The Western Union Telegraph Co.

In the Matter of THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY and FEDERAL LABOR UNION 22671, NORFOLK, VA. CHAPTER, AFFTLIATED WITH A. F. OF L. In the Matter of THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY and FEDERAL LABOR UNION 22671 , RICHMOND, VA, CHAPTER, AFFILIATED WITH A. F. OF L. In the Matter of THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY and FEDERAL LABOR UNION 22671, DISTRICT No. 1 CHAPTER , AFFILIATED WITH A. F. OF L. In the Matter of THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY and FEDERAL LABOR UNION 22671, MIAMI, FLA. CHAPTER , AFFILIATED WITH A. F. OF L. In the Matter of THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY and FEDERAL LABOR UNION 22671, JACKSONVILLE, FLA. CHAPTER, AFFILI- ATED WITH A. F. OF L. In the Matter of THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY and FEDERAL LABOR UNION 22671 , DISTRICT No. 3 CHAPTER, AFFILIATED WITH A. F. OF L. In the Matter of THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY and FEDERAL LABOR UNION 22671, DISTRICT No. 4 CHAPTER, AFFILIATED WITH A. F. OF L. In the Matter of THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY and FEDERAL LABOR UNION 22671, MEMPHIS, TENN. CHAPTER, AFFILIATED WITH A. F. OF L. In the Matter of THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY and FEDERAL LABOR UNION 22671, NASHVILLE, TENN. CHAPTER, AFFILI- ATED WITH A. F. OF L. In the Matter of THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY and' FEDERAL LABOR UNION 22671 , KNOXVILLE, TENN . CHAPTER, AFFILI- ATED WITH A. F. OF L. In the Matter of THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY and FEDERAL LABOR UNION 22671, DISTRICT No. 5 CHAPTER , AFFILIATED WITH A. F. OF L. 38 N. L. R. B., No. 105. 492 THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY 493 In the Matter of THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY and FEDERAL LABOR UNION 22671, CHATTANOOGA, TENN. CHAPTER, AFFILI- ATED WITH A. F. OF L. In the Matter of THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY and FEDERAL LABOR UNION 22671, LOUISVILLE, Ky. CHAPTER, AFFILIATED WITH A. F. OF L. In the Matter of -TIIE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY and FEDERAL LABOR UNION 22671, DISTRICT No. 2 CHAPTER, AFFILIATED WITH A. F. OF L. In the Matter of TIIE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY and FEDERAL LABOR UNION 22671, ATLANTA, GEORGIA CHAPTER, AFFIL- IATED WITH A. F. OF L. In the Matter of TIIE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY and FEDERAL LABOR UNION 22671, SAVANNAH, GA. CHAPTER, AFFILIATED WITH A. F. OF L. In the Matter of TIIE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY and FEDERAL LABOR UNION 22671, MOBILE, ALA. CHAPTER, AFFILIATED WITH A. F. OF L. In the Matter of THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY and TELEGRAPH EMPLOYEES' FEDERAL LABOR UNION 22671, TAMPA, FLORIDA, CHAPTER, AFFILIATED WITH A. F. OF L. Cases Nos. R-3173 to R-3189, inclusive and R-3310.-Decided January 04, 194 Jurisdiction : telegraph industry. Investigation and Certification of Representatives : existence of question: re- fusal to accord union recognition until certified by the Board ; employees with less than three months service entitled to vote where it is the intention of the Company to retain them on its pay roll after their three months probationary period ; election necessary. Unit Appropriate for Collective Bargaining : employees in all of the offices com- prising a division of a nation-wide telegraph system, excepting two offices already covered by contracts between the Company and another union ; certain stipulated categories of employees excluded as supervisory ; managers and relief managers included notwithstanding desire of the Company for their exclusion, where their supervisory authority is limited and where many of them are members of, and have been represented by, the petitioner; equipment repair plant employees excluded notwithstanding desire of both the Com- pany and the union for their inclusion where their work relates to the Company's nation-wide system, rather than to the division here found to constitute an appropriate unit. Mr. Lester M. Levin, for the Board. Mr. C. H. Carroll, of Atlanta, Ga., for the Company. 494 D'EUIKONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELAPTONSi BOARD Mr. Herbert S. Thatcher and Mr. Robert A. Wilson, of Washing- ton, D. C., for the Federal. Mr. Hugh C. McKenna, of Washington, D. C., for the C. T. U. Mr. Louis Cokin, of counsel to the Board. DECISION AND DIRECTION OF ELECTION STATEMENT OF THE CASE On May 7 and October 9, 1941, respectively, Federal Labor Union 22671, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, herein called the Federal, filed with the Regional Director for the Fifth Region (Baltimore, Maryland) petitions and amended petitions alleging, re- spectively, that questions affecting commerce had arisen concerning the representation of employees in the First, Second, Third, Fourth, and Fifth Districts of the Southern Division of The Western Union Telegraph Company, herein called the Company, and at the Mobile, Alabama; Savannah and Atlanta, Georgia; Louisville, Kentucky; Chattanooga, Knoxville, Nashville, and Memphis, Tennessee; Jack- sonville and Miami, Florida; and Richmond and Norfolk, Virginia, offices of the Company, and requesting an investigation and certifica- tion of representatives pursuant to Section 9 (c) of the National Labor Relations Act, 49 Stat. 449, herein called the Act. On Octo- ber 14, 1941, the National Labor Relations Board, herein called the Board, acting pursuant to Article III, Section 3, of National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series 2, as amended, or- dered an investigation and authorized the Regional Director to con- duct it and to provide for an appropriate hearing upon due notice, and, acting pursuant to Article III, Section 10 (c) (2), of said Rules and Regulations, ordered.that the 17 cases be consolidated. On October 14, 1941, the Regional Director issued a notice of hearing, copies of which were duly served upon the Company and the Federal, and upon the Commercial Telegraphers Union, affili- ated with the American Federation of Labor, herein called the C. T. U., and the American Communications Association, affiliated with the Congress of Industrial Organizations, herein called the A. C. A. Pursuant to notice, a hearing was held on October 17 and 18, 1941, at Richmond, Virginia, before Walter W. Wilbur, the Trial Exam- iner duly designated by the Chief Trial Examiner. The Board, the Company, the Federal, and the C. T. U.1 were represented by counsel a Although the C. T. U. appeared at the hearing, it stated that it did not claim to repre- sent any of the employees involved herein. THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY - 495 and participated in the hearing. The A. C. A. did not appear at the hearing. Full opportunity to be heard, to examine and cross-exam- ine witnesses, and to introduce evidence bearing on the issues was afforded all parties. During the course of the hearing the. Trial Examiner granted motions of the Federal to amend its petitions as to certain formal matters. During the course of the hearing the Trial Examiner made rulings on other motions and on objections to the admission of evidence. The Board has reviewed all these rulings and finds that no prejudicial errors were committed. The. rulings are hereby affirmed. On October 28, 1941, the Federal filed with the Regional Director a petition alleging that a question affecting commerce had arisen con- cerning the representation of employees at the Tampa, Florida, office of the Company, and requesting an investigation and certification of representatives pursuant to Section 9 (c) of the Act. On November 12, 1941, the Board, acting pursuant to Section 9 (c) of the Act and Article III, Section 3, of National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series 2, as amended, ordered an investigation and authorized the Regional Director to conduct it and to provide for an appropriate hearing upon due notice, and, acting pursuant to Article III, Section 10 (c) (2), of said Rules and Regulations, ordered that this case be consolidated with the 17 cases previously ordered consolidated, and, acting pursuant to Article III, Section 8, of said Rules and Regulations, ordered that the record in all of the cases be reopened for the purpose of taking further evidence, and that a further hearing be held for such purpose. On November 14, 1941, the Regional Director issued a notice of hearing, copies of which were duly served on the Company, the Federal, the C. T. U., and the A. C. A. Pursuant to notice, a hear- ing was held on November 19, 1941, at Washington, D. C., before Walter W. Wilbur, the Trial Examiner duly designated by the Chief Trial Examiner. The Board, the Company, and the Federal were represented by counsel and participated in the hearing. The C. T. U. and the A. C. A. did not appear at the hearing. Full opportunity to be heard, to examine and cross-examine witnesses, and to introduce evidence bearing on the issues was afforded all parties. During the course of the hearing counsel for the Federal moved to incorporate in the record testimony taken at another proceeding involving the Company.2 None of the parties objected to this motion. The Trial Examiner reserved ruling thereon. The motion is hereby granted. During the course of the hearing the Trial Examiner made several rulings on motions and on objections to the admission of evidence. 2 Matter of The Western Union Telegraph Company and Federal Labor Union No. 22679, Dallas Chapter, 36 N. L. R B. 1165. 496 " DECISIONS Or NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS! BOARD The Board has reviewed these rulings and finds that no prejudicial errors were committed. The rulings are hereby affirmed. On November 1 and December 4, 1941, the Federal filed briefs, and on November 3, 1941, the A. C. A. filed a brief, all of which have been considered by the Board. On January 19, 1942, the Company and the Federal entered into a Stipulation, which is hereby incorporated into and made a part of the record in this proceeding. Upon the entire record in the case, the Board makes the following : FINDINGS OF FACT 1. THE BUSINESS OF THE COMPANY The Western Union Telegraph Company is a New York corpora- tion with its principal office in New York City. It is engaged throughout the United States and in various foreign countries in the receiving and transmission by telegraph and cable of intrastate, interstate, and international communications. In the operation of its national and international communications system the Company owns and/or operates 214,220 miles of pole lines, 4,160 miles of land- line cable, 1,876,993 miles of wire, 30,344 nautical miles of ocean cable, and 20,445 telegraph offices. At the close of 1940 the Com- pany employed approximately 49,000 persons. This proceeding con- cerns all the offices in the Company's Southern Division, which comprises the States of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama, Kentucky, Florida, and Mississippi, with the exception of the cities of Birmingham, Alabama, and Char- lotte, North Carolina. The Company admits that it is engaged in commerce within the meaning of the Act. II. THE ORGANIZATIONS INVOLVED The following chapters of Federal Labor Union 22671 are labor organizations affiliated with the American Federation of Labor : Norfolk, Virginia; Richmond, Virginia; District No. 1; Miami, Florida; Jacksonville, Florida; District No. 3; District No. 4; Mem- phis, Tennessee; Nashville, Tennessee; Knoxville, Tennessee; Dis- trict No. 5; Chattanooga, Tennessee; Louisville, Kentucky; District No. 2; Atlanta, Georgia; Savannah, Georgia; Mobile, Alabama; and Tampa, Florida. They admit to membership employees in the Southern Division of the Company. III. THE QUESTION CONCERNING REPRESENTATION The Company refuses to recognize the Federal as the exclusive representative of its employees in the Southern Division until such THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY 497 time as the Federal is certified by the Board. Statements of a Field Examiner of the Board, introduced into evidence at the hearing, show that the Federal represents a substantial number of employees in the unit hereinafter found to be appropriate.' We find that a question has arisen concerning the representation of employees of the Company. IV. THE EFFECT OF THE QUESTION CONCERNING REPRESENTATION UPON COMMERCE We find that the question concerning representation which has arisen, occurring in connection with the operations of the Company described in Section I above, has a close, intimate, and substantial relation to trade, traffic , and commerce among the several States and tends to lead to labor disputes burdening and obstructing com- merce and the free flow of commerce. V. THE APPROPRIATE UNIT The Federal and the Company agreed by stipulation 4 that all employees in the .district offices located in the Southern Division of the Company and "a11 employees in all departments in the divisional cities 5 of Mobile, Alabama; Savannah and Atlanta, Georgia; Louis- ville, Kentucky; Chattanooga, Knoxville, Nashville, and Memphis, Tennessee; Jacksonville, Miami, and Tampa, Florida; and Rich- mond and Norfolk, Virginia, excluding employees listed in Appendix "A",e constitute a unit appropriate for the purposes of collective bargaining. The above groups cover all the Southern Division offices of the Company, with the exception of Charlotte, North Carolina, and Birmingham, Alabama. These cities are covered by contracts be- tween the C. T. U. and the Company. Inasmuch as organization has extended throughout the Southern Division and the ultimate goal of all parties concerned is a single Nation-wide unit, we find that all offices in the Southern Division, excluding the cities of Char- lotte, North Carolina, and Birmingham, Alabama, comprise a single appropriate unit.- *' The Field Examiner repotted that the Federal presented 2581 membership application cards bearing the names of persons nho appear on the Company 's pay lolls for the offices in the appropriate unit. There are approximately 5,700 employees in the appropriate unit 4 Originally the Federal petitioned for 18 separate units in the ,southern Division, each of the 5 districts , and l2 di%isional cities. By stipulation, after the close of the hearing, the Company and the Federal agreed that these 18 groups should be combined into a single bargaining unit 1 A divisional city is one having two or more depai tments headed by department heads who report directly to division superintendents. Appendix "A" lists the confidential or supervisory employees whom the Company and the Federal have agreed should be excluded from the unit 438861-42-vol 38-33 498 DE'CTSIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR R'ELAPIONS BOARD Questions arose at the, hearing concerning the exclusion of certain supervisory and other employees from the appropriate unit. We shall consider these exclusions separately. Messengers. The Federal urges that regular messengers be in- cluded in the unit but that part-time messengers be excluded from the unit. The Company took no definite position with respect to the messengers but referred the Board to the facts concerning mes- sengers presented in connection with the case involving the Chicago office of the Company. Part-time messengers work a few hours per week and there is approximately a 20-per cent turn-over among them every month. It appears that they work every week. For the reasons indicated in our decision in the Chicago case-, we find that regular and part-time messengers should be included in the unit. Temporary employees and distribution messengers. Temporary employees are hired for the performance of specific tasks, with the knowledge that their work is to be temporary. Distribution mes- sengers are hired to perform certain special tasks, such as to dis- tribute packages or advertising material. Their work is of a tem- porary character. We shall exclude temporary employees and distribution messengers from the unit. Managers and relief managers. These employees are in charge of the various district offices throughout the Southern Division of the Company. The Federal urges that such employees who spend over 50 per cent of their time performing supervisory functions should be excluded from the unit and that the remainder should be in- cluded. The Company asks that all of these employees be excluded from the unit, contending that such employees represent the man- agement in the various localities in which they work and have the authority to hire and discharge messengers. Although the man- agers do have authority to hire and discharge messengers, the man- agers and the other employees at the district offices are under the supervision of a district superintendent. The local managers have authority to settle only minor grievances, and representatives of the Federal have discussed grievances with the Company on behalf of local managers. It appears from the testimony that many of the managers are members of the Federal. Under these circumstances, we find that all managers and relief managers of district offices in the Southern Division of the Company should be included in the unit. Floating gang. The Company the Federal agree that such employees should be included in the unit. These persons are part 7 Matter of The Western Unzozi Telegraph Company and Telegraph Woi hers Independent Union, et at, 36 N L R. B 812 THE WESTERN UNION TE'L'E 'GRAPH COMPANY 499 of the divisional plant department and they work in all sections of the Company's Southern Division,, which comprises nine States. Although Atlanta is considered their home office, most of them spend a majority of their time outside of Atlanta. Inasmuch as they work all over the Southern Division, and we are finding ap- propriate a divisional unit, we shall include floating-gang employees in the unit. , Equipment installation force. The Federal and the Company ask that these employees be included in the divisional unit. Atlanta is their home, office and these employees work in all parts of the Southern Division. We shall include them in the unit. Chattanooga Works. The Company maintains a plant at Chat- tanooga, Tennessee, where it is engaged in the manufacture and repair of cars and equipment for its Nation-wide system. The Federal and the Company request that such employees be included in the divisional unit. The superintendent in charge of the Chatta- nooga Works reports directly to an official of the Company located in New York City. Although these employees work in Chattanooga, they are housed in an entirely separate building, their work bears no direct relation to the operation of the Southern Division, and they are not in contact with the Southern Division employees. We shall therefore exclude the Chattanooga Works', employees from the unit. Equipment foreman. The Company has one employee attached to its Atlanta office who is designated as an equipment foreman. The Federal urges that he be included in the divisional unit, and the Company that he be excluded. This employee travels throughout the entire Southern Division. He has from 25 to 50 persons working under him, supervises the larger installation jobs for the Company, hires the persons working under him, and makes up the list of per- sons to be laid off when work is curtailed. Under these circum- stances;,we shall exclude the equipment foreman from the unit. Accounting section supervisor. The Company employs one person with this title in its division headquarters at Atlanta. The Federal urges that lie be included in the divisional unit, and the Company suggests that he be excluded. This employee has about 12 persons working under him and interviews applicants for positions in his department. He has the duty of allocating work among his staff and reports on their progress. We shall exclude the accounting section supervisor from the unit. Authorization clerk. The Company employs one person with this title in its divisional headquarters at Atlanta. ' The Federal urges that he be included in the divisional unit, and the Company suggests that he be excluded. The authorization clerk is charged with the custody of the service record cards for all employees in the Southern 500 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD Division. The service record cards contain confidential data. We shall exclude the authorization clerk front the unit. City foramen. The Company employs a city foreman in each of its 13 divisional cities involved herein. The Federal urges that these employees be included in the unit, and the Company suggests that they be excluded. These persons are the heads of the plant depart- ments in the respective divisional cities and are responsible for the laying out of work in those departments. We shall exclude the city foremen from the unit. Chief bookkeepers. Nine of the divisional cities involved herein employ chief bookkeepers. The. Company suggests that these em- ployees be excluded from the unit, and the Federal urges that they be included. These employees have from two to seven persons work- ing under their and are directly responsible for the accounting in the divisional cities and their branch offices. Although the chief bookkeepers do not have authority to hire or discharge, they recom- mend increases in salaries, discipline, or dismissal for the employees working under them. Under these circumstances, we shall exclude the chief bookkeepers from the unit. Cashiers. The Company employs a cashier at each of its 13 di- visional cities involved herein. The Company suggests that cashiers be excluded from the unit, and the Federal that they be included. The parties agreed that the cashier at Atlanta should be excluded from the unit. The cashiers in four of the divisional cities each has but one employee under him, and in the remainder they have no helpers. The cashiers have no authority to hire or discharge. Under these circumstances, we shall include the cashiers, with the exception of Atlanta, in the unit. We find that all employees in the district offices in the Southern Division of the Company and all employees in all departments in the divisional offices of Mobile, Alabama; Savannah and Atlanta, Georgia; Louisville, Kentucky; Chattanooga, Knoxville, Nashville, and Memphis, Tennessee; Jacksonville, Miami, and Tampa, Florida; and Richmond and Norfolk, Virginia, including the managers, relief managers, regular messengers, part-time messengers, cashiers, floating- gang force, and equipment installation force, but excluding temporary employees, distribution messengers, city foremen, chief bookkeepers, equipment foremen, accounting section supervisor, authorization clerk, employees listed in Appendix "A", and employees in the Chat- tanooga Works, constitute a single unit appropriate for the purposes of collective bargaining, and that such unit will insure to employees of the Company the full benefit of their right to self-organization and to collective bargaining and otherwise will effectuate the policies of the Act. THE WESTERN UN'ION'' TELEGRAPH COMPANY 501 VI. TIIE DETERMINATION OF REPRESENTATIVES We find that the question concerning representation which has arisen can best be resolved by the holding of an election by secret ballot. We shall direct that the employees of the Company eligible to vote in the election shall be those in the appropriate unit who were employed during the pay-roll period immediately preceding the (late of the Direction of Election herein subject to the limitations and additions set forth in the Direction. The Company suggests that employees with less than 3 months' service with the Company should be excluded from voting in the election. It appears that such employees are not temporary but are considered by the Company as probational employees. It is the Company's intention to retain such employees on its pay roll after their 3 months' probational period and their seniority rights are determined by the dates of their entrance into the service of the Company. We find that such employees are entitled to participate in the determination of representatives. The Federal requested that it appear on the ballot as "Telegraph Employees Union, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor." The request is hereby granted. Upon the basis of the above findings of fact and upon the entire record in the case, the Board makes the following: CONCLUSIONS OF LAW 1. A question affecting commerce has arisen concerning the repre- sentation of employees in the Southern Division of The Western Union Telegraph Company, within the meaning of Section 9 (c) and Section 2 (G) and (7) of the National Labor Relations Act. 2. All employees in the district offices of the Southern Division and all employees in all departments in the divisional offices of Mobile, Alabama; Savannah and Atlanta, Georgia; Louisville, Kentucky; Chattanooga, Knoxville, Nashville, and Memphis, Tennessee; Jack- sonville, Miami, and Tampa, Florida; and Richmond and Norfolk, Virginia, including managers, relief managers, regular messengers, part-time messengers, cashiers, floating-gang force, and equipment installation force, but excluding temporary employees, distribution messengers, city foremen, chief bookkeepers, equipment foreman, accounting section supervisor, authorization clerk, employees in the Chattanooga Works, and employees listed in Appendix "A", con- stitute a single unit appropriate for the purposes of collective bar- gaining, within the meaning of Section 9 (b) of the National Labor Relations Act. 502 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD DIRECTION OF ELECTION By virtue of and pursuant to the power vested in the National Relations Board by Section 9 (c) of the National Labor Relations Act, and pursuant to Article III, Section 8, of National Labor Rela- tions Board Rules and Regulations-Series 2, as amended, it is hereby DIRECTED that, as part of the investigation authorized by the Board to ascertain representatives for the purposes of collective bargaining with The Western Union Telegraph Company, an election by secret ballot shall be conducted as soon as possible, but not later than thirty (30) days from the date of this Direction, under the direction and supervision of the Regional Director for 'the Fifth Region , acting in this matter as agent for the National Labor Relations Board, , and subject to Article III, Section 9, of said Rules and Regulations, among all employees in the district offices of the Southern Division of the Company and all employees in the divisional cities of Mobile, Alabama; Savannah and- Atlanta , Georgia; Louisville; Kentucky; Chattanooga, Knoxville , Nashville, and Memphis, Tennessee; Jack- sonville, Miami, and Tampa, Florida; and Richmond and Norfolk, Virginia, who were employed during the pay-roll period immediately preceding the date of this Direction, including managers; relief man- agers, regular messengers , part-time messengers, cashiers , floating- bang force, equipment installation force, and employees who did not work during such pay-roll period because they were ill or on vacation or in the active military service or training of the United States, or temporarily laid off, but excluding temporary employees , distribu- tion messengers, city foremen, chief bookkeepers , equipment foreman, accounting section supervisor, authorization clerk, employees in the Chattanooga Works, employees listed in Appendix "A", and em- ployees who have since quit or been discharged for cause , to determine whether or not they desire to be represented by Telegraph Employees Union, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, for the purposes of collective bargaining. APPENDIX A COMMERCIAL DEPARTMENT General Manager's Ofee : General Manager Division Sales Mgr. Division Coml. Mgr. ,( in charge of terminal handlings) Division Coml. Mgr. (Sales) Division Coml. Mgr. (on Methods and Operation) Division Coml. Mgr. (Errand Service) Chief Clerk General Manager's Secretary Division Coml. Representative THE- WESTEIRN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY- 503 District: District Superintendents District Managers District Sales Managers Chief Clerks Relief Managers (who actually make complete audits and inspections) City Supt's. Office: Supt. City Coml. Mgr. Sales Mgr. (Coml. Representative where there is no Sales Mgr.) Chief Clerk (except where we have an Office Mgr.) Mgr. Delivery Dept. Cashier (Atlanta only) Supt's. Confidential Clerk Accounting Center Mgr. TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT Div. Tfc. Supt's. OSce: Div. Tfc. Supt. Div. Tfc. Supervisors Div. T & R. Chief Div. Tfc. Engineer Chief Clerk Div. Tfc. Inspectors Confidential Stenographer Tfc. Mgr's. Office : Tfc. Mgr. or Chief Oprs. Night Tfc. Mgrs. Assistant Tfc. Mgrs. - T & R Chief Automatic Chief (at points where no T & R Chief) Wire Chief (at points where no T & R Chief) Repeater Chief (at points where no T & R Chief) Chief Clerk Confidential Clerk to Tfc. Mgr. Confidential Stenographer to Tfc. Mgr. - Asst. Chief Oprs. 504 IYE'CTSiIONS OF NATIOINAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD PLANT DEPARTMENT Div. Plant Supt's. Office: Div. Plant Supt. Div. Supervisor of Maintenance Div. Supervisor of Lines Div. Supervisor of Equipment Div. Ticket Supervisor Div. Plant Engineer Div. Valuation & Tax Engineer Chief Clerk Maintenance Supervisor Construction Supervisor Equipment Supervisor Building Supervisor Maintenance Foreman General Foreman Chief Inspector Building Forces: Engineer (head) Line Forces: Gang Foreman PURCHASING AND STORES DEI'ART11IENT Div. Storekeeper's Office: Div. Storekeeper Depot Manager (Uniform) ACCOUNTING DEPARTMENT Division Auditor's Office: Division Auditor Chief Accountant Supervisor of Accounting Centers Chief Traveling Auditor Plant Accountant Money Order Supervisor Traveling Auditors Secretary (confidential stenographer) In the Matter of THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY and FED- ERAL LABOR UNION 22671 , NORFOLK, VA. CHAPTER, AFFILIATED WITH A. F. OF L. In the Matter of THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY and FED- ERAL LABOR UNION 22671 , RICHMOND , VA. CHAPTER , AFFILIATED WITH A. F. OF L. In the Matter of THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY and FED- ERAL LABOR UNION 22671 , DISTRICT No. 1 CHAPTER , AFFILIATED WITH A. F. OF L. In the Matter of THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY and FED- ERAL LABOR UNION 22671 , MIAMI, FLA. CHAPTER, AFFILIATED WITH A. F. OF L. In the Matter of THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY and FED- ERAL LABOR UNION 22671 , JACKSONVILLE , FLA. CHAPTER , AFFILIATED WITH A. F. OF L. In the Matter of THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY and FED- ERAL LABOR UNION 22671, DISTRICT No. 3 CHAPTER, AFFILIATED WITH A. F. OF L. In the Matter of THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY and FEDERAL LABOR UNION 22671, DISTRICT No. 4 CHAPTER, AFFILIATED WITH A. F. OF L. In the Matter of THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY and FEDERAL LABOR UNION 22671, MEMPHIS, TENN. CHAPTER, AFFILI- ATED WITH A. F. OF L. In the Matter of THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY and FEDERAL LABOR UNION 22671, NASHVILLE, TENN. CHAPTER, AFFILIATED WITH A. F. OF L. In the Matter of THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY and FEDERAL LABOR UNION 22671, KNOXVILLE, TENN. CHAP'T'ER, AFFILIATED WITH A. F. OF L. In the Matter of THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY and FEDERAL LABOR UNION 22671, DISTRICT No. 5 CHAPTER, AFFILIATED WITH A. F. OF L. In the Matter of THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY and FEDERAL LABOR UNION 22671, CHATTANOOGA, TENN. CHAPTER, AFFILI- ATED WITH A. F. of L. 38 N. L. R. B, No. 105a. 505 506 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD In the Matter of THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY and FEDERAL LABOR UNION 22671, LOUISVILLE, Ky. CHAPTER, AFFILIATED WITH A. F. OF L. In the Matter of THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY and 'FEDERAL LABOR UNION 22671, DISTRICT No. 2 CHAPTER, AFFILIATED WITH A. F. OF L. In the Matter of THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY and FEDERAL LABOR UNION 22671, ATLANTA, GEORGIA CHAPTER, AFFILIATED WITH A. F. OF L. In the Matter of THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY and FEDERAL LABOR UNION 22671, SAVANNAH, GA. CHAPTER,_ AFFILIATED WITH A. F. OF L. In the Matter of THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY and FEDERAL LABOR UNION 22671, MOBILE, ALA. CHAPTER, AFFILIATED ti rITH A. F. OF L. In the Matter of THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY and CELEGRAPH EMPLOYEES' FEDERAL LABOR UNION 22671, TAMPA, FLOR- IDA, CHAPTER, AFFILIATED WITH A. F. OF L. Cases Nos. R-3173 to R-3189, inclusive, respectively, and R-3310 AMENDMENT TO DIRECTION OF ELECTION February 10, 19142 On January 24, 1942, the National Labor Relations Board, herein called the Board, issued a Decision and Direction of Election in the above-entitled proceeding.' The Board, having been advised by the Regional Director that a longer period in winch to hold the election is necessary, hereby amends its Direction of Election by striking there- from the words "but not later than thirty (30) days from the date of this Direction" and substituting therefor the words "but not later than sixty (60) days from the date of this Direction." 1 38 N L R B 492