The Western Union Telegraph Co.

In the Matter of THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY and WESTERN UNION, EMPLOYEES UNION No. 22506, AFFILIATED WITH THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR Case No. R-3081 CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES Janrua,iT 10, 19412 On, November 24, 1941, the National Labor Relations Board issued a Decision and Direction of Election in the above-entitled proceedings." 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 Nineteenth Region (Seattle, Washing- ton). On December 18, 1941, the Regional Directory 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______________________________________ 245 Votes cast for Western Union Employees Union No 22506, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor___________ 117 Votes cast against Western Union Employees Union No. 22506, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor___________ 16 Total ballots challenged_____________________________________ 1 Total valid votes cast______________________________________ 133 Total on eligibility list not votirg ----------------------------- 111 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 Western Union Employees Union No. 22506, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, has been designated and selected by a majority of all employees at the Portland, 136N L. R B 1209 38 N L. R B., No 40. 155 156 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD Oregon, office of The Western Union Telegraph Company, including employees at the Vancouver and Oregon City branch offices and regular messengers, but excluding plant-department employees, chief clerk in district superintendent's office, district superintendent, district man- ager, chief-delivery clerk, superintendent, confidential stenographers, chief clerk in commercial department, E. L. McCauley, sales manager, night-traffic managers, chief clerk in traffic department, statistical clerk in traffic department, time clerk, traffic managers, manager of accounting center, "other employment" employees, distribution mes- sengers, and temporary employees, as their representative for the pur- poses of collective bargaining, and that, pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the Act, Western Union Employees Union No. 22506, 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.