The Western Union Telegraph Co.

In the Matter of THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY and TELE- GRAPH WORKERS FEDERAL LABOR UNION No. 22679, NEW ORLEANS CHAPTER Case No. R-3110 CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES January 8, 1942 On November 17, 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 December 15, 1941, under the direction and supervision of the Regional Director for the Sixteenth Region (Fort Worth, Texas). On December 19,1941, 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_______________________________________ 535 Total ballots cast___________________________________________ 358 Total ballots challenged_____________________________________ 1 Total blank ballots__________________________________________ 0 Total void ballots______ _____________________________________ 4 Total valid votes counted____________________________________ 353 Votes cast for the Union______________________________________ 319 Votes cast against the Union_________________________________ 34 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 Telegraph Workers Federal Labor Union No. 22679, New Orleans Chapter, affiliated with the American Feder- ation of Labor, has been designated and selected by a majority of all employees at the New Orleans, Louisiana, office of The Western Union Telegraph Company, including regular and part-time messengers, but 136 N L. R. B 1024. 38 N. L. R. B.. No. 22. 99 100 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD excluding the superintendent, assistant chief operators, manager of delivery 'department, sales manager, chief clerks, T. & R. chief, traffic managers, city foreman, automatic chief, building supervisor, manager of accounting center, 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, New Orleans Chapter, affiliated with the American Federation of La- bor, is the exclusive representative of all such employees for the pur- poses of collective bargaining in respect to rates of pay, wages, hours of employment, and other conditions of employment.