Frank Karl Papers Bulk, 1980-1990 1940-1990, (Bulk 1980-1990)

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Frank Karl Papers Bulk, 1980-1990 1940-1990, (Bulk 1980-1990)

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Frank Karl was president of Albany, New York Local 1151 of the Communications Workers of America (CWA) from 1958 to 1990. He served on the union’s national bargaining committee, and helped establish several key programs in labor-management relations, work safety, and counseling and support services. The collection is comprised for the most part of CWA records, including bargaining files, agreements, contracts, annual reports, committee updates, correspondence, and training material. Also included are some of Karl’s academic papers, including his Master’s thesis on the history of collective bargaining between the CWA and AT&T.

4.0 linear feet; (4 boxes)

Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives

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Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives

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United States. National Labor Relations Board

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American Institute for Free Labor Development

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Communications Workers of America

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Karl, Frank

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Frank Karl was born in the small town of South Bethlehem, NY, just outside of Albany. Later the family moved to Albany, where he attended school. He graduated from Hudson Valley Community College with an Associates degree in 1956, and soon went to work for AT&T (and joined Communications Workers of America, Local 1151) in Albany. He became actively involved in union affairs in 1958, during heated debates over whether the Local should support a Western Electric strike that was on...