Box 165

Scope and Content of the Series From the Series: Series I consists of Arbitration Hearing Transcripts, 1955-1956. The transcripts record arbitrations between the Communications Workers of America and Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company. These cases concern employees discharged by companies for performing acts of violence against either non-striking employees or company property during the 1955 strike. The cases occurred in Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi and Tennessee. (Letter preceding case number indicates...

Scope and Content of the Records From the Collection: The Records, 1961-1969, of AFL-CIO Region 6 (Georgia, Florida, Alabama) consist of correspondence, office memoranda and printed material maintained by the regional director's office in Atlanta. The bulk of the records are arranged chronologically by year for 1961-1967 and filed alphabetically within each yearly period. Records for the years 1968 and 1969 are included in this description but are housed separately as two distinct record groups. Principal concerns illuminated by the records are...