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Guide to the Communications Workers of America Records WAG.124

Series VII: Strike Files, 1941-1971, inclusive

Scope and Content Note

This series consists of records from the CWA President's office concerning various strikes and work stoppages in the 1950s through the 1970s, with particular focus on the 1946, 1947, and 1971 strikes.

CWA Strike Lists, 1946-1966, inclusive

Box: 131, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

NFTW-CWA: Strike Matters, 1941-1951, inclusive

Box: 131, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Supporting Picket Lines, 1948-1961 , 19691969, inclusive

Box: 131, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

CWA Strike Matters, 1948 , 1968-1968, inclusive

Box: 131, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Strike Conference: Beirne's Notes, Oct 12, 1953-Oct 16, 1953

Box: 131, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Use of Strikes in the Telephone Industry, 1955-1959, inclusive

Box: 131, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Phoenix Arizona Strike, Mar 12, 1956-Feb 25, 1957 , 1957, inclusive

Box: 131, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Report on Strike against General Telephone Co. of CA, 1963-1964, inclusive

Box: 131, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Kingsport Press Strike (TN) Support: AFL-CIO, 1963-1968, inclusive

Box: 131, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Strike Matters, 1969-1974, inclusive

Box: 131, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Daily Strike Log: Bound Notebooks, Nov 3, 1950-Nov 20, 1950

Box: 132, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Pamphlets: Strikes, CWA, AFL-CIO, Legal, undated, inclusive

Box: 132, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Strike File: Non-Print, undated, inclusive

Box: 132, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

NFTW Strike Manual & Executive Board Agenda, 1945 , 1946, inclusive

Box: 133, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

1945 & 1947 Strikes: Correspondence, News Clippings, 1945 , 1947 , 1991, inclusive

Box: 133, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Strike Statistics: Research & Statistics Dept.; National Telephone Strike, 1947-1948, inclusive

Box: 133, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Anti-Strike Public Utility Laws: H. Mayer & Beirne Correspondence, 1946-1949, inclusive

Box: 133, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

State Public Utility Anti-Strike Laws (NFTW; CWA), 1946-1952, inclusive

Box: 133, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

State Public Utility Anti-Strike Laws (PA), 1949, inclusive

Box: 133, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

National Telephone Strike: Scrapbook; News Clippings, 1950, inclusive

Box: 133, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Strike Against Southern Bell: Scrapbook, Mar 14, 1955-May 24, 1955

Box: 133, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

District #2 Southern Strike: U.S. District Court of Appeals, 1956, inclusive

Box: 133, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Hamilton Beach Strike: Correspondence, 1970, inclusive

Box: 134, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Hamilton Beach Strike: Correspondence, 1971-1973, inclusive

Box: 134, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Hamilton Beach Strike: Summary, 1970-1972, inclusive

Box: 134, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Hamilton Beach Strike: Closing Out; Watts Memo, undated, inclusive

Box: 134, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Hamilton Beach Strike: Administrative Matters, undated, inclusive

Box: 134, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"Settle or Strike: Union-Management Collective Bargaining Simulation Exercise", 1969-1970, inclusive

Box: 134, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Strike Handbook: "Labor Pains: CWA Committee on How to Conduct An Effective Strike in an Automated Industry", 1971-1972, inclusive

Box: 134, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

CWA Strikes & Bargaining: News Clips, 1946-1950, inclusive

Box: 135, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Strike: News Clips, 1963, inclusive

Box: 135, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Strike: News Clips, 1968, inclusive

Box: 135, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Bell System Strikes: Illinois Bell Case, Chapter I, 1968, inclusive

Box: 135, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Bell System Strikes: Illinois Bell Case, Chapter II, IBEW, 1968, inclusive

Box: 135, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Bell System Strikes: Illinois Bell Case, "The 137-Day Strike at Illinois Bell", Chapter III, 1968, inclusive

Box: 135, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

CWA Strike Against The Bell System, 1970 , 1971, inclusive

Box: 135, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

New York Telephone Co. Strike, 1972, inclusive

Box: 135, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Strike Committee: " How to Have a Successful Strike against Bell System", 1970, inclusive

Box: 135, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence: " How to Have a Successful Strike against MA Bell", 1970-1971, inclusive

Box: 135, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Strike Support: Methodist Hospital, 1972, inclusive

Box: 135, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

GE-CWA Strike Support, 1970s, inclusive

Box: 135, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Bell Telephone Co.: CWA Strike Ballots, 1980, inclusive

Box: 135, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Manual: "What is a Strike?", undated, inclusive

Box: 135, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

National CIO Community Services Committee: "Strike Relief" (Addendum to Strike Manual), undated, inclusive

Box: 135, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Handbook: Simplify & Consolidating Administration of CWA Defense Fund (Addendum to Strike Manual), undated, inclusive

Box: 135, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Strike News Clips, 1948, inclusive

Box: 136, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Strike Scrapbook, 1950, inclusive

Box: 136, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Strike Scrapbook, 1951, inclusive

Box: 136, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Strike Scrapbook, 1952, inclusive

Box: 136, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Strike Scrapbook, 1952, inclusive

Box: 136, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Strike Relief Poster, undated

Flat-File-Folder: Shared Tamiment 112 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
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