Communications Workers of America Records: Addendum Bulk, 1970-1995 1939-1998, (Bulk 1970-1995)

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Communications Workers of America Records: Addendum Bulk, 1970-1995 1939-1998, (Bulk 1970-1995)

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The Communications Workers of America (CWA), founded in 1947 as an industrial union of telephone industry workers, is now one of the largest unions in the United States with a diverse membership, including an active public employees division. For the most part, this Addendum to the Archive’s CWA collection (Wagner #124) documents the activities of the CWA from the 1970s to the mid-1990s. It includes records of organizing, bargaining, and technological advances in the telecom industry. It consists largely of President's Office records from the administration of Morton Bahr, as well as Secretary-Treasurer’s Office records, Vice-President’s Office records (John C. Carroll), files of presidential assistants (Lou Gerber and John Morgan), and records from the Contract Compliance, Printing, Publishing and Media Workers, Public Affairs, Public and Health Care Workers and Research sectors or departments. The records document all aspects of union operations: organizing, collective bargaining, contract administration, strikes, grievances, arbitrations, political action and relations with the AFL-CIO and with other unions. NOTE: This collection is housed offsite and advance notice is required for use.

199.0 linear feet; (199 boxes)

Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives

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SNAC Resource ID: 6331876

Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives

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