Communications Workers of America, Local 1250 Records
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Abstract
Communications Workers of America, Local 1250 represented AT&T Long Lines employees in Connecticut. The Local was active from the early 1960s until 2000, when its membership was absorbed by CWA Local 1153 based in Westchester, NY. The collection consists of minutes of Executive Board and General Membership meetings, bargaining files, grievance records, reports, correspondence, and photographs.
Historical/Biographical Note
Communications Workers of America (CWA), Local 1250 represented AT&T Long Lines employees in Connecticut. The Local was active from the early 1960s until 2000, when its membership was absorbed by CWA Local 1153, based in Westchester, NY. Among the officers represented in the records are Richard G. Winsch, local president in the early years; John Trainer, vice-president and later president; Robert H. Damrau, secretary, later vice-president and president; Martin Niatopsky, vice-president and later president; William Flagg, secretary; and William L. Sharkey, president. The Local took an active role in meetings and conferences of CWA District 1, the CWA's Communications and Technology and Long Lines Divisions, and regional and statewide common-interest forums. Among the issues of concern to the Local, reflected in the very frank local presidents' reports, are the post-Divestiture transfer of AT&T employees, the impact of new technologies, the role of Long Lines workers within the larger structure of the CWA, bargaining tactics, quality control and speed-up on the job.
Arrangement
The records are arranged in three series. The contents of each series are arranged alphabetically. The series arrangement of the records is as follows:
Series 1, Minutes, 1966-2000
Series II, Subject Files, 1961-2000
Series III, Photographs 1981-1995, undated
Scope and Content Note
The collection consists of minutes of Executive Board and General Membership meetings from 1966-2000, and bargaining files, grievance records, organizing records, membership reports, reports by Local 1250's President, correspondence, and photographs, dating from 1961-2000.
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Conditions Governing Access
Materials are open without restrictions.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright (or related rights to publicity and privacy) for materials in this collection, created by the Communications Workers of America, Local 1250 was not transferred to New York University. Permission to use materials must be secured from the copyright holder.
Preferred Citation
Published citations should take the following form:
Identification of item, date; Communications Workers of America, Local 1250 Records; WAG 258; box number; folder number; Tamiment Library/Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives, New York University.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated by Mary Lou Algiere, 2005. The accession numbers associated with this gift are 2005.013, 2005.014 and NPA.2006.065.
About this Guide
Processing Information
Photographs and certificates were separated from this collection during processing and were established as a separate collection, the Communications Workers of America, Local 1250 Photograph Collections (PHOTOS 230). In 2013, the photograph and certificate collection was reincorporated into the Communications Workers of America, Local 1250 (WAG 258).
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Series I: Minutes, 1966-2000, inclusive
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Scope and Content Note
Series consists of the minutes of Executive Board and General Membership meetings.
Minutes: Executive Board, 1966-1971, inclusive
Minutes: Executive Board, 1975-1977, inclusive
Minutes: Executive Board, 1979-1979, inclusive
Minutes: Executive Board, 1980-1980, inclusive
Minutes: Executive Board, 1981-1983, inclusive
Minutes: General Membership Meetings, 1968-1975, inclusive
Minutes: General Membership Meetings, 1976-1989, inclusive
Minutes: General Membership Meetings, 1991-1996, inclusive
Minutes: General Membership Meetings, 1997-2000, inclusive
Series II: Subject Files, 1961-2000, inclusive
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Series consists of a variety of materials related to the activities of the Local, including bargaining records, correspondence of the Local headquarters, organizing records, membership reports, and reports by the Local president.
Bargaining, 1991-1993, inclusive
Bargaining, 1994-1995, inclusive
Bargaining, 1996-1997, inclusive
Bargaining, 1998-1999, inclusive
Correspondence: Local Headquarters, 1982-1988, inclusive
External Organizing, 1964, inclusive
Grievances, 1982-1984, inclusive
Grievances, 1996-1998, inclusive
Local Dinner-Dance, 1996-1999, inclusive
Membership Development Reports, 1961-1968, inclusive
President's Reports, 1981-2000, inclusive
Wage/Zone Increase, 1992, inclusive
Certificates, 1957-1997, inclusive
Series III: Photographs, 1981-1995, undated, inclusive
Scope and Content Note
Series consists of 16 black-and-white and color glossy photographs, mostly 8x10, including group portraits from conferences and other gatherings in the early-1980s and 1995, and black-and-white documentary photographs of CWA workers on strike, including portraits of workers with strike signs that read, "CWA on Strike Against The Bell System," and photographs of union meetings.
