The Western Union Telegraph Co.

In the Matter of THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY and TELE- GRAPH WORKERS FEDERAL LABOR UNION No. 22679, GALVESTON CHAPTER Case No. R-3107 CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES December 16, 1941 On November 18, 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 22, 1941, under the direction and super- vision of the Regional Director for the Sixteenth Region (Fort Worth, Texas). On November 25, 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 eligibility list ---------------- --------- --------------- 37 Total ballots cast-------------------------------------------- 26 Total ballots challenged-------------------------------------- 0 Total blank ballots------------------------------------------- 0 Total void,ballots ------------------------------------------- 0 Total valid votes counted------------------------------------ 26 Votes cast for Telegraph Workers Federal Labor Union #22679-- 25 Votes cast against Telegraph Workers Federal Labor Union #22679---------------------------------------------------- 1 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 cERTn'IED _ that Telegraph Workers Federal Labor Union, No. 22679, Galveston Chapter, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, has been designated and selected by a majority 136 N. L it B 1046. 37 N. L. R. B., No. 112. 696 THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY 697 of all employees at the Galveston, Texas, office of The Western Union Telegraph Company, including,regular and part-time messengers, but excluding the superintendent, chief operators, manager of delivery department, 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, Gal- veston 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.