The Western Union Telegraph Co.

In the Matter of THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY and TELEGRAPH WORnERs FEDERAL LABOR UNION, No. 22679, SHREVE- PORT CHAPTER ' Case No. R-3108 CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES January 12, 1942 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 December 15, 1941, under the direction and supervision of the Regional Director for the Sixteenth Region (Fort Worth, Texas). On January 2, 1942, 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 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________ -------------------------------------- 105 Total ballots cast_______ ____________________________________ 80 Total ballots challenged_____________________________________ 0 Total blank ballots__ ________________ 0 Total void ballots ___________________________________________ 1 Total valid ballots counted___________________________________ 79 Votes cast for Telegraph Workers Federal Labor Union, No. 22679, Shreveport Chapter_________________________________ 76 Votes cast against Telegraph Workers Federal Labor Union, No. 22679, Shreveport Chapter_____________________________ 3 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, 136 N. L. R. B. 1051. 38 N. L. R. B., No. 100. 475 476 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that Telegraph Workers Federal Labor Union, No. 22679, Shreveport Chapter, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, has been designated and selected by a majority of all employees at the Shreveport, Louisiana, office of The Western Union Telegraph Company, including regular and part-time messen- gers, but excluding the superintendent, manager of delivery depart- ment, T & R chief, sales manager, chief operators, 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, Shreveport 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.