Guide to the Records of Communications Workers of America, Local 1172 1953-1993 (Bulk 1960-1993) Wagner #93

Breakaway members of the American Communications Association organized Communications Workers of America, Local 1172 in 1954. The Local’s first president was Morton Bahr, who had worked in wireless radio and was one of the leaders of the CWA organizing campaign in radio in the early 1950s. 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.