Jake Earley Dies, Retired District 3 Staff Rep

John "Jake" Earley, 83, retired District 3 staff representative, died June 10, in Tucker, Ga.

Earley came to CWA when he went to work for C & P Telephone Co. of Maryland in 1948 as a PBX installer-repair tech. He served Local 2108 for more than 14 years as a shop steward and later as president, the post he held when he was  appointed to the CWA staff 1965.

As a CWA representative, and later administrative assistant to the district vice president, Earley first served in Shreveport, La., and later transferred to posts in Nashville, Tenn., Columbia, S.C., and Atlanta, Ga. He was considered a skilled negotiator who at various times bargained contracts at United Inter-Mountain Telephone, Western Electric, Alltel, GTE and Southern Bell. He also was instrumental in organizing major Western Electric locations in the south.  Earley retired in 1989.