Communications Workers of America, Local 1172 Records
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Breakaway members of the American Communications Association organized Communications Workers of America, Local 1172 in 1954. Local 1172 initially represented employees of the American Cable and Radio Corporation east of the Mississippi. Later Local 1172 became part of CWA District 1, and expanded to represent employees of International Telephone and Telegraph (ITT) Worldwide Communications and Western Union, as well as radio operators employed by Air-India. In 1993, Local 1172 merged with CWA Local 1177. The Communications Workers of America, Local 1172 Records includes the Local's charter, bylaws and minutes of the executive board and membership meetings, bargaining files, agreements, correspondence, photographs, grievance reports and arbitration cases filed on behalf of the Local's members.
Historical/Biographical Note
Communications Workers of America (CWA), Local 1172 had its origins in the American Communications Association (ACA), a CIO union that organized radio and telegraph operators. After the ACA was expelled from the CIO in 1950 on charges of Communist domination the CWA conducted an organizing campaign, which resulted in some ACA members breaking away to form CWA Local 1172. The Local was chartered in 1954, with Morton Bahr as its first president. From 1954 to 1967 the jurisdiction of the Local covered employees of the American Cable and Radio Corporation (AC&R) east of the Mississippi. In 1967 AC&R was taken over by ITT World Communications, despite CWA protests to the Federal Communications Commission, and the Local's jurisdiction was adjusted accordingly. In the 1970s the Local expanded to include radio operators employed by Air India. The takeover of ITT World Communications by Western Union in 1987 involved the Local in protracted struggles over layoffs, restructuring, outsourcing and the transfer of benefits. Having suffered a decline in membership, Local 1172 was merged with CWA, Local 1177 in 1993.
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Arranged alphabetically within each series.
Organized into 3 series:
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- I, Minutes
- II, General Files
- III, Grievances and Arbitration Cases
Scope and Content Note
The Communications Workers of America, Local 1172 Records includes the Local's charter, bylaws and minutes of the executive board and membership meetings, bargaining files, agreements, correspondence, photographs, grievance reports and arbitration cases filed on behalf of the Local's members.
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Conditions Governing Access
Materials are open without restrictions.
Conditions Governing Use
Any rights (including copyright and related rights to publicity and privacy) held by the Communications Workers of America, Local 1172 were transferred to New York University in 1993 by Richard Champlin. Permission to publish or reproduce materials in this collection must be secured from Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Archives. Please contact tamiment.wagner@nyu.edu, (212) 998-2630.
Preferred Citation
Published citations should take the following form:
Identification of item, date; Communications Workers of America, Local 1172 Records; WAG 093; box number; folder number;
Tamiment Library/Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives
Elmer Holmes Bobst Library
70 Washington Square South
New York, NY 10012, New York University Libraries.
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Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated by Richard Champlin, former president of the Communications Workers of America, Local 1172, in 1993. The accession numbers associated with this gift are 1993.014 and 1993.015.
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Processing Information
Photographs were separated from this collection during initial processing and were established as a separate collection, the Communications Workers of America, Local 1172 Photographs (PHOTOS 207). In 2014, the photograph collection was reincorporated into the Communications Workers of America, Local 1172 Records.
