, 1941, under the direction and supervision of the Regional Director for the Sixteenth Region (Fort Worth, Texas). On November 26, 1941, the Regional Director, act- ing 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 objec- tions 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____________________________________ 413 Total ballots cast_________________________________________ 276 Total ballots challenged___________________________________ 0 Total blank ballots--------------------------------------- 0 Total void ballots----------------------------------------- 0 Total valid votes counted_________________________________ 276 Votes cast for Telegraph Workers Fedeial Labor Union #22679, Houston Chapter-------------------------------- 270 Votes cast for no union___________________________________ 6 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 Telegraph Workers Federal Labor Union, No. 22679, Houston Chapter, affiliated with the American 136N.L R B. 1014. 37 N. L. R. B., No. 99. 576 THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY 577 Federation of Labor, has been designated and selected by a majority of all employees at the Houston, Texas, office of The Western Union Telegraph Company, including regular and part-time messengers, but excluding the superintendent, manager of delivery department, sales manager, traffic managers, T. & R. chief, automatic chief, as- sistant chief operator, manager of revenue accounting center, city foreman, and temporary employees, as their representative for the purposes of collective bargaining,- and that, pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the Act, Telegraph Workers Federal Labor Union, No. 22679, Houston Chapter, 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.