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This series is arranged similarly to correspondence--the materials are grouped chronologically, then alphabetically within each year. There are brochures and other documents from many of the CWA annual conventions from the mid-1980s through 2000, but there are also many local events represented such as operator conventions, steward seminars, and other union-related seminars offered on topics including leadership and labor laws. The Local 1112 created many photo albums of conferences and union gatherings;the photos were removed from these albums for preservation purposes, placed in archival-quality photo sleeves, and filed withinthis series where appropriate.

These materials are divided into three subseries--membership services, local grievances, and National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) grievances. The first subseries has information about retirements, applications for union membership, and daily problems that needed supervisory intervention but were not serious enough to warrant actual grievance procedure. Local grievances included, but are not limited to, issues such as dismissal for poor attendance, need for lengthy sick leave, and wage discrepancies. NLRB cases are more of a mixture of individual cases as well as cases where the entire local chose to grieve an issue on behalf of all its members.