The Union Telephone Operator

The Union Telephone Operator
Author: International Brotherhood of Electrical
Publisher: Wentworth Press
Total Pages: 312
Release: 2019-04-03
Genre:
ISBN: 9781012144852

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Telephony

Telephony
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 478
Release: 1907
Genre: Telephone
ISBN:

Labor-management Relations in the Bell Telephone System

Labor-management Relations in the Bell Telephone System
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Labor and Public Welfare
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1036
Release: 1950
Genre: Collective bargaining
ISBN:

Investigates ATPT influence on regional telephone companies in their relations with national labor unions.

The Women Who Got America Talking

The Women Who Got America Talking
Author: Kerry Segrave
Publisher: McFarland
Total Pages: 239
Release: 2017-08-11
Genre: History
ISBN: 147666904X

When the need for telephone operators arose in the 1870s, the assumption was that they should all be male. Wages for adult men were too high, so boys were hired. They proved quick to argue with the subscribers, so females replaced them. Women were calmer, had reassuring voices and rarely talked back. Within a few years, telephone operators were all female and would remain so. The pay was low and working conditions harsh. The job often impaired their health, as they suffered abuse from subscribers in silence under pain of dismissal. Discipline was stern--dress codes were mandated, although they were never seen by the public. Most were young, domestic and anything but militant. Yet many joined unions and walked picket lines in response to the severely capitalistic, sexist system they worked under.

Labor-management Relations in the Bell Telephone System

Labor-management Relations in the Bell Telephone System
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Labor and Public Welfare. Subcommittee on Labor-Management Relations
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1034
Release: 1950
Genre: Collective bargaining
ISBN:

Investigates ATPT influence on regional telephone companies in their relations with national labor unions.

Race on the Line

Race on the Line
Author: Venus Green
Publisher: Duke University Press
Total Pages: 396
Release: 2001-05-02
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780822325734

A labor history of women workers in the early years of the telephone industry.