The Western Union Telegraph Co.

In the Matter of THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY and TELEGRAPH WORKERS FEDERAL LABOR UNION No. 22679, FORT WORTH CHAPTER Case No. R-3103 CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES January 8, 1942 On November 18, 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 December 4, 1941, under the direction and supervision of the Regional Director for the Sixteenth Region (Fort Worth, Texas). On December 8, 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______________________________________ 125 Total ballots cast___________________________________________ 92 Total ballots challenged____________________________________ 0 Total blank ballots______ ----------------------------------------- 0 Total void ballots__________________________________________ 0 Total valid votes counted____________________________________ 92 Votes cast for Telegraph Workers Federal Labor Union No. 22679, Fort Worth Chapter________________________________ 90 Votes cast against Telegraph Workers Federal Labor Union No. 22679, Fort Worth Chapter________________________________ 2 By virtue of and pursuant to the power vested in the National Labor Relations Board by Section 9 (c) of the National Labor Re- lations 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, 136 N L. R. B. 1056. 38 N. L. R. B., No. 23. 101 102 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD' IT is HEREBY CERTIFIED that Telegraph Workers Federal Labor Union, No. 22679, Fort Worth Chapter, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, has been designated and selected by a majority of all employees at the Fort Worth, Texas, office of The Western Union Telegraph Company, including regular and part-time mes- sengers, but excluding the superintendent, manager of delivery de- partment, sales manager, chief operators, T. & R. chief, 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, Fort Worth 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.