Communications Workers of America, Local 1180 Records 1956-1986

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Communications Workers of America, Local 1180 Records 1956-1986

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Communications Workers of America, Local 1180 had its origins in the Municipal Management Society (founded in 1954), which represented supervisors working for the City of New York. The MMS affiliated with the CWA in 1965, becoming the CWA’s first public-employee local. CWA Local 1180 members include employees in welfare centers, the Board of Education, the public hospitals, the Port Authority, and the state and city court systems. The collection contains minutes, correspondence, bargaining files, general files, and grievance and arbitration files. NOTE: This collection is housed offsite and advance notice is required for use.

13.0 linear feet; (13 boxes)

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Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives

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Communications Workers of America. Local 1180 (New York, N.Y.)

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CWA Local 1180 had its origins in the Municipal Management Society, a group founded in 1954 to represent Grade 5 Clerks in the New York City civil service who were considered to have managerial responsibilities. The new organization soon had about 120 members, drawn from nearly every agency in city government. In 1960 New York City agreed to collective bargaining with unions representing specific classes of workers employed in more than one department, and this ushered i...

New York (N.Y.). Dept. of Social Services.

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New York (N.Y.). Board of Education

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Bahr, Morton, 1926-2019

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Cheliotes, Arthur

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Municipal Management Society (New York, N.Y.)

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New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation

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New York (N.Y.). Human Resources Administration

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Communications Workers of America

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The National Typographical Union was organized in 1852 and in 1869 changed its name to the International Typographical Union (ITU). In 1987, the ITU merged into the Communication Workers of America (CWA). The Women's International Auxiliary, a division of the ITU, disbanded in 1990. From the description of Women's International Auxiliary records, [ca. 1940-1990]. (Georgia State University). WorldCat record id: 38477528 The Communications Workers of America (CWA) which was fo...

Gaffney, James

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Katz, Leonard

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