| | Abstract: | The Communications Workers of America, Local 4305 was founded in Cleveland, Ohio, as Local 6 of the Ohio Federation of Telephone Workers, an autonomous member of the National Federation of Telephone Workers which was founded ca. 1937. The NFTW became the Communications Workers of America in 1947, but the OFTW did not join until 1949. In 1950 the Ohio Bell employees chose the CWA as their bargaining agent and Local 6 merged with Local 104 to form Local 4305 of the CWA. The collection consists of minutes of monthly membership meetings (1947-1973), minutes of steward's meetings (1952-1975), minutes of executive or advisory board meetings (1953-1959), minutes of officers' meetings (1960-1973), by-laws (1969), grievances, legal briefs and related papers from arbitration cases, copies of the Courier (1958-1969), correspondence, and wage agreements. | |
