Communications Workers of America, Local 3204 (Atlanta, Ga.) records

Collection

Identifier: L1972-59

Staff Only
Not requestable

Scope and Content of the Records

Office records consist mainly of correspondence, 1966-1971, with state and district offices, concerning grievances, conventions, and agreements. Minutes, 1955-1965, describe meetings of both the general membership and of the executive board of Local 3204, and discuss organizing, finances, and election practices. Membership and bargaining procedures are principal topics of the remaining correspondence, news releases and reports, 1967-1971. A set of files documents the work of the national union's Collective Bargaining Policy Committee, 1964-1968. Local 3204 Vice President Martha True, who was elected president in 1968, was a member of the committee and she created those files.

Dates

Creation: 1948-1972

Creator

Communications Workers of America. Local 3204 (Atlanta, Ga.) (Organization)

Restrictions on Access

Collection is open for research use.

Terms Governing Use and Reproduction

Georgia State University is the owner of the physical collection and makes reproductions available for research, subject to the copyright law of the United States and item condition. Georgia State University may or may not own the rights to materials in the collection. It is the researcher's responsibility to verify copyright ownership and obtain permission from the copyright holder before publication, reproduction, or display of the materials beyond what is reasonable under copyright law. Researchers may quote selections from the collection under the fair use provision of copyright law.

Oversized materials stored off-site. Allow at least 2 working days for retrieval.

Historical Note

The Communications Workers of America began in 1939 as a group of unaffiliated unions in the telephone industry organized under the name of the National Federation of Telephone Workers. In 1947, the group changed its name to the Communications Workers of America (CWA). The CWA affiliated with the CIO and merged with the Telephone Workers Organizing Committee in 1949. CWA, Local 3204 (Atlanta, Ga.) represents employees of Southern Bell in the Atlanta, Ga. area.

Extent

2 Linear Feet (in 6 boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract:

Communication Workers of America, Local 3204 (Atlanta, Ga.) represents employees of Southern Bell in the Atlanta, Georgia area. Its office records consist mainly of correspondence (1966-1971), which concerns grievances, conventions, and agreements, and minutes, news releases and reports.

Off-Site Storage

Oversized materials stored off-site. Allow at least 2 working days for retrieval.

Acquisition Information

Donated by Communications Workers of America, Local 3204, on August 29, 1972.

Related Archival Materials

Related Materials in This Repository

Separated Materials

During processing, materials were separated to other Southern Labor Archives Printed Collections. For periodicals, see the Southern Labor Archives periodicals collection finding aid or catalog. For pamphlets, see the Southern Labor Archives Pamphlet Collection finding aid (note that this collection has been weeded over time). For contracts, see the Communications Workers of America contracts collection finding aid. For proceedings or constitutions consult archivist.

Separated to Southern Labor Archives Proceedings Collection

Communications Workers of America, 1948, 1949
Communications Workers of America, Georgia State Conference, 1972

Separated to Southern Labor Archives Periodicals Collection

Atlanta, Georgia, CWA Newsletter, 1967-1972
About Bargaining, 1968, 1971
Busy Signals, 1970
Management information bulletin, 1968, 1971
The Communique, 1969
Telecommunications Reports, 1965
CWA Observer (Local 9430), 1967

Separated to Southern Labor Archives Pamphlets Collection

The Taft-Hartley Act: Labor and Politics, undated
Joining the Communications Workers of America, [in Pamphlets: Non-AFL-CIO], 1965

Separated to Southern Labor Archives Constitutions and Bylaws Collection

International: Communications Workers of America, 1958, 1961, 1966, 1971
Atlanta, Georgia: Communications Workers Local 3204, 1961, 1971

Separated to Southern Labor Archives Agreements Collection

International Electrical Workers, 1971
Communications Workers Local 3204 (Atlanta, Ga.), 1960-1966, 1968, 1971

Processing Information

Originally processed 1972 by Southern Labor Archives staff at the file level. The materials in Box 121/folder 1 through Box 122/folder 12 were originally separated, processed, and described as a distinct collection, the Martha True Papers. Still physically separated, they have been intellectually returned to the CWA 3204 Records on this finding aid.