Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company and the Communications Workers of America Arbitration Files

Collection Number: 5120

Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library

DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:

Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company and the Communications Workers of America Arbitration Files, 1955

Collection Number:

5120

Creator:

Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company;
Communications Workers of America (CWA)

Quantity:

10 linear ft.

Forms of Material:

Records (documents).

Repository:

Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library

Abstract:

Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company and the Communications Workers of America arbitration files, ca.1955.

Language:

Collection material in English

ORGANIZATIONAL HISTORY

Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company was once the Bell Operating Company serving the states of Georgia, Florida, North Carolina, and South Carolina prior to the breakup of AT&T. The company was originally known as the Atlanta Telephonic Exchange, having been created to service citizens of Atlanta in 1879, before it was renamed in 1882.

Southern Bell also operated in Charleston and other parts of West Virginia, from 1883 until 1917, when the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company of West Virginia took over operations there.

Southern Bell originally served nine Southern states. On December 20, 1967, the western portion of the Southern Bell territory (Alabama, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Tennessee) was split off as South Central Bell Telephone Company.

Southern Bell, originally incorporated in New York, was reincorporated in Georgia in 1983 as SBT&T Co. The original Southern Bell was then merged into SBT&T Co., at which point that company was renamed Southern Bell. Since BellSouth, the new owner of Southern Bell and South Central Bell upon the divestiture of AT&T, was based in Georgia, it was more practical to have Southern Bell incorporated in the same state. Southern Bell was renamed BellSouth Telecommunications until It was merged into AT&T in 2006.

Southern Bell was headquartered in (what is now) the AT&T Midtown Center building in Atlanta, Georgia. Most Atlanta operations have now been relocated to AT&T Headquarters in San Antonio, Texas. Downtown Atlanta's telephone exchange is located in the Art Deco AT&T Communications Building.

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company and the Communications Workers of America arbitration files, ca.1955. Of the 245 cases, the company withdrew charges against one employee, and the union decided not to question eighteen discharges, leaving 226 cases to be heard by the arbitrators.

SUBJECTS

Names:

Alexander, Gabriel N.

Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company

Communications Workers of America

Subjects:

Arbitration, Industrial--United States--Sources.

Form and Genre Terms:

Records (documents).

INFORMATION FOR USERS

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Restrictions on Use:

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Cite As:

Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company and the Communications Workers of America Arbitration Files #5120. Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library.

RELATED MATERIALS

CONTAINER LIST

Container		Description
Box 1		Rules of Procedure to Alabama Case No. A-15..
Box 1	Folder 1	Rules of Procedure: Southern Bell Telephone Company and Communication Workers of America - July 18, 1955
Box 1	Folder 2	Rules of Procedure: Southern Bell Telephone Company and Communication Workers of America - July 19, 1955
Box 1	Folder 3	General Argument: Southern Bell Telephone Company and Communications Workers of America
Box 1	Folder 4	Alabama: Southern Bell Telephone Company and Communication Workers of America - Case No. A-1
Box 1	Folder 5	Alabama: Southern Bell Telephone Company and Communications Workers of America - Case No. A-2 and A-3
Box 1	Folder 6	Alabama: Southern Bell Telephone Company and Communications Workers of America - Case No. A-4
Box 1	Folder 7	Alabama: Southern Bell Telephone Company and Communications Workers of America - Case No. A-5
Box 1	Folder 8	Alabama: Southern Bell Telephone Company and Communications Workers of America - Case No. A-6 and A-7
Box 1	Folder 9	Alabama: Southern Bell Telephone Company and Communications Workers of America - Case No. A-8, A-9, and A-10
Box 1	Folder 10	Alabama: Southern Bell Telephone Company and Communications Workers of America - Case A-11
Box 1	Folder 11	Alabama: Southern Bell Telephone Company and Communications Workers of America - Case No. A-12
Box 1	Folder 12	Alabama: Southern Bell Telephone Company and Communications Workers of America - Case No. A-13
Box 1	Folder 13	Alabama: Southern Bell Telephone Company and Communications Workers of America - Case No. A-14
Box 1	Folder 14	Alabama: Southern Bell Telephone Company and Communications Workers of America - Case No. A-15
Box 2		Alabama Case No. A-16 to Florida Cases No. F-ll to F-15..
Box 2	Folder 1	Alabama: Southern Bell Telephone Company and Communications Workers of America - Case No. A-16
Box 2	Folder 2	Alabama: Southern Bell Telephone Company and Communications Workers of America - Case No. A-17 and A-18
Box 2	Folder 3	Alabama: Southern Bell Telephone Company and Communications Workers of America - Case No. A-19
Box 2	Folder 4	Alabama: Southern Bell Telephone Company and Communications Workers of America - Case No. A-20
Box 2	Folder 5	Alabama: Southern Bell Telephone Company and Communications Workers of America - Case No. A-21
Box 2	Folder 6	Alabama: Southern Bell Telephone Company and Communications Workers of America - Case No. A-22 - A-26
Box 2	Folder 7	Florida: Southern Bell Telephone Company and Communications Workers of America - Case No. F-1
Box 2	Folder 8	Florida: Southern Bell Telephone Company and Communications Workers of America - Case No. F-4
Box 2	Folder 9	Florida: Southern Bell Telephone Company and Communications Workers of America - Case No. F-5
Box 2	Folder 10	Florida: Southern Bell Telephone Company and Communications Workers of America - Case No. F-6
Box 2	Folder 11	Florida: Southern Bell Telephone Company and Communications Workers of America - Case No. F-7
Box 2	Folder 12	Florida: Southern Bell Telephone Company and Communications Workers of America - Case No. F-8, F-9, F-17
Box 2	Folder 13	Florida: Southern Bell Telephone Company and Communications Workers of America - Case No. F-11, F-12, F-13, F-14, F-15
Box 3		Florida Cases F-ll to F-15 to Georgia Cases G-2 & 4..
Box 3	Folder 1	Florida: Southern Bell Telephone Company and Communications Workers of America - Case No. F-11
Box 3	Folder 2	Florida: Southern Bell Telephone Company and Communications Workers of America - Case No. F-12
Box 3	Folder 3	Florida: Southern Bell Telephone Company and Communications Workers of America - Case No. F-13
Box 3	Folder 4	Florida: Southern Bell Telephone Company and Communications Workers of America - Case No. F-14
Box 3	Folder 5	Florida: Southern Bell Telephone Company and Communications Workers of America - Case No. F-15
Box 3	Folder 6	Florida: Southern Bell Telephone Company and Communications Workers of America - Case No. F-16, F-10
Box 3	Folder 7	Georgia: Southern Bell Telephone Company and Communications Workers of America - Case No. G-1, G-6
Box 3	Folder 8	Georgia: Southern Bell Telephone Company and Communications Workers of America - Case No. G-2, G-4
Box 3	Folder 9	Louisiana: Southern Bell Telephone Company and Communications Workers of America - Case No. L-17
Box 4		Georgia Cases G-3 & 5 to Kentucky Case K-8..
Box 4	Folder 1	Georgia: Southern Bell Telephone Company and Communications Workers of America - Case No. G-3, G-5
Box 4	Folder 2	Georgia: Southern Bell Telephone Company and Communications Workers of America - Case No. G-7, G-8
Box 4	Folder 3	Georgia: Southern Bell Telephone Company and Communications Workers of America - Case No. G-9
Box 4	Folder 4	Southern Bell Telephone Company and Communications Workers of America - Case No. G-10
Box 4	Folder 5	Georgia: Southern Bell Telephone Company and Communications Workers of America - Case No. G-11, G-12
Box 4	Folder 6	Georgia: Southern Bell Telephone Company and Communications Workers of America - Case No. G-14, G-15
Box 4	Folder 7	Georgia: Southern Bell Telephone Company and Communications Workers of America - Case No. G-16, G-17, G-18
Box 4	Folder 8	Georgia: Southern Bell Telephone Company and Communications Workers of America - Case No. G-19 - G-23
Box 4	Folder 9	Georgia: Southern Bell Telephone Company and Communications Workers of America - Case No. G-24, G-25, G-26, G-28
Box 4	Folder 10	Georgia: Southern Bell Telephone Company and Communications Workers of America - Case No. G-27
Box 4	Folder 11	Georgia: Southern Bell Telephone Company and Communications Workers of America - Case No. G-30
Box 4	Folder 12	Georgia: Southern Bell Telephone Company and Communications Workers of America - Case No. G-31, G-32
Box 4	Folder 13	Georgia: Southern Bell Telephone Company and Communications Workers of America - Case No. G-33
Box 4	Folder 14	Kentucky: Southern Bell Telephone Company and Communications Workers of America - Case No. K-1
Box 4	Folder 15	Kentucky: Southern Bell Telephone Company and Communications Workers of America - Case No. K-2
Box 4	Folder 16	Kentucky: Southern Bell Telephone Company and Communications Workers of America - Case No. K-3
Box 4	Folder 17	Kentucky: Southern Bell Telephone Company and Communications Workers of America - Case No. K-4
Box 4	Folder 18	Kentucky: Southern Bell Telephone Company and Communications Workers of America - Case No. K-5
Box 4	Folder 19	Kentucky: Southern Bell Telephone Company and Communications Workers of America - Case No. K-6
Box 4	Folder 20	Kentucky: Southern Bell Telephone Company and Communications Workers of America - Case No. K-8
Box 4	Folder 21	Caldwell County Court: Transcript of Evidence (Kentucky)
Box 5		Kentucky Case K-ll to Louisiana Case L-16..
Box 5	Folder 1	Kentucky: Southern Bell Telephone Company and Communications Workers of America - Case No. K-11
Box 5	Folder 2	Louisiana: Southern Bell Telephone Company and Communications Workers of America - Case No. L-1
Box 5	Folder 3	Louisiana: Southern Bell Telephone Company and Communications Workers of America - Case No. L-2
Box 5	Folder 4	Louisiana: Southern Bell Telephone Company and Communications Workers of America - Case No. L-3, L-4
Box 5	Folder 5	Louisiana: Southern Bell Telephone Company and Communications Workers of America - Case No. L-5
Box 5	Folder 6	Louisiana: Southern Bell Telephone Company and Communications Workers of America - Case No. L-6
Box 5	Folder 7	Louisiana: Southern Bell Telephone Company and Communications Workers of America - Case No. L-7
Box 5	Folder 8	Louisiana: Southern Bell Telephone Company and Communications Workers of America - Case No. L-8
Box 5	Folder 9	Louisiana: Southern Bell Telephone Company and Communications Workers of America - Case No. L-9
Box 5	Folder 10	Louisiana: Southern Bell Telephone Company and Communications Workers of America - Case No. L-10
Box 5	Folder 11	Louisiana: Southern Bell Telephone Company and Communications Workers of America - Case No. L-11
Box 5	Folder 12	Louisiana: Southern Bell Telephone Company and Communications Workers of America - Case No. L-12
Box 5	Folder 13	Louisiana: Southern Bell Telephone Company and Communications Workers of America - Case No. L-13
Box 5	Folder 14	Louisiana: Southern Bell Telephone Company and Communications Workers of America - Case No. L-14
Box 5	Folder 15	Louisiana: Southern Bell Telephone Company and Communications Workers of America - Case No. L-15
Box 6		Louisiana Case L-17 to North Carolina Case NC-2..
Box 6	Folder 1	Louisiana: Southern Bell Telephone Company and Communications Workers of America - Case No. L-17
Box 6	Folder 2	Louisiana: Southern Bell Telephone Company and Communications Workers of America - Case No. L-18
Box 6	Folder 3	Louisiana: Southern Bell Telephone Company and Communications Workers of America - Case No. L-19
Box 6	Folder 4	Louisiana: Southern Bell Telephone Company and Communications Workers of America - Case No. L-20
Box 6	Folder 5	Louisiana: Southern Bell Telephone Company and Communications Workers of America - Case No. L-21
Box 6	Folder 6	Louisiana: Southern Bell Telephone Company and Communications Workers of America - Case No. L-22
Box 6	Folder 7	Louisiana: Southern Bell Telephone Company and Communications Workers of America - Case No. L-23
Box 6	Folder 8	Louisiana: Southern Bell Telephone Company and Communications Workers of America - Case No. L-24
Box 6	Folder 9	Mississippi: Southern Bell Telephone Company and Communications Workers of America - Case No. M-1
Box 6	Folder 10	Mississippi: Southern Bell Telephone Company and Communications Workers of America - Case No. M-2
Box 6	Folder 11	Mississippi: Southern Bell Telephone Company and Communications Workers of America - Case No. M-3, M-4
Box 6	Folder 12	Mississippi: Southern Bell Telephone Company and Communications Workers of America - Case No. M-5, M-6
Box 6	Folder 13	Mississippi: Southern Bell Telephone Company and Communications Workers of America - Case No. M-8
Box 6	Folder 14	North Carolina: Southern Bell Telephone Company and Communications Workers of America - Case No. NC-1
Box 6	Folder 15	North Carolina: Southern Bell Telephone Company and Communications Workers of America - Case No. NC-2
Box 7		South Carolina Cases SC-1 & 2 to Tennessee Case T-35..
Box 7	Folder 1	South Carolina: Southern Bell Telephone Company and Communications Workers of America - Case No. SC-1, SC-2
Box 7	Folder 2	Tennessee: Southern Bell Telephone Company and Communications Workers of America - Case No. T-1
Box 7	Folder 3	Tennessee: Southern Bell Telephone Company and Communications Workers of America - Case No. T-7, T-2, T-3, T-4, T-5, T-6
Box 7	Folder 4	Tennessee: Southern Bell Telephone Company and Communications Workers of America - Case No. T-8
Box 7	Folder 5	Tennessee: Southern Bell Telephone Company and Communications Workers of America
Box 7	Folder 6	Tennessee: Southern Bell Telephone Company and Communications Workers of America - Case No. T-14 - T-23
Box 7	Folder 7	Tennessee: Southern Bell Telephone Company and Communications Workers of America - Case No. T-24
Box 7	Folder 8	Tennessee: Southern Bell Telephone Company and Communications Workers of America - Case No. T-25
Box 7	Folder 9	Tennessee: Southern Bell Telephone Company and Communications Workers of America - Case No. T-26, T-27, T-64
Box 7	Folder 10	Tennessee: Southern Bell Telephone Company and Communications Workers of America - Case No. T-28
Box 7	Folder 11	Tennessee: Southern Bell Telephone Company and Communications Workers of America - Case No. T-29
Box 7	Folder 12	Tennessee: Southern Bell Telephone Company and Communications Workers of America - Case No. T-30
Box 7	Folder 13	Tennessee: Southern Bell Telephone Company and Communications Workers of America - Case No. T-31
Box 7	Folder 14	Tennessee: Southern Bell Telephone Company and Communications Workers of America - Case No. T-33
Box 7	Folder 15	Tennessee: Southern Bell Telephone Company and Communications Workers of America - Case No. T-34
Box 7	Folder 16	Tennessee: Southern Bell Telephone Company and Communications Workers of America - Case No. T-35
Box 8		Tennessee Case T-36 to Tennessee Case T-69..
Box 8	Folder 1	Tennessee: Southern Bell Telephone Company and Communications Workers of America - Case No. T-36 - T-45
Box 8	Folder 2	Tennessee: Southern Bell Telephone Company and Communications Workers of America - Case No. T-46, T-50, T-58 - T-61
Box 8	Folder 3	Tennessee: Southern Bell Telephone Company and Communications Workers of America - Case No. T-51, T-52
Box 8	Folder 4	Tennessee: Southern Bell Telephone Company and Communications Workers of America - Case No. T-53
Box 8	Folder 5	Tennessee: Southern Bell Telephone Company and Communications Workers of America - Case No. T-54
Box 8	Folder 6	Tennessee: Southern Bell Telephone Company and Communications Workers of America - Case No. T-55
Box 8	Folder 7	Tennessee: Southern Bell Telephone Company and Communications Workers of America - Case No. T-62
Box 8	Folder 8	Tennessee: Southern Bell Telephone Company and Communications Workers of America - Case No. T-63
Box 8	Folder 9	Tennessee: Southern Bell Telephone Company and Communications Workers of America - Case No. T-65
Box 8	Folder 10	Tennessee: Southern Bell Telephone Company and Communications Workers of America - Case No. T-66
Box 8	Folder 11	Tennessee: Southern Bell Telephone Company and Communications Workers of America - Case No. T-67
Box 8	Folder 12	Tennessee: Southern Bell Telephone Company and Communications Workers of America - Case No. T-68
Box 9		Tennessee Cases T-70 to T-88; Opinions and Awards of Arbitrator's; Company and Union Briefs..
Box 9	Folder 1	Tennessee: Southern Bell Telephone Company and Communications Workers of America - Case No. T-47-50, T-70-88 (Vol. 1)
Box 9	Folder 2	Tennessee: Southern Bell Telephone Company and Communications Workers of America - Case No. T-47-50, T-70-88 (Vol. 2)
Box 9	Folder 3	Tennessee: Southern Bell Telephone Company and Communications Workers of America - Case No. T-47-50, T-70-88 (Union Exhibits 1-19)
Box 9	Folder 4	Tennessee: Southern Bell Telephone Company and Communications Workers of America - Case No. T-47-50, T-70-88 (Company Exhibits 1-33)
Box 9	Folder 5	Southern Bell Telephone Company v. Anthony Gunn, et. Al. Transcript of Proceedings Vol. 1 and 2
Box 9	Folder 6	Southern Bell Telephone Company v. Anthony Gunn, et. Al. Vol. 3 and 4
Box 9	Folder 7	Brief on Behalf of Communications Workers of America
Box 10		Opinions and Awards.
Box 10	Folder 1	Southern Bell Arbitration - Opinions and Awards
Box 10	Folder 2	Louisiana: Southern Bell Telephone Company and Communications Workers of America - Case No. L-17
Box 10	Folder 3	Southern Bell Telephone Company and Communications Workers of America - Dinkler-Plaza Hotel
Box 10	Folder 4	Southern Bell Telephone Company and Communications Workers of America - Fulton County Courtroom
Box 10	Folder 5	Southern Bell Telephone Company and Communications Workers of America - Piedmont Hotel
Box 10	Folder 6	Southern Bell Telephone Company and Communications Workers of America - Piedmont Hotel
Box 10	Folder 7	D-I-23 Southern Bell-CWA Arbitration - Opinion and Award Summaries
Box 10	Folder 8	Southern Bell - CWA Arbitration Correspondence
Box 10	Folder 9	Southern Bell-CWA Arbitration - Procedural Matters

Contents

Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company and the Communications Workers of America Arbitration Files

Collection Number: 5120

Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library