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Art Jamison Dies at Age 80
J. Arthur (Art) Jamison, who founded a CWA local in Phoenix, Ariz., and went on to become an administrative assistant to the vice president of District 7, died on Dec. 3 in a nursing home in Olympia, Wash. He was 80 years old and had been in failing health for some months.
Jamison went to work as a construction worker for Mountain States Bell Telephone Co., now part of U S West, in his hometown of Phoenix, in 1938, and by the early 1940s, he had led his co-workers into Local 8519, now designated CWA Local 7019.
He was appointed a CWA representative on Jan. 7, 1952, and at various times, served as an area director in Arizona, Colorado and Wyoming. He transferred to CWA's District 7 headquarters in Denver in June 1965, and was named administrative assistant to the vice president on April 16, 1979.
Jamison retired from the union on Sept. 1, 1982, and returned to the Phoenix and Scottsdale area before moving to Washington state a few years ago.
Survivors include his wife, Jane, and five sons, Craig of Dallas, Tex., Carl of Parker, Colo., John of Phoenix, Clifford of Denver, and Claude of Seattle. Both Claude and John are CWA members employed by U S West.
Jamison went to work as a construction worker for Mountain States Bell Telephone Co., now part of U S West, in his hometown of Phoenix, in 1938, and by the early 1940s, he had led his co-workers into Local 8519, now designated CWA Local 7019.
He was appointed a CWA representative on Jan. 7, 1952, and at various times, served as an area director in Arizona, Colorado and Wyoming. He transferred to CWA's District 7 headquarters in Denver in June 1965, and was named administrative assistant to the vice president on April 16, 1979.
Jamison retired from the union on Sept. 1, 1982, and returned to the Phoenix and Scottsdale area before moving to Washington state a few years ago.
Survivors include his wife, Jane, and five sons, Craig of Dallas, Tex., Carl of Parker, Colo., John of Phoenix, Clifford of Denver, and Claude of Seattle. Both Claude and John are CWA members employed by U S West.