Postal, Telegraph, and Telephone International Collection 1914-1967

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Postal, Telegraph, and Telephone International Collection 1914-1967

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The Postal, Telegraph, and Telephone International was formed in 1911 in Bern as the International Federation of Posts, telegraphs, and Telephones. The anti-fascist and anti-communist PTTI eagerly sought the spread of democratic trade unionism and promoted the League of Nations. By the early 1930's, PTTI's membership surged into the hundreds of thousands. Throughout the 1950's and 1960's, the PTTI conducted research on the postal services of newly independent nations of Asia and Africa, and of Latin America and set up regional offices to integrate their postal unions. Today, the PTTI conducts educational programs and hold international conferences. In 1991, PTTI membership was more than four million and based in 65 unions in 102 nations. The collection includes material that documents PTTI's history, its organization and administrative structure.

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Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives

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Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives

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World Federation of Trade Unions.

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