NYSUT Field Services Department Files., 1913-1999
Collection Number: 6174/004
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
NYSUT Field Services Department Files, 1913-1999
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Collection Number:
6174/004
Creator:
New York State United Teachers (NYSUT)
Quanitities:
75 cubic feet
Language:
Collection material in English
New York State United Teachers (NYSUT) was created in 1972 by the merger of the New
York State Teachers Association (NYSTA) and the United Teachers of New York (UTNY).
NYSTA had been affiliated with the National Education Association (NEA), and UTNY
with the American Federation of Teachers (AFT). UTNY was the statewide organization
whose United Federation of Teachers (UFT), led by Albert Shanker, was the predominant
teachers' union in New York City. In joining with United Teachers and affiliating
with the AFT, NYSUT also became a member union of the AFL-CIO.
In 1976, NYSUT voted to disaffiliate with the NEA. Some locals left NYSUT and created
the NYEA (New York Educators Association), which became the state affiliate for the
NEA. In the early 1980s, NYEA changed its name to NEA-NY.
NYEA/NEA- NY viewed association with the AFL-CIO's industrial unions as undermining
the professional image and independence of teachers. The two organizations also differed
strongly on aspects of the governance structure, particularly with respect to ethnic
minority representation, with NYSUT opposed to mandatory minimums. The rivalry between
NYSUT and NYEA/NEA-NY in organizing new locals expended a great deal of resources
for both labor organizations.
While competition with NYEA/NEA-NY was a constant focus of NYSUT's organizing efforts
for teachers, NYSUT was also organizing college faculty members, nurses, and other
non-teaching personnel. Once members were organized, NYSUT continued to advocate for
teachers' and other workers' rights through contract support and legal services at
the local level and political involvement at the state and federal levels, supporting
candidates and legislation that protected funding, due process, and working conditions.
NEA-N Y merged with NYSUT in 2006, by which time NYSUT had grown to more than half
a million members, becoming the largest union in New York State.
NYSUT's Field and Legal Services Division provides direct services for members and
locals through 16 regional offices, some 100 field representatives and a legal staff
of 25 attorneys supported by approximately 50 administrative staff. It provides help
with contract negotiation, enforcement of contract provisions by filing improper practice
charges with the Public Employment Relations Board (PERB) or court system, representing
teachers in tenure challenges or misconduct charges, providing strike assistance,
and organizing new locals, including university faculty and non-teaching personnel.
Extensive training programs on leadership skills and public relations were coordinated
by the division. For many years, occupational safety and health was a major focus
of the field service, especially important as many schools were found to need asbestos
remediation. Internal accountability was tightly controlled; monthly activity reports
were provided from each regional office, and expenditures were scrutinized in detail
by the central office.
Initially, the field service function was organized around UniServ, which was set
up by the National Education Association (NEA) in 1970 to place one full-time field
representative in a region for each 1,200 NEA members. The NEA and its state affiliates
funded UniServ. NEA local associations participated in the hiring of the UniServ representatives,
and determined the role of the representatives in their regions.
After the merger with the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) in 1972, NYSUT reorganized
its structure, and the UniServ program was replaced by a negotiated block grant payment
from the NEA to NYSUT to pay for a portion of the costs of the field service program.
In 1972, Vito DeLeonardis became NYSUT's first Executive Director, and was responsible
for field and legal services. Ken Law was the Director of Field Services. Robert Allen
was the Assistant Director for Administration in Field Services and Daniel McKillip
was Assistant Director for Operations in Field Services.
In 1976, NYSUT voted to disaffiliate with the NEA, and lost some staff as a result.
Dan McKillip and Ken Law left. Jim Conti became Assistant Director for Operations
and Ray Ratte was Coordinator of Field Service Staff and Leadership Training. John
O'Leary became Coordinator of Organizing in 1979.
The next major change in Field Services came in 1988 when Vito DeLeonardis retired
and James Wood became the Executive Director. Robert Allen retired in 1998 and Pauline
Kinsella replaced him as Director of Field Services. Jim Wood retired in 2003 as Executive
Director and was replaced by Pauline Kinsella. In 2003, Mark Chaykin became Director
of Field Operations.
Covers 1965-1999, with greatest focus in the 1970s and 1980s during Jim Conti's tenure
as director of field services. Includes correspondence of Conti and of individual
regional offices, activity reports and requests for legal assistance.
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INFORMATION FOR USERS
New York State United Teachers (NYSUT). Field Services Department. Files. #6174/004.
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library.
Related Collections: 6174/004 AV: NYSUT Field Services Department Audio-Visual Material. All other 6174 collections
Names:
Allen, Robert
Chaykin, Mark
Conti, Jim
DeLeonardis, Vito
Kinsella, Pauline
Law, Ken
McKillip, Dan
O'Leary, John
Wood, James
New York State United Teachers, Field Services Department
New York State United Teachers
Subjects:
Teachers' unions -- New York (State)
CONTAINER LIST
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Container
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Description
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Date
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| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Jim Conti Chronological File (1 of 3)
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1986 |
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Scope and Contents
Outgoing correspondence from director of field services. January 2-June 17, 1986
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| Box 1 | Folder 2 |
Jim Conti Chronological File (2 of 3)
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1986 |
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Scope and Contents
Outgoing correspondence from director of field services. September 30-November 26,
1986
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| Box 1 | Folder 3 |
Jim Conti Chronological File (3 of 3)
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1986 |
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Scope and Contents
Outgoing correspondence from director of field services. July 1-September 30, 1986
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| Box 1 | Folder 4 |
Jim Conti Chronological File (1 of 4)
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1985 |
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Scope and Contents
Outgoing correspondence from director of field services. May 1-August 29, 1985
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| Box 1 | Folder 5 |
Jim Conti Chronological File (2 of 4)
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1985 |
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Scope and Contents
Outgoing correspondence from director of field services. February 14-April 30, 1985
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| Box 1 | Folder 6 |
Jim Conti Chronological File (3 of 4)
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1985 |
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Scope and Contents
Outgoing correspondence from director of field services. January 2-February 14, 1985
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| Box 1 | Folder 7 |
Jim Conti Chronological File (4 of 4)
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1985 |
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Scope and Contents
Outgoing correspondence from director of field services. September 5-December 19,
1985
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| Box 1 | Folder 8 |
Jim Conti Chronological File
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1984 |
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Scope and Contents
Outgoing correspondence from director of field services. October 31-December 20, 1984
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| Box 1 | Folder 9 |
Legal
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1979 |
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Scope and Contents
Correspondence with the legal department re individual teachers; legal briefs; agreements;
fact-finder's report for Mohonasen Central School District; items for negotiation
for Broadalbin Teachers Association
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| Box 1 | Folder 10 |
Albany: Lieberman
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1972 |
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Scope and Contents
Correspondence with Leon Lieberman, regional field coordinator
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| Box 1 | Folder 11 |
Yorktown Congress of Teachers
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1979 |
| Box 1 | Folder 12 |
Elmsford: Klein
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1979 |
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Scope and Contents
Correspondence re East Ramapo Teachers Association referendum re affiliation with
NEA or AFT
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| Box 1 | Folder 13 |
Jericho(Nassau Count): O'Leary
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1979 |
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Scope and Contents
Correspondence re affiliation dispute of Nassau Community College Adjunct Faculty
Association; memo from John O'Leary, head of Jericho office, asking urgently for more
field representatives; other issues re Nassau Regional Office
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| Box 1 | Folder 14 |
Mid: Hudson-Kern
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1979 |
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Scope and Contents
Public Employment Relations Board improper practice charges, brought by Red Hook Faculty
Association, Onteora Non-Teaching Employees Association; NYS Department of Labor decision
in unemployment case
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| Box 1 | Folder 15 |
New York City: Ficcio/Federation of Catholic Teachers
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1979 |
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Scope and Contents
Memo re Federation of Catholic Teachers organizing campaign; correspondence re tensions
between FCT and NYSUT field representatives; preliminary report, "Prospects for Organizing
the Research Foundation of the State University of New York"; memo re results of affiliation
election at Albert Einstein College of Medicine
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| Box 1 | Folder 16 |
Potsdam: Allen, RJ (North Country) Chron File
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1979 |
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Scope and Contents
Correspondence re Alexandria Bay vote to disaffiliate with NYSUT and affiliate with
NYEA; Public Employment Relations Board decision in Gouverneur Central School District
case; grievances re individual teachers
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| Box 2 | Folder 1 |
Rochester Regional Office
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1979 |
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Scope and Contents
Faculty representative handbook; materials re affiliation vote; Rochester Teachers
Association Executive Council meeting minutes; activity reports; newsletters by NYSUT
and by NYEA/NEA; Public Employment Relations Board improper practice charge; legal
briefs
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| Box 2 | Folder 2 |
Southern Tier Regional Office
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1979 |
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Scope and Contents
Arbitration case re back pay, Candor Teachers Association and Candor Central School;
Public Employment Relations Board decision re Whitney Point Central School District
and Whitney Point Teachers Association; legal brief re Horseheads Central School District
and Horseheads Teachers Association; agreement between New Berlin Central School and
New Berlin Faculty Association; monthly reports; correspondence
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| Box 2 | Folder 3 |
Hauppauge (Suffolk): DeGregorio, John F.
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1979 |
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Scope and Contents
Correspondence
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| Box 2 | Folder 4 |
Syracuse (Liverpool): Squillace, Frank
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1979 |
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Scope and Contents
Consent agreement for representation election between Teachers United of Sandy Creek
and Sandy Creek Teachers Association; memos to staff from Frank Squillace; 1978-79
operations report; activities reports
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| Box 2 | Folder 5 |
Syracuse Regional Office
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1979 |
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Scope and Contents
Arbitration brief re longevity increment grievance, Tully Teachers Association and
Tully Central School District; correspondence
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| Box 2 | Folder 6 |
Utica: Grove, Vincent
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1979 |
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Scope and Contents
Public Employment Relations Board improper practice charges, brought by Westmoreland
Teachers Association; exceptions to Public Employment Relations Board decision by
Whitesboro Teachers Association; legal advice re self-insurance by school districts
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| Box 2 | Folder 7 |
Buffalo Western Regional Office: Uba, Ron
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1979 |
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Scope and Contents
Statement of charges against individual tenured teacher by Board of Education of Lockport
City School District re misconduct, insubordination and incompetence; correspondence
re affiliation elections in Jamestown and Wellsville
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| Box 2 | Folder 8 |
Jim Conti Chronological File (1 of3)
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1979 |
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Scope and Contents
Outgoing correspondence from director of field services. January-April, 1979
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| Box 2 | Folder 9 |
Jim Conti Chronological File (2 of3)
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1979 |
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Scope and Contents
Outgoing correspondence from director of field services. May-September, 1979
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| Box 2 | Folder 10 |
Jim Conti Chronological File (3 of3)
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1979 |
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Scope and Contents
Outgoing correspondence from director of field services. October-December, 1979. Includes
date book
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| Box 3 | Folder 1 |
Jim Conti BOCES Conference
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1979 |
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Scope and Contents
November 15, 1979. Newsletters; BOCES conference program; Labor-Management Reporting
and Disclosure Act Interpretive Bulletin; agenda for Coordinators' Meeting; draft
Report of Coordinators Committee; list of locals in arrears as of October 9, 1979;
Report on the 58th Representative Assembly of the National Education Association,
July 2-5, 1979, prepared for officers and staff of the American Federation of Teachers
by director of field communications; transcript of Secretary-Treasurer Lane Kirkland's
Press Conference, Executive Council meeting; whit paper, The UAW Reaffiliation with
the AFL-CIO; letter re sexual misconduct hearing of individual teacher; supplement
to the 1978 Policy Handbook
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| Box 3 | Folder 2 |
Board of Directors Meeting
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1979 |
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Scope and Contents
December 7, 1979. Agenda; summary of actions taken at December 7-8, 1979, meeting;
proposed resolution on Board of Regents Recommendation on Corporal Punishment; interim
policy statement on State Education Department's proposal to redesign business education
in New York State; proposed position paper on registration of secondary schools; resolution
for Public Employees Federation affiliation and agreement; balance sheets; proposed
regulations for children with handicapping conditions; Regents recommendations on
teaching as a profession and teacher competence
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| Box 3 | Folder 3 |
Executive Committee meeting
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1979 |
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Scope and Contents
December 5, 1979, La Guardia Terminal. Agenda; Regents proposals; legal services invoice
and related correspondence re Nassau Community College Federation of Teachers strike;
monthly membership report
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| Box 3 | Folder 4 |
Coordinator's Meeting
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1979 |
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Scope and Contents
May 24, 1979. Agenda; materials for performance appraisal interview workshop; articles
and newsletters
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| Box 3 | Folder 5 |
Coordinator's Meeting/Board Meeting
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1979 |
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Scope and Contents
August 29, 1979. Agenda; activity report; newsletters and articles
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| Box 3 | Folder 6 |
Coordinator's Meeting/PSA/CWA/Strike Info
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1979 |
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Scope and Contents
PSA (Professional Staff Association) Strike News Update; confidential memos
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| Box 3 | Folder 7 |
Jim Conti Confidential
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1979 |
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Scope and Contents
New York State Comparative Salary Data; "The Condition of Education, 1979 Edition,"
statistical report, National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Health,
Education, and Welfare; collective bargaining agreement, NYSUT and Communication Workers
of America, Local 1141
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| Box 3 | Folder 8 |
Jim Conti: Coordinators Meeting
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1979 |
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Scope and Contents
October 17, 1979. Coordinators' meeting agenda; report of coordinators committee;
recap of impasses; newspaper clipping
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| Box 3 | Folder 9 |
Health Care Organizing/UFT/NYSUT
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1979 |
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Scope and Contents
Guides for organizers re National Labor Relations Act, organizing and leading volunteers,
health manpower (types of health care workers); article reprints; newsletters and
other printed materials
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| Box 3 | Folder 10 |
Organizing Expense Invoices
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1979 |
| Box 3 | Folder 11 |
Organizing Nurses Rochester: Expense Invoices
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| Box 3 | Folder 12 |
Organizing Nurses
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1978-1979 |
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Scope and Contents
Fact sheet Q&A by NYSUT; by-laws and extracts from articles of incorporation, New
York State Nurses Association; statistics re nurses salaries
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| Box 3 | Folder 13 |
Organizing Nurses Rochester: Paul Luczak
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1979 |
| Box 3 | Folder 14 |
Nurse Organizing Rochester
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1978-1979 |
| Box 3 | Folder 15 |
Nurses Convention Syracuse
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1979 |
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Scope and Contents
Organizing materials
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| Box 3 | Folder 16 |
Organizing: Paul Doyle
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1979 |
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Scope and Contents
Document, "Prospects for Organizing the Research Foundation of the State University
of New York"
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| Box 3 | Folder 17 |
Elmsford Regional Office
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1979 |
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Scope and Contents
Results of Arden Hills Hospital vote
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| Box 3 | Folder 18 |
Jericho Regional Office
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1979 |
| Box 3 | Folder 19 |
New York City Regional Office
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1979 |
| Box 3 | Folder 20 |
North Country Regional Office
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1979 |
| Box 3 | Folder 21 |
Rochester Regional Office
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1979 |
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Scope and Contents
Activity reports and related correspondence re organizing activities
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| Box 3 | Folder 22 |
Suffolk Regional Office
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1979 |
| Box 3 | Folder 23 |
Syracuse Regional Office
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1979 |
| Box 3 | Folder 24 |
Vestal Regional Service Center
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1973 |
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Scope and Contents
Activity and planning reports
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| Box 3 | Folder 25 |
Western Regional Office
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1967-1975 |
| Box 3 | Folder 26 |
Jim Conti: Ithaca College
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1978 |
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Scope and Contents
Document, "Profiles of the Ithaca College Faculty Association Bargaining Election";
National Labor Relations Board correspondence; President Whalen's Comments to the
Faculty Meeting, December 6, 1977; organizing leaflets and related materials; American
Association of University Professors (AAUP) brief to NLRB
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| Box 3 | Folder 27 |
VOTE/COPE Campaign: Info Training Manuals
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1974 |
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Scope and Contents
Information & Training Manual, Committee on Political Education of NYSUT, 1974; Politics,
1980; COPE Manual: A Political Action Guide, 1981
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| Box 4 | Folder 1 |
Legislative Report
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1979 |
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Scope and Contents
1979 United Teachers Legislative Program; NYSUT Major Legislative Gains, '74-'78;
VOTE/COPE contribution list as of July 31, 1979
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| Box 4 | Folder 2 |
Local President's Guide
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1978-1980 |
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Scope and Contents
Division of Research & Educational Services Local Presidents' Guide; Local Leaders'
Guide; Leaders' Handbook for Building an Effective Organization
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| Box 4 | Folder 3 |
Facts and Figures
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1977-1980 |
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Scope and Contents
NYSUT reports for local presidents to assist in persuading teachers to affiliate
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| Box 4 | Folder 4 |
Florida Education Association: Collective Bargaining Manuals
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1974 |
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Scope and Contents
"Strategies and Methods of Presenting the Salary and Fringe Package"; "Use and Abuse
of Impasse Procedures"; text of Florida Public Employee Collective Bargaining Law
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| Box 4 | Folder 5 |
Arbitrator Training Material
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1974 |
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Scope and Contents
Brochures and seminar outline by American Arbitration Association, National Center
for Dispute Settlement, and NYSUT
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| Box 4 | Folder 6 |
Professional Workers and Unionization: A data Handbook
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1979 |
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Scope and Contents
Prepared for Department for Professional Employees, Authored By AFL-CIO
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| Box 4 | Folder 7 |
AFT Strike Preparedness Booklet
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1970 |
| Box 4 | Folder 8 |
National Conference for Teacher Unity Meetings
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1974 |
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Scope and Contents
Meeting minutes; financial statement
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| Box 4 | Folder 9 |
National Public Employer Labor Relations: Maintaining public services: Strike Planning
Manual
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1978 |
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Scope and Contents
Document, "Maintaining Public Services: The NPELRA Strike Planning Manual," part 1
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| Box 4 | Folder 10 |
National Public Employer Labor Relations: Strike Manual Part 2: Legal remedies available
to a public employer in the event of an Illegal Strike
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1978 |
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Scope and Contents
"Legal Remedies Available to a Public Employer in the Event of an Illegal Strike"
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| Box 4 | Folder 11 |
Union Representative's Guide to NLRB RC and CA cases
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1979 |
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Scope and Contents
"A Survival Kit for Union Representatives Exploring the Mysterious Regions of the
National Labor Relations Board," a Policy & Practice publication by Center for Labor
Research and Education, Institute of Industrial Relations, University of California,
Los Angeles
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| Box 4 | Folder 12 |
Urban Executive Secretary: Loan Kit. NEA
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1965 |
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Scope and Contents
Material collected from NEA chapters re how to employ an executive secretary, duties
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| Box 4 | Folder 13 |
Proposal to Establish the Career Development Network of the SUNY Community Colleges
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1980 |
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Scope and Contents
Proposal submitted to New York State Department of Labor by Office of Community Colleges,
SUNY
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| Box 4 | Folder 14 |
NYSUT Division of Research and Educational Services: Community College Data
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1978-1979 |
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Scope and Contents
Data Relative to NYS Community Colleges under SUNY Jurisdiction, Budgeted Revenues
and Expenditures for 1978-79, September 1979; Revenues & Expenditures for 1977-78;
1977-78 Teacher Contract Analysis summary, September 1978
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| Box 4 | Folder 15 |
Reports: SEIU
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1980 |
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Scope and Contents
"A Decade of Progress: 3,000 Victories 300,000 Workers," 1980 Convention Organizing
Report; "So Much to Be Done: George Hardy's Life in Organized Labor"
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| Box 4 | Folder 16 |
Reports
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1970-1979 |
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Scope and Contents
Public School Professional Personnel Report: New York State 1978-79, State Education
Department; 1970 New York State Teachers Association Annual Report of the Executive
Secretary
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| Box 4 | Folder 17 |
Reports: State Education Department
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1981 |
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Scope and Contents
Report of the Subcommittee on Per Diem Substitute Teachers, 1981; Minimum Requirements
for Schools in New York State, 1980
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| Box 4 | Folder 18 |
AFT Convention Report
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1980 |
| Box 4 | Folder 19 |
Contract Negotiations: United University Professionals, State of New York
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1979 |
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Scope and Contents
Proposals by United University Professors; proposals by State of New York
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| Box 4 | Folder 20 |
CWA Contract, PSA Grievance
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1974 |
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Scope and Contents
Agreement between NYSUT and Local 1141 Communication Workers of America, AFL- CIO;
Professional Staff Association grievances over maternity leave, sick time
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| Box 4 | Folder 21 |
NEA "For the Record" Press Clippings
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1975 |
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Scope and Contents
Bound collection of nationwide news clippings re NYSUT, AFT, AAUP, and other organizations
considered unfriendly to or competing with the National Education Association, complied
by NEA and annotated to highlight negative items
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| Box 4 | Folder 22 |
New York Educators Association (NYEA/NEA) Materials
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1976 |
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Scope and Contents
Membership Chairperson's Handbook; Public Relations Chairperson's Handbook; Year-End
Legislative Report and NEA Position Papers, August 1976; You Count, Schools Count,
Legal Defense Counts publicity brochures; related materials
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| Box 4 | Folder 23 |
NYEA : United Teachers Board Objections/Ex list
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1977 |
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Scope and Contents
Letter from Public Employment Relations Board that petition for certification/decertification
had been filed by United Teachers of Buffalo and NYSUT; letter from trial examiner
John Crotty to NYEA attorney that Buffalo Teachers Federation might raise allegations
of fraud re United Teachers of Buffalo; preliminary list of objections
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| Box 4 | Folder 24 |
NEA: Uniserv
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1970 |
| Box 4 | Folder 25 |
NEA Governance and Committee Directory
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1981 |
| Box 4 | Folder 26 |
NYSUT Constitution
|
1979 |
| Box 4 | Folder 27 |
Teaching as a Profession
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1979 |
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Scope and Contents
Reports by State Education Department
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| Box 4 | Folder 28 |
Campaign Fayetteville: Manlius-Confidential
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1977 |
| Box 4 | Folder 29 |
Warsaw Teachers Campaign (NYSUT V. NEA/NYEA)
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1978 |
| Box 5 | Folder 1 |
NYSUT Budget Workshop: Confidential
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1979 |
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Scope and Contents
Prepared by Office of Secretary-Treasurer
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| Box 5 | Folder 2 |
NYSUT Miscellaneous
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1970-1980 |
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Scope and Contents
Schedule of NYSUT Employees and Other Personnel, 9/1/79 8/31/80; resume of Jim Conti;
resume of Diane Wagner; memo re expenditures during strike, December 8, 1972; legal
opinion on employer payment of employees' Social Security contributions, March 5,
1970; Judge Dillon' Remarks TRO Hearing for Niagara-Orleans BOCES, November 6, 1975;
program for joint Board of Directors/managers meeting, "Education: The Next Decade:
NYSUT Program for the 80s," August 24-26, 1979; NYSUT management financial report
printout, July 1979; George Meany commemorative first-day issue cancelled stamp; personal
correspondence
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| Box 5 | Folder 3 |
United University Professions Campaign (1 of 2)
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1978 |
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Scope and Contents
Membership lists; correspondence; constitution and bylaws; publicity materials
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| Box 5 | Folder 4 |
United University Campaign (2 of 2)
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1978 |
| Box 5 | Folder 5 |
A. Anderson United University Professions Campaign
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1978 |
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Scope and Contents
Harris survey, "A Follow-Up Study of the Attitudes of the SUNY Staff Toward Collective
Bargaining and UUP Representation," September 1978; original survey, conducted for
NYSUT/UUP, June 1978; memo from campaign coordinator Tony Anderson re guidelines for
collective bargaining assistance to chapters; correspondence re NEA activities, strategy
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| Box 5 | Folder 6 |
Coordinator's Meeting Minutes
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1982 |
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Scope and Contents
Monthly summaries of Executive Director's Report, Legislative Report, Secretary-Treasurer's
Report, Research & Educational Services Report, President's Report, NYEA activities,
coordinators' reports from various regional districts, other matters
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| Box 5 | Folder 7 |
Coordinator's Meeting Minutes
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1981 |
| Box 5 | Folder 8 |
Coordinator's Meeting Minutes
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1980 |
| Box 5 | Folder 9 |
Coordinator's Meeting Minutes
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1979 |
| Box 5 | Folder 10 |
Coordinator's Meeting Minutes
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1977-1978 |
| Box 5 | Folder 11 |
Vito Deleonardis Chronological File
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1987 |
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Scope and Contents
Incoming and outgoing correspondence from NYSUT Executive Director Vito DeLeonardis
re interviews for field representative, grievances, intern and field staff training,
request for additional secretarial support
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| Box 5 | Folder 12 |
Vito Deleonardis Chronological File
|
1986 |
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Scope and Contents
Incoming and outgoing correspondence from NYSUT Executive Director Vito DeLeonardis
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| Box 5 | Folder 13 |
Vito Deleonardis Chronological File
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1984-1985 |
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Scope and Contents
Incoming and outgoing correspondence from NYSUT Executive Director Vito DeLeonardis
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| Box 5 | Folder 14 |
Vito Deleonardis Chronological File
|
1984 |
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Scope and Contents
Incoming and outgoing correspondence from NYSUT Executive Director Vito DeLeonardis
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| Box 5 | Folder 15 |
Vito Deleonardis Chronological File (1 of 2)
|
1983 |
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Scope and Contents
Incoming and outgoing correspondence from NYSUT Executive Director Vito DeLeonardis.
January to May, 1983
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| Box 5 | Folder 16 |
Vito Deleonardis Chronological File (2 of 2)
|
1983 |
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Scope and Contents
Incoming and outgoing correspondence from NYSUT Executive Director Vito DeLeonardis.
June to December, 1983
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| Box 5 | Folder 17 |
Vito Deleonardis Chronological File (1 of 2)
|
1982 |
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Scope and Contents
Monthly summaries of Executive Director's Report, Legislative Report, Secretary-Treasurer's
Report, Research & Educational Services Report, President's Report, NYEA activities,
coordinators' reports from various regional districts, other matters. January to May,
1982
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| Box 5 | Folder 18 |
Vito Deleonardis Chronological File ( 2 of 2)
|
1982 |
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Scope and Contents
Monthly summaries of Executive Director's Report, Legislative Report, Secretary-Treasurer's
Report, Research & Educational Services Report, President's Report, NYEA activities,
coordinators' reports from various regional districts, other matters. June to December,
1982
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| Box 5 | Folder 19 |
Vito Deleonardis Chronological File
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1981 |
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Scope and Contents
Incoming and outgoing correspondence from NYSUT Executive Director Vito DeLeonardis
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| Box 6 | Folder 1 |
Legal Monthly Calendar
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1980 |
| Box 6 | Folder 2 |
Legal Albany
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1980 |
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Scope and Contents
Correspondence discussing possible legal cases re individual teachers
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| Box 6 | Folder 3 |
Legal Buffalo
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1980 |
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Scope and Contents
Correspondence discussing possible legal cases re individual teachers for potential
violations of rights from docking of pay for sick time to refusal to recite Pledge
of Allegiance
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| Box 6 | Folder 4 |
Legal Elmsford
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1980 |
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Scope and Contents
Correspondence re individual teachers; legal brief, petition against Education Commission
Gordon Ambach by Organization to Assure Services for Exceptional Students, Inc., Herbert
G. Birch School, Inc., Stephen Gaynor School, Summit School
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| Box 6 | Folder 5 |
Legal Jericho
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1980 |
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Scope and Contents
Memo re status of individual cases
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| Box 6 | Folder 6 |
Legal Mid: Hudson
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1980 |
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Scope and Contents
Correspondence re individual teachers; legal briefs (arbitration award and related
materials re Wappingers Central School District, Wappingers Congress of Teachers,
Wappingers Federation of Transit, Custodial, and Maintenance Workers, Wappingers Federation
of Workers)
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| Box 6 | Folder 7 |
Legal North Country
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1980 |
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Scope and Contents
Correspondence re health insurance issues, tenure issues, military leave/seniority,
possible libel case over newspaper article
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| Box 6 | Folder 8 |
Legal Rochester
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1980 |
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Scope and Contents
Correspondence re denial of maternity leave; possible human rights violation/ constitutionally
impermissible reason for dismissal of teacher for "lifestyle choice not consistent
with traditional conservative values" of South Seneca Central School district; plan
to abolish home-hospital tutor program in Rochester school district
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| Box 6 | Folder 9 |
Legal Southern Tier
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1980 |
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Scope and Contents
Request for legal opinion re layoff of 23 teachers in Elmira; miscellaneous issues
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| Box 6 | Folder 10 |
Legal Syracuse
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1980 |
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Scope and Contents
Legal brief, stay of arbitration and responses, North Syracuse Central School District;
petition to vacate arbitration award re salary schedules in Marcellus Central School
District, responses, and related motions; tenure/ seniority issues; list of school
districts participating in the New York State School Boards Association Legal Assistance
Fund
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| Box 6 | Folder 11 |
Legal Utica
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1980 |
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Scope and Contents
Memo re child abuse case, Barneveld Elementary School, Holland Patent School District
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| Box 6 | Folder 12 |
Regional Office Correspondence: Albany
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1980 |
| Box 6 | Folder 13 |
Regional Office Correspondence: Elmsford
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1980 |
| Box 6 | Folder 14 |
Regional Office Correspondence: Mid-Hudson
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1980 |
| Box 6 | Folder 15 |
Regional Office Correspondence: NYC
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1980 |
| Box 6 | Folder 16 |
Regional Office Correspondence: North Country
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1980 |
| Box 6 | Folder 17 |
Regional Office Correspondence: Rochester
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1980 |
| Box 6 | Folder 18 |
Regional Office Correspondence: Southern Tier
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1980 |
| Box 6 | Folder 19 |
Regional Correspondence: Suffolk
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1980 |
| Box 6 | Folder 20 |
Regional Office Correspondence: Syracuse
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1980 |
| Box 6 | Folder 21 |
Regional Office Correspondence: Utica
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1980 |
| Box 6 | Folder 22 |
Regional Office Correspondence: Western NY
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1980 |
| Box 6 | Folder 23 |
Cooper Union Federation of Teachers (Tolchin)
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1980 |
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Scope and Contents
Correspondence re state law re Cooper Union's tax exemption; text of law and pending
legislation; newspaper clipping . Eugene Tolchin, President
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| Box 6 | Folder 24 |
Federation of Catholic Teachers
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1977-1987 |
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Scope and Contents
Correspondence re disaffiliation of Federation of Catholic Teachers from NYSUT/AFT
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| Box 6 | Folder 25 |
Jim Conti Outgoing Correspondence (1 of 2)
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1980 |
| Box 6 | Folder 26 |
Jim Conti Outgoing Correspondence (2 of 2)
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1980 |
| Box 6 | Folder 27 |
Albany: Leon Lieberman
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1980 |
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Scope and Contents
Correspondence re boycott of Cotrel and Leonard caps and gowns in labor dispute with
ILGWU; coordinator's reports; request for legal opinions; report on NYEA meeting,
with materials; correspondence re possible legal cases
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| Box 6 | Folder 28 |
Elmsford: Klein (1 of 2)
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1980 |
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Scope and Contents
Decision by Public Employment Relations Board in representation election at Garrison
Union Free School District; proposals for mainstreaming generated by Harrison bargaining
team
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| Box 6 | Folder 29 |
Elmsford: Klein (2 of 2)
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1980 |
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Scope and Contents
Decision by Public Employment Relations Board in charge of illegal strike against
Yonkers Federation of Teachers; materials re maternity leave policy
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| Box 7 | Folder 1 |
Rochester Teacher Arbitration: Affiliation (1 of 2)
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1979-1980 |
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Scope and Contents
Correspondence; legal briefs
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| Box 7 | Folder 2 |
Rochester Teachers Association : Affiliation Related Materials (2 of 2)
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1980 |
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Scope and Contents
Correspondence; legal briefs
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| Box 7 | Folder 3 |
Southern Tier Regional Office
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1980 |
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Scope and Contents
Correspondence and briefs re legal issues, including petition for writ of certiorari
to U.S. Supreme Court, Ithaca College Faculty Association, NYSUT-AFT, v. NLRB and
Ithaca College; coordinator's reports
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| Box 7 | Folder 4 |
Syracuse Regional Office
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1980 |
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Scope and Contents
Memos re proposed changes in Regents regulations, updates on status of negotiations
at schools, legal issues
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| Box 7 | Folder 5 |
Broom, Delaware, Tioga Counties : Health Insurance
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1980 |
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Scope and Contents
Proposal by Blue Cross Blue Shield; Broome, Delaware, Tioga School Employees' Healthcare
Trust Manual of Procedures; document, "A Comprehensive Medical Plan by Healthcare
Administrative Services of New York, Inc."
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| Box 7 | Folder 6 |
Utica: Vincent Grove
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1980 |
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Scope and Contents
Improper Practice Charge documents; newsletters; newspaper clippings
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| Box 7 | Folder 7 |
Western NY: Ron Uba
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1980 |
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Scope and Contents
Coordinator's reports; correspondence
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| Box 7 | Folder 8 |
Mid: Hudson-Stan Kern
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1980 |
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Scope and Contents
Correspondence in legal case involving dismissal of probationary teacher Angela Ballucci;
correspondence re organizing campaign at St. Francis Hospital; re asbestos problem
at Coxsackie-Athens school district; status report from Jim Conti to Vito DeLeonardis
re staffing issues
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| Box 7 | Folder 9 |
Nassau County: Howard Edelman
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1980 |
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Scope and Contents
Arbitration opinion and award and other materials re C. W. Post settlement
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| Box 7 | Folder 10 |
NYC: Tony Ficcio
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1980 |
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Scope and Contents
Correspondence re possible strike at NYU; legal brief before the U.S. Court of Appeals
for the Second Circuit, NLRB and Lay Faculty Association v. Bishop Ford Central High
School
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| Box 7 | Folder 11 |
Associated Community College Faculties
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1978 |
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Scope and Contents
Proposal for Affiliation, presented by the New York Educators Association and the
National Education Association; correspondence re campaign to urge affiliation with
NYSUT
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| Box 7 | Folder 12 |
AFL: CIO Executive Council-President Meany Transcripts
|
1978 |
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Scope and Contents
Transcript of press conference by AFL-CIO Executive Council President George Meany
during Executive Council meeting
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| Box 7 | Folder 13 |
American Federation of Teachers
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1976-1978 |
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Scope and Contents
Correspondence; brochures, pins
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| Box 7 | Folder 14 |
Ad: Hoc Committee for School Related Personnel
|
1977 |
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Scope and Contents
List of concerns re relations between teachers and non-teaching school personnel,
discussed at meeting; list of association members of committee; list of pending legislation
opposed by NYSUT for adversely affecting non-professional staff
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| Box 7 | Folder 15 |
Agency Fee
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1978 |
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Scope and Contents
Court cases and related correspondence re right of unions to charge fees to non-members
to cover costs of collective bargaining unit contract negotiations
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| Box 7 | Folder 16 |
Alcoholism
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1976-1977 |
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Scope and Contents
Letter from Niagara County Council on Alcoholism Employee Assistance Program Division,
with attached survey on labor union attitudes toward the need for alcoholism program;
map of Colonie/West Albany executive homes
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| Box 7 | Folder 17 |
Arbitration
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1977 |
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Scope and Contents
Arbitration award in the matter between Professional Staff Association and NYSUT
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| Box 7 | Folder 18 |
Arbitrator's Fees
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1978 |
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Scope and Contents
Memo to Jim Conti listing two arbitrators who were felt to have charged too-high fees
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| Box 7 | Folder 19 |
Bargaining
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1974-1978 |
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Scope and Contents
Background report, "The Right to Strike in Public Employment," Antoine Aboud and Grace
Sterrett Aboud, New York State Industrial & Labor Relations (NYSSILR, Cornell University),
1974; materials about teacher representation elections; occasional paper from the
Institute of Public Employment, New York State School of Industrial and Labor Relations,
Cornell University, "Productivity Bargaining in New York: What Went Wrong?" April
1975; Collective Bargaining Quarterly, National Education Association (NEA), April
1976
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| Box 8 | Folder 1 |
Board of Director's Meetings
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1976-1978 |
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Scope and Contents
Minutes; agendas; memos
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| Box 8 | Folder 2 |
Board of Regents Competency Tests
|
1978 |
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Scope and Contents
NYSUT Revised Proposed Policy Statement on Regents Competency Tests
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| Box 8 | Folder 3 |
BOCES
|
1978 |
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Scope and Contents
NYSUT Information Bulletin re BOCES and BOCES Finances 1978-79
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| Box 8 | Folder 4 |
Budget
|
1978-1979 |
| Box 8 | Folder 5 |
Budget: General Info
|
1978 |
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Scope and Contents
Memos re Nassau Service Center
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| Box 8 | Folder 6 |
Budget: Austerity
|
1975-1976 |
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Scope and Contents
Memo from State Education Department re Board of Education responsibility for contingency
budgets, May 1, 1976; cover letter, NYSUT austerity budget memo
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| Box 8 | Folder 7 |
Budget: Executive
|
1977-1978 |
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Scope and Contents
Letter to local presidents re likelihood of cuts in state aid; list of legislators
to be contacted; report, Education in the 1977-78 Executive Budget
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| Box 8 | Folder 8 |
Budget: NYSUT
|
1976-1978 |
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Scope and Contents
NYSUT Annual Budget, September 1, 1976 August 21, 1977; September 1, 1977 August 31,
1978 ; financial statements
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| Box 8 | Folder 9 |
Budget: Accountability in Education
|
1978 |
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Scope and Contents
Legal memoranda to Task Force on Equalizing Educational Opportunity re Levittown v.
Nyquist; Legislative and Administrative Response to the Hellerstein Decision Progress
Towards Full Value Assessment, by Kathlyn A. Gustafson, Division of Equalization and
Assessment, November 10, 1978; article in Phi Delta Kappan, "Responsibility, Culpability,
and the Cult of Accountability in Education," June 1977; NYSUT Information Bulletin
re Changes in Health Insurance Options, November 1978
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| Box 8 | Folder 10 |
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act
|
1978 |
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Scope and Contents
CETA (Comprehensive Employment and Training Act) 1978 NYSUT Information Bulletin re
CETA, 1978; NYS Manpower Services Council, Federal Register reprint, Comprehensive
Employment and Training Act: Compilation of Current Regulations for Titles I, II,
and VI, 1977; text of Title V, National Commission for Employment and Training Policy;
newsletter, CETA News & Views; glossary of terms; text of CETA reauthorization, Comprehensive
Employment and Training Amendments of 1978; New York State Manpower Services Council
Annual Conference materials, "CETA: Its Past, Present and Future," 1978; Suffolk County
CETA Eligibility Guide; New York State Manpower Services Council Reports from the
People on CETA: Proceedings of its Conference on CETA's Reenactment, n.d.; list of
members of New York State Manpower Services Council; NYSUT position statement on CETA,
passed by NYSUT Board of Directors, March 18, 1978; arbitration award, Voluntary Labor
Arbitration Tribunal, in the matter of Onondaga Central Non- Instructional Association
and Onondaga Central School District
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| Box 8 | Folder 11 |
Legal Cases
|
1975-1977 |
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Scope and Contents
Commissioner's decisions in Tonawanda Board of Education, Board of Education of the
City of New York, and other cases; Court of Appeals cases; NYS Supreme Court cases;
U.S. District Court cases for the Northern District of New York
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| Box 8 | Folder 12 |
Civil Service
|
1977 |
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Scope and Contents
Newspaper clippings from Civil Service Leader; cover memo to Jim Conti re Civil Service
Employees Association (CSEA)
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| Box 8 | Folder 13 |
Community Colleges: Campaigns
|
1978 |
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Scope and Contents
Memo to Jim Conti, "Attack Issues for Community Colleges and UUP Campaigns," re issues
that helped win Adirondack Community College affiliation campaign; NYSUT and NYEA/NEA
flyers; handwritten notes
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| Box 8 | Folder 14 |
Community College Collective Bargaining
|
1978 |
|
Scope and Contents
Correspondence re Monroe Community College; collective bargaining bulletin
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| Box 8 | Folder 15 |
Community College Statistical Data
|
1976-1978 |
|
Scope and Contents
NYSUT Information Bulletin re State University of New York Community Colleges Status
Report, November 29, 1978; re 1978 Supplemental Budget, October 1978; Data Relative
to New York State Community Colleges under SUNY Jurisdiction: Budgeted Revenues &
Expenses for 1977-78, November 1978, September 1978; data for May 1978; State Aid
to Community Colleges under SUNY Jurisdiction, 1977-78; NYPERB 1975-1976 Community
College Report summarizing salaries and fringe benefits; Compilation of Statistical
Data Concerning the Community Colleges of the State University of New York, Office
of Community Colleges, State University of New York, August 1977
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| Box 8 | Folder 16 |
Conference Board: Teacher Education Conference Board
|
1976 |
|
Scope and Contents
ewsletter
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| Box 8 | Folder 17 |
Consumer Price Index
|
1977 |
|
Scope and Contents
NYSUT bulletin re Consumer Price Index, nationally and by region
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| Box 8 | Folder 18 |
Consumer Reports
|
1974 |
|
Scope and Contents
Article on HMOs
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| Box 8 | Folder 19 |
Contracts/Agreements
|
1976 |
|
Scope and Contents
Standard teacher contract provision with school district; agreements between NYSUT
and Communication Workers of America, AFL-CIO, Local 1141, effective May 5, 1976 to
August 21, 1979 and September 1, 1974 to August 31, 1977; proposed NYSUT NYSUT Legal
Staff Association Collective Bargaining Agreement, effective April 1, 1976 to March
31, 1979, and April 8, 1976 to August 31, 1979; NYSUT PSA (Professional Staff Association)
Collective Bargaining Agreement, effective September 1, 1974 to August 31, 1979 as
amended February 18, 1976; effective September 1, 1974 to August 21, 1977; memo from
Jim Conti to coordinators re contract language re Social Security
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| Box 8 | Folder 20 |
Coordinators
|
1976-1978 |
|
Scope and Contents
Correspondence over a variety of issues, including NEA campaign materials found in
central New York, UUP campaign, tenure and seniority for different classifications
of teaching and non-teaching staff; NYPERB arbitration award between Hicksville Congress
of Teachers and Hicksville Free School District #17; NYPERB decision and order, Great
Neck Union Free School District (Respondent) and Education Association of Great Neck
(NYEA/NEA) (Charging Party) and Great Neck Teachers Association (Intervenor); urgent
memo re NYEA appeal of Maryvale decision
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| Box 8 | Folder 21 |
Coordinator's Meetings
|
1976-1978 |
|
Scope and Contents
Meeting agenda, December 19, 1978; letter of resignation to NYSUT President Tom Hobart
from coordinator Robert McKensie, citing "havoc" forced upon locals by NYSUT, disaffiliation
problem interfering with personal and professional relationships, September 19, 1976;
NEA-AFT fact sheet re membership gains/losses, as of August 1, 1976; "Staff Line"
newsletter by NEA staff organization, highly critical of NEA; Teacher Representation
Elections as reported to the organizing office of the National Education Association,
July 1975-June 1976; list of disaffiliated locals, with membership totals
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| Box 8 | Folder 22 |
Correspondence Catherine Lloyd
|
1978 |
|
Scope and Contents
Letter from Jim Conti to retiring Representative Assembly assistant
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| Box 8 | Folder 23 |
Crisis/Strikes
|
1975-1976 |
|
Scope and Contents
"East Irondequoit: A School District In Crisis: A Special Report prepared at the request
of the East Irondequoit Teachers Association," May 1975; list of NYSUT Teacher Defense
Activities: Local Assistance Strike & Crisis Situations, September 1, 1975 July 31,
1976
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| Box 8 | Folder 24 |
Current Developments
|
1976 |
|
Scope and Contents
Items of interest to unions in Bureau of National Affairs Current Developments, June
16 and 18, 1976; "Orienting the New Union Member: An SEIU Guide for Building a Strong,
Informed Local Union Membership," n.d., c. 1976
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| Box 8 | Folder 25 |
Disaffiliated Local NYSUT
|
1976-1978 |
|
Scope and Contents
List of disaffiliated locals and numbers of members; memo updating Jim Conti on disaffiliation
status of several locals serviced by Albany regional office; memo discussing reasons
for vote to disaffiliate by Menands Teachers Association; memo re Vestal Service Center
locals; memos re organizing efforts / affiliation votes; confidential memo re Suffolk
organizing efforts/ affiliation votes; related memos
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| Box 8 | Folder 26 |
Executive Committee
|
1977-1978 |
|
Scope and Contents
Minutes of Executive Committee meeting of October 9, October 25, and November 17,
1978; financial statement as of October 31, 1978; field services activity report for
June 1977- June 1978
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| Box 8 | Folder 27 |
Fair Dismissal Clause
|
1976-1977 |
|
Scope and Contents
Summary of events in Judkins v. Scio-Allentown Teachers Association and related correspondence
and materials, including complaint in NYS Supreme Court, demand for arbitration.,
PERB Improper Practice Charge, verified answer; text of agreement, including fair
dismissal clause
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| Box 8 | Folder 28 |
Grievances
|
1977-1978 |
|
Scope and Contents
Letter to Jim Conti detailing need to hire temporary secretarial assistance at NYSUT
Western NY Service Center, ensuing CWA (Communication Workers of America) grievance
for subcontracting, August 12, 1977; details of grievances filed against NYSUT by
Professional Staff Association re reimbursement for expenses, September 26, 1978
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| Box 9 | Folder 1 |
Guidelines
|
1973-1977 |
|
Scope and Contents
Guideline documents re car maintenance, county civil service regulations, IRS ruling
re leased cars, organized non-teaching personnel, picketing, and subpoenas in PERB
proceedings
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| Box 9 | Folder 2 |
Handicapped Children
|
1977-1978 |
|
Scope and Contents
NYSUT Information Bulletin re BOCES 1977-78 Estimated Per- Student Cost for Occupational
and Handicapped Programs, April 1978; bulletin re Specific Learning Disabilities (Final
Federal Regulations), January 1978; NYSUT Special Education Committee recommendations
for updating NYSUT Position Statement on Education for All Handicapped Children, January
30, 1978; text of position statement, February 24, 1978; State Education Department
Office for the Education of Children with Handicapping Conditions Guidelines for Specific
Learning Disabilities, November 1977; draft memo to NYSUT field representatives re
Commissioner's Regulations Part 200, Handicapped Children, March 3, 1978
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| Box 9 | Folder 3 |
Impasse Material
|
1973-1975 |
|
Scope and Contents
ILR reprint series publication, Fact Finding in Public Employment Disputes: Promise
or Illusion? By Jean McKelvey, 1969; lists of districts at impasse; related memos
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| Box 9 | Folder 4 |
Impasses
|
1976-1977 |
|
Scope and Contents
Monthly recaps of impasses at regional services centers, including number of locals
at impasse, stage of impasse (mediation, fact finding, etc.), and potential strike
situations
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| Box 9 | Folder 5 |
Recap Impasses
|
1976-1977 |
|
Scope and Contents
List of status of grievances by service-center region
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| Box 9 | Folder 6 |
Insurance
|
1976-1977 |
|
Scope and Contents
Memo from NYS Department of Labor re unemployment insurance for employees at educational
institutions, April 25, 1978; disability clause of life insurance policy, 1977
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| Box 9 | Folder 7 |
Interest Free Loans
|
1976 |
|
Scope and Contents
Memo to coordinators re interest-free loans from credit unions during strikes
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| Box 9 | Folder 8 |
Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
|
1976-1977 |
|
Scope and Contents
Return of Organization Exempt from Income Tax (Form 990); memos re Clarence Teachers
Association; ruling re leased cars
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| Box 9 | Folder 9 |
Legal
|
1976 |
|
Scope and Contents
Memo from NYSUT legal counsel re abolition of teaching positions and related issues
of seniority, tenure
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| Box 9 | Folder 10 |
Legislation
|
1976-1978 |
|
Scope and Contents
Reprint from Industrial and Labor Relations Review (Cornell University), "Reinstatement
after Termination: Public School Teachers," 1978; NYS Assembly members voting records
on key bills affecting teachers, 1977-78; articles debating the need for a separate
federal Department of Education; lists of bills signed into law or awaiting action
by governor; text of emergency executive order by Gov. Carey and state energy office
imposing restrictions on nonessential use of natural gas; reports by State Education
Department Office of the Counsel, 1976 and 1977 Summary of New Legislation Affecting
Education
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| Box 9 | Folder 11 |
Legislation
|
1977 |
|
Scope and Contents
Text of legislation in Senate-Assembly re municipal overburden aid (emergency financial
aid to certain cities), January 18, 1977; text of bills amending civil service law;
opinion by NYS Department of Audit and Control re employment of spouse of member of
Board of Education
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| Box 9 | Folder 12 |
Library Acquisitions
|
1976-1977 |
|
Scope and Contents
Monthly list of selected acquisitions by NYSUT Division of Research and Educational
Services
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| Box 9 | Folder 13 |
Locals
|
1976-1977 |
|
Scope and Contents
Checklist of questions in assessing a local's strengths and weaknesses; letter to
Jamestown local members urging vote to retain affiliation with NYSUT, May 4, 1976;
lists of disaffiliated locals; letter to members of locals that have voted to disaffiliate,
urging them to retain individual membership, May 4, 1976; list of locals in arrears;
list of secondary locals formed from disaffiliated locals
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| Box 9 | Folder 14 |
Managers
|
1976-1978 |
|
Scope and Contents
Articles from Harvard Business Review and Psychology Today re managers; NYSUT management
memos
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| Box 9 | Folder 15 |
Maternity
|
1976 |
|
Scope and Contents
Education Daily bulletin on Title IX pregnancy disability rules; summary of court
decision, State Division of Human Rights v. Board of Education, Draper School District
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| Box 9 | Folder 16 |
Membership Date 1976
|
1976 |
|
Scope and Contents
Computer printouts of locals and affiliation status of members; campaign posters
|
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| Box 9 | Folder 17 |
NEA (National Education Association)
|
1977-1978 |
|
Scope and Contents
Actions of the NEA Board of Directors and Executive Committee; revisions to by-laws
and other actions taken by Representative Assembly; UniServe and Leadership Training
Program manual; confidential report on the 115th Annual Meeting/ 56th Representative
Assembly of the National Education Association, July 1-6, 1977, by Ned Hopkins, Assistant
to the President, NYSUT
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| Box 9 | Folder 18 |
New York Educator's Association (NYEA)
|
1976-1978 |
|
Scope and Contents
New York Educators Association Notes to Financial Statement Major Variance Explanation,
noting budget for fiscal 1977-78 was based on projected membership growth patterns
that did not materialize; membership summary report; NYEA recruiting letters; NYSUT
memos re NYEA activities; letter of resignation to President Thomas Hobart from Ned
Hopkins, citing total control by Albert Shanker, belief that NYSUT does not represent
the interest of teachers, May 8, 1978; organizational comparison between NEA and AFT;
resume of Thomas Doig and related correspondence
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| Box 9 | Folder 19 |
NYS Education Department
|
1977-1978 |
|
Scope and Contents
Recommendations of the Commissioner's Task Force on Teacher Education and Certification,
April 1, 1977; Interim NYSUT Policy Statement on the New York State Education Department's
Curriculum Mandate Study, 1977
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| Box 9 | Folder 20 |
NYS Department of Labor
|
1977 |
|
Scope and Contents
Correspondence re request by state Department of Labor for updated roster of NYSUT
locals and local presidents
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| Box 9 | Folder 21 |
Negotiation
|
1977 |
|
Scope and Contents
Training materials for contract negotiators
|
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| Box 9 | Folder 22 |
Roving Reporter
|
1977 |
|
Scope and Contents
Anti-NYSUT newsletter
|
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| Box 9 | Folder 23 |
Ulysses
|
1977 |
|
Scope and Contents
Anti-NYEA/NEA newsletter
|
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| Box 9 | Folder 24 |
James Conti Vouchers
|
1976-1979 |
| Box 9 | Folder 25 |
Jim Conti: Personal
|
1976-1978 |
|
Scope and Contents
Confidential memo to Conti re Ed Corcoran training session assignment, September 5,
1978; replies to social invitations; workman's compensation claim memorandum on behalf
of claimant, Manley vs. BOCES Broome County and State Insurance Fund, April 25, 1977
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| Box 9 | Folder 26 |
Applications for Affiliation
|
1975-1976 |
|
Scope and Contents
Memo to management team re procedures for consideration of applications for affiliation
|
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| Box 9 | Folder 27 |
Arbitration (Procedures)
|
1970-1974 |
|
Scope and Contents
Booklet by American Arbitration Association, Dispute Settlement from the 60's into
the 70's, n.d., c. 1970; article reprint from the American Arbitration Association
Arbitration Journal, volume 17, no. 4, and volume 23, no. 4, "Arbitration of Job Evaluation
Cases and Arbitration of Wage Incentive Cases," by S. Herbert Unterberger; related
AAA guides; excerpt from speech, "Gamesmanship in Labor Arbitration," by Lewis M.
Gill, "How to Alienate Arbitrators and Lose Cases"; NYSUT memo to all field staff
re arbitration assistance to locals, clarifying reimbursement procedures, June 4,
1974
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| Box 9 | Folder 28 |
Arbitration Training
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1976 |
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Scope and Contents
Schedules for training sessions
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| Box 9 | Folder 29 |
Cost of Living (CPI)
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1972-1975 |
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Scope and Contents
Press release updates from the U.S. Department of labor re the Consumer Price Index;
newsletter updates by NYSUT on the Consumer Price Index
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| Box 9 | Folder 30 |
Disaffiliation
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1976 |
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Scope and Contents
List of disaffiliated locals; anti-NEA/NYEA flyers
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| Box 9 | Folder 31 |
Fact Finding
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1974 |
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Scope and Contents
Confidential Fact-Finding Manual by the Pennsylvania State Education Association,
n.d., c. 1974; excerpt from Monthly Labor Review, "Factfinding in Teacher Disputes:
The Wisconsin Experience," October 1974
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| Box 9 | Folder 32 |
Grievance Procedures
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1969-1974 |
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Scope and Contents
Training materials by New York State Teachers Association (NYSTA/NEA)
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| Box 9 | Folder 33 |
Higher Education
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1976 |
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Scope and Contents
List of field service assignments in the Elmira service area; reprint from Chronicle
of Higher Education listing unionization status of 520 colleges
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| Box 9 | Folder 34 |
Higher Education
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1978 |
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Scope and Contents
Lists of independent and proprietary degree-granting institutions
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| Box 9 | Folder 35 |
Human Rights
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1974-1975 |
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Scope and Contents
Federal Register regulations by Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, "Non-Discrimination
on the Basis of Sex: Education Programs and Activities Receiving or Benefiting from
Federal Financial Assistance," June 4, 1975; NYSUT cover memo to regional coordinators
with attached Rules of Procedure from the state Division of Human Rights, October
2, 1974
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| Box 9 | Folder 36 |
Improper Practices
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1975 |
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Scope and Contents
NYS Public Employment Relations Board Improper Practice Charge complaints by various
teacher associations against various school districts; related memos
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| Box 9 | Folder 37 |
Legal Memos
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1976-1977 |
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Scope and Contents
Memos from NYSUT legal counsel re Commissioner's position on tenure in occupational
subject areas, replacement of nurse-teachers with RNs, need for NYSUT to "maintain
the image of protecting teachers of all varieties"
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| Box 9 | Folder 38 |
Legislation
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1977-1978 |
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Scope and Contents
NYSUT report, Legislative Action through April 30, 1978; "NYSUT Supports" legislative
memoranda; NYSUT report, "City Schools in Fiscal Crisis: City School Districts and
Their Constitutional Tax Limits, 1977-78"
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| Box 9 | Folder 39 |
Library Lists
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1976 |
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Scope and Contents
Monthly list of selected acquisitions by NYSUT Division of Research and Educational
Services
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| Box 9 | Folder 40 |
New York Education Association (NYEA)
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1976-1977 |
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Scope and Contents
Article in U.S. News & World Report on millions of dollars of wasted money by the
AFT and NEA in jurisdictional battle, April 5, 1976; NYEA/NEA and NYSUT/AFT recruiting
materials; reports on 1977 NEA convention by NYSUT operatives; report on 1977 NYSUT
Delegate Assembly by NEA operatives; memos re NYEA activities; Common Sense, special
publication for NEA delegates, "The New York Disaffiliation: A History of the Underlying
Factors"
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| Box 10 | Folder 1 |
Negotiations Assignments
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1976 |
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Scope and Contents
Lists of assignments by service area
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| Box 10 | Folder 2 |
Public Employment Relations Board (P.E.R.B)
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1976-1978 |
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Scope and Contents
Issues of PERB News, newsletter of the New York State Public Employment Relations
Board; letter to Jim Conti from PERB chairman Harold R. Newman re North Warren Central
School District case
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| Box 10 | Folder 3 |
Personnel Reports
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1976 |
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Scope and Contents
Memos re personnel changes
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| Box 10 | Folder 4 |
Press Releases
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1976 |
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Scope and Contents
Press releases re strikes, affiliation decisions, Shanker debate with NYEA/NEA representative
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| Box 10 | Folder 5 |
Public Relations and Misc
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1978-1979 |
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Scope and Contents
NYSUT Public Relations Project for 1979, with cover memo from president Tom Hobart
to Board of Directors; statements and reports adopted by the AFL-CIO Executive Council,
October 31, 1978; memo from Al Shanker to AFT vice presidents, state federation presidents,
and 50 largest locals, urging non-participation in Department of Labor's "P.R. show"
to elicit support for voluntary wage controls, November 28, 1978; Labor Law Journal
reprint, "Public Sector Union Security: The Impact of Abood," November 1978
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| Box 10 | Folder 6 |
Research and Education
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1975-1976 |
|
Scope and Contents
Teacher Salary Schedule Data: BOCES (Boards of Cooperative Educational Services),
1975-76; Teacher Contract Analysis: BOCES, 1975-76; State Education Department memo
re Board of Education Responsibility for Contingency Budgets, May 1, 1975; memo to
field staff from Division of Research re increases in 1975-76 salary schedules
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| Box 10 | Folder 7 |
Staff Meeting
|
1976 |
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Scope and Contents
Memo from Jim Conti re postponement of staff meeting
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| Box 10 | Folder 8 |
Training
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1978 |
|
Scope and Contents
Proposal and outline for school representatives course on organizing, grievances,
local governance, and legal rights; letter from Rhode Island Federation of Teachers,
asking to be kept apprised of training opportunities
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| Box 10 | Folder 9 |
Workshop Information
|
1967-1976 |
|
Scope and Contents
Training materials re collective bargaining; related memos; handwritten notes
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| Box 10 | Folder 10 |
Jim Conti Correspondence (1 of 3)
|
1978 |
|
Scope and Contents
Correspondence from Jim Conti, mostly internal memos with legal counsel. January-August,
1978
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| Box 10 | Folder 11 |
Jim Conti Correspondence (2 of 3)
|
1978 |
|
Scope and Contents
Correspondence from Jim Conti, mostly internal memos with legal counsel. June- December,
1978
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| Box 10 | Folder 12 |
Jim Conti Correspondence (3 of 3)
|
1978 |
|
Scope and Contents
Correspondence from Jim Conti, mostly internal memos with legal counsel. September-December,
1978
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| Box 10 | Folder 13 |
Albany
|
1981 |
|
Scope and Contents
Memos re staffing reassignment; outline for training program for field representatives;
leadership development conference
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| Box 10 | Folder 14 |
Albany Legal
|
1980-1981 |
|
Scope and Contents
Arbitration award and opinion in Mohonasen Teachers Association and Rotterdam-Mohonasen
Central School District in science substitute teacher tenure case; memo to Jim Conti
discussing protections under the Federal Privacy Act of 1974 vis-avis the Freedom
of Information Act; memos re incorporation of locals, campaign expenses for school
board elections, transfer of Licensed Practical Nursing Program from Saratoga-Warren
BOCES, conflicting representation issues in seniority case at Niskayuna; NYPERB Improper
Practice Charge by Broadalbin Bus Drivers Association
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| Box 10 | Folder 15 |
Albany Legal
|
1981 |
|
Scope and Contents
Memo requesting assignment of legal counsel to answer Canajoharie Central School District's
request to vacate arbitration award; memo requesting assignment of legal counsel to
answer Broadalbin Central School District's request to vacate arbitration award; memo
re effort to enforce advisory arbitration award in Mohonasen Teachers Association;
request to begin proceedings to confirm arbitrator's award in Schoharie Teacher's
Association; regulations of the Albany Board of Education relating to inspection and
copying of records, with cover memo re Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA);
memos re layoffs of special education teachers in Rensselaer-Columbia-Greene BOCES,
layoff of adult education teacher in Albany Public School District, overpayment case
for school nurse teacher in Schenectady-Albany-Schoharie BOCES
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| Box 10 | Folder 16 |
Elmsford
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1987 |
|
Scope and Contents
Memo re bill in state Senate redefining maternity disability leave to conform with
federal statutes; letters re applications for organizing coordinator
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| Box 10 | Folder 17 |
Elmsford: Legal
|
1981 |
|
Scope and Contents
Memo compiling 3020-a statistics by case decision and specific charge, and impact
of appeals on tenure decisions; Westchester County Public Relations Board Rules of
Procedure; memo re Westchester County BOCES problem re hiring hourly non-union teachers
and laying off union teachers; grievance procedure for Greenwood Lake Union Free School
District
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| Box 10 | Folder 18 |
Jericho: Nassau County
|
1981 |
|
Scope and Contents
Confidential memo to Jim Conti from Howard Edelman re per diem substitute jobs for
graduate students at Hofstra; Investigating Committee Report on Nassau Community College
Adjunct Faculty Association; related memos; confidential memo to Jim Conti from Howard
Edelman re Services Committee, avoiding organizing small locals, increasing membership
in current locals; memo re data retrieval and field rep workload; NYEA/NEA materials
used in Hicksville organizing campaign, with cover note to Jim Conti from Howard Edelman;
notes by Howard Edelman re health care organizing, from meeting with reps from Federal
Mediation and Conciliation Services; request for emergency staff assistance to Jim
Conti from Howard Edelman, review of activities at Nassau Regional Office; Improper
Practice Charges and related memos
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| Box 10 | Folder 19 |
Jericho: Nassau Legal
|
1981 |
|
Scope and Contents
Letter to the Legal Review Committee requesting appeal of denial of tenure in Roosevelt
School District, with related correspondence indicating probationary teacher involved
had no case; memo re agency fee refund, Westbury Teachers Association; arbitration
award in C. W. Post case; Improper Practice Charges
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| Box 10 | Folder 20 |
Nassau: Clem Burchell SEIU
|
1980 |
|
Scope and Contents
Correspondence re NYSUT transfer of jurisdiction of West Hempstead Custodial Association
to Local 144, Division 100, SEIU, AFL-CIO
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| Box 10 | Folder 21 |
Mid: Hudson
|
1981 |
|
Scope and Contents
Memo to Jim Conti re Services Committee issues; legal memos re Improper Practice Charges
and other individual cases
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| Box 10 | Folder 22 |
Mid: Hudson Legal
|
1980-1981 |
|
Scope and Contents
Legal memos re proposed contracts, individual grievances
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| Box 10 | Folder 23 |
Nurses Advisory Committee
|
1981 |
|
Scope and Contents
April 9, 1981. Meeting agenda, handwritten notes; list of members of New York State
Nurses Advisory Committee; memo from Jim Conti to Thomas Hobart, Jr., suggesting establishing
nurses committee for purpose of organizing
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| Box 10 | Folder 24 |
NYC Nurses Committee Meeting, United Federation of Teachers Organizing Meeting
|
1981 |
|
Scope and Contents
August 11-August 15, 1981. Text of Senate and Assembly bills re professional nursing;
memo re proposed legislation
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| Box 10 | Folder 25 |
Organizing Department, John O'Leary
|
1980-1981 |
|
Scope and Contents
Memo to Jim Conti re right to employee names and addresses while organizing; Review
of PERB Decisions Regarding Unit Definition and Criteria Used Therein; memo re PERB
requirements when organizing unrepresented employees; memos re community college organizing;
memos re Statewide Nurses Advisory Committee, legislative issues re nursing, proposed
budget for potential campaign among NYC municipal nurses; Bylaws and Extracts from
Articles of Incorporation: The New York State Nurses Association, December 1980; memo
re interest among college coaches to organize; memo re NYEA financial report and budget;
memo re NYEA/NEA activity among non-pedagogical employees; agenda for organizing staff
meeting, memo re organizing responsibilities; September 15, 1981; memo re NYSUT position
on UAW strike at Cornell; memo re Supreme Court Yeshiva decision re college faculty
organizing
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| Box 10 | Folder 26 |
Potsdam North County Legal
|
1981 |
|
Scope and Contents
Legal memos re grievances by individual teachers; memo re "very substantial loss leaders"
in North Country
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| Box 10 | Folder 27 |
Western New York Leadership Conference
|
1981 |
|
Scope and Contents
August 26-28, 1981. Letters of invitation from coordinator Ron Uba to chairman of
NYS Mediation Board Msgr. James Healy, Assistant Industrial Commissioner, NYS Department
of Labor, Louis Cambria, and other labor and community leaders; follow-up communication
from Uba on non-NYSUT letterhead
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| Box 10 | Folder 28 |
Service Committee (Services to Locals)
|
1980-1981 |
|
Scope and Contents
Summary of December 11, 1980, Services Committee meeting, outlining service program
responsibilities; confidential memo from Jim Conti discussing role of Services Committee
in assisting field representatives; details of services provided to locals, by regional
office
|
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| Box 11 | Folder 1 |
Rochester Collective Bargaining Challenge
|
1981-1982 |
|
Scope and Contents
Representation Election Campaign Proposal for the Rochester Teachers Association (NYSUT);
confidential memo to Jim Conti re need to maintain high level of services in order
to maintain membership levels; memo re services that can provided other than bargaining
and grievances; memo re need to organize locals that yield 100 members or more; campaign
flyers by NYSUT and NYEA/NEA; activity report
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| Box 11 | Folder 2 |
Rochester
|
1981 |
|
Scope and Contents
Activity reports; correspondence with legal counsel Bernard Ashe re individual teacher
cases; memos between Jim Conti and Ray Samson re possible NYEA challenges; ways to
collect dues in anticipation of PERB prohibition; staffing issues; Public Employment
Relations Board (PERB) rulings; Improper Practice Charges
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| Box 11 | Folder 3 |
Rochester: Legal
|
1981 |
|
Scope and Contents
Memos from Jim Conti to legal counsel Bernard Ashe re individual teacher grievances
(tenure, layoffs, certification, insubordination), arbitration
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| Box 11 | Folder 4 |
Vestal Southern Tier
|
1981 |
|
Scope and Contents
Memos between Jim Conti and Charles N. Rodgers re Improper Practice Charges, including
Avoca Central School District (Corning/Elmira), individual cases; health plan for
George Jr. Republic employees; PERB decision and order re Harpursville Central School
District; legal memos by NYSUT attorneys re tax-deferred annuity deduction at Unatago
Central School District
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| Box 11 | Folder 5 |
Southern Tier: Legal
|
1981 |
| Box 11 | Folder 6 |
Southern Tier Legal: Onfrio Case
|
1981 |
|
Scope and Contents
State Supreme Court documents in sexual abuse case, Haff et al. v. Peterson
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| Box 11 | Folder 7 |
Syracuse
|
1981 |
|
Scope and Contents
Memos between Jim Conti, Frank Squillace, and counsel Bernard Ashe re long-litigated
suspension case of Lorraine Gargiul (Liverpool Central School District); East Syracuse-Minoa
Retirement System decision; tenure decision re Milton Bieber, Onondaga Central School
District; seniority cases and procedure for breaking a tie; activity report re organizing
nurses from Community General Hospital
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| Box 11 | Folder 8 |
Syracuse: Legal
|
1981 |
|
Scope and Contents
Correspondence re 3020a charges (conduct unbecoming, insubordination), Onondaga-Madison
BOCES District, North Syracuse, and Auburn Enlarged City School District; failure
to hold election for retirement convention delegates; retirement, layoff, seniority
cases
|
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| Box 11 | Folder 9 |
Syracuse: Legal
|
1978-1981 |
|
Scope and Contents
Letter to Commissioner Gordon Ambach, report to NYS Department of Social Services,
and related material re Parents' Concerns about the Onondaga-Madison BOCES Program
for the Deaf, Camillus Junior High School, 1979-1980; transcript of hearing in dismissal
of bus mechanic, Lafayette Central School District, 1980
|
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| Box 11 | Folder 10 |
Suffolk/Hauppauge
|
1978-1981 |
|
Scope and Contents
List of field representatives and their locals, 1978; PERB decision in Improper Practice
Charge against Hampton Bays Teachers Association re agency fees, 1981; letter from
NYS Public Employees Federation, AFL-CIO, thanking AFT president Al Shanker for assignment
of negotiators, August 21, 1981; memos re individual teacher cases
|
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| Box 11 | Folder 11 |
Utica Correspondence
|
1981 |
|
Scope and Contents
Improper Practice Charges against Mohawk Central School District and Mohawk Valley
Community College; newspaper clipping re federal court finding that NYS Teachers Retirement
System discriminated against female teachers, with cover memo from Jim Conti noting
opportunity to use issue in organizing retired teachers, October 6, 1981; memos re
unemployment insurance cases, state health insurance
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| Box 11 | Folder 12 |
Utica: Legal
|
1981 |
|
Scope and Contents
Legal memorandum by NYSUT counsel Bernard Ashe re U.S. Supreme Court decision re Northwest
Airlines v. TWU re union responsibility for contribution to back pay awarded to female
employees under Equal Pay Act, December 3, 1981; memo from Jim Conti to Bernard Ashe
asking whether Mohawk Valley Community College should be forced to comply with Freedom
of Information request; memos re disability and unemployment insurance claims
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| Box 11 | Folder 13 |
Buffalo/Western NY
|
1981 |
|
Scope and Contents
Activity reports; regional office newsletter; memos to Jim Conti re ongoing organizing
efforts, NYEA activities
|
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| Box 11 | Folder 14 |
Legal: Western NY
|
1981 |
|
Scope and Contents
State Education Department Notice of Substantial Question as to Moral Character in
the matter of the certificate held by John H. Swem, Peter Caesar Zeppeiro, Kenneth
Snyder, and Donald H. Poole to teach in the public schools of New York, with memos
re legal rights, question of whether NYSUT should defend in 3020a hearing; arbitration
decision re salary grievance in Elba Central School case, and related memos; Court
of Appeals memorandum upholding Tonawanda arbitration award re Central Square Teachers
Association, memos re petition for order to vacate award; PERB decision re Sweet Home
Central School District and Sweet Home Employees Association
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| Box 11 | Folder 15 |
General Correspondence, Monthly Minder
|
1981 |
|
Scope and Contents
Appointment calendar
|
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| Box 11 | Folder 16 |
Correspondence: Coordinators
|
1981 |
|
Scope and Contents
Memos to all regional coordinators re State Education Department procedures for 3020a
hearings; booklet on the perils of self-funding health insurance, by the Blue Cross/Blue
Shield marketing department; updates on (Reagan administration) Federal Labor Relations
Authority decertification of air traffic controllers union (PATCO); memo re NEA contract
settlement in San Francisco; summary of state Occupational Health and Safety (OSHA)
inspection standards for school buildings; memos re organizing substitute teachers,
including memo from NYS School Boards Association; memo noting request from AFT for
information re potential strikes at locals and other organizing information; NYSUT
legal department research noting that equal disability benefits for pregnancy do not
apply to public school districts; text of NLRB decision re 4201 schools (New York
Institute for the Blind) with memo; memo re unemployment insurance appeal board decision
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| Box 11 | Folder 17 |
Correspondence: Coordinators, Mangers, and Officers
|
1981 |
|
Scope and Contents
Memos re Services Committee, self-funded health insurance meeting, strike report on
NYC Catholic schools, organizing substitute teachers, request for statistics on 3020a
(usually alleged sex abuse) cases, BOCES issues
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| Box 11 | Folder 18 |
A: B-C Correspondence
|
1981 |
| Box 11 | Folder 19 |
D: E-F Correspondence
|
1981 |
| Box 11 | Folder 20 |
G: H-I Correspondence
|
1981 |
| Box 11 | Folder 21 |
J: K-L Correspondence
|
1981 |
| Box 11 | Folder 22 |
M: N-O Correspondence
|
1981 |
| Box 11 | Folder 23 |
P: Q-R Correspondence
|
1981 |
| Box 11 | Folder 24 |
S: T-U Correspondence
|
1981 |
| Box 12 | Folder 1 |
V: W-X-Y-Z Correspondence
|
1981 |
| Box 12 | Folder 2 |
Lorraine M. Gargiul/Syracuse
|
1981 |
|
Scope and Contents
Letters re long-litigated suspension case of Lorraine Gargiul (Liverpool Central School
District), refusal of NYSUT attorneys to pursue the case further
|
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| Box 12 | Folder 3 |
FICA Withholdings: Mid: Hudson, New Paltz, Buffalo, West Seneca
|
1981-1982 |
|
Scope and Contents
Memos between Jim Conti and NYSUT legal counsel Bernard Ashe re withholding of Social
Security taxes while on sick leave
|
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| Box 12 | Folder 4 |
Chatham TA: Faye R. Shincock & Kevin Berry
|
1978-1981 |
|
Scope and Contents
Correspondence re NYSUT refusal to provide legal representation for members of Chatham
Central School Teachers Association, October 9, 1981; related confidential memos;
letter from NYSUT field representative Kevin Berry to president of Chatham Teachers
Association, agreeing with interpretation of school district in parental leave of
absence case, advising withdrawal of grievance, February 5, 1980; letter from Barry
informing Chatham president that NYSUT would not provide legal assistance for fundraising
activities, October 1980; confidential letter from Jim Conti to regional coordinator
Stan Kern, expressing disappointment at Chatham Teachers Association vote to disaffiliate,
directing closer scrutiny of service reports and monitoring of relationships with
locals, December 8, 1981
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| Box 12 | Folder 5 |
Al Carbone/Massena Case: Attorney: Tom Snider
|
1981-1982 |
|
Scope and Contents
Commissioner's decision re abolition of teaching position held by Alessandro Carbone;
cover memo from Jim Conti asserting that there had been no basis for Carbone's appeal,
1982; letters to NYSUT president Tom Hobart and directors from Carbone's private attorney,
seeking legal representation from NYSUT on behalf of his client, noting resistance
from Jim Conti and staff, requesting union charter with respect to obligations to
assist members, August 1981; related material
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| Box 12 | Folder 6 |
Ronald Carmichael, Livingston/Steuben/Wyoming BOCES
|
1981-1982 |
|
Scope and Contents
Letter from Jim Conti, stating that legal counsel determined that the merits of the
case do not warrant legal representation by NYSUT; background material
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| Box 12 | Folder 7 |
Ron Peretti (Albany Regional Office)
|
1984 |
|
Scope and Contents
Activity reports
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| Box 12 | Folder 8 |
Richard Baron (United University Professions, Suffolk: Hauppauge
|
1984 |
|
Scope and Contents
Activity reports
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| Box 12 | Folder 9 |
Biancucci, Gil: Rochester Service Center
|
1983-1984 |
|
Scope and Contents
Activity reports, accounting for time each day
|
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| Box 12 | Folder 10 |
Cirillo, Ruben, Rochester Service Center
|
1982-1984 |
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Scope and Contents
Activity reports
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| Box 12 | Folder 11 |
Marsh, Wes: Rochester Service Center
|
1983-1984 |
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Scope and Contents
Activity reports
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| Box 12 | Folder 12 |
Miller, Judi: Rochester Service Center
|
1983-1984 |
|
Scope and Contents
Activity reports
|
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| Box 12 | Folder 13 |
Moody, Jack: Rochester Service Center
|
1983-1984 |
|
Scope and Contents
Activity reports
|
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| Box 12 | Folder 14 |
R. Swayze: Rochester Service Center
|
1983-1984 |
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Scope and Contents
Activity reports
|
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| Box 12 | Folder 15 |
Clark, Lee: Plattsburgh Service Center
|
1983-1984 |
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Scope and Contents
Activity reports
|
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| Box 12 | Folder 16 |
Paul, Hannon: Plattsburg Service Center
|
1983-1984 |
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Scope and Contents
Activity reports
|
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| Box 12 | Folder 17 |
Dale Fairchild: Potsdam Regional Office
|
1983-1984 |
|
Scope and Contents
Activity reports
|
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| Box 12 | Folder 18 |
Mesibov, Don: Potsdam Regional Office
|
1983-1984 |
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Scope and Contents
Activity reports
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| Box 12 | Folder 19 |
Mike Margolis: NYC Service Center
|
1984 |
|
Scope and Contents
Activity reports
|
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| Box 12 | Folder 20 |
Campagna, Dennis: Mid-Hudson Regional Office
|
1983-1984 |
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Scope and Contents
Activity reports
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| Box 12 | Folder 21 |
Cassidy, Jeff: Mid-Hudson Regional Office
|
1983-1984 |
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Scope and Contents
Activity reports
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| Box 12 | Folder 22 |
Fairbank, Harry: Mid-Hudson Regional Office
|
1983-1984 |
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Scope and Contents
Activity reports
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| Box 12 | Folder 23 |
Ott, Fred: Mid-Hudson Regional Office
|
1983-1984 |
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Scope and Contents
Activity reports
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| Box 12 | Folder 24 |
Bill Curtis, Watertown Service Center
|
1983-1984 |
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Scope and Contents
Activity reports
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| Box 12 | Folder 25 |
Bernard Perry, Watertown Service Center
|
1983-1984 |
|
Scope and Contents
Activity reports
|
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| Box 12 | Folder 26 |
Peter, Blood: Vestal Service Center
|
1983-1984 |
|
Scope and Contents
Activity reports
|
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| Box 12 | Folder 27 |
Callahan, John: Vestal/Southern Tier Regional Office
|
1983-1984 |
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Scope and Contents
Activity reports
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| Box 12 | Folder 28 |
Finger, Bill: Vestal/Southern Tier Regional Office Service Center
|
1983-1984 |
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Scope and Contents
Activity reports
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| Box 12 | Folder 29 |
Laud, Brian: Vestal/Southern Tier Regional Office Service Center
|
1983-1984 |
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Scope and Contents
Activity reports
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| Box 12 | Folder 30 |
Bruce, Dick: Utica Service Center
|
1983-1984 |
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Scope and Contents
Activity reports
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| Box 12 | Folder 31 |
Flynn, Doug: Utica Service Center
|
1983-1984 |
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Scope and Contents
Activity reports
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| Box 12 | Folder 32 |
Mahoney, Daniel: Utica Service Center
|
1983-1984 |
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Scope and Contents
Activity reports
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| Box 12 | Folder 33 |
Power, Joseph: Utica Service Center
|
1982-1984 |
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Scope and Contents
Activity reports
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| Box 12 | Folder 34 |
Beale, Helen: Syracuse Service Center
|
1983-1984 |
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Scope and Contents
Activity reports
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| Box 12 | Folder 35 |
Thomas Clerkin: Syracuse Service Center
|
1983-1984 |
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Scope and Contents
Activity reports
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| Box 12 | Folder 36 |
Kassman, Mary: Syracuse Service Center
|
1983-1984 |
|
Scope and Contents
Activity reports
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| Box 13 | Folder 1 |
Matousek, Doug: Syracuse Service Center
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1983-1984 |
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Scope and Contents
Activity reports
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| Box 13 | Folder 2 |
Slywiak, Harry : Syracuse Service Center
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1983-1984 |
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Scope and Contents
Activity reports
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| Box 13 | Folder 3 |
Fred Wooley: Syracuse Service Center
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1982 |
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Scope and Contents
Activity reports
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| Box 13 | Folder 4 |
Syracuse Regional Office Annual operations Report
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1980-1981 |
| Box 13 | Folder 5 |
Suffolk Locals
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1981-1982 |
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Scope and Contents
Memos from or about locals complaining of inadequate service; confidential memo asserting
that smaller locals do not generate enough dues income to warrant more than minimal
service; memo from NYSUT president Tom Hobart asserting that smaller locals do not
receive visits from field representatives often enough
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| Box 13 | Folder 6 |
Bahr, Dan: Suffolk Service Center
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1983-1984 |
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Scope and Contents
Activity reports
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| Box 13 | Folder 7 |
Baron, Richie: Suffolk Service Center
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1984 |
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Scope and Contents
Activity reports
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| Box 13 | Folder 8 |
Steve Bluth: Suffolk Service Center
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1984 |
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Scope and Contents
Activity reports
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| Box 13 | Folder 9 |
Calabrese, Ray: Suffolk Service Center
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1983-1984 |
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Scope and Contents
Activity reports
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| Box 13 | Folder 10 |
Feinberg, Marty: Suffolk Service Center
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1983-1984 |
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Scope and Contents
Activity reports
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| Box 13 | Folder 11 |
Hogan, Dave: Suffolk Service Center
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1983-1984 |
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Scope and Contents
Activity reports
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| Box 13 | Folder 12 |
Hogan, Dave: Suffolk Service Center-Correspondence
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1973-1979 |
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Scope and Contents
Letters re work performance, including reprimand and charge for damage to vehicle;
letter from Professional Staff Association in defense of Hogan
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| Box 13 | Folder 13 |
Horowitz, Sy: Suffolk Service Center
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1983-1984 |
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Scope and Contents
Activity reports
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| Box 13 | Folder 14 |
Newcomb, Dick: Suffolk Service Center
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1983-1984 |
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Scope and Contents
Activity reports
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| Box 13 | Folder 15 |
Rubstein, George: Suffolk Service Center
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1983-1984 |
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Scope and Contents
Activity reports
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| Box 13 | Folder 16 |
Schirmer, Dolores: Suffolk Service Center
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1983-1984 |
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Scope and Contents
Activity reports
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| Box 13 | Folder 17 |
James Mathews: Syracuse Service Center
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1984 |
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Scope and Contents
Activity reports
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| Box 13 | Folder 18 |
Luczak, Paul: Western NY Service Center
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1983-1984 |
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Scope and Contents
Activity reports
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| Box 13 | Folder 19 |
Myron Green: Rochester Service Center
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1984 |
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Scope and Contents
Activity reports
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| Box 13 | Folder 20 |
Lynn Duggan: NYC Service Center
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1984 |
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Scope and Contents
Activity reports
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| Box 13 | Folder 21 |
Art Cardinali: Albany Service Center
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1984 |
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Scope and Contents
Activity reports
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| Box 13 | Folder 22 |
Steve Bluth: Nassau Service Center
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1983-1984 |
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Scope and Contents
Activity reports
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| Box 13 | Folder 23 |
Berkhoudt, John: United University Professions
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1983 |
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Scope and Contents
Activity reports
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| Box 13 | Folder 24 |
Fineman, Bill: United University Professions
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1983-1984 |
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Scope and Contents
Activity reports
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| Box 13 | Folder 25 |
Day, Fred: United University Professions
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1983-1984 |
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Scope and Contents
Activity reports
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| Box 13 | Folder 26 |
Knudson, Doris: United University Professions
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1983-1984 |
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Scope and Contents
Activity reports
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| Box 13 | Folder 27 |
Manke, Paul: United University Professions
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1983-1984 |
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Scope and Contents
Activity reports
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| Box 13 | Folder 28 |
Moritz, Jan: United University Professions
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1983-1984 |
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Scope and Contents
Activity reports
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| Box 13 | Folder 29 |
Ruby Nicholson: Rochester Service Center, United University Professionals
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1984 |
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Scope and Contents
Activity reports
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| Box 13 | Folder 30 |
Suzanne Prescott: United University Professionals(Suffolk County)
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1979 |
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Scope and Contents
Correspondence re resignation
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| Box 13 | Folder 31 |
Ryan, John: United University Professions
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1983-1984 |
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Scope and Contents
Activity reports
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| Box 13 | Folder 32 |
Smyth, John: Vestal/Elming Service Center, United University Professionals
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1983-1984 |
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Scope and Contents
Activity reports
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| Box 13 | Folder 33 |
Witkin, Irv: United University Professionals
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1983-1984 |
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Scope and Contents
Activity reports
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| Box 13 | Folder 34 |
Wooley, Fred: United University Professionals
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1983-1984 |
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Scope and Contents
Activity reports
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| Box 14 | Folder 1 |
AAA Meeting: James Conti
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1987 |
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Scope and Contents
November 2nd, 1987. Facilitative paperwork (travel-lodging request for Jim Conti)
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| Box 14 | Folder 2 |
NYS Public Employees Federation: 3rd Annual Convention
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1981 |
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Scope and Contents
Concord Hotel, October 13-14th, Kiamesha Lake, NY. Transcript of proceedings
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| Box 14 | Folder 3 |
NYS Public Employees Federation: John J. Kraemer Scandal
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1983 |
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Scope and Contents
Newspaper clippings, transcript of press conference, arbitration award, and notes
re former president of Public Employees Federation John J. Kraemer, who allegedly
was on state Labor Department payroll for no-show job for ten years and controlled
large, secret union slush fund
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| Box 14 | Folder 4 |
Training Correspondence
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1987 |
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Scope and Contents
Descriptions of staff training programs on fact-finding, negotiations; notes from
Training Committee meeting
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| Box 14 | Folder 5 |
Training, Roy Ratte'
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1987 |
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Scope and Contents
Staff training schedule; monthly training director's reports; notes of subcommittee
on meetings
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| Box 14 | Folder 6 |
Albany R.O.: Leon Lieberman, RSD Reports
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1987 |
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Scope and Contents
Monthly Regional Staff Director reports re school district consolidation, negotiations,
organizing
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| Box 14 | Folder 7 |
Albany R.O. Correspondence
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1987 |
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Scope and Contents
Text of booklet, "Questions and Answers on Tenure," with cover letter from Jim Conti
to NYSUT legal counsel Bernard Ashe asking for review for possible update; correspondence
re workshops, substitute teachers
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| Box 14 | Folder 8 |
Buffalo R.O.: Rob Uba RSD Reports
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1987 |
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Scope and Contents
Monthly Regional Staff Director reports re negotiation, training, organizing
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| Box 14 | Folder 9 |
Buffalo R.O. Correspondence
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1987 |
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Scope and Contents
Correspondence and related material re BOCES election campaign; correspondence re
termination of part-time teacher at Batavia High School; miscellaneous correspondence
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| Box 14 | Folder 10 |
Elmsford Regional Office: Correspondence
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1987 |
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Scope and Contents
Letter to Jim Conti re mediator's requested fee, refusal by both parties to pay above
PERB stipend; correspondence re attempt to reclassify teacher's aide positions to
teacher's assistants by Rockland County BOCES Board; re unemployment case in Hastings
Unified Free School District; membership projections by local for 1987-88; letter
re arbitrator's fee in Middletown Teachers Association agency fee case, dissatisfaction
with outcome, recommendation to avoid using the arbitrator in future cases; letter
from the office of state comptroller Regan re payment of health insurance premiums
for retirees by Greenburgh Central School District 7, Westchester County; notice of
strike authorization by Organization of Pius XII Employees against Pius XII Youth
& Family Services; correspondence re Rockland Community College re agency fee; outline
of address by Jim Conti re improper practice procedures as part of Taylor Law; memo
re child molestation matters in Yorktown and Valhalla specifically, procedures in
all cases generally, and related newspaper clippings; order on appeal of the People
v. Gary Ranum; memo advising against local input into assignment of field representatives,
and letter to Lakeland Federation of Teachers president re reassignment of representative,
January 28, 1987
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| Box 14 | Folder 11 |
Elmsford Regional Office: Bob Klein RSD Reports
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1987 |
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Scope and Contents
Monthly Regional Staff Director reports
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| Box 14 | Folder 12 |
Erie: Chautauqua BOCES Consolidation and Representation Election
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1986-1987 |
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Scope and Contents
Correspondence updating on events and strategies
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| Box 14 | Folder 13 |
Jamestown Regional Office Correspondence
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1987 |
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Scope and Contents
Chautauqua County School District Plan Documents; correspondence re grievance over
firing of custodian after returning from worker's compensation leave at Little Valley
Central School; re Jamestown General Hospital arbitration award; tentative agreement
between Jamestown Teachers Association and Jamestown Public Schools, related memos
re agency fee; letters to teachers re "fair share" deduction (agency fee); Southwestern
Regional Office News newsletters; selected data from 1986-87 salary schedules by school
district for teachers with bachelor's and master's degrees
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| Box 14 | Folder 14 |
Jamestown Regional Office: John Sole RSD Reports
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1987 |
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Scope and Contents
Monthly Regional Staff Director reports
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| Box 14 | Folder 15 |
Mid: Hudson Regional Office Correspondence
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1987 |
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Scope and Contents
Crisis Management Information forms, filled out for various locals; document, "The
MHRO [Mid-Hudson Regional Office] at a Glance," September 1987; update on Poughkeepsie
schools, from Commissioner Gordon Ambach, and related legislation re local taxing
authority; profile of Dutchess Community College (Dutchess United Educators) and related
correspondence; newsletters of NYSUT Mid- Hudson office, Mid-Hudson School Bell
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| Box 14 | Folder 16 |
Hid: Hudson Regional Office-Janet Conti RSD Reports
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1987 |
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Scope and Contents
Monthly Regional Staff Director reports re negotiations, organizing, and other activities
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| Box 14 | Folder 17 |
Nassau Regional Office Correspondence
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1987 |
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Scope and Contents
Nassau Community College Health & Safety Committee proposals for meeting with NYSUT
representative re concerns about new building; letter to NYS Attorney General Robert
Abrams re physical illnesses suffered by technical assistant at biology department
at Nassau Community College, request for inquiry; Improper Practice charge; correspondence
re termination of Edward Burke from Dowling College; correspondence re dissatisfaction
by members of Woodward Faculty Association with NYSUT field representatives
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| Box 14 | Folder 18 |
Nassau Regional Office: Jim Gaspari RSD Reports
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1987 |
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Scope and Contents
Monthly Regional Staff Director reports
|
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| Box 15 | Folder 1 |
Pollution Problems at Nassau Community College (1 of 2)
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1984-1987 |
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Scope and Contents
Draft, Engineering Report, Nassau Community College: Investigation of Ventilation
Problems in Chemistry Laboratories, County of Nassau Department of Public Works; NIOSH
(National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Department of Health and Human
Services) investigative reports; correspondence
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| Box 15 | Folder 2 |
Pollution Problems at Nassau Community College (2 of 2)
|
1987 |
|
Scope and Contents
Engineering Report, Nassau Community College: Investigation of Ventilation Problems
in Chemistry Laboratories, County of Nassau Department of Public Works
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| Box 15 | Folder 3 |
North Country Regional Office Correspondence
|
1987 |
|
Scope and Contents
Memo from Jim Conti to NYSUT legal counsel Bernard Ashe re developmental kindergarten,
with attached materials including a legal petition to the Commissioner of Education
against the Norwood-Norfolk Central School for establishing such a kindergarten; confidential
memos re difficult client in 3020a case involving Malone teacher Andy Simay (Potsdam,
Plattsburgh, Watertown)
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| Box 15 | Folder 4 |
North Country Regional Office: RJ Allen RSD Reports
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1987 |
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Scope and Contents
List of locals served by two field representatives and memos re their activities;
extensive memo re North Country (Plattsburgh) operations, results of survey of locals
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| Box 15 | Folder 5 |
NYC Regional Office Correspondence
|
1987 |
|
Scope and Contents
Agreement between City School District of the City of New York and United Federation
of Teachers; letter from UFT president Sandra Feldman excoriating Louis Grument, executive
director of NYS School Boards Association, for misquoting her in advertisement in
Legislative Gazette, May 29; NYS School Boards Association Legislative Bulletin, headlining
"Regents to Address Home Instruction"; proposed safety and health regulations by Cornell
University Adjunct Faculty Federation
|
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| Box 15 | Folder 6 |
NYC Regional Office: Tony Ficcio RSD Reports
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1987 |
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Scope and Contents
Activity reports re negotiations and organizing
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| Box 15 | Folder 7 |
Rochester Regional Office: Correspondence
|
1987 |
|
Scope and Contents
Operational overview and recommendations, by Ray Samson; summary of staff meeting;
instruction from Ray Samson to field representatives on how to write Service and Assessment
(SAR) reports; PERB decision in East Irondequoit Teachers Association, NYSUT v. East
Irondequoit Central School District and Board of Cooperative Educational Services
for the First Supervisory District of Monroe County; City of Rochester Mayor Thomas
P. Ryan memo to all city employees re executive policy re alcohol and controlled substances
testing; memos re marital status discrimination resolution by Webster Teachers Association;
letters re long-term NYSUT member's inability to join Phelps-Clifton Springs Faculty
Association because of political discrimination and harassment; memo from PERB and
Jim Conti re establishment of labor-management committees
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| Box 15 | Folder 8 |
Rochester Regional Office: Ray Samson RSD Reports
|
1987 |
|
Scope and Contents
Activity reports
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| Box 15 | Folder 9 |
Southern Tier Regional Office: Chuck Rodgers (1 of 3)
|
1987 |
|
Scope and Contents
Transcript of a meeting between NYSUT representatives and representative of school
superintendent re allegations of marijuana and cocaine use by three teachers, December
12, 1987; list of locals that settled their EIT (Excellence in Teaching) negotiations
for 1987-88; PERB decision re Elmira Teachers Association, Local 2638 NYSUT v. Elmira
City School District re EIT funds, intended for teacher salary improvements; related
materials re distribution of funds; proposed policy regarding AIDS and other infectious
or contagious diseases, developed by Chenango Forks school district, with cover letters
questioning constitutionality, November 1987; telelearning guidebook and related memos
re Delaware-Chenango BOCES; material re tenure issue at Windsor School District
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| Box 15 | Folder 10 |
Southern Tier Regional Office: Chuck Rodgers (2 of 3)
|
1987 |
|
Scope and Contents
Memos re possible friend-of-the-court brief by NYSUT in Tennessee home-school court
case, with newspaper clipping; NYSUT field staff newsletter, Southern Tier Briefs
|
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| Box 15 | Folder 11 |
Southern Tier Regional Office: Chuck Rodgers (3 of 3)
|
1987 |
|
Scope and Contents
Regional Staff Director (RSD) monthly reports
|
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| Box 15 | Folder 12 |
Suffolk Regional Office: John Degregorio RSD Reports
|
1987 |
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Scope and Contents
Regional activity reports
|
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| Box 15 | Folder 13 |
Suffolk Regional Office: Correspondence
|
1987 |
|
Scope and Contents
State Court of Appeals opinion in the matter of Patchogue-Medford Congress of Teachers
v. Board of Education of the Patchogue-Medford Union Free School District, and related
materials; material re science complex ventilation problems at Sayville Junior High
School, January 1987; letters of praise for NYSUT field representatives; letter to
Jim Conti and other NYSUT officers indicating dissatisfaction with fees for service
charged by arbitrator Marty Scheinman in Port Jefferson case, September 22, 1987
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| Box 15 | Folder 14 |
Syracuse Regional Office: Frank Squillace
|
1987 |
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Scope and Contents
Activity reports
|
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| Box 15 | Folder 15 |
Syracuse Regional Office: Correspondence (1 of 3)
|
1987 |
|
Scope and Contents
Correspondence re Benjamin Rush Employees Union strike fund; State Education Department
memo re sweetened foods in schools, for sale or use in fundraising; newspaper clippings
re asbestos removal
|
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| Box 15 | Folder 16 |
Syracuse Regional Office: Correspondence (2 of 3)
|
1987 |
|
Scope and Contents
Correspondence re Cortland-Onondaga-Madison Bargaining Organization (COMBO) BOCES
settlement; agreement between Auburn Enlarged City School District and Auburn Teachers
Association 1985-1988; memo re organizing NEA locals in central New York; legal memo
from NYSUT general counsel's office re whether pregnancy resulting from artificial
insemination can be construed as immoral behavior on the part of an unwed teacher,
April 24, 1987; list of NYSUT teachers' starting salaries in Syracuse Regional Office
area, 1986-1987; PERB fact-finder's report and recommendation re Mexico Academy and
Central School District; newspaper clippings
|
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| Box 15 | Folder 17 |
Syracuse Regional Office: Correspondence (3 of 3)
|
1987 |
|
Scope and Contents
PERB fact-finder's report and recommendations re Hannibal Central School District;
memos re proposed sexual harassment policy in Liverpool Central School District; material
re Onondaga Community College's bargaining crisis; memos to staff re writing and rewriting
improper practice charges
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| Box 15 | Folder 18 |
Utica Regional Office Correspondence
|
1987 |
|
Scope and Contents
PERB decision re Herkimer County BOCES, with cover memo from Vinnie Grove to Ray Ratte;
memo from Vinnie Grove to Jim Conti re responsibility of field staff to Teacher Centers;
memo from Vinnie Grove re updating voter registration information on membership lists;
memo from Vinnie Grove re events at NYS Teachers Retirement System Convention; memo
re Excellence in Teaching Award program of Oriskany EIT agreement; Appellate Division
decision re NYSUT v. NYS Teachers Retirement System; memo re seniority rights question
in Mohawk Central School District; memo re establishment of labor-management committees
in the public sector
|
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| Box 15 | Folder 19 |
Utica Regional Office: Vinnie Grove
|
1987 |
|
Scope and Contents
Regional Staff Director (RSD) reports re negotiations, other activities
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| Box 15 | Folder 20 |
United University Professions Correspondence
|
1987 |
|
Scope and Contents
Arbitration award and PERB decision re agency fees
|
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| Box 15 | Folder 21 |
United University Professions: Sam Livingston RSD Reports
|
1987 |
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Scope and Contents
Activity reports
|
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| Box 15 | Folder 22 |
United University Professions Interviews: NYC Regional Office
|
1987 |
|
Scope and Contents
September 3rd, 1987. Notes from applicant interviews
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| Box 16 | Folder 1 |
Regional Staff Directors Memos (1 of 4)
|
1987 |
|
Scope and Contents
Documents, "NYSUT Program for Pension Equity," "Health Maintenance Organization Selection:
A Sourcebook for Employers and Unions," "Winning Practical, Fair and Effective Health
Care Cost Containment: A Handbook for AFT Negotiators and Local Leaders produced by
the Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals, AFT, AFL-CIO," legal memo to NYSUT
counsel Bernard Ashe re California Federal Savings & Loan Association et al., petitioners,
v. Mark Guerra, Director, Department of Fair Employment & Housing, et al., 107 S.
Ct. 683
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| Box 16 | Folder 2 |
Regional Staff Directors Memos (2 of 4)
|
1987 |
|
Scope and Contents
State Education Department documents, "Substance-Free Schools in New York State: Planning
and Policy Guidelines" and "Guidelines for twelve-month programs for eligible students
with handicapping conditions"; PERB decision of administrative law judge in the matter
of State of New York (Division of State Police), respondent, and Police Benevolent
Association of the New York State Troopers, Inc., charging party; Insider's Report:
A Special Bulletin for Leaders of Concerned Educators against Forced Unionism, with
cover memo from Jim Conti to regional staff directors, asking if organization was
active in their areas
|
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| Box 16 | Folder 3 |
Regional Staff Directors Memos (3 of 4)
|
1987 |
|
Scope and Contents
Outline of purposes of Regional Staff Director meetings, adopted by consensus; text
of smoking regulations promulgated by the NYS Department of Health, with cover memo
from Jim Conti, noting consultation with legal counsel Bernard Ashe; memo re delegate
selection for the Democratic National Convention, related legal opinion; letter from
president of Genesee Educational Association (NEA), inviting faculty to meeting, with
cover letter from Jim Conti asking regional directors to check whether the letter
had been received by any community colleges in their area or whether they knew of
anyone who attended the meeting; salary schedule increase for 1985-86 and 1986-87;
U.S. Department of Labor reinterpretation of "reasonable assurance" of continued employment
under unemployment provisions; PERB administrative law judge decision in Elmira City
School District, respondent, and Elmira Teachers Association, charging party, declaring
Excellence in Teaching funds a mandatory subject of bargaining; Court of Appeals decision
re liability of employer or employee associations for injuries caused by drunk driving
of off-duty employees
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| Box 16 | Folder 4 |
Regional Staff Directors Memos (4 of 4)
|
1987 |
|
Scope and Contents
NYSUT Local Leaders' Guide to Research and Educational Services; memo re procedures
for creation of badges using file maker software; memo from Jim Conti re junk food
law, and potential for removal of soda vending machines from teachers' lounges as
unilateral change in condition of employment, required issue for negotiation; memo
re AFL-CIO modification of policy on affiliation of independent units; memo from NYSUT
president Tom Hobart re state Right-to-Know law re hazardous substances in the workplace;
PERB decisions re agency fees, appropriateness of an improper practice charge in the
absence of a grievance, and Freedom of Information Act request
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| Box 16 | Folder 5 |
Nurse Organization Meeting
|
1988 |
|
Scope and Contents
September 30th, 1988. Memos re Lockport organization efforts, difficulty with Anne
Goldman
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| Box 16 | Folder 6 |
Columbia Presbyterian Election
|
1988 |
|
Scope and Contents
October 20th, 1988. Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals (division of NYSUT)
recruiting brochures, letters, and flyers; NLRB bargaining unit rulemaking
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| Box 16 | Folder 7 |
Organizing: Correspondence (1 of 2)
|
1988 |
|
Scope and Contents
Analysis of Brookhaven Hospital campaign and election; NLRB decision; letter to NYSUT
president Tom Hobart complaining of raiding of Lutheran Medical Center; related correspondence
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| Box 16 | Folder 8 |
Organizing: Correspondence (2 of 2)
|
1985-1988 |
|
Scope and Contents
Draft of NYSUT "Organizing: Contact to Contract: A Handbook for Organizers," 1984;
AFT brief to NLRB on Health Care Unit Rule Making, 1988; reports on organizing activity,
1985-88; memo to organizers re NYSUT policy of not organizing units of less than 25
members, April 18, 1988; memos re organizing day care centers; article reprints re
organizing
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| Box 16 | Folder 9 |
Organizing: John O'Leary
|
1988 |
|
Scope and Contents
Memo re organizing at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital; handbook by John O'Leary re
organizing procedures, with summary of 1984 survey by AFL-CIO and analysis of techniques,
and attitude survey of white collar professionals, by Meany Center and ILGWU
|
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| Box 16 | Folder 10 |
Organizing Bulletin (Misc)
|
1988 |
|
Scope and Contents
Organizing Bulletin newsletters, by John O'Leary
|
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| Box 16 | Folder 11 |
Albany Regional Office, Miscellaneous
|
1988 |
|
Scope and Contents
PERB decision re Southern Adirondack Substitute Teacher Alliance, petitioner, and
Lake George Central School District, employer; invitation and description of workshops
at Capital District Annual Leadership Conference; Health and Safety Needs Assessment,
South Colonie School District, conducted by New York Committee for Occupational Safety
and Health (NYCOSH), funded by a grant to NYSUT from NYS Department of Labor Hazard
Abatement Board; letter from South Colonie Teachers Association to NYS Deputy Commissioner
of Health re cluster of cancer cases in school district, especially at Shaker Road
Elementary School, desire for further testing; negative reply from deputy commissioner;
related inspection reports; asbestos fact sheets; Education Week clipping re school
air quality as emerging issue; description of asbestos abatement training courses
at Albany-Schoharie-Schenectady BOCES; memo re duplicate coverage of health insurance
for teaching couples, related Connecticut Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities
case; master contract between Buffalo Teachers Association and Buffalo Board of Education,
July 1, 1987; Equal Employment Opportunity Commission determination that Albion School
District did not discriminate against Kadry A. El-Araby, request by El-Kadry for legal
representation by NYSUT in federal action under Title 7
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| Box 16 | Folder 12 |
Buffalo Regional Office: Correspondence
|
1987-1988 |
|
Scope and Contents
PERB certification of representative and order to negotiate, Civil Service Employees
Association, AFSCME, Local 1000, petitioner, and Orleans-Niagara Board of Cooperative
Educational Services, employer, and Orleans-Niagara Board of Cooperative Educational
Services Teacher Aide Association; and Civil Service Employees Association, AFSCME,
Local 1000, petitioner, and Royalton-Hartland Central School District, employer, and
Royalton-Hartland Association of Educational Secretaries; proposals for annual staff
workshops and related financial paperwork; memo re 3020a charges against teacher in
Batavia
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| Box 16 | Folder 13 |
Buffalo Regional Office, Miscellaneous
|
1988 |
|
Scope and Contents
Descriptive brochure, "The Employee Assistance Program (EAP): A Primer," Western New
York United Against Drug Alcohol Abuse; NYSUT Western Regional Office newsletters,
Taking the Lead, c. 1988
|
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| Box 16 | Folder 14 |
Elmsford Regional Office: Correspondence
|
1988 |
|
Scope and Contents
Complaint by Eastchester Teachers Association about NYSUT counsel Sandler (Sandner?)
representation in dispute with returning suspended principal of Eastchester High School;
letter from law firm Finger & Finger, offering to represent union members in Workers'
Compensation cases; letter from members of United Staff Association of Putnam/North
Westchester BOCES Local 3072, complaining about violations of bylaws and rules of
order by NYSUT field representative and president of staff association; memo re automatic
debit system; memo and related materials re Pledge of Allegiance in classrooms; letter
from teacher and reply re meager wages for special education teachers; analysis of
federal Medicare legislation re catastrophic costs, impact on retirees' state Empire
Plan benefits; memo re changes in Empire Plan; flyers in contract dispute by United
Staff Association of Putnam/Northern Westchester BOCES; letters re United Food and
Commercial Workers (UFCW) organizing efforts at Price Chopper in Newburgh, strained
relations between labor affiliates; letter to NYSUT executive director Jim Wood from
regional staff director Robert Klein urgently requesting additional staff in absence
of field representatives on disability or limited work assignment, March 11
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| Box 16 | Folder 15 |
Jamestown Regional Office: Correspondence
|
1988 |
|
Scope and Contents
Memos re Jamestown General Hospital Nurses Association, request by management for
contract concessions, possible merger with another health care facility; report by
the Citizens' Hospital Committee, "A Study of Health Care Facilities and Services
in the Jamestown Area"; text of regulations from state health department re acquisition
of a hospital; memorandum from mayor of Jamestown to City Council re asset purchase
agreement for Jamestown General Hospital, June 17; statement to the City of Jamestown
and the City Council by the Coalition to Save Jamestown General Hospital, June 20;
NYSUT draft copy, "Good Faith Negotiations: A Report which Reviews PERB Case Law with
Regard to the Definition and Process of Negotiating under the Taylor Law"; health
and safety training materials
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| Box 16 | Folder 16 |
Jamestown Regional Office: Misc(Newsletters)
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1988 |
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Scope and Contents
Several issues of newsletter, Southwestern Regional Office News
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| Box 16 | Folder 17 |
Resumes: Jamestown Regional Office Staff Directory
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1988 |
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Scope and Contents
Schedule of interviews; resumes; rejection letters
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| Box 17 | Folder 1 |
Mid-Hudson Regional Office Correspondence (1 of 2)
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1988 |
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Scope and Contents
Letter to NYSUT president Hobart from Webutuck Teachers Association, complaining of
poor representation by field representative as chief negotiator for contract with
school district; drafts of response; comparison of Dutchess Health Insurance Consortium
and Empire Plan; memo re PERB impasse procedures; letter to field representative from
NYCOSH asbestos program coordinator, advising on the right of a custodian to request
a positive-pressure air purifying respirator; report, Red Hook School Asbestos Inspections
A.H.E.R.A. 10/12/88; Excellence in Teaching agreement negotiated between New Paltz
United Teachers and New Paltz Central School District; correspondence re grievance
by Monticello teacher Joseph Leogrande, April - October
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| Box 17 | Folder 2 |
Mid-Hudson Regional Office Correspondence (2 of 2)
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1988 |
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Scope and Contents
Draft confidential Request for Proposals: Employee Health Benefits Plan, Dutchess
County BOCES and Participating Districts, March 1988; Health Insurance Pooling Feasibility
Analysis: All Groups, prepared for the Dutchess County BOCES Health Insurance Committee,
January 1988; memo re unsatisfactory mediators provided by PERB; State Education Department
Public School Fire Safety Report; memo re organizing Denver Federation of Paraprofessionals
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| Box 17 | Folder 3 |
Mid-Hudson Regional Office Misc (Newsletters)
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1988 |
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Scope and Contents
Several issues of newsletter, Mid-Hudson School Bell, featuring articles re asbestos
in schools, boycott information, regional calendar of events; PERB newsletter
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| Box 17 | Folder 4 |
Nassau Regional Office Correspondence
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1987-1988 |
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Scope and Contents
Memo and itemized reimbursement request for strike preparation expenses at Nassau
Community College; report, Health and Safety Needs Assessment, Merrick School District,
July 11, 1988, by New York Committee for Occupational Safety and Health (NYCOSH),
funded by a grant to NYSUT from the NYS Department of Labor Hazard Abatement Board
Occupational Safety and Health Training Program, with cover letter from Jim Conti;
memos re new Excellence in Teaching regulations; correspondence re request by teachers
association for sharing expense for air quality monitoring study at Nassau Community
College; related memos re asbestos study for Great Neck Teachers Association, discussing
NYSUT policy on health and safety monitoring issues, responsibility of employer; confidential
request by Regional Staff Director for promotions for several secretaries in regional
office, reflecting increased workload and responsibilities; memo re possible retiree
health insurance problem; handwritten notes from Nassau staff meeting
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| Box 17 | Folder 5 |
Nassau Regional Office Misc. (Newsletters)
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1988 |
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Scope and Contents
C.B. Bulletin
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| Box 17 | Folder 6 |
NYC Regional Office Correspondence
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1988 |
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Scope and Contents
Newsletters, press release, and related materials re strike at New York University
by United Staff Association of NYU (clerical employees); agreement; letter from UFT
president Sandra Feldman to NYU president John Brademas; list of members of NYU Board
of Trustees; memos re providing additional staff for organizing
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| Box 17 | Folder 7 |
North Country Correspondence
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1988 |
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Scope and Contents
Poem written by staff member implying overwork in OSHA training, "My Gosh: NICOSH!"
and cover memo to and from Jim Conti; memo re developmental kindergarten; memos re
potential ADEA case against local and school district in AuSable Valley re retirement
benefit compensation
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| Box 17 | Folder 8 |
Rochester Regional Office Correspondence
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1988 |
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Scope and Contents
NYS Public Employment Relations Board (PERB) decision and order in the matter of Joseph
Werner, charging party, and Middle County Teachers Association re agency shop fee;
NYSUT report, "The Effectiveness of Safety and Health Committees"; Rochester City
School District Career in Teaching Plan: Joint Statement of Intent and Agreement,
May 11, 1988; PERB decision and order re Rush-Henrietta smoking policy; materials
re inspecting for asbestos and other health hazards in buildings; materials re Monroe
BOCES representation election; materials re disputed Lyons school district Excellence
in Teaching proposal; NEA analysis of Rochester and NYC agreements, with cover letter
to Tom Hobart and Jim Conti; counseling memo to an art teacher in Pittsford Central
School, with memo from Jim Conti directing legal staff to file an Improper Practice
charge; memos re Erie BOCES developing school board policies re AIDS testing and other
issues and selling them to districts around the state; critical memo from NEA/NY re
AFT settlements, sent to local NEA presidents and regional directors
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| Box 17 | Folder 9 |
Rochester Education Reform Program
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1987-1988 |
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Scope and Contents
Memo to field staff re Rochester Education Reform Programs, reports, Guideline for
School-Based Planning, 1988-1989, City School District, Rochester, NY, presented to
the Board of Education, September 1, 1988; "A Region Prepared: A Response by Rochester
Area Educators to the Center for Educational Development and the Rochester Urban League
Report: A Call to Action," November 1987; "RCSD Mentor Program Evaluations: The Policy
Implications," January 1988, for presentation at the annual meeting of the American
Association of Colleges for Teachers Education, February 1988; Rochester City School
District Career in Teaching Plan: Joint Statement of Intent and Agreement, May 11,
1988
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| Box 17 | Folder 10 |
Rochester Regional Office : Misc.(Newsletters)
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1988 |
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Scope and Contents
Newsletter, the Rochester Teacher Bulletin
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| Box 17 | Folder 11 |
Southern Tier Regional Office: Correspondence
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1988 |
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Scope and Contents
Letter from office of NYS Attorney General Robert Abrams to NYS Department of Labor
re complaint by NYSUT alleging improper clean up of asbestos insulation by Delaware
Valley School District, continuing exposure by custodial staff, requesting inspection;
letter from Abrams office to NYS Department of Environmental Conservation, requesting
inspection; preliminary Asbestos Inspection Report and Management Plan for Delaware
Valley Central School, by Hart-Kimbrell Environmental Management; related correspondence;
memo to Charles Santelli re status of special areas of instruction (art, music, physical
education) in several school districts; respondent's memorandum of law in PERB case,
Substitutes United in Broome, petitioners, vs. Binghamton City School District, respondent;
memo re layoffs by Watkins Glen Board of Education, with attached meeting agenda and
minutes; memos re status of Excellence in Teaching (EIT) negotiations at various districts;
miscellaneous correspondence
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| Box 17 | Folder 12 |
Suffolk Regional Office: Correspondence
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1988 |
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Scope and Contents
Memos re analysis of proposed health insurance plan at Suffolk County Community College;
details of Bay Shore settlement; Excellence in Teaching agreement between Connetquot
Teachers Association and Connetquot Public School District; water sample test results
for A. T. Morrow School in Central Islip, showing lead levels exceeding EPA Maximum
Contaminant Level at several locations; Health and Safety Needs Assessment, Shoreham-Wading
River School District, conducted by New York Committee for Occupational Safety and
Health (NYCOSH), funded by a grant to NYSUT from the NYS Department of Labor Hazard
Abatement Board; correspondence re argument over field trip at Islip public schools
involving five fifth-grade teachers, a school board member, the superintendent of
schools, and the NYSUT legal office and field representative; correspondence re Central
Islip Teachers Association complaint re OSHA Hazard Communication Standard under Right
to Know law; correspondence from NYCOSH and others re Sayville Junior High School
science lab ventilation problem, simple recommendations for remediation; memo from
Jim Conti to Lindenhurst teachers association re legal definition of "absence"; related
case law re attendance policy; memo from NYSUT Regional Staff Director John DeGregorio
re proposal for Suffolk County Task Force on Education and the Economy; memo from
DeGregorio advocating for promotions for staff secretaries, noting he had held back
on request based on policy guidelines from NYSUT officials that had not been equitably
applied; confidential memo re recognition of North Babylon Teachers Organization;
letter from president of Elwood Secretarial Association to NYSUT field representative
Sy Horowitz, expressing concern over inequity between secretarial and custodial salaries,
noting plans to undertake job evaluation study; teacher salary schedule for each school,
based on step level, degree, and years experience
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| Box 17 | Folder 13 |
Syracuse Regional Office: Correspondence
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1988 |
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Scope and Contents
Report on Occupational Safety and Health Problems and Treatment in CNY School Districts,
re asbestos; newspaper clipping from Syracuse Post-Standard noting large percentage
of firms doing asbestos testing in schools failed state proficiency test and were
decertified; correspondence and newspaper clipping re deadlock in West Genesee School
District negotiations; memo to Jim Conti suggesting that each regional office hire
on retainer an industrial hygienist to assist with growing occupational health and
safety issues; reply that responsibility for healthy workplace is primarily the school
district's, not the union's; memo re proposed relocation sites for regional office;
memos re starting salaries in Syracuse area, need to be competitive with other bachelor's-degree
fields; letters to state legislators urging increases in unemployment insurance benefits,
workers' compensation, and minimum wage; Excellence in Teaching negotiations report,
by district/local; organization and representation status of school-related (non-teaching)
personnel by district; activity report; confidential memo re finding of overage by
audit in 1986-87 fiscal year budget report
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| Box 17 | Folder 14 |
Training Correspondence
|
1988 |
|
Scope and Contents
Memos re suggestions for logistical and substantive changes, topics
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| Box 17 | Folder 15 |
United University Professions: Correspondence
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1988 |
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Scope and Contents
Memorandum of Understanding between the State of New York and the United University
Professions, 1988-1991; tentative agreement between United University Professionals
and the State of New York, 1988-1991; summary of agreement; memo re potential organizing
contact at Cornell University; PERB legal briefs, Thomas C. Barry, charging party,
and United University Professions, respondent: Brief in Support of Exceptions to Findings
of Fact and/or Conclusions of Law on Behalf of Respondent United University Professions;
Exceptions to Finds of Fact and/or Conclusions of Law
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| Box 17 | Folder 16 |
Utica Regional Office: Correspondence
|
1988 |
|
Scope and Contents
Memo re impact of Commissioner's change in BOCES regions for distribution of Excellence
in Teaching (EIT) money; arbitration opinion and award in Rome City School District
and Rome Teachers Association (roofing grievance); confidential memo re finding of
overage by audit in 1986-87 fiscal year budget report
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| Box 18 | Folder 1 |
Albany Legal Correspondence
|
1984 |
|
Scope and Contents
Memos re repeated violations by South Colonie Central School District of contract
clause re preparation time, tense relationship of NYSUT with local; legal memorandum
re recall from preferred eligibility list at Shenendehowa school district; request
for legal assistance for Averill Park teacher Thelma Tomlinson in 3020a (conduct unbecoming
of a teacher) hearing, with attached details of charges, including physical and mental
abuse, January 13; requests for similar cases in other districts; request for legal
assistance for Gloversville teacher over certification issue that lead to her being
barred from teaching; request for legal opinion on agency fee question for Hudson
Falls Teachers Association; legal memos re status of driver's education instructor
and art teacher in Warren-Washington-Hamilton-Essex BOCES; request for enforcement
assistance in arbitration award re marital status discrimination case in Greater Johnstown
City School District; notice of appeal of decision by Unemployment Insurance Appeal
Board, in state Supreme Court Appellate Division for teacher Eleanor F. Moore, Shenendehowa
Central School and Schenectady City School District, related correspondence; request
for legal assistance in representing the Rensselaer-Columbia-Greene BOCES Teachers
Association in Human Rights Division complaint re use of sick leave for pregnancy
disability; memos re Freedom of Information request denial in Rensselaer City School
District; request from Shenendehowa Teachers Association for interpretation from NYSUT
legal division re school district's ability to increase class size under contingency
budget; legal memoranda re tenure status of member of Schenectady Federation of Teachers;
request for appeal in "egregious" harassment case in North Colonie in which a tenured
teacher was pressured to retire
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| Box 18 | Folder 2 |
Elmsford Legal Correspondence
|
1984 |
|
Scope and Contents
Request for help in expediting request to state Civil Service Commission in continuing
the employment of a 70-year-old food service worker in New Rochelle despite mandatory
retirement rule; request for legal help for a long-term teacher at Spring Valley Senior
High School (member of East Ramapo United Teachers Association), whose ongoing illnesses
and lack of access to the sick bank resulted in loss of income, seniority, and retirement
credit; petition to the Commissioner in the matter of appeal of Irene Alves, petitioner,
from the actions of the Board of Education of the Greenburgh Central School District
Number 7 and Judith Pennyfeather, respondents, re tenure dispute; materials on 3020a
(conduct unbecoming of a teacher) cases; Improper Practice Charges
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| Box 18 | Folder 3 |
Elmsford/Peekskill Legal Correspondence
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1983-1984 |
|
Scope and Contents
Material re lawsuit by attorney for Peekskill City School District against NYSUT for
defamation; PERB decisions
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| Box 18 | Folder 4 |
Mid: Hudson Legal Correspondence
|
1984 |
|
Scope and Contents
List of settled litigation cases; 3020a case material; correspondence re dual family
health insurance enrollment under Civil Service regulations
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| Box 18 | Folder 5 |
Nassau Legal Correspondence
|
1984 |
|
Scope and Contents
Memos re efforts by Long Beach City School District, with the support of the local,
to rid itself of having to maintain a public library because it was too big a drain
on the city's limited taxing authority; determination by state Department of Labor
that teacher in Baldwin Central School District was discriminated against in retaliation
for asserting rights under Right to Know law, referral of matter to Attorney General;
letter requesting legal assistance from union for retirees of Elmont School District,
whose terms of health insurance premium payments were being changed; correspondence
re dispute between teacher with epilepsy and Uniondale Public Schools/Union Free School
District; request for legal assistance in harassment case against Hempstead teacher
alleging anti-semitism and racism; timeline, memo, and related documents re part-time
teacher seeking full-time status; memo re past president of Uniondale Teachers Association,
accused of embezzling union funds, who sent out an appeal for his defense fund to
teachers he was supervising, question of legality of solicitation; tenure question
in Oyster Bay; memos re termination of a probationary physics teacher for academic
weakness; memos by Uniondale school administrators re probationary teacher who was
dismissed, indicating that satisfactory performance evaluations would need to be revised
to support dismissal; memo re East Meadow tenured teacher who was ordered to take
a psychological test or face insubordination (3020a) charges; memo re Manhasset contract,
changing unlimited paid sick leave provision to unlimited paid sick leave only for
short-term illnesses (less than 180 days), question of guaranteed employment after
recovery from long-term illness; PERB ruling on certification or decertification at
Nassau Community College; memos re other individual grievances
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| Box 18 | Folder 6 |
North Country Legal Correspondence
|
1984 |
|
Scope and Contents
Letter from attorney re question of tenure at Westport Central School; requests for
arbitration of grievances at St. Regis Falls; memos re "temporary" physical education
position at Indian River, question of subterfuge to avoid creating probationary job;
memo re improper practice charge at Franklin-Essex-Hamilton BOCES re teacher credits;
memo re political problem at Indian River involving influential elementary school
teacher adversely affected by change in schedule, communication to school board outside
the negotiating process; request for assistance for custodian dismissed for stealing
a gym bag at Beekmantown Central School despite hung jury in criminal trial; material
re denial of tenure for teacher Katherine Duesberg at Saranac Central School District,
including arbitration award; memo requesting legal review of revised rules for field
trips and chaperones at Malone school district
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| Box 18 | Folder 7 |
NYC Legal Correspondence
|
1984 |
|
Scope and Contents
Request for legal opinion on back pay for teacher at east Meadow High School; memos
re litigation over dual family coverage prohibition in statewide health insurance
plan; request by special education teacher alleging harassment by Bronx Regional Administrators
because of short stature
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| Box 18 | Folder 8 |
Rochester Legal Correspondence
|
1984 |
|
Scope and Contents
Memos re reduction in hours; memo re Appeal Board's overturning of Administrative
Law judge's overturning of local unemployment insurance office (Hilton, NY) denial
of payment, question of requirement of claimants to repay; memo re dispute over whether
East Irondequoit teacher was entitled to both a $688 Worker's Compensation award and
a $750 Facial Disfigurement award, which the school district was paid; memos re 3020a
charges (conduct unbecoming of a teacher); memo re part-time seniority and tenure
questions in Pittsford; Improper Practice Charges by Brighton Transportation Association,
Greece United Substitute Teachers Organization, Greece Support Services Employees
Association, Honeoye Falls-Lima Building and Grounds Association, Dansville Teachers
Association, and Spencerport Teachers Association
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| Box 18 | Folder 9 |
Southern Tier Legal Correspondence
|
1984 |
|
Scope and Contents
Materials re apparent attempt by Deposit school district to use a split assignment
for the purpose of designating a teacher part-time; materials re 3020a charges; memos
re health insurance arrangement in Vestal region; memos re self-funded health plans;
memos re retiree benefits in Newfield; layoff of librarian in Chenango Valley; challenge
to arbitration award re change in retiree health insurance in New Berlin school district;
memo to NYSUT senior counsel recommending appeal of Supreme Court decision in tenure/reinstatement
case in Chenango Forks; Improper Practice Charges and factfinding brief for Haverling
Central School re bad faith bargaining over health insurance; Improper Practice Charge
re starting salary at Newark Valley; Improper Practice Charge re unilateral change
in health coverage at Whitney Point; miscellaneous Improper Practice Charges
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| Box 18 | Folder 10 |
Suffolk Legal Correspondence
|
1984 |
|
Scope and Contents
Memo re meeting with teacher from West Babylon in dispute with district over absences
related to an on-the-job accident, eligibility for sick leave, Worker's Compensation,
threat of dismissal; memo re retirement incentive at Elwood school district; memo
re attempt by Elwood school district to discontinue contract clause for retired teachers
because of unwillingness of health insurance carrier to continue to cover the plan
without addition of expensive dental insurance; memo re decision by insurance carrier
to drop Elwood retirees altogether; memo re meeting with teacher at Bayport/Blue Point,
under observation for poor classroom performance; memo re tenure and seniority issues
at Brentwood school district, including hybrid subject-area assignments; memo re teacher
injured in assault by parent at Sayville school district, declared permanently disabled,
pressure by school district to apply for disability retirement; request for legal
representation by Elwood teacher claiming sex discrimination because the district
did not rehire her; memo re challenge to termination of non-tenured teacher at North
Babylon; memos re seniority cases; list of teachers adversely affected by dual family
health coverage prohibition, bringing class-action lawsuit; Improper Practice Charges
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| Box 18 | Folder 11 |
Syracuse Legal Correspondence
|
1984 |
|
Scope and Contents
Memos re 3020a charges; memos re hiring of an uncertified person with a temporary
coaching license, instead of a physical education teacher and freshman basketball
coach who applied for the position, as a varsity basketball coach at Auburn Enlarged
City School District; memos re case against Liverpool Central School District re creation
of middle school tenure area, excessing of teacher due to declining enrollment; Freedom
of Information Law request to Onondaga Community College re negotiator's contract;
memos re investigation of assignment of teacher at Hamilton Central School District,
poor performance review; memo re effort to reinstate Onondaga-Madison BOCES custodian,
forced to resign for stealing soda; memo re assignment history of teacher seeking
tenure at Port Byron Central School District; question of whether use of teacher aides
is legal for study hall supervision, "outbreak" of practice in Madison County; request
for legal review of use of teaching assistants to substitute for teachers at Onondaga-Madison
BOCES; full-time appointment of adult education teachers at same, without probationary
status, contractual benefits, or Social Security payments; Improper Practice Charges
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| Box 18 | Folder 12 |
Utica Legal Correspondence
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1984 |
|
Scope and Contents
Request for legal assistance for special education teacher at Herkimer BOCES re tenure;
letter from Mohawk Valley Community College Professional Association president to
NYSUT president Tom Hobart, expressing dissatisfaction with NYSUT general counsel
Bernard Ashe for declining to take appeal of case; memo re appeal to Commissioner
re abolition of full-time dental hygienist positions in Utica City School District;
state Supreme Court order denying grievance by music teacher against (Herkimer) Poland
Central School District over part-time status, shift assignments; 3020a case in Richfield
Springs; case of unsuccessful 3020a charges in Oriskany School District, reassignment
of teacher to study hall from physical education "for safety of students," according
to district, question of whether assignment was in effect disciplinary; request by
the Mohawk Valley Community College Professional Association for legal assistance
in pursuing Freedom of Information request re school district's finances for 1981-83;
material re teacher at Auburn High School who swore at former school board president,
was reprimanded, then sued school board members and superintendent; memo re improper
denial of tenure in Oriskany Falls district; material re promotion dispute at Herkimer
County Community College; Improper Practice charges
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| Box 18 | Folder 13 |
Western Legal Correspondence
|
1984 |
|
Scope and Contents
Memo re Improper Practice Charge in Tonawanda re replacement of two practical nurse-teachers
with registered nurses; memo re improper suspension of Tonawanda teacher; other Improper
Practice Charges; request for legal assistance in requesting binding arbitration over
grievance at Erie BOCES re replacement of seven tenured health occupation positions
with staff outside the bargaining unit at hourly wage; memo re 3020a case (conduct
unbecoming: unreasonable corporal punishment) at Starpoint Central School District;
material re 3020a case in Pine Valley (inappropriate physical contact); other 3020a
cases; memo re retirement incentive program at Cheektowaga-Maryvale Union Free School
District; legal memo in layoff and tenure case in Niagara Falls; memo re removal of
disciplinary letter for custodian in Randolf Central School District; memo re anticipated
strike by Niagara Association for Retarded Citizens
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| Box 18 | Folder 14 |
Albany Legal Correspondence
|
1984 |
|
Scope and Contents
Memo re unemployment insurance appeal for denial of benefits during extended recess
period (Linda Gottstein); materials re coerced waiver of tenure in East Greenbush
(Paula Quenelle); PERB decision in Queensbury Union Free School District and Mildred
Campp et al. and Queensbury Non-Teaching Employees Association, NYSUT, re decertification
petition; legal brief prepared by NYSUT in Queensbury case; Adirondack Community College
record of staff appearances since June 1984, contact and service reports, with attached
memo to Jim Conti noting constant contact by field representative; memos re Whitehall
district teachers, expanded workload in violation of contract, request for injunctive
relief; memo re 3020a case (alcohol consumption) in Wells, with newspaper clipping;
memos re East Greenbush retirement incentive program; local assistance agreement between
NYSUT and Greenwich Teachers Association
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| Box 18 | Folder 15 |
Albany Legal Correspondence: East Greenbush (Gail Hill)
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1985 |
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Scope and Contents
Arbitration award; memo from NYSUT legal counsel noting error in mailing brief to
wrong address, recommending court action
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| Box 18 | Folder 16 |
Albany Legal Correspondence: Greenwich (Traver and McClay)
|
1985 |
|
Scope and Contents
Correspondence re litigation against the Greenwich Central School District to affirm
credit for years of service of two teachers
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| Box 18 | Folder 17 |
Elmsford Legal Correspondence
|
1985 |
|
Scope and Contents
Letter to NYSUT president Tom Hobart from music teacher at Tappan Zee High School
re grievance over removal from position as band director, related correspondence;
memo re dismissed EEOC charges against NYSUT by teacher in Spring Valley; request
for legal help from a long-term teacher at Spring Valley Senior High School (member
of East Ramapo United Teachers Association), re lack of access to the sick bank, previous
illnesses, with memo from Jim Conti advising against providing assistance; memos re
Port Jervis strike; memo re Blind Brook teacher planning to return to work following
surgery, using artificial voice box, possible issues with superintendent
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| Box 18 | Folder 18 |
Mid: Hudson Legal Correspondence
|
1985 |
|
Scope and Contents
Materials re 3020a charges against teacher at Red Hook Central School District (misconduct,
inappropriate physical contact), teacher at Onteora Central School District (misconduct,
alcohol), teacher at Windham-Ashland-Jewett Central School (misconduct, marihuana),
teacher at Wappingers Central School District (incompetency, neglect of duty, conduct
unbecoming), teacher at Hyde Park (conduct unbecoming, disclosing test question),
two teachers at Pine Plains (conduct unbecoming, molestation), teacher at Rhinebeck
(repeated drunkenness), teacher at Dover-Wingdale (shoplifting), teacher at Millbrook
(conduct unbecoming, physical and verbal abuse); memos re legal action to compel Arlington
school district to assign full-time teaching position to tenured teacher in seniority
case; memo re commencing legal action to have letter of reprimand removed from Ulster
BOCES teacher's file; correspondence re grievance re denial of usage of sick bank
days at Monticello; question of tenure at Livingston Manor; unemployment benefits
decision at Wappingers; correspondence, briefs, arbitrator's award, and related materials
re suspended bus driver (Paul Martin) at Wappingers; material re revocation of teaching
certificate for teacher (Angela Batorsky) at Cairo-Durham, denial of second year of
maternity leave, question of retaliation by school district
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| Box 18 | Folder 19 |
Nassau Legal Correspondence
|
1985 |
|
Scope and Contents
Memos for cases re NYS retirement incentive program; maternity leave and tenure; concern
by unmarried school monitor over possible dismissal by Port Washington school district
upon discovery of her pregnancy, NYSUT intention to defend in a human rights proceeding;
request for legal opinion re tenure of health teacher at Oyster Bay-East Norwich;
question re legality of public school teachers providing services to parochial schools;
memos re rights under Fair Dismissal Law of probationary teachers terminated early
at East Rockaway and Rockville Centre school districts; memo re teacher accused of
using corporal punishment, Garden City school district; memo re possible marital discrimination
case of football assistant coaches who had applied for head coach position and believed
they were turned down because they were married; memo re contract language re sick
leave at Manhasset school district; question re deferred sabbatical leave at Port
Washington; memo re complaint by teacher at Baldwin school district re violation of
first and fourteenth amendment rights after accusing district of violations of Toxic
Substances Control Act; memo re teacher who pled guilty to grand larceny for mismanaging
funds for summer program at Locust Valley, potential 3020a charge
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| Box 18 | Folder 20 |
North Country: Legal Correspondence
|
1985 |
|
Scope and Contents
Request for legal opinion re rights of art teacher at Jefferson-Lewis BOCES; memos
re teacher at Salmon River school district re free speech issue; materials re apparent
illegality of retirement plan at Malone school district; memos re Parishville bus
driver; memos re tenure for probationary teacher with poor initial performance evaluations,
St. Regis Falls school district, question of harassment for involvement in strike;
legal briefs re Westport school district requirement for medical report in sick leave
absences, agreement between district and teachers association; grievance and related
materials re pay issue in St. Regis school district
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| Box 18 | Folder 21 |
NYC Legal Correspondence
|
1985 |
|
Scope and Contents
NY Supreme Court decision, Langham et al. v. State of New York, dismissing dual enrollment
health insurance case based on statute of limitations; cover memo form NYSUT counsel
noting intent to appeal
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| Box 20 | Folder 1 |
Rochester Legal Correspondence
|
1985 |
|
Scope and Contents
Materials re unemployment insurance case (Gail Muir) in Hilton; memos re grievance
over sex discrimination in salaries at Monroe Community College; legal brief by teacher
(Linda Baker) against West Irondequoit School District and West Irondequoit Teachers
Association, seeking damages from NYSUT, following resignation and failure of union
to represent her in grievance; memo re possible part-time job assignments for teacher
coming off two-year unpaid maternity leave, preservation of legal rights; memos re
abolition of job in Rush-Henrietta school district; NYSUT legal counsel review of
Cayuga-Onondaga BOCES interpretation of Garcia case under Fair Labor Standards Act,
related materials; memo re permanent certification of teacher who obtained master's
degree but failed to apply, Spencerport, related memo re period of amnesty, related
briefing paper proposing change in state requirements; request for legal interpretation
of law re fringe benefit payments for school employees released to serve in officer
positions in bargaining unit (Webster school district); Improper Practice Charge for
Wayne-Finger Lakes BOCES threat that teacher requests for union representation at
disciplinary hearings would result in formal reprimand; PERB decision dismissing petition
to decertify Greece United Substitute Teachers Organization (GUSTO); memo re question
of tenure at Hilton school district; memo re decision not to pursue litigation over
job assignment of art teacher in Spencerport school district; material re layoff/recall
rights in Webster school district; 3020a cases
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| Box 20 | Folder 2 |
Southern Tier Legal
|
1985 |
|
Scope and Contents
Memorandum re incidental teaching of health education by teachers not certified in
health, with attached NY Supreme Court ruling on the matter; materials re rights of
teachers leaving employment for service in the military, re-employment rights; 3020a
cases; memo re reassignment of math teacher to different school; seniority/tenure
rights issue in Elmira, with attached lists of staffing changes; memo re liability
for $100 shortfall by tax collector for Elmira City School District; 3020a charge
against teacher in Bath Central School District, for insubordination (taking unpaid
leave to extend ski vacation); review of legality of Workers' Compensation provision
of contract between Spencer-Van Etten Teachers Association and school district; PERB
brief in the matter of Newark Valley Cardinal Bus Drivers, NYSUT Local 4360, charging
party, and Newark Valley Central School District, respondent, Exception to Administrative
Law Judge's Decision and Recommended Order on Behalf of Newark Valley Cardinal Bus
Drivers, re health insurance coverage
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| Box 20 | Folder 3 |
Suffolk Legal
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1985 |
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Scope and Contents
Material re arbitration in termination case by William Floyd United Teachers re Nancy
Barton; memo and earlier correspondence outlining areas of concern to be discussed
at meeting with NYSUT legal counsel by teachers from Elwood school district re forcing
teacher to change a grade to zero for student cheating on test, also questions of
seniority and the excess list; memo re EEOC complaint against United Teachers of Harborfields
re age discrimination in negotiated retirement incentive; notice of claim and related
memo re seniority list, recall rights at Kings Park school district; letter from field
representative to legal staff re Lindenhurst teacher in dispute over reimbursing shortfall
of $117 to Honor Society because of poor fundraising said to be his fault, previous
record in personnel file of minor non-teaching infractions; correspondence between
Westhampton Beach Secretaries Association, the Superintendent of Schools, and NYSUT
field representative re ability and liability of secretaries to care for sick children
in absence of school nurses, written policy on administration of medications; affidavit
in NY Supreme Court in support of order to show cause on motion for preliminary injunction
with temporary restraining order in the matter of Port Jefferson Station Teachers
Association v. Board of Education, Brookhaven-Comsewogue Union Free School District,
re unilaterally altering collective bargaining agreement re terms and conditions of
employment; memo re Kings Park teacher denied disability retirement; memos re complex
seniority issue at Huntington re tenure-area appointments; 3020a case at BOCES II-Suffolk
involving 38 charges of incompetency and related problems; 3020a cases in East Islip
and West Babylon re absenteeism; letter to Patchogue-Medford Congress of Teachers
president re drug testing; material re Smithtown arbitration between BOCES 3 Faculty
Association and BOCES 3, denying grievance re preferred eligibility list, three excessed
teachers; correspondence re longstanding lawsuit over retirement credit in Amityville,
request for help in expediting resolution; memo re seniority, question of whether
special appointments count toward accrual, with attached case law citations (Bayport/Blue
Point Teachers Association); materials re 3020a case (inappropriate remarks and physical
contact), including handwritten answers by teacher, Bay Shore school district; memo
re Selden Junior High School teacher believed to be suicidal, confronted by team of
psychologists for two hours in principal's office, forcibly detained and escorted
by police for involuntary admission to hospital, then told not to return to teaching
until he arranged ongoing treatment, question of violation of rights; extensive materials
re arbitration award re terminal leave pay, North Babylon Teachers Organization, including
timeline of events, memos re political and personal issues with arbitrator, October
1984-February 1985; memo re case involving challenge to policy, upheld by U.S. Supreme
Court decisions, allowing school districts to compel teachers to display Christmas
trees in their classrooms, plans for involvement by American Civil Liberties Union,
January 7
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| Box 20 | Folder 4 |
Syracuse Legal
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1985 |
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Scope and Contents
Memo re grievance over lost accumulated sick time after recall from preferred eligibility
list at Cheektowaga district; memo re inability to file a notice of claim of injury
for exposure to asbestos, absent actual disease, within statutory timeframe (Auburn
High School); memos re employee liability in student transport in teachers' personal
vehicles (Oneida), possible improper practice charge if transportation is required
by district, need for insurance reimbursement; question of whether certain data processing
employees can be considered exempt from the overtime provisions of the Fair Labor
Standards Act (Onondaga BOCES); memo from the Syracuse Teachers Association with list
of "do's and don'ts" for teachers accused of sexual misconduct, developed in consultation
with law firm Blitman and King, in response to increase in number of sex abuse charges
against teachers; letter from teacher at North Syracuse Teacher's Association re calculation
of seniority for teachers who hold administrative positions for a time; memos re possible
settlement of 3020a case against a teacher in the Liverpool Central School District;
memos re Civil Service job classification in Oneida Central School District; chronology
of events re charge of unfair representation issued against the Oswego County BOCES
Supportive Association and NYSUT; Improper Practice Charges
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| Box 20 | Folder 5 |
Utica Legal
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1985 |
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Scope and Contents
Extensive materials re improper practice charge by school psychologist Don Brady against
Rome Teachers Association, including PERB decision
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| Box 20 | Folder 6 |
Western Legal
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1985 |
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Scope and Contents
3020a case involving teacher who wore a pro-union tee-shirt to school and refused
to take it off (misconduct and insubordination), also charged with inappropriate language
in directing two students to cease a public display of affection (North Tonawanda
Senior High); memo re payroll problems at Richford School District, including legal
opinion that district was in violation of Education Law for contracting with banks
that were not disbursing monies according to the wishes of the teachers; legal opinion
that Niagara Falls school district could legally require physical examinations of
its employees, but should pay for them; memo re teacher at Orchard Park, being required
to teach outside his tenure area; material re dismissal in complex 3020a case at Hamburg
High School, involving past sexual harassment charges against former principal; memos
re retirement agreement in lieu of 3020a charges, attempt by Hamburg teacher to apply
for retirement incentive plan; memo re Hamburg teacher removed from the preferred
eligibility list after refusing an assignment because of pregnancy; memos re layoff
of teacher at West Seneca, question of seniority rights; material re letter of admonishment
to tenured Ellicottville teacher for taking military leave after being called up to
active duty; 3020a case involving cocaine use, dismissal (Depew school district);
3020a case involving unprofessional behavior (outbursts of anger), Frewsburg district;
PERB decision in Hamburg district re alleged violation of Taylor Law by refusing to
continue employment of substitute teachers, memo from NYSUT attorney alleging subterfuge
to prevent organizing; materials re 3020a charge against East Aurora teacher (immoral
character; inappropriate physical contact); memos re 3020a charge against Batavia
teachers (striking a student); memo discussing letter of reprimand against Cassadaga
Valley teacher for not following procedural rules for corporal punishment, chance
that challenge would result in 3020a charges and dismissal; memo re class load for
teacher at West Seneca district; memo re teacher at North Tonawanda who wanted to
come back from disability retirement, told it constituted resignation; miscellaneous
3020a cases; extensive materials re unemployment insurance decision appeal of regular
substitute teacher Beth Abbott in Springville district
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| Box 21 | Folder 1 |
Public Employees Federation (1 of 8)
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1979-1982 |
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Scope and Contents
Legal brief (with handwritten note, "case re Kramer") on behalf of respondent-appellant
in Court of Appeals, CSEA v. Harold Newman et al., comprising the Public Employment
Relations Board of the State of New York, the Public Employees Federation, AFL-CIO,
James Northrup, as Acting Director of the Governor's Office of Employee Relations
of the State of New York, Arthur Levitt, as Comptroller of the State of New York;
legal brief (with NYSUT cover memo), on behalf of respondent-appellant-cross-respondent
Public Employees Federation, AFL-CIO; handwritten note, "11/30/80 convicted mail fraud,"
noting 2-year sentence, other charges, "(1) defrauded state employee union, (2) rigged
election, (3) channeled $ for election into slush fund & used money for own use";
long handwritten note titled, "Proposal," re Public Employee Federation's desire to
resolve the John Kramer arbitration; Court of Appeals decision reversing Appellate
Division decision, with NYSUT cover memo, March 27, 1979
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| Box 21 | Folder 2 |
Public Employees Federation (2 of 8)
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1982 |
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Scope and Contents
Folder list of 24 items, including handwritten notes re dues promotion meetings, confidential
PEF projected 1981-82 annual budget, NYSUT budget 1981-82; PEF memo re estimated expenditures,
May 24, 1982; PEF 1982-83 Annual Budget with summaries of expenditures for each regional
office; PEF memo re implementation of dues increase; sheet calculating increase in
dues for years 1-3; narrative, "PEF Efforts to Avoid Layoffs"; annual PEF report reviewing
professional legal services rendered by firm Cunningham & Sweeney on behalf of PEF,
August 5, 1982; agreement by and between New York State Public Employees Federation,
AFL-CIO (PEF), the American Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO (AFT), and the Service
Employees International Union, AFL-CIO and CLC (SEIU), September 25, 1979; minutes
of PEF special Executive Board meeting, September 23, 1982; tentative agenda for PEF
Executive Board meeting to be held October 10, 1982; memo to Jim Conti from NYSUT
general counsel James Sandner, "Report on Status of PEF Cases Handled by NYSUT-OGC/NYC,"
October 4, 1982; memo to PRO MEMBER (Professionals for Membership Representation and
Service) Executive Board Members re special Executive Board meeting, November 24,
1982; memo to PEF officers from PEF Budget Advisory Committee (BAC) re proposed dues
increase for 1982 convention, October 5, 1982; minutes of PEF Legal Committee meeting,
October 7., 1982; letter to delegates from PEF Secretary-Treasurer James J. Sheedy
outlining reasons for pro posed dues increase; Division Report; PEF 4th Annual Convention
Program, October 11-13, 1982; Memorandum of Understanding between the State of New
York and the Public Employees Federation, AFL-CIO (PEF); PEF Agency Totals (total
employees and total members, by agency); Negotiating Unit Profile II as of 11/81;
UUP Projected Income from Dues, January 1979; list of NYSUT Public School Locals with
Dues at least $100
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| Box 21 | Folder 3 |
Public Employees Federation (3 of 8)
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1982 |
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Scope and Contents
PEF monthly report, November 1, 1982; list of grievances; November staff report to
Jim Conti from Joint Labor-Management Committee on Professional Development and Quality
of Working Life (PEF/PDQ), November 1, 1982; other monthly reports; folder list of
14 items, including letter from PEF president to Deputy Labor Commissioner Virgil
Hodges, strongly objecting to "hard-sell" pressure, discovered and publicized in press,
on members to purchase tickets to testimonial dinner for Commissioner, August 24,
1982; typed note, apparently by field staffer, objecting to required monthly reports
by regional coordinators; Reaffirmation of Affirmative Action Policy, by PEF president;
Statement on PEF Women's Program, including purpose and goals, by PEF president; memo
to PEF Executive Board members from trustee Stan Byer, commenting on trustee's meeting
of June 25, 1982 ("first term report"); handwritten notes by Jim Conti re PEF Officers'
meeting, December 13, 1982; PEF financial statements as of July 31, 1982, and auditor's
report; confidential material to Jim Conti from Jan Conti re ongoing problems at Buffalo
office, apparent effort by regional coordinator to sabotage service in collusion with
secretary, October 14, 1982; draft procedure for selection of impartial chairperson
for Joint Committee on Health Benefits; memo re layoff procedure, January 19, 1982;
statement for press re PEF arbitration proceedings, December 28, 1982; outline of
hiring policies; handwritten notes by Jim Conti re status of finances and other issues
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| Box 21 | Folder 4 |
Public Employees Federation (4 of 8)
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1982 |
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Scope and Contents
Folder list of 13 items, including memo to Jim Conti re unit-wide reclassification/reallocation
study; series of handbooks, "PEF Steward Training," including "Image Building for
the Steward," with cover memo from Jim Conti, September 20, 1982; booklets, "Steward's
Manual," "Information for Employees Separated from State Employment," "Information
for Temporary and Provisional Employees Separated from State Service by a Reduction
in Force," and "Quality of Work Life"; minutes of Special Executive Board meeting,
December 14, 1982, and proposed agenda for January 28-29, 1983, meeting; proposed
agenda for special Executive Board meeting on December 14, 1982; edited lists of roles
of president and other officers ("think like God," "loyalty to president," "make president
look good," "eyes and ears of president"); lists of Executive Board officers, trustees,
and regional coordinators, including addresses and other contact information; memo
to Jim Conti complaining of poor information flow from his office, September 21, 1982;
handwritten notes re salary, possible inaccuracy of weekly activity reports, grievances
not being processed, phones not being answered, other problems with office; typed
narrative re understaffing, from perspective of office secretary; administrative,
decision making, and communications organizational charts; handwritten Election Committee
report; description of Ray Abernathy, Inc., Public Relations
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| Box 21 | Folder 5 |
Public Employees Federation (5 of 8)
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1983 |
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Scope and Contents
Folder list of 21 items, including 1983-84 PEF budget; handwritten notes by Jim Conti
re meeting with caucus leaders of March 30, 1983, re AFT-PEF agreement; list of services
to PEF from NYSUT; memo from Layoff Task Force to PEF officers and staff re recommendations
for regional activities; agenda for Officers' and Staff Meeting on Layoffs, February
10, 1983; PEF Executive Board minutes, January 28-29, 1983; materials for PEF/OMH
Conference on Labor Relations (list of participants, workshop assignments, closing
remarks by Jim Conti); newspaper clippings from Knickerbocker News, re court hearing
on union fund, memo re layoff kit for stewards; January 11, 1983; layoff packet; handwritten
notes by Jim Conti re officers' meeting, January 20, 1983; memo to Jim Conti re field
representative position interviews; handwritten notes by Jim Conti re each candidate;
memo to PEF president re agreement with NYSUT to stretch out per capita payment schedule,
January 6, 1983; Personnel Reduction and Redeployment Plan: Status Report, (from?)
Director of the Budget, Director of the Civil Service Commission, Director of Employee
Relations, and Director of State Operations, March 27, 1983; memo to all participating
agencies from NYS Department of Civil Service Employee Insurance Section re differences
between health insurance Statewide Plan and GHI New 1983 Option; memo re impact of
layoff on leave accruals; staffing ratio chart by region (number of dues-paying members
to number of field representatives); letter from PEF president to Gov. Mario Cuomo
analyzing combined impact of normal separation rates and early retirement incentive,
March 21, 1983; letter from PEF president to Gov. Cuomo proposing alternative to termination
of employees (with document "Family, Partnership and Balance: A State Budget without
Layoffs"), March 15, 1983; Memorandum of Understanding between the State of New York
and the Public Employees Federation re modification of health insurance coverage,
November 18, 1982; list of PEF agency totals (employees/ members); pamphlet, "The
Law Is on Your Side" re right to join union, by Service Employees International Union
(SEIU)
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| Box 21 | Folder 6 |
Public Employees Federation (6 of 8)
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1983 |
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Scope and Contents
Folder list of 19 items, including memo re legislative services affecting PEF; memo
from Jim Conti to attorney, listing items sent re state investigation commission (not
included); PEF agency totals as of 3/24/83; Certificate of Incorporation of the Association
for Union Democracy, Inc.; by-laws; newsletter, Union Democracy Review; draft agreement
between AFT and PEF local 4053 re financial assistance to PEF, May 11, 1982, with
cover letter from Secretary-Treasurer of AFT to president of PEF; agreement between
PEF, AFT, and SEIU, with cover letter, October 3, 1979; list of PEF Executive Board
officers and regional coordinators; booklet, PEF constitution and bylaws as amended
by the 1980 convention; confidential NYSUT memo re legal dispute with PEF, request
from departments for specific list of services rendered to PEF, June 14, 1983; handwritten
notes by Jim Conti re dues established, memo of law; letter from PEF president to
PS&T employees re challenge to affiliation agreement with AFT and SEIU, June 9, 1983;
plaintiff's memorandum of law in Supreme Court of the State of New York, PEF vs Albert
Shanker as president of AFT and NYSUT, NYSUT, and SEIU; order to show cause
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| Box 21 | Folder 7 |
Public Employees Federation (7 of 8)
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1978-1983 |
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Scope and Contents
Notes from PEF Management Staff meeting, October 25, 1982; handwritten notes by Jim
Conti; memo re new directions for the Department of Research and Professional Development,
September 17, 1982; employment agreement between PEF, SEIU, and Robert A. Payne to
become Executive Director of PEF, February 7, 1980; memo re unit-wide job title and
position allocation survey, September 7, 1982; affiliation agreement and related correspondence;
folder list of 19 items, including task objectives for president, PEF field reps,
director of staff, documentation of responsibilities for assistant staff director;
monthly reports; hand-drawn organizational chart; list of Executive Board and Trustees;
PEF memos re important court decisions; memo announcing PEF certified by PERB, September
28, 1978; memo to PEF leadership re withdrawal by CSEA of Improper Practice Charge
against State of NY, May 17, 1978; handwritten notes by Jim Conti re 6-week campaign,
January 26, 1978; folder list of 16 items, including Constitution and Bylaws Committee
Report; July research report; July monthly report; steward update; annual report,
August 2, 1982; PEF Executive Board agenda for meeting of August 8-9, 1982; legislative
voting record on bills of interest to PEF, August 1982; folder list of 31 items, including
outline of responsibilities of Divisions Department; PEF policy on local labor councils,
presented as resolution; budget narrative, Legislative Department, January 20, 1983;
activities report of the Safety and Health Committee, January 27, 1983; Budget Advisory
Committee Procedural Recommendations; Budget Advisory Committee Recommendations; memo
re OMRDD layoffs, January 24, 1983; letter to Assemblyman Joseph R. Lentol (chair,
Committee on Government Employees) from PEF president Elizabeth Hoke, January 11,
1983; memo to PEF Executive Board re statewide Employee Assistance Program; suggestions
to Executive Board from Convention Delegate Apportionment Committee; draft financial
statements; layoff information sheet, asking for impact of potential layoff on individuals
members; status reports re performance advances; memo to PEF Executive Board from
Committee on Ethics and Responsibility, Report on Recommendations, January 28, 1983;
PEF press release opposing calls for renegotiation of contracts of public employee
unions to solve state's budget problems, January 26, 1983; recommendations to Executive
Board from Division Committee, January 19, 1983; letter to the editor of Times-Union
by Elizabeth Hoke, president of PEF, taking issue with Gov. Cuomo's estimate that
employee salaries account for 60% of total state budget, January 18, 1983; memorandum
of interpretation between State of New York and Public Employees Federation re Seasonal
Employees; Amendment to the Agreement and Declaration of Trust of the Public Employees
Federation Group Benefits Program; newspaper clippings; folder list of 11 items, including
American Arbitration Association Certification of Results of PEF election, July 7,
1982; affidavit in opposition in the latter of the application of Service Employees
International Union, AFL-CIO, petitioners, for an order staying arbitration attempted
to be had by Robert Payne, respondent; letter to PEF president Elizabeth Hoke from
attorney Robert Proskin re PEF retainer for services, July 28, 1982; sheets listing
roles of regional coordinators, vice president, etc.; political and policy making
organizational chart, 12/13/82; memo to Jim Conti re Kraemer arbitration award, August
4, 1982; office memos with lease and rental agreement; handwritten notes by Jim Conti
re organization, 5/18/82; agreement between State of New York and Civil Service Employees
Association, Professional, Scientific and Technical Services Unit, 1977-79; PEF Constitution
and Bylaws as amended by 1980 Convention; tentative agreement, rough draft for members;
information re early retirement incentive program
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| Box 21 | Folder 8 |
Public Employees Federation (8 of 8)
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1975-1978 |
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Scope and Contents
Folder list of 15 items, including Public Employees in Court, a synopsis of cases
dealing with public employees' rights under various laws; copy of PERB secret-ballot
for affiliation with CSEA, PEF, or neither; letter of resignation to president of
CSEA from Jack Weisz, president of CSEA New York Parole District Chapter, endorsing
PEF as better serving interests of public employees, March 15, 1978; list of Buffalo
Steering Committee members; clippings from Civil Service Leader; list of target areas;
PEF job group breakout by title, showing number of individuals; PERB Notice of Election
to determine representative for collective negotiations; memo from PEF Director of
Organization re closure of municipal offices because of snowstorm, criticizing requirement
for employees to use personal leave or leave without pay, calling on governor to rescind
the policy; PEF telephone bank and code sheets; memo re revisions to Employee Relations
Manual re elections, May 19, 1975
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| Box 21 | Folder 9 |
Public Employees Federation: Executive Board Minutes
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1978-1982 |
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Scope and Contents
Incomplete set of minutes with cover letter to Jim Conti, noting existence of untranscribed
tapes, need to find reference to Robert Payne, Regional Director of SEIU, December
22, 1982; verbatim transcript of October 10, 1982, meeting
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| Box 21 | Folder 10 |
Public Employees Federation: Campaign Material
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1978 |
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Scope and Contents
List of Buffalo Steering Committee members; flyers urging affiliation; related correspondence
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| Box 21 | Folder 11 |
Public Employees Federation: To Jim Conti
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1974-1982 |
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Scope and Contents
Certificate of Appreciation by the National Education Association to Jim Conti for
service as member of Local Association Evaluation Team, with cover letter, July 24,
1974; newsletters WTA Point, 1974; PEF memo re status of day care sites, December
10, 1982; New York Times editorial "Mental Health Is Not a Jobs Program," with response
by PEF president Hoke, December 13, 1982; other newspaper clippings; PEF Legislative
Memorandum in opposition to impasse resolution procedures in Civil Service law, December
7, 1982; legislative memo in opposition to involuntary furlough, December 13, 1982;
memo to PEF Executive Board from President Hoke re communicating with the media, instructing
that official statements be cleared with her office, December 13, 1982; notice of
special Executive Board meeting for December 14, 1982; minutes of special Executive
Board meeting of September 23, 1982; draft report, "Public Service Training for Managers,
Supervisors, and Professionals for the Professional, Scientific and Technical Bargaining
Unit," printed on behalf of the State University of New York by the State University
of New York at Albany, September 15, 1982; trustees' reports re budget and other matters;
outline of state employee workshop; brochure re the Clients' Security Fund, a state-administered
program to reimburse victims of attorney fraud; PEF bound 1982 Resolutions; overview
report for delegates, "PEF: Professionalism in New York," October 1982
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| Box 21 | Folder 12 |
Public Employees Federation: To Tom Hobart (Confidential)
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1981 |
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Scope and Contents
Opinion survey by Marttila & Kiley, Inc, " A Study of Attitudes and Preferences among
Members of the Public Employees Federation," August 1, 1981; memos to John Kraemer
and others from Ray Abernathy, Inc. (advertising and public relations): "Kraemer-Cabell
Reversal Campaign" and "Recommendations for Re-election Program," September 1981;
August/September 1981 issue of PEF Communicator, announcing victory of Elizabeth Hoke
over John Kraemer as new president of PEF
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| Box 21 | Folder 13 |
Public Employees Federation: Toxic Substances Act-Right to Know Law
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1982 |
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Scope and Contents
Document, New York Toxic Substances Act Outline of Procedures, Duties and Rights;
full text of act; subchapter H, Environmental Health and Toxic Substances Part 72,
Registration of Trade Secrets; document, Industrial Hygiene and Toxicology: A Short
History; materials re Right to Know Law, requiring employers to tell workers about
the health effects of any toxic substances in their workplace; handwritten memo re
Department of Labor hearing
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| Box 22 | Folder 1 |
Coordinator's Memos
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1985 |
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Scope and Contents
Brochure, "Going, Going, Gone? A Report on the Teacher Shortage in America," by American
Federation of Teachers, with cover memo to coordinators, November 7, 1985; memo from
Commissioner of state Department of Motor Vehicles re new legislation requiring fingerprinting
and criminal background checks for all school bus drivers; revised Commissioner's
Regulations for bus drivers implementing new legislation, sent to all bus companies;
memo re compromise reached in compensation for overtime for public employees under
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA); memos re Empire Health Insurance Plan; New York Times
clipping re arbitration agreement giving higher starting salaries for new teachers
and raises for the most experienced; PERB decision on the duty of fair representation
in CSEA case, with cover memo noting need for field representatives to be aware of
how to process an arbitration case, September 16, 1985; Daily Labor Report article
re ruling that libelous comments made during grievance procedures are immune from
lawsuits for damages; memo re Cayuga-Onondaga BOCES interpretation of FLSA; memo re
special seminar to be held in preparation for regional conferences by Board of Regents,
"Strengthening Teaching in New York State"; AFL-CIO article, "Japanese Management:
Myth or Magic," with cover memo from Jim Conti to coordinators, August 13, 1985; memo
from NEA-NY re health insurance for retirees (Abenanty lawsuit), May 20, 1985, with
attached letter re disaffiliation, June 10; "Winning Practical, Fair and Effective
Health Care Cost Containment," A Handbook for AFT Negotiators and Local Leaders or
State Employee Negotiators, produced by the Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals
AFT, AFL-CIO, or Federation of State Employees AFT, AFL-CIO, with cover letter from
Jim Conti to coordinators, June 25, 1985; memo re proposed teacher load regulations,
to be used in comments to Board of Regents (member list attached); tentative PEF agreement
re change to Empire Plan, June 13; dismissal of age discrimination lawsuit by teachers
in North Tonawanda School District in retirement incentive case (Cipriano and Miller);
report, "The Changing Situation of Workers and Their Unions," by AFL-CIO Committee
on the Evolution of Work, February 1985, with cover letter from Jim Conti to coordinators
recommending staff meeting to discuss, April 30, 1985; newspaper clipping re teacher
salary rankings by state, other statistics; memo re proposed change in statewide health
insurance plan, with attached Empire Plan overview, April 8, 1985; memo advising opposition
to tuition tax credit legislation (Marchi bill), March 29, 1985; letter sent by NEA/NY
to community colleges affiliated with NYSUT, with cover letter from Jim Conti to coordinators,
March 13, 1985; confidential memo from Jim Conti that grievance had been filed over
dress code, noting that one teacher was given a letter of reprimand for not wearing
a tie, urging compliance, March 1, 1985; memo re payroll deduction for political action;
discussion papers from NYSUT general counsel's office re Commissioner's Regulations,
Part 100, mandating Annual Professional Performance Reviews, and its impact on collective
bargaining, February 12 and 13, 1985; memo re insurance law amendments, requiring
mental health coverage for services provided by qualified social workers in addition
to psychiatrists and psychologists, February 6, 1985, with attached language of legislation;
memo re NEA efforts to organize at community colleges, November 15, 1984; memo re
proper way to write an improper practice charge, December 14, 1984
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| Box 22 | Folder 2 |
Albany Regional Office: Correspondence
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1985 |
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Scope and Contents
Acrimonious exchange of open letters between Leon Lieberman, NYSUT regional coordinator,
and John Pennachio, president, Faculty Association of Adirondack Community College,
re unanimous decision by association to affiliate with NEA, September 1985; letter
from Lieberman to Jim Conti, explaining the situation; letter from Jim Conti to grievance
chairman of East Greenbush Teachers' Association discussing inability to pursue legal
action to vacate arbitrator's award in Gail Hill matter, July 19, 1985; memo re East
Greenbush retirement incentive question; information bulletin re health insurance
coverage in retirement; internal correspondence re dispute over military leave
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| Box 22 | Folder 3 |
Buffalo Regional Office: Correspondence
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1985 |
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Scope and Contents
Letter from Ron Uba re urgent need for more office space in Western New York Regional
Office, July 23; letter re dress code for Western New York Summer Workshop, detailing
specific appropriate clothing requirements; memo re NEA organizing activities; list
of Erie County presidents, 1985-1986; minutes of Erie County Council of Teacher Union
Presidents, September 24, 1985; letter from North Tonawanda Teachers Support Fund
administrator to local presidents, asking for contributions to assist teachers fined
and facing possible jail time as a result of the strike, May 31; related correspondence
re strike; meeting notice and minutes of March 12, 1985, meeting of School Related
Personnel Council of Western New York; request from Alfred- Almond Teachers Association
to change district representation from the Jamestown office to the Elmira district,
for geographical convenience, May 13; text of legislation to include 4201 (e.g., BOCES)
employees in NYS Teachers' Retirement System, with memorandum in support and cover
memo from Jim Conti, May 29; confidential letter of reprimand from Ron Uba to field
representative for failure to notify locals of inability to attend negotiating sessions,
May 14; other letters praising field representatives; confidential memo re local assessment
of NYSUT services, May 3; memo from Ron Uba to Jim Conti analyzing NYSUT's attempts
to organize retirees, noting disproportionate effort relative to results, February
28; memo re rights to unemployment insurance by employees of religious institutions,
March 21; memo re PERB case in Hamburg Central School District; announcement of political
action workshop
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| Box 22 | Folder 4 |
Elmsford Regional Office: Correspondence
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1985 |
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Scope and Contents
Correspondence re grievance of music teacher over transfer because of declining enrollment
in South Orangetown district, JulySeptember; memo re Supreme Court decision re public
assistance to parochial schools, July 3; correspondence re meeting of AFL-CIO Safety
and Health Committee; Charging Party's Exceptions in Port Jervis Teachers' Association
case, asserting that PERB has jurisdiction, May 16, 1985; text of legislation to include
4201 (e.g., BOCES) employees in NYS Teachers' Retirement System, with memorandum in
support and cover memo from Jim Conti, May 29; materials re Empire Plan, including
Empire Plan Memorandum from the CSEA, Inc., overview of benefits; summary of arbitration
cases re salary advancement for teachers earning law degrees; Elmsford Regional Office
Staff Assignments 1985-1986; letter from Jim Conti to president of the Newburgh Teachers
Association re NYSUT response to requests for assistance with safety and health problems,
possible affiliation with NYCOSH, March 21, and related correspondence; memos re questionnaire
re Port Jervis strike, March; memos re Cornwall Secretaries Group, noting lack of
interest by SEIU, intention by NYSUT to move to affiliate them; memo from Jim Conti
re Katz matter in East Ramapo re sick bank committee, reluctance to file Freedom of
Information request against district, January 11
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| Box 22 | Folder 5 |
Mid: Hudson Regional Office-Correspondence
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1985 |
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Scope and Contents
Blue Shield of Northeastern New York, Inc., "State Plus Proposal Given to Rhinebeck
Central School"; booklet by Department of Civil Service, "Health Insurance for Your
Dependents: The New York State Government Employees Health Insurance Plan"; NYSUT
regional office newsletters, Mid-Hudson School Bell; memo to Jim Conti expressing
concern raised by president of Red Hook Faculty Association over process for selecting
local leaders (in this case, an individual who was no longer a member of the bargaining
unit) for special training programs, need to consult the regional coordinator, September
3; letter to NYSUT president Tom Hobart from the Hudson Teachers' Association dinner
chairman, inviting him to attend community service dinner, with attached memo from
Jim Conti re proper channel of communication; brief report on Mid-Hudson Regional
Conference, to Jan Conti, regional coordinator, from Jim Conti, August 28; correspondence
re welfare trust funds by various locals, and text of fund agreement for Wappingers
Federation of Transit-Custodial and Maintenance Workers; draft recommendation of the
Sub-Committee on Crisis Support/Management; correspondence re Mid-Hudson Leadership
Conference; tentative agenda; court decision in Dutchess County BOCES v. Newman et
al., annulling PERB decision, Jun 11, 1985; PERB decision of administrative law judge
in the matter of County of Putnam, respondent, and Putnam County Unit, Local 840,
Civil Service Employees Association, Inc., AFSCME, AFL-CIO, charging party, re dress
code, May 3, 1985; letter to NYSUT president Tom Hobart from president of Wappingers
Congress of Teachers, authorizing school monitors in the district to form a secondary
local, the Wappingers Federation of Educational Assistants, March 28; correspondence
with Monticello Teachers Association re settlement of 1983 grievance arbitration for
teacher denied access to sick bank, March April, 1985; correspondence between Jim
Conti and director of organizing for CSEA re lack of interest by CSEA in organizing
Pine Plains Central School, March April; arbitration seminar description and registration
form; "A Report on the Plight of the Collective Bargaining System," January 1984,
New York State Assembly Standing Committee on Labor; letter from Jim Conti to Vito
DeLeonardis re two cases in which NYSUT took action on behalf of locals or teachers
against its better judgment, under threat of disaffiliation or losing a representation
election, need to make decisions based on merits January 10; Dutchess United Educators
Handbook, 1984-1985; Retirement Handbook, September 1984; memo re dual health insurance
enrollment at Wappingers Falls, September 10, 1984; work schedule statistics of MHRO
(Mid-Hudson Regional Office) field representatives, total hours; local bargaining
units added since opening of MHRO; support rationale for addition of field rep in
MHRO; correspondence with Jim Conti re disability retirement case, Wechinsky v. New
York Teachers' Retirement System, August November 1985; correspondence from actuaries
with Jim Conti re State Plus health insurance plan for Rhinebeck Central School District,
related memo from NYS Department of Civil Service
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| Box 22 | Folder 6 |
Nassau Regional Office: Correspondence
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1985 |
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Scope and Contents
Memo to Vito DeLeonardis from regional office coordinator re dissatisfaction over
comparable worth by secretaries at Wantagh (with attached letter) as indicative of
larger problem, potential for other unions such as NEA and Teamsters to fill the gap
if non-teaching school-related personnel feel NYSUT is not representing them well,
October 25, 1985; appeals before the Commissioner of Education re work load by teachers
in the Guilderland Central School District; memos to local presidents and coordinators
re new Empire health insurance plan, replacing G.H.I. and other statewide health insurance
plans, October 9 and 25; status report re pilot program for collecting membership
data, initial resistance, analysis of how to proceed, March 18; memos re retiree health
insurance legislation; flyer for health and safety conference for Nassau and Suffolk
locals, with cover memo by sponsor, New York Committee for Occupational Safety and
Health (NYCOSH), October 4; C. B. Bulletin, newsletters for Nassau Regional Office,
April, May, June, September, October, December 1985; Newsday newspaper clipping re
decertification filed by Nassau Community College Federation of Teachers, representing
full-time faculty members, against the Adjunct Faculty Association, with cover memo
from Jim Conti to Tom Hobart, September 30; longer memo from Conti to Hobart re Nassau
Community College situation, September 23; memo from Jim Conti re concerns about participating
in Long Island Health Care Coalition, Inc., August 27; bylaws and related correspondence;
text of legislation to include 4201 (e.g., BOCES) employees in NYS Teachers' Retirement
System, with memorandum in support and cover memo from Jim Conti, May 29; document
by State Education Department, "School District Reorganization: An Introduction,"
December 1984, with cover memo by Jim Conti, May 21, 1985; correspondence re health
and safety concerns at Nassau Community College, January March 1985
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| Box 22 | Folder 7 |
New York City Regional Office: Correspondence
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1984-1985 |
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Scope and Contents
Flyer and memo for conference on the electromagnetic hazards of VDTs (video display
terminals: computer monitors), October 5, 1984; text of legislation to include 4201
(e.g., BOCES) employees in NYS Teachers' Retirement System, with memorandum in support
and cover memo from Jim Conti, May 29; memos noting support by many labor organizations
for state OSHA legislation, with attached summary of bill, March 1985; inquiry from
teacher who had been a part-time substitute for years and then a full-time substitute
for years but was never informed of her right to join the teachers retirement system,
related memos, September 1985
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| Box 22 | Folder 8 |
Potsdam Regional Office: Correspondence
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1985 |
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Scope and Contents
Request for continued secretarial help after PEF operation moved from Potsdam office
to Plattsburgh office, September 4, 1985; list of negative comments from local presidents,
September 3, 1985; memos re retirement incentives, deferred compensation
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| Box 22 | Folder 9 |
Rochester Regional Office: Correspondence
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1985 |
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Scope and Contents
Notes on a Meeting with Assembly Minority Leader Dan Walsh and Superintendents and
Board Representatives from School Districts within the 130th Assembly District, by
Gananda school board member Ruben Cirillo, discussing school aid, teachers' salaries,
other issues, with cover memo to Jim Conti, November 11, 1985; PERB decision of administrative
law judge in the matter of Caledonia Central School District, respondent, and Caledonia-Mumford
Teachers' Association, charging party, re alleged violation of Public Employees' Fair
Employment Act by transferring elementary school teachers inconsistent with prior
practice, July 1, 1985; memos re Wayne County survey of teachers, July; NYSUT legal
counsel's opinion of Cayuga- Onondaga BOCES interpretation of Garcia case, re coverage
of public employees by Fair Labor Standards Act; memo from Jim Conti outlining his
concept for a support system for strikes, September 24; memo re Rochester Women's
Network, asking NYSUT vice president Toni Cortese to speak at meeting, September 11;
memo from Jim Conti to NYSUT legal counsel James Sandner re unemployment eligibility
question for teacher in the Rochester City School District, August 21, with attached
materials from Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board; materials re workshop, "Bargaining
for Improved Health Care"; correspondence re Hilton Central School Teachers' Association
question of 2510 (tenure) rights for teacher who voluntarily transferred, May; memo
re possible organizing Wayne Central school district, April 23; NYSUT legal counsel's
opinion of layoff/recall rights (bumping back into former unit when there is no vacancy,
forcing a layoff) in case of teacher at Webster Central School District, March-April;
briefing paper for meeting with (deputy commissioner) Don Nolan re teacher certification
disputes, with attached memo from Charles Santelli to Jim Conti, April; letter to
NYSUT president Tom Hobart from Phelps-Clifton Springs Faculty Association requesting
legal help in resolving asbestos problem, March 5, and related memos; memo recommending
new NYSUT panel members for 3020a hearings, noting increase in those hearings, February
13; confidential memo from Jim Conti to Vito Leonardis re field representative staff
assignments, January 8
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| Box 22 | Folder 10 |
Suffolk Regional Office: Correspondence
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1985 |
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Scope and Contents
Memo re growing dissatisfaction by non-teaching School-Related Personnel (SRPs) with
NYSUT's perceived lack of representation and focus on teachers, October 25; memo re
new affiliate, Islip Teacher Aides Association, November 14; memo re difficulties
in obtaining a contract at three locals, particularly BOCES 2, potential for strikes,
November 4; letter from U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to NYCOSH, asserting
that higher-than-average mortality rate from breast cancer among teachers at AFT local
1848 (Island Trees, Long Island) was similar to that of a study conducted in Washington
State, and could be explained by higher rates among women meeting their demographic
profile, concluding that an occupational study of the group would not be warranted,
July 26, 1985; letter from NYCOSH to National Cancer Institute Environmental Epidemiology
Branch, noting attached interim report indicating higher-than-average cancer mortality
rate among Island Trees (Long Island) teachers, requesting study by NCI, May 14; announcement
for negotiation workshop, November; letter to Patchogue-Medford Congress of Teachers
president from NYSUT general counsel re drug testing of prospective employees, June
20; list of salary increases at various locals/school districts; letter to NYSUT president
Tom Hobart from Half Hollow Hills Paraprofessional Association, complaining of lack
of help in negotiating contract, short staffing at Suffolk office, low value for high
dues, with reply from Hobart, May-June; memo to Hobart from Jim Conti re Half Hollow
situation, June 19; memo from Jim Conti to regional office coordinator John DeGregorio
asking whether more staff service can be provided to the association, May 29; memo
re collective bargaining elections scheduled at Northport and St. John's, June 6;
memo from Jim Conti requesting estimate of how much it would cost for meals and housing
to hold a conference in New York City per day, May 3; related discussion re speakers,
topics for discussion; request to Public Employment Relations Board (PERB) to provide
a mediator in dispute between Suffolk BOCES II and BOCES II Teachers Association,
reply that mediator would not be provided, March 11, 1985; PERB decision in BOCES
case re reporting accumulated sick time, November 14, 1984; handwritten notes re meeting
with Suffolk staff, June 20, 1985; "Report from the Bay Shore Classroom Teachers Association
Committee to Survey NYSUT/AFT Services," with cover letter to NYSUT president Tom
Hobart from president of association, noting dissatisfaction with services, May 24;
confidential memo to Tom Hobart from regional office coordinator John DeGregorio re
interpretation of issues, assertion that rank-and- file do not favor disaffiliation,
June 7; letter to Hobart from Bay Shore association president re computer system problems,
January 15; reply from Hobart to association president, April 15; survey of Bay Shore
teachers re satisfaction with services; complaint by president of Patchogue Medford
Congress of Teachers over advice by NYSUT legal staff re urine drug testing, failure
to obtain restraining order, June 10; correspondence with Jim Conti including letter
from Mount Sinai Medical Center Environmental Sciences Laboratory noting detection
of asbestos and chlordane in half the locations tested at Cold Spring Harbor Elementary
School, advising contacting the EPA, April 29; letter from NYCOSH re low asbestos
air sampling results at Lindenhurst Junior High School library, May 2; arbitration
decision finding against a termination grievance brought for teacher Nancy Barton,
in the matter of William Floyd United Teachers and William Floyd United Free School
District of the Mastics-Moriches-Shirley, and extensive related correspondence, March-April;
letter to Jim Conti from NYS Department of Labor Division of Safety and Health re
environmental tests at Cold Spring Harbor Elementary School, noting inconclusive,
pending, or negative results for water contamination or asbestos, small quantities
of chlordane, April 8; related correspondence and full test reports; memo re OSHA
problem in district office involving fumes from office equipment, need for exhaust
fan, March 20; memos between Jim Conti and regional office coordinator John DeGregorio
re staff training, March; memo from Jim Conti to Chuck Santelli re state health insurance
rules, March 28; memos re need to investigate possible OSHA violations at various
school districts, February-March; memo that Amityville Committee of Educational Secretaries
had voted to affiliate with NYSUT, February 22; memo from Jim Conti to Arbitration
Committee with attached list of items that should be on forms re arbitrators and arbitrations,
February 25; legal opinion by NYSUT general counsel James Sandner to North Babylon
Teachers Organization president re arbitration award by Phillip Russo in Globerman
& Evario case, February 22; memos between Jim Conti, Tom Hobart, and John DeGregorio
re survey by Bay Shore Classroom Teachers Association re satisfaction with NYSUT services,
possible disaffiliation vote, strategy, January; letter to NYSUT president Tom Hobart
from Brentwood Teachers Association president complaining of poor communication with
NYSUT state headquarters in Albany re state insurance plan, with reply, January; summary
report of Regional Finance Study of Public Education, County of Suffolk, New York,
March 1983, by Regional Planning Board
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| Box 22 | Folder 11 |
Syracuse Regional Office: Correspondence
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1985 |
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Scope and Contents
Letters from regional coordinator Frank Squillace to locals engaged in contract negotiations,
notifying them that their field representative would be relieved by another NYSUT
staffer for those negotiations, November14; opinion by NYSUT general counsel re Cayuga-Onondaga
BOCES Garcia interpretation of Fair Labor Standards Act; correspondence re Teacher
Compensation Conference; correspondence re takeover by BOCES of summer school offered
by Auburn High School, legality of lower pay offered to non-BOCES teachers under contract
with high school, May-June; correspondence re liability insurance being offered to
Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals by Albert H. Wohlers Insurance Company,
May; letter with question re seniority status of teachers who take administrative
positions for a time, then return to full-time teaching, April; memo re West Genesee
Substitute Teachers' Association application for affiliation with NYSUT, April 1;
letter from Frank Squillace re successful incorporation of adjunct personnel in full-time
faculty bargaining unit at Onondaga Community College; April 1; report to file by
Jim Conti re meeting he had with Syracuse Regional Office, March 25
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| Box 22 | Folder 12 |
Utica Regional Office: Correspondence
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1985 |
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Scope and Contents
Report, "School District Reorganization: An Introduction," State Education Department,
December 1984, with cover letter from Jim Conti, May 21, 1985, other memos requesting
information on school mergers, April; summary of notes from TV training program, May
16; materials obtained re NEA legislative objectives, sent to NYSUT-affiliated community
colleges, March; request to Jim Conti for copy from the legal department of Commissioner's
decision in the Matter of Richardson, re letters of reprimand, and reason for NYSUT's
not having received it and potentially others, December 12, 1984
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| Box 22 | Folder 13 |
Vestal/Southern Tier Regional Office: Correspondence
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1985 |
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Scope and Contents
Court of Appeals decision affirming dismissal of teachers' petition against Sewanhaka
Central High School district's reduction in health insurance contribution on behalf
of retirees, with cover memo, December 16; letter from job applicant for field rep
position, June 6; copy of Public Employment Reporter, with cover memo to Jim Conti
from regional coordinator Charles Rogers suggesting possible subscription, October;
decision of the Commissioner in Marie Connor v. Board of Education, Massapequa Union
Free School District, re appointment of another individual to an administrative position,
July 14; monthly report, June; NYSUT Division of Field Service newsletter, Southern
Tier Briefs, June; memos re Commissioner's Regulations, Part 100.2(1), requiring school
districts to adopt a School Conduct and Discipline Procedure, with attached policy
adopted by Charlotte Valley, October 31; brochure explaining "just cause," with cover
memo to Jim Conti, October 22; comparison of Empire Plan with other health insurance
plans; memo to Jim Conti requesting information on quality circles and labor-management
committees, July 22; memo re change in regional office serving the Alfred-Almond Teachers
Association, from Western New York Regional Office-Jamestown to Southern Tier Regional
Office, June 13; printout of open litigation files in NYSUT office of general counsel
for Vestal service center as of 5/16/85; list of NYSUT representatives to tenure hearing
panel, with recommended replacements, May 16; letters to field representatives thanking
them for good work, April 8; long memo from Jim Conti re PERB procedure for accretion,
March 21; related memos, March 1; memos re legality of deducting negotiated benefit
in lieu of salary (Sidney Teachers Association), March; memos re Broome-Tioga joint
administration of health insurance, with attached opinion of the state comptroller
(most important passages obscured by highlighter, appearing black on copy), February
15, relevant text from General Municipal Law, and Trust Agreement, January 14; memo
re staff meeting of Southern Tier Regional Office, February 12; text of Section 25(4)
of Workers' Compensation Law; newspaper clipping from Cortland Standard re Tompkins-Cortland
Community College part-time faculty seeking union affiliation, November 16, 1984
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| Box 22 | Folder 14 |
Watertown Regional Office: Correspondence
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1985 |
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Scope and Contents
Inquiry re standard wording of contract agreement, need to modify, June
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| Box 22 | Folder 15 |
Organizing Correspondence
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1983-1985 |
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Scope and Contents
Organizing Correspondence 1983-1986 Memo re strategy for organizing Methodist Hospital,
October 11, 1985; debriefing memo re organizing campaign at Jefferson Rehabilitation
Center, October 11, 1985; copy of article in Heathcare Financial Management, "Unionization
in the hospital industry: How are wages affected?" August 1985; memo re attached flyer
targeting health care professionals, with suggestions for shorter slogan, October
11, 1985; organizing bulletin re counterfeit promotions designed to exclude pro-union
employees from voting in affiliation elections, September 1985; other issues of newsletter;
newspaper clipping from Washington Post re unionization movement among physicians,
to retain more control over medical decisions in response to insurance company regulations,
August 12, 1985; newspaper clipping re nurse protest against layoffs at Lockport Memorial
Hospital, October 1, 1985; long, detailed memo to file from Jim Conti re organizing
activities on July 15-16, 1985, including meetings with several people from New York
Cityarea hospitals, nurses association; confidential memo from Jim Conti to Vito DeLeonardis
re nurse organizing, strong conviction by contacts that nurses do not want to belong
to a teacher's union, need to establish a separate organizational identity that nevertheless
maintains legal tie to NYSUT, August 12, 1985; memo discussing PERB decisions (Williamsville
and Hamburg cases) that would make organizing substitutes in small and medium sized
school districts more difficult, June 14, 1985; resume of potential nurse organizer,
July 18, 1985; memo to Jim Conti reorganizing efforts at Wayne Central Education Association
(NEA), May 20, 1985, with cover memo from Jim Conti asking whether a survey might
be helpful, June 17; application for local charter with Federation of Nurses and Health
Professionals, with cover memo noting discontinuation of professional liability insurance
as option, April 26, 1985; memos re PERB procedure re accretion, FebruaryMarch 1985;
summary of survey of adjunct faculty at Nassau Community College re representation
by full-time faculty association, concern over preserving seniority rights, March
1, 1985; long memo from Jim Conti (tracking attached handwritten memo to Jim Conti
from organizing coordinator John O'Leary) discussing staffing, January 8, 1985; article
from Industrial and Labor Relations Review, "The Influence of Management Consultants
on the Outcome of Union Certification Elections," October 1984, with cover memo to
organizers from John O'Leary, December 10, 1984; long, detailed memo from John O'Leary
to Jim Conti and John DeGregorio analyzing the nurses (RN) organizing campaign at
St. John's hospital in Smithtown, October 31, 1984; memo from John O'Leary re survey
for organizing college clerical employees, February 13, 1985; memo from Jim Conti
re meeting re possibility of enlisting UUP's (United University Professions) help
in organizing health care workers, need to establish health- care identity within
NYSUT, July 19, 1983
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| Box 23 | Folder 1 |
Coordinator's Memos
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1986 |
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Scope and Contents
Memo from Jim Conti to regional staff directors re PERB decisions re subcontracting
of summer school teachers and programs to BOCES, with attached text of decisions,
December 17, 1986; informational brochure re Workers' Compensation; publication by
New York State Health Maintenance Organization Council, "HMO: a good idea that keeps
getting better all the time"; memo from Jim Conti re Excellence in Teaching (EIT)
payments and retirement credits, December 4; salary schedule increases for 1985-86
and 1986-87; memo from Jim Conti asking for financial help for the health care workers
of the Benjamin-Rush Employees Union, ten of whom lost their jobs after a 20-day strike,
November 24, 1986; request from Jim Conti for bargaining load for each field representative
for the year, with attached form, November 11; list of arbitration grievance issues
for tracking; improper practice charge against the Rome school district, filed by
the Rome Teachers Association, over Excellence in Teaching (EIT) funds, with cover
letter noting that the Rome Board of Education had since applied for the funds, and
the teachers' association would likely be withdrawing the charge, September 22; memo
from Jim Conti to regional staff directors advising them that the State Education
Department would likely consider applications for Excellence in Teaching funds even
if school districts applied beyond the expired deadline, October 9; briefing paper,
"Teacher Salaries and the Excellence in Teaching Law," September 22; memo with sample
Improper Practice Charge that locals might use when school districts do not apply
for Excellence in Teaching funds, September 18; text of address by attorney for school
boards, Melvin H. Osterman, Jr., "Alcohol and Drug Abuse in the Schools," presented
at the first annual School Conference of the Capital Area, School Development Association,
July 14, 1986, with cover memo from Jim Conti to regional staff directors, September
19; request from Jim Conti to regional staff directors re status of negotiations over
EIT monies, August 26; text of Comments on Briffault Report on Agency Fee, prepared
for PERB Agency Fee Symposium, September 9, 1986, presented by Bernard F. Ashe, Esq.,
general counsel, NYSUT, with cover memo from Jim Conti to regional staff directors;
confidential memo from Robert Allen to regional staff directors re private meeting
to be held one day before the regular meeting to discuss how Field Services Department
officers (Allen, Jim Conti, Vito De Leonardis) could be of more help to the staff
directors, August 18; State of New York Workers' Compensation Board brochure, "Physicians'
Guide to Workers' Compensation, Disability Benefits, Volunteer Firefighter Benefits,"
with cover memo from Jim Conti to regional staff directors, August 14; correspondence
re additional fees charged to teaching assistants (school-related personnel) who apply
to the State Education Department for continuing certification, including exchange
of letters between Commissioner Gordon Ambach and NYSUT vice president Antonia Cortese,
June-July; salary schedule increases for 1985-86 and 1986-87, October 11; memo from
Jim Conti to regional staff directors re phone banks for Cuomo/Lundine campaign, need
to keep records in order for filing purposes, July 16; program for Summer Institute
for Union Women; Information Bulletins re state funding for Teacher Centers; detailed
memo from Jim Conti with recommendations for implementing EIT legislation, June 9;
memos re reduction in employer contribution to New York State Teachers Retirement
System, May 22; memo from Jim Conti with attached legislative bulletin from the New
York State School Boards Association opposing certain Excellence in Teaching regulations,
May 22; information release by the New York State Social Security Agency re new federal
law requiring coverage under Medicare of new public employees not covered under Social
Security; memo re draft regulations for Excellence in Teaching legislation; question
and answer sheet re Excellence in Teaching program with respect to BOCES; memo to
the counsel to the Governor re Excellence in Teaching legislation, April 17; fact
sheet re New Jersey's Right-to-Know law, with attached negotiations checklist; strategy
memo from Jim Conti to coordinators re Excellence in Teaching apportionment, April
23; memo to coordinators from Vito DeLeonardis re upcoming training session for field
representatives to provide retirement consultation services to School-Related Personnel,
following complaints that NYSUT was not providing the same services for SRPs as it
was for teachers, April 23; memo re Excellence in Teaching legislation, including
description of major aspects of the teacher salary aid, and excerpt from text of legislation,
April 14; briefing paper on the status and progress at the Workers' Compensation Board,
March 14; memo to coordinators from Jim Conti re procedure for legal representation
by NYSUT in cases where teachers choose a disciplinary procedure other than a 3020a
hearing, March 18; materials re AFT Local Leaders' Conference, March 12; Bureau of
National Affairs article on real value of minimum wage, at lowest level since 1955,
with cover memo to coordinators; Bureau of National Affairs article re supreme Court's
setting of agency fees by unions, with cover memo
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| Box 23 | Folder 2 |
Albany Regional Office Legal File
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1986 |
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Scope and Contents
Request for assignment of NYSUT attorney in sex abuserelated 3020a case against teacher
(also charged criminally) in Johnstown school district, December 4; memos re pay grievance
of teacher at Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake district, recommendation for Article 78 proceeding
instead, November; memo re teacher at Ravena-Coeymans-Selkirk district refusing to
pay agency fee for religious reasons; October 31; memos with NYSUT legal counsel re
Shenendehowa school district direction to teachers that violation of copyright laws
would not be covered under the Save Harmless provisions of Education Law, October;
memo re investigation of sexual abuse reports against teacher at Whitehall school
district, determined by both local school board and Grand Jury to be unfounded, failure
to communicate findings to State Education Department, subsequent letter from SED
that it was opening an investigation, August 27; request for legal assistance to appeal
case to Commissioner as violation of Commissioner's Regulations re teaching assignment
that brought subject-certified East Greenbush teacher to just under full time, replaced
.1 with teacher not certified in subject area, September; request for legal assistance
for Adirondack Cooperative Teachers' Association (Washington-Warren-Hamilton-Essex
BOCES) full-time teacher being laid off for a part-time teacher, in violation of 2510
rights, July; request for legal assistance for teacher suspended and charged in 3020a
case in Johnstown school district, June; request for NYSUT attorney consultation to
advise on layoff consequences of annexation of Draper school district by Mohonasen
district, May; request for legal assistance for the Guilderland Teachers Association,
charged, with the school district, with sex discrimination by four school nurses,
for whom the NYS Division of Human Rights found probable cause, April; request for
legal assistance for teacher charged with 3020a (incompetency) violation in Mohonasen
school district, with attached specifics, April; requests for representation in other
3020a cases in Hadley-Luzerne and Schenectady-Albany-Schoharie BOCES; request for
legal opinion in East Greenbush case involving 2510 recall rights, January
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| Box 23 | Folder 3 |
Elmsford Regional Office Legal File
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1986 |
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Scope and Contents
Correspondence re dispute over effective date of resignation of teacher at Valley
Central School District, impact on health insurance coverage, MarchMay
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| Box 23 | Folder 4 |
Mid: Hudson Regional Office Legal File
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1986 |
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Scope and Contents
Request for legal assistance for teacher in second 3020a case (conduct unbecoming
a teacher, for slapping a student), Poughkeepsie City School District, with attached
specifics December 16; request for legal assistance for teacher in 3020a case (incompetence,
for absenteeism), Hyde Park school district, December; request for legal advice re
rights of unmarried 40-year-old high school teacher considering becoming pregnant
by artificial insemination, following several unsuccessful adoption attempts, New
Paltz Central School District, November; PERB decision in matter of Greenville Central
School District, respondent, and Greenville Faculty Association, charging party, re
unilaterally increasing number of teacher workdays for 1985-86 school year, October
15; request for legal assistance for teacher in 3020a case (violation of policy against
corporal punishment) at Ichabod Crane Central School, December; request for legal
assistance for teacher in 3020a case (incompetence, for failure to obtain certification),
related correspondence requesting extension, noting illness as extenuating circumstance,
Hudson City School District, September; request for legal assistance for teacher in
3020a case (conduct unbecoming a teacher, for abusive language) at Highland Central
School District, June; request for legal assistance for teacher in 3020a case (conduct
unbecoming a teacher, for spanking), Poughkeepsie City School District, June; request
for legal assistance for teacher in 3020a case (conduct unbecoming a teacher, for
several instances of physical contact or speech considered inappropriate by the district),
Hyde Park Central School, June; memo re request by teacher for extension of probationary
period, constituting waiver of tenure by acquiescence, Livingston Manor, June; correspondence
re 3020a charges against teacher at Rhinebeck school district, June; correspondence
re 3020a charges against teacher at Wappingers Central School District (insubordination,
for failure to submit to examination by district-appointed psychiatrist; question
of impartiality), May; request for legal assistance for teacher in 3020a case (misconduct
constituting a crime, conviction for aggravated harassment), Catskill Central Schools,
May; correspondence, including reports of classroom observations by parent and by
assistant superintendent for curriculum and instruction, re level of instruction by
teacher at New Paltz Central Schools, allegations of slapping, description of resolution,
September 1985-April 1, 1986; request for legal assistance for teacher in 3020a case
(misconduct, for attempting to fix speeding ticket), Poughkeepsie Public School District,
April; request for legal assistance for teacher in deciding whether to pursue case
against Ellenville district through 3020a proceedings (incompetence and conduct unbecoming
a teacher, for using racial slurs and physical violence against students), Article
78 (lawsuit), or other avenue, March; request for legal assistance for teacher in
3020a case (conduct unbecoming a teacher, use of corporal punishment), Delaware Valley
school district, March; request for legal assistance in 3020a case (conduct unbecoming
a teacher, for a variety of infractions) at Hyde Park school district, January; request
for legal opinion re filing an Article 78 proceeding over a Freedom of Information
request, Highland school district, December, 1986; request for legal assistance in
3020a case (insubordination, for refusing to follow directions of principal), Poughkeepsie
City School District, December; request for legal assistance in 3020a case (misconduct,
for physical altercation with student), Millbrook school district
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| Box 23 | Folder 5 |
Nassau Regional Office Legal File
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1986 |
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Scope and Contents
NYSUT legal opinion on interest due American Express on Mailgram expenses during 1985
strike, June 18; legal question to NSUT counsel re whether proper procedures were
followed by New Hyde Park-Garden City school district in principal's placing letter
of reprimand in teacher's file, whether 3020a proceeding should have determined action,
March 18; related case at Uniondale, re letter of reprimand for failure to verify
illness, April 3; correspondence re Hewlett-Woodmere probationary teacher who resigned
at district's request to teach in other subject area, question of tenure, March; correspondence
re tenured Nassau BOCES teacher, certified in ornamental horticulture, reduction in
assignment, consolidation of his position with non- tenure area, April 8; legal opinion
that Rockville Centre School District was not required to continue health insurance
coverage to Title I teachers who retire, absent written agreement, March 21; request
for legal opinion re whether teacher aides on school buses can be required to submit
to fingerprinting with the Nassau County police, April 3; request for legal opinion
re decision of Plainedge Public Schools to teach Latin in junior high school, assignment
of certain teachers certified to teach Latin, two of whom were about to be excessed,
April 16; request for legal opinion re effect on tenure status of assignment of classes
outside tenure area for teacher in Syosset Public Schools, April 22; memo re possible
legal action re alleged slander of union negotiating team by member of the Wantagh
Board of Education, April 22; memo re Garden City teacher informed that she would
not be recommended for tenure, meeting to discuss legal options, April 24; memo re
meeting with legal staff and teacher at East Rockaway district re rights under 913
of Education Law re 3020a case, May 7; materials re denial of tenure of Great Neck
teacher after unsatisfactory classroom evaluation despite previous good evaluations,
meeting to discuss legal options, May 14; memo setting up legal consultation re rights
of Hempstead teacher who was notified that he would not be reappointed because of
poor evaluation, September 9; memo re case of possibly punitive reassignment of duties
of vice president of Uniondale Teachers Association, legally blind diabetic/partial
amputee, tenured classroom teacher now given physically demanding assignments (hall
patrol, playground duty, bus duty), October 1; memo re involuntary assignment of teacher
tenured in instruction of the deaf to class of hearing but special-needs students,
Farmingdale Federation of Teachers, September 24; question of assignments exceeding
daily teaching load at Locust Valley Public Schools, possible violation of Commissioner's
Regulations section 100.2(i), September 24; legal opinion re pay for days worked by
teacher at East Rockaway, November 19
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| Box 23 | Folder 6 |
North Country Legal File (Potsdam, Plattsburgh, Watertown)
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1986 |
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Scope and Contents
Memo to Jim Conti thanking him for approving the filing of an Improper Practice charge,
which had the desired effect of inducing the Massena Board of Education to ratify
the contract with the teachers association, December 10; memo re possible Article
78 proceeding against Salmon Run Central School District for attempting to hire uncertified,
non-unit non-teacher for hockey coaching position when two other certified Salmon
River teachers applied for the position, November 24; legal opinion re possibility
of certification for teacher who was convicted of possession of marijuana when the
crime was a felony, August 26; legal opinion re alleged employment discrimination
at Wayne-Finger Lakes BOCES against recovering alcoholic, in treatment for six years,
July 9; legal opinion and lengthy related correspondence re temporary restraining
order against Salmon River for schedule change interpreted by teachers as a lengthening
of the school day, August 13; PERB interim decision in the matter of Edwards-Russell
Central School District, employer, and Edwards-Russell Teachers Association, petitioner,
and Edwards Teachers' Association, intervenor; memo to Jim Conti re possibility of
several 3020a cases arising out of child abuse allegations at Putnam Central School
District, with attached newspaper clipping, May-June
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| Box 23 | Folder 7 |
Rochester Regional Office Legal File
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1986 |
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Scope and Contents
Memo re layoff procedures in consolidation of two Rush-Henrietta School District high
schools, November 21; memo re inquiry from Webster Teachers Association as to whether
homosexuality in and of itself constitutes moral turpitude under 3020a and is grounds
for termination, and related questions, September 15; request for interpretation of
provision in Spencerport collective bargaining agreement re tuition reimbursement,
May 21; memo re professional misconduct charge against school nurse in Rush-Henrietta
school district for one instance of dispensing medication not in accordance with procedure
when parents could not be contacted, July 1; correspondence re updating of records
at State Education Department, resulting in Notice of Substantial Question as to Moral
Character for teacher at Fairport regarding apparent false statement re teaching certificate,
possibility of clerical errors involving incorrect Social Security number and other
filing issues, June 24; question of taxability of employee tuition reimbursement,
May-June; memo re permanent key punch operator and member of Greece Support Services
Employees Association, denied getting her job back following long-term disability
leave for cancer, February-June; legal opinion advising that NYSUT not attempt to
appeal case of tenured physical education teacher granted 4-year leave of absence
at East Irondequoit and later excessed, related text of court decision, correspondence
from NEA, May; request for legal assistance for suspended teacher at Clyde school
district, question of whether to defend dismissal via 3020a procedure or binding arbitration,
April; memos re 3020a charges at Spencerport and Gates-Chili school districts, February;
correspondence re salary dispute by teacher who resigned mid-year from Romulus Central
School District, February 5
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| Box 23 | Folder 8 |
Southern Tier Legal File (Binghamton, Elmira)
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1986 |
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Scope and Contents
Memo requesting legal opinion re authority of Superintendent of Otselic Valley schools
to fire a bus driver without authorization by the full Board of Education, March;
memos re 3020a cases in Elmira school district, March 17, 1987, and December 16, 1986;
state Supreme Court legal decision re Gary Stokotelny v. Elmira School District, December
1, 1986; arbitration award re dismissal of teacher by Elmira school district, memo
re non-compliance of school district, need to compel enforcement, September 17; memo
re human rights complaint by teacher against the Newfield Central School District,
February 25, with copy of complaint; correspondence re denial of military service
credit by the Teacher Retirement System to a teacher retired from Acova school district,
February-June; memos re prior service credit at Endicott-Union School District, decision
to pursue matter (citing competition with NEA) in spite of remote likelihood of success,
May; claim against Elmira City School District for assigning guidance counselor outside
his tenure area to an adult career counseling program, with NYSUT memo noting that
assignment was for less than 50% of regular duties, thus not jeopardizing tenure rights,
March; related correspondence, February; memos re teacher load at Chenango Valley
school district, February; materials re 3020a case (physical or mental disability)
for teacher at Watkins Glen, January; correspondence re qualifications for certification
in health education for teacher in Elmira school district, October 1985-January 1986
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| Box 23 | Folder 9 |
Suffolk Regional Office Legal File
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1986 |
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Scope and Contents
Correspondence re teacher who had been laid off from Commack School District, then
relocated to Vermont, then was recalled six years later but had since retired, question
of whether he was still eligible for recall, August-September; letter re teacher who
wanted to return to work after a long period of sick leave/disability following an
automobile accident, July 10; state Supreme Court decision upholding PERB decision
for Suffolk County Community College, with cover memo to Jim Conti re appeal, February;
memo from field representative to legal staff re teacher at Elwood district whose
appointment as probationary teacher was changed retroactively to permanent substitute,
question of rights, seniority accrual, March 6; memo from field representative to
legal staff re teachers at West Islip who had been serving as long-term substitutes,
now filing a grievance and complaint of age discrimination with Human Rights Division,
March 5; memos re policy at Brentwood district requiring teachers to use their private
vehicles to transport sick students to doctor or home, question of liability for accidents,
charges of molestation, need for written legal opinion, February; memo re failure
to be recalled to a vacancy for teacher at Kings Park district, February 5; question
of seniority for teacher at Cold Spring Harbor district, January 23; request for legal
assistance for teacher at Three Villages district, convicted of 25 felony counts of
forgery and grand larceny, January 22; memo re tenured Northport physical education
teacher believed by district to have forged education credentials, January 16; memo
re teacher at Port Jefferson School District facing possible lawsuit by parents of
student whom she drove to her home upon finding no one home at student's residence,
March 20; memo re million-dollar civil suit being filed against Central Islip school
district and teacher who pled guilty to misdemeanor for striking a student, March
19; memo re teacher who had not been working but drawing full salary and benefits
for nearly ten years following an injury from an assault by a parent, attempts by
Sayville school district to compel him to return to work, settlement offer re resignation,
taking disability retirement, March 26; memo re 3020a charges against teacher at Middle
Island district, April 14; memo re teacher at Elwood school district whose application
for disability leave was processed incorrectly as disability retirement, embarrassment
at narrow reappointment vote by school board, position that vote was unnecessary and
inappropriate, May 1; memo re change in job title of certified social worker to peer
counselor at Three Villages district, appointment as temporary rather than probationary,
April 30; memo re discovery by Commack business teacher that his classes were being
surreptitiously taped by a student, question of legal recourse, May 23; question of
whether teaching assignment in reading subject area would jeopardize tenure of certified
language arts teacher at Half Hollow Hills district, May 14; memo re recurring problem
at BOCES II district, excessing occupational education teachers who are qualified
to teach in related subject areas, June 18; memo re three teachers who believed that
they were not rehired by Port Jefferson district because of political scapegoating
or status as recovering alcoholic, possible contract violation, May 16; letter from
teacher at Smithtown High School with questions re tenure if assigned to teach junior
high, May 22; memo re teacher at Three Villages school district who should have been
given a probationary instead of a temporary appointment, May 16; memo re teacher from
South Huntington district who wanted to talk to a lawyer before getting a note from
his doctor that he would not be able to work for at least a semester because of a
heart condition, June 6; memo re recall rights of secondary school teacher also certified
as an elementary school teacher, facing layoff at Hauppauge district, June 19; memo
re two teachers at South Huntington district whose use of personal days off was being
investigated by school district following anonymous note, issue of violation of rights,
June 6; request for legal opinion re special education teacher at BOCES I Suffolk
who had been granted a year's unpaid leave for professional growth but wanted to rescind
it or work elsewhere, question of whether district could refuse to allow her to work
while on unpaid leave, June 23; request for legal opinion re policy at BOCES 2 (NYSUT
Local 3037, Patchogue), not giving credit for authorship of any academic publication
or computer software developed by teachers in the course of employment, claim that
policy undermines creativity, motivation to excel, academic freedom, June 9; age discrimination
charge against NYSUT local with the Division of Human Rights by former teacher at
Dowling College, June 13, and related correspondence; memo re possible retaliatory
change in summer assignment of local union president by school superintendent after
objection to change in class size at Babylon district, July 16; memo re possible litigation
on behalf of United Aides of Huntington, who had not been informed of their right
to join the State Employees' Retirement System, need to reclassify them under Civil
Service, July 16; memo re seniority matter for teacher at Hauppauge High School, July
1; correspondence re complex seniority issue re teacher at Lindenhurst district whose
one-year leave had initially been denied but later retroactively granted, with effects
years later on teachers with less seniority who would be excessed, union's position,
June; memo re East Moriches district's use of teacher assistants instead of teachers
for reading, June 27; request for legal representation for teacher at Three Villages
district who had been convicted of grand larceny and was facing possible revocation
of teaching license through hearing re substantial question as to moral character,
June 27; memo requesting legal assistance for Elwood teacher aide attempting to obtain
earlier retirement credit for service, July 24; memo requesting meeting with NYSUT
attorney over letter of reprimand received by teacher who was turned down for principal
position and wrote a letter to the editor criticizing West Babylon Board of Education,
August 13; memo re appointment history of teacher at Cold Spring Harbor district,
question of seniority, August 13; appeal in Supreme Court Appellate Division in the
matter of Patchogue-Medford Congress of Teachers v. Board of Education of the Patchogue-Medford
Union Free School District, re mandatory drug testing of probationary teachers eligible
for tenure, August 11, 1986; memo re tenure process at Half Hollow Hills district,
September 9; memo re recall rights of teacher for job opening at computer center in
BOCES 3 district, September 16; memo re possible arbitration over discontinuation
of a contract clause providing medical and dental coverage for retired teachers at
Three Villages school district, September 9; question re seniority credit procedure
for half-day kindergarten at Kings Park school district, September 3; memo discussing
coach who resigned after throwing a party for the team at which alcohol was consumed
by students, later recalled but subject to campaign to have her removed by school
board member with a personal interest in obtaining her job for her own daughter, Commack
district, September 19; newspaper clipping of Newsday article, "Drug Testing Ruled
Out for Tenure," August 12, 1986; question as to whether Laurel school district was
obligated to pay hospitalization for retired teachers, September 5; memo re contract
language allowing corporal punishment at Port Jefferson Station, September 10; question
of whether a teacher who takes sick time off and is docked pay also loses seniority,
Hauppauge district, September 24; questions re proposal to change the mission of Dowling
College and expand its campus to Puerto Rico, September 9; question re separate tenure
accumulations of teacher at Smithtown High School and Junior High, October 16; memo
re stay of arbitration in coaching issue at Riverhead school district, October 20;
question of whether lay teachers can be paid to teach religious instruction with public
funds, Madonna Heights Services, October 17; meeting re legal appointment with president
of Suffolk Child Development Center Teachers Association re center's use of pension
funds for unrelated matters, October 21; memo re disability retirement agreement (attached)
between teacher and Sayville School District, dispute over option offsetting lump-sum
payment, October 17; memo re teacher at Center Moriches district who indicated that
he was totally disabled following a year leave of absence without pay, dispute over
requirement for medical exam, November 5; memo reviewing appointment history of teacher
at Three Villages district, question of tenure area, November 4; memo re ability of
parochial school principal in Sayville district to assign nurse-teachers, with attached
letter from St. Lawrence School, November 13; request for 3020a hearing by teacher
at Port Jefferson school district to defend charges of insubordination, neglect of
duty, and conduct unbecoming a teacher, with cover memo to NYSUT legal office, October
29; memo re teacher, also a coach, who discovered that the West Islip school district
had stopped paying into his retirement system, claiming he was only a casual employee,
December 10; question of planned retirement after ten years of teaching by teacher
at Tuckahoe school district, potential refusal by district to consider him eligible
for retirement benefits, December 9; memo and transcript of conversation with teacher
at Sayville High School re alleged improper relationship with one or more students,
December 9; memos re seniority issues for occupational education teachers at BOCES
II, facing declining enrollment, December 8; letter to NYSUT general counsel James
Sandner re teacher in North Babylon School District re arbitration over status as
long-term substitute vs. per diem substitute, December 19; memo re teacher in West
Islip who was reassigned as a permanent substitute following a medical leave, December
19; memo re grievance claiming misplacement on the salary schedule, question of probationary
or permanent status, Amityville, December 18; memo re teacher suspended with pay following
long leave of absence, allegations by student, dismissal hearing, Middle Country Central
School, November 21; memo re seniority question involving mistake in appointment of
teacher at Elwood school district, resulting in slightly more seniority for teacher,
now in dispute over excessing with another teacher, November 29; memo re possible
discharge of a tenured instructor at Suffolk Community College, suspended with pay,
grievance, November 20; memo re sudden dismissal of a professor at Dowling College
upon discovery that he submitted an incorrect transcript that indicated he had a Ph.D.,
need for injunction to continue pay, block rescinding of contract, March 6, 1987;
memo suggesting consolidation of two part-time jobs into one full-time at BOCES involving
job development for students, March 17, 1987; memo re complaint by teacher at South
Huntington district that contract did not allow utilization of sick days left over
from prior year, giving less benefit than required under Education Law, March 18,
1987; question re teacher at BOCES 3 whose full-time position had been reduced to
half-time, three months after which, the teacher resigned, later asked back as half-time
teacher, returned and then later informed that the position would be eliminated for
full-time position, for which he would not be rehired, June 16, 1987; tenure questions
re occupational and special education teachers at Rocky Point and BOCES 3, June 16,
1987
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| Box 23 | Folder 10 |
Syracuse Regional Office Legal File
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1986 |
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Scope and Contents
Materials re seniority rights and reduced workload of foreign language teacher in
East SyracuseMinoa district, SeptemberDecember, 1986; memo re complaints by teacher
aides in Central Square district that they had been given teacher assistant responsibilities,
OctoberDecember; materials re confirmation proceedings for arbitration award in Oneida
district re transfer of teachers, JuneAugust; materials re recall rights of speech
therapist at Cayuga BOCES, JuneJuly; materials re 3020a case of teacher at Onondaga
Central School District, June; legal opinion re teacher liability questions, June;
memos re petitions to stay arbitration in matter of adopting new work schedule and
posting and filling job vacancy positions at East Syracuse-Minoa district, March;
order to show cause for a judgment staying the arbitration brought against Onondaga
Community College, with attached legal advice, January-February; memo re retirement
rights of teacher at Liverpool district, January; memos re possible 3020a case involving
sexual abuse by a teacher at Onondaga Central School District, noting choice by NYSUT
field representative not to look at the specific charges during initial process, January;
materials re case of contracting out work of Cazenovia school psychologist, with letter
from Commissioner Gordon Ambach, July 1983-January 1986; memo re possible arbitration
for teacher in Syracuse district seeking to recover lost salary after working in wrong
step as a result of error by Marcellus district, January; inquiry re whether a retired
teacher can serve on the school board in North Syracuse, January; materials, including
review of appointment history, re special education teacher at Phoenix (NY) Central
Schools who accepted half-time appointment following maternity leave, question of
whether she was later entitled to full-time position when it became available, December
1985-January 1986; memo re petition by Oneida City School District to vacate arbitration
award, August
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| Box 23 | Folder 11 |
Utica Regional Office Legal File
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1986 |
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Scope and Contents
Memo re refusal by Mohawk Valley Community College to honor subpoena issued by arbitrator
re denial of promotions, citing executive session privilege, need for documents to
prosecute the grievance, compromise of due process, November; memo re dues collection
problem with strike-breaker in Mt. Markham School District, September; memo re summons,
complaint, and order to show cause against the president of the Mohawk Valley Community
College Professional Association over the agency fee clause in the agreement with
the college, filed by a faculty members who vowed to quit if an agency fee was ever
imposed, October; request for legal representation for teacher served with 3020a charges
in Little Falls School District, September; memo re request to modify arbitration
award at Mohawk Valley Community College, based on alleged erroneous interpretation
of contract clause by arbitrator re layoff, with attached brief, April
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| Box 23 | Folder 12 |
Western NY Legal File (Buffalo, Jamestown)
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1986 |
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Scope and Contents
Materials re tenured teacher laid off by Lackawanna district, later recalled, but
not after less-senior teachers were assigned, December; memo re agency fee arbitration
in Hamburg district, November; material re City of Jamestown's refusal to comply with
arbitration award re nurse scheduling at Jamestown General Hospital, October; materials
re 3020a charges against a teacher by Franklinville district, alleging that she did
not have the mental or emotional capacity to teach because she had not continued to
take medication for a diagnosed chronic mood disorder and was exhibiting unusual behavior,
insubordination, incompetence, and conduct unbecoming a teacher, October; materials
re librarian at North Tonawanda Senior High School re employment rights at Hamburg
school district, allegations of poor representation by NYSUT, August 12, 1985-November
4, 1986; memos re seniority status of teacher at West Seneca district, October; memo
re teacher at Orchard Park, found partially guilty of 3020a charges, reassigned to
a non-teaching position thought not to be in his tenure area, October; memo re teacher
at West Seneca district, outlining appointment history, question of whether seniority
rights were violated, October; order to show cause for stay of arbitration at Pembroke
Central School District, September; memos and recommendation by NYSUT legal counsel
that teacher in Kenmore district file a complaint with the NYS Division of Human Rights
and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission re possible violation of Age Discrimination
Employment Act by provision in Education Law re borrowing and repayment against retirement
annuity fund, July; materials re maintenance mechanic at Genesee-Wyoming BOCES, denial
of disability retirement, July; materials re 3020a charges against teachers at Maryville
and Niagara Falls districts, June-July; memos re legal implication of Kenmore Teachers
Association and Kenmore School District peer performance review plan, with attached
plan description, May-June; materials re layoffs of physical education teachers at
West Seneca school district, question of whether commissioner's regulations were being
violated, May-June; memo re seniority and layoff questions for three teachers at Eden
district, June; memos re question of immunity for home school counselor who wanted
to report suspected child abuse of one of his students, May
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| Box 24 | Folder 1 |
Field Office Misc. NYSTA Professional Staff Association
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1971-1976 |
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Scope and Contents
Correspondence with Jim Conti noting his election as president of the Professional
Staff Association of the New York State Teachers Association, November 2, 1971; expressions
of sympathy at death of wife, January 1976; letter to Conti from NYS Teachers' Retirement
System re refundable contributions under Special Service Retirement Plan, June 24,
1974; PSA membership reports, strike donations, expenses; letter of resignation from
James B. Schmatz, December 4, 1972; memo re NYSTA-NEO (NYSTA Employees Organization)
agreement, recommending ratification, with attached analysis, November 1, 1971; brochure
and cover letter soliciting membership in National Education Professional Staff Organization,
October 8, 1971; memos and related materials re salary freeze, 1971; handwritten notes
of December 17, 1970, meeting of NEO; text of agreement between NYSTA and NEO, 1971;
letter to Jim Conti as president of the NYSTA Professional Staff Association from
Dale A. Robinson, president of the National Education Association Staff Organization,
noting that NEASO had reached an agreement with NEA, thanking Conti for his support,
June 24, 1971; memo to Conti re possible formal relationship between PSA and regional
representatives, threat by some representatives to quit if salary is not raised, June
8, 1971; constitution of the PSA; negotiations updates (one-page newsletters)
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| Box 24 | Folder 2 |
Field Office Misc: NYSTA Employee Organization (NEO/PSA)
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1970-1971 |
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Scope and Contents
Constitution and bylaws of NYSTA Employees Organization, as adopted March 1968, amended
through September 1970; agreement between the New York State Teachers Association
and the NYSTA Employees Organization, 1969-1971; agenda of NEO meeting of November
10, 1970; handwritten minutes of "Rep Council," November 10, 1970; proposed dues schedule,
adopted at November 10, 1970, meeting; extensive handwritten memos to Jim Conti from
Ray (Calabrese?) re meetings with PSA/NEO, petitions, 1970-1971; materials re grievances;
correspondence between Conti, Calabrese, and with Frank White, executive secretary
of NYSTA, re salaries
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| Box 24 | Folder 3 |
Field Office Misc: Legal Briefs, Susquehanna Valley
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1973 |
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Scope and Contents
Transcript of PERB hearing, Susquehanna Valley Central School District, respondent,
and Susquehanna Valley Teachers Association, charging party; memorandum of law on
behalf of respondent
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| Box 24 | Folder 4 |
Field Office Misc: Legal Briefs, Eden Central School District
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1973 |
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Scope and Contents
New York Supreme Court Appellate Division record on appeal in the matter of the application
of Bobbie Lee Soda, petitioner-appellant, for a judgment pursuant to Article 78 of
the Civil Practice Law against Kenneth W. Christner, Superintendent of the Eden Central
School District #1, and the Board of Education of the Eden Central School District
#1, respondents-appellees; brief on behalf of petitioner-appellant
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| Box 24 | Folder 5 |
Field Office Misc: Legal Briefs, Harrison Central School District
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1973 |
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Scope and Contents
New York Supreme Court memorandum of law on behalf of the respondent, in the matter
of the application of Board of Education of Central School District, Harrison, New
York, petitioner, against Harrison Association of Teachers, respondent for an order
pursuant to Section 7511 Civil Practice Law and Rules Vacating an Arbitration
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| Box 24 | Folder 6 |
Field Services Misc: Legal Briefs, Colton-Pierrepont School District
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1975 |
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Scope and Contents
Transcript of PERB hearing re Improper Practice charge
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| Box 24 | Folder 7 |
Field Office Misc: Legal, Williamsville Central School District (Buffalo) (1 of 3)
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1975 |
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Scope and Contents
PERB decision and order, Williamsville Central School District, respondent, and Williamsville
Teachers Association, charging party; PERB affidavit; subpoena; hearing officer's
decision; Improper Practice charge; transcript of I.P. hearing opening statement;
related correspondence
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| Box 24 | Folder 8 |
Field Office Misc: Legal, Williamsville Central School District (Buffalo) (2 of 3)
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1975-1976 |
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Scope and Contents
PERB transcript of hearing in the matter of the Board of Education of the Central
School District No. 3 of the Towns of Amherst, Clarence, and Cheektowaga, respondent,
and Williamsville Teachers Association, charging party; Exceptions to the Finding
of the Hearing Officers Memorandum of the Charging Party, June 24, 1975, and May 11,
1976; improper practice charge; agreement between Williamsville Central School District
# 3 and Williamsville Teachers Association 1970-1973
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| Box 24 | Folder 9 |
Field Office Misc: Legal , Williamsville Central School District (Buffalo) (2 of 3)
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1974-1975 |
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Scope and Contents
Williamsville Central School District Annual School Budget 1974-1975 (April 23, 1974);
Williamsville Commitment to Excellence: Annual Report May 1974; Collective Negotiations
Agreement between the Superintendent of the Williamsville Central School District
and the Williamsville Teachers Association, July 1, 1973-June 30, 1975; materials
re sabbatical leave; related correspondence; legal brief answer; PERB decision of
director
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| Box 24 | Folder 10 |
Field Office Misc. : Massachusetts Nurses Chapter, UFT-Agreements
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1978 |
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Scope and Contents
Agreements between various hospitals and Massachusetts Nurses Association (Hillcrest;
Ludlow; Franklin County Public Hospital; Carney; Falmouth; Fairview)
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| Box 24 | Folder 11 |
Field Office Misc.: New York Nurses Chapter, UFT -Improper Practice Charge
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1979 |
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Scope and Contents
Improper Practice Charge filed against the Health & Hospitals Corporation of the City
of New York; UFT position papers and other flyers promoting affiliation with Nurses
Chapter
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| Box 24 | Folder 12 |
Field Office Misc.: Nurses-Arden Hall Hospital Campaign
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1979 |
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Scope and Contents
Report on the Organizing Campaign at Arden Hill Hospital, Goshen, NY, December 18,
1979; correspondence on election from National Labor Relations Board; campaign flyers;
tally of ballots; NLRB authorization for election
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| Box 24 | Folder 13 |
Field Office Misc.: Conference and training-AFT Staff Leadership Development Program
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1980 |
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Scope and Contents
Materials re case studies of organizing at several hospitals and General Dynamics;
NLRB booklet, "A Guide to Basic Law and Procedures under the National Labor Relations
Act," 1978
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| Box 24 | Folder 14 |
Field Office Misc. Conference and Training, AFT Quest Conference
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1980 |
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Scope and Contents
Conference brochure, with program; resource papers re mainstreaming, state and local
tax reform, bilingual education, teacher centers, standardized testing, continuing
education, Supreme Court Yeshiva decision that college faculty are managerial and
therefore exempt from NLRA
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| Box 24 | Folder 15 |
Field Office Misc.: Conference and Training, BOCES 9th Annual Conference
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1980 |
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Scope and Contents
Policy papers, including Testimony of Thomas Y. Hobart, Jr., President, New York State
United Teachers, to the New York State Senate Standing Committee on Education on the
Classification and Standards Project Board of Regents/State Education Department Proposal,
March 17, 1980; NYSUT Policy Statement on Education for Children with Handicapping
Conditions; NYSUT Information Bulleting on Maximizing Teacher Impact on the Evaluation
and Placement of Children with Handicapping Conditions; Regents' Classification and
Standards Project: A Status Report; related papers; summary of attendees' evaluation
of conference
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| Box 24 | Folder 16 |
Field Office Misc. Conference and Training: Public Sector Conference
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1980 |
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Scope and Contents
Labor-Management Relations Service. Brochure, "LMRS: Meeting the Challenge of Employee
and Labor Relations"; American Arbitration Association brochure, "Labor Arbitration:
Procedures and Techniques"; meeting floor diagram; LMRS newsletter; related brochures
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| Box 24 | Folder 17 |
Field Office Misc.: Conference and Training-National Center for the Study of Collective
Bargaining 8th Annual Conference
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1980 |
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Scope and Contents
Conference announcement brochure, with program; attendance list; training materials/papers:
"Rights Issues in Academic Bargaining," "Interest Arbitration," outline, "Components
of Faculty Collective Bargaining Agreements"; bibliography of holdings, Elias Lieberman
Library
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| Box 24 | Folder 18 |
Field Office Misc.: Conference and Training-United University Professions Delegate
Assembly
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1980 |
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Scope and Contents
Conference program; draft constitution; printed constitution and bylaws, November
1978; commentary by the Committee for Correspondence for the United Caucus of UUP
re "certain notions of reform"
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| Box 25 | Folder 1 |
Field Office Misc.: Legislation/Political Action/Vote/COPE
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1980 |
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Scope and Contents
Final Legislative Report, July 11, 1980; NYSUT tentative 1980 legislative program,
January 11, 1980; voting records on key bills, committee assignments, incumbency status,
party affiliation, and NYSUT endorsement status of every state legislator (senators
and assemblymen), by district; Message to the Legislature by Governor Hugh L. Carey,
January 9, 1980; VOTE/COPE contribution totals, 1974-1979; document, "How to Run for
Delegate and Alternate to the 1980 Democratic National Party Convention," printed
by the New York State Democratic Committee
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| Box 25 | Folder 2 |
Field Office Misc.: NYSTA Differentiated Teaching
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1969-1971 |
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Scope and Contents
Papers and articles distributed by National Education Association (NEA)
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| Box 25 | Folder 3 |
Albany Service Center: Kevin Berry
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1983-1984 |
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Scope and Contents
Activity reports
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| Box 25 | Folder 4 |
Albany Service Center: Caputo, Chuck
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1983-1984 |
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Scope and Contents
Activity reports
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| Box 25 | Folder 5 |
Albany Service Center: Cardinali, Arthur
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1982-1983 |
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Scope and Contents
Activity reports
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| Box 25 | Folder 6 |
Albany Service Center: Gebert, William
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1983-1984 |
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Activity reports
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| Box 25 | Folder 7 |
Albany Service Center: Horwitz, Richard
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1983-1984 |
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Scope and Contents
Activity reports
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| Box 25 | Folder 8 |
Albany Service Center: Leukhardt, Martin
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1982-1984 |
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Scope and Contents
Activity reports
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| Box 25 | Folder 9 |
Albany Service Center: Malone, Renee
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1983-1984 |
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Scope and Contents
Activity reports
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| Box 25 | Folder 10 |
Albany Service Center: Nicholson, Ruby
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1983-1984 |
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Scope and Contents
Activity reports
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| Box 25 | Folder 11 |
Albany Service Center: Ronald Peretti
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1982-1984 |
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Scope and Contents
Activity reports
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| Box 25 | Folder 12 |
Albany: Ed Rogers
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1979-1982 |
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Scope and Contents
Correspondence
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| Box 25 | Folder 13 |
Albany Service Center: Sole, John
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1983-1984 |
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Activity reports
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| Box 25 | Folder 14 |
Albany Service Center: Trela, John
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1983-1984 |
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Activity reports
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| Box 25 | Folder 15 |
Elmsford Service Center: Beenhouwer, Bill
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1983-1984 |
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Activity reports
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| Box 25 | Folder 16 |
Elmsford Service Center: Benjamin, Jack-Activity Report
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1983-1984 |
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Activity reports
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| Box 25 | Folder 17 |
Elmsford Service Center: Corcoran, Ed
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1983-1984 |
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Activity reports
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| Box 25 | Folder 18 |
Elmsford Service Center: Leonetti, Pat
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1983-1984 |
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Scope and Contents
Activity reports
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| Box 25 | Folder 19 |
Elmsford Service Center: Pierce, Donald
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1983-1984 |
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Scope and Contents
Activity reports
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| Box 25 | Folder 20 |
Elmsford Service Center: Rabinowitz, Alvin
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1983-1984 |
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Scope and Contents
Activity reports
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| Box 25 | Folder 21 |
Elmsford Service Center: Wilder, Ken
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1982-1984 |
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Scope and Contents
Activity reports
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| Box 25 | Folder 22 |
Nassau Service Center: Bluth, Steve
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1984 |
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Scope and Contents
Activity reports
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| Box 25 | Folder 23 |
Elmsford Service Center: Wildman, Tony
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1982-1984 |
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Scope and Contents
Activity reports
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| Box 25 | Folder 24 |
Nassau Service Center: Bolter, Mary Jane
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1983-1984 |
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Scope and Contents
Activity reports
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| Box 25 | Folder 25 |
Nassau Service Center: Callaci, Vincent
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1983-1984 |
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Scope and Contents
Activity reports
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| Box 25 | Folder 26 |
Nassau Service Center: Gimello, William
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1982-1984 |
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Activity reports
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| Box 25 | Folder 27 |
Nassau Regional Office: Kern, Stanley
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1983-1984 |
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Activity reports
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| Box 25 | Folder 28 |
Nassau Regional Office: Margolis, Michael
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1983-1984 |
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Scope and Contents
Activity reports
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| Box 25 | Folder 29 |
Nassau Regional Office: McPartlin, Joseph
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1983-1984 |
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Scope and Contents
Activity reports
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| Box 25 | Folder 30 |
Nassau Regional Office: Wilson, Harry
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1983-1984 |
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Scope and Contents
Activity reports
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| Box 25 | Folder 31 |
Southern Tier Regional Office: Mayo, Paul
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1983-1984 |
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Scope and Contents
Activity reports
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| Box 25 | Folder 32 |
Southern Tier Regional Office: Nordine, Marilyn
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1983-1984 |
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Scope and Contents
Activity reports
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| Box 26 | Folder 1 |
Western New York Service Center: Blanchard, Bill
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1983-1984 |
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Scope and Contents
Activity reports
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| Box 26 | Folder 2 |
Western New York: Paul E. Broome
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1972-1978 |
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Scope and Contents
Correspondence re extension of leave of absence, new assignment in New Mexico
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| Box 26 | Folder 3 |
Western New York Service Center: Dockery, James
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1983-1984 |
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Scope and Contents
Activity reports
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| Box 26 | Folder 4 |
Western New York Service Center: Jurewicz, Bob
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1983-1984 |
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Scope and Contents
Activity reports
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| Box 26 | Folder 5 |
Western New York Service Center: Luczak, Paul
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1983-1984 |
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Activity reports
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| Box 26 | Folder 6 |
Western New York Service Center: MacDonald, Braden
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1983-1984 |
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Scope and Contents
Activity reports
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| Box 26 | Folder 7 |
Western New York Service Center: Pliss, Duke
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1983-1984 |
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Scope and Contents
Activity reports
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| Box 26 | Folder 8 |
Western New York Service Center: Raccuia, Charles
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1983-1984 |
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Scope and Contents
Activity reports
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| Box 26 | Folder 9 |
Western New York Service Center: Ruhrer, Bob
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1983-1984 |
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Scope and Contents
Activity reports
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| Box 26 | Folder 10 |
Western New York Service Center: Zwolinski, Daniel
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1983-1984 |
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Scope and Contents
Activity reports
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| Box 26 | Folder 11 |
Western NY Regional Office at Jamestown: Campion, John
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1983-1984 |
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Activity reports
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| Box 26 | Folder 12 |
Western NY Regional Office at Jamestown: Ehrhart, Dutch
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1983-1984 |
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Activity reports
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| Box 26 | Folder 13 |
Western NY Regional Office at Jamestown: Hand, Ernest
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1983-1984 |
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Scope and Contents
Activity reports
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| Box 27 | Folder 1 |
Regional Office Visits
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1987-1988 |
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Scope and Contents
Regional Staff Directors meeting report, n.d., c. 1987; NYSUT 1987- 88 Membership
Report, service center summary showing number of locals and members as of January
31, 1988; memos listing meeting dates at various regional offices; materials for fall
regional conference, 1987
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| Box 27 | Folder 2 |
Albany Regional Office Correspondence
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1988-1989 |
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Scope and Contents
Flyer and cover memo from Jim Conti re pesticide hazard workshop, December 14, 1989;
material distributed at PERB workshop on unit fragmentation, with cover memo from
Jim Conti, September 27, 1989; letter from Jim Conti to the director of the NYS Department
of Labor Division of Health and Safety, requesting an investigation into letters of
reprimand by the superintendent of the Mechanicville School District against two teachers
who brought evidence of asbestos to his attention, December 5, 1989; correspondence
re proposed smoking policy at Guilderland school district, September-October 1989;
correspondence between Jim Conti, regional staff director John Sole, and the State
Education Department re meeting to review asbestos and other health and safety hazards
in schools, May 1989; agenda for Germantown Teachers Association meeting, with cover
memo from Jim Conti noting that they had vote to reaffiliate with NYSUT, May 1, 1989;
NYSUT Information Bulletin, "Certification, Tenure and a Middle School Teaching Assignment,"
with detailed commentary from John Sole to Charles Santelli and attached copy of legal
decision (Baer) and Part 30 Regulations, May 4, 1989; correspondence re multi-employer
funds for nurses, March-April 1989; correspondence re PERB public sector labor relations
conference, March 1989; request for legal opinion re disparity in work rules between
elementary and secondary schools in Mechanicville district, March 10, 1989; memos
between John Sole and Jim Conti re asbestos removal in the schools, March 1989; memos
re Drug-Free Workplace Act of 1988, noting that school districts in Albany region
had attempted to impose additional conditions of employment in compliance with the
act and that such changes required negotiation, with attached text of legislation
and one such policy, March 1989; National Education Association document, "The Use
of Recognized Teaching Models for Teacher Evaluation," and memos between Jim Conti
and other NYSUT officials discussing NYSUT approach, March 1989; memos re endowment
for the care of an active or retired teacher in the Troy school district at Leonard
Hospital, set up in a will in 1925; Southern Adirondack League of Teachers spreadsheet
of local stipends for officers; correspondence re Schenectady-Albany-Schoharie BOCES
Faculty Association request re feasibility of challenging the composition of BOCES
so that low-population rural counties do not have disproportionate influence over
policy making, with attached documentation dating to 1953; inquiry form La Salle School
re legislation to improve salaries at approved 201, 853, 4402, and Special Act schools,
January 15, 1989
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| Box 27 | Folder 3 |
Meeting with Germantown Teachers Association
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1989 |
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Scope and Contents
May 5, 1989, Albany Regional Office. Agenda and related materials re meeting with
local reaffiliating with NYSUT
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| Box 27 | Folder 4 |
Meeting With Grand Island Teachers Association
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1989 |
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Scope and Contents
Albany Regional Office, January 10, 1989. Confidential memo re meeting with Grand
Island Teachers Association re unsuccessful "work-to-rule" action in which, as a negotiating
tactic, all teachers resigned from any extracurricular assignments, which was interpreted
by the school district as a strike; related correspondence
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| Box 27 | Folder 5 |
Buffalo Regional Office Correspondence
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1989 |
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Scope and Contents
Harvard University Energy and Environmental Policy Center report, "Summary of Symposium
on Health Aspects of Exposure to Asbestos in Buildings," August 1989; letter of recommendation
from Jim Conti to Cornell ILR Western District Director re potential hire as instructor
for labor studies course, December 14, 1989; list of Erie County local presidents;
Board of Regents discussion item, follow-up report on occupational education in the
large five cities, May 26, with cover memo from NYSUT Occupational Education Committee
liaison Pat Flynn; flyer for workshop, "Shared Decision Making: An Awareness Session,"
from Western New York Educational Service Council, with cover memo to local presidents,
September 11; memo re salary comparison survey, with attached sheet correlating numerical
step schedules to new alphabetical ones and correcting for compression effects, September
27; list of Western NY Regional Office staffing, indicating local responsibility of
field service representatives, July 6; letter from Mort Zuckerman, chairman and editor-in-chief
of U.S. News & World Report, to NYSUT president Tom Hobart, noting success of To Give
& Learn project, developed by U.S. News and IBM, praising Blasdell Elementary School
teacher John Ebel for leadership on selection committee, September 28; letter from
Niagara Falls Teachers Grievance Committee chair, thanking regional rep for assistance,
July 25; memo from Tom Hobart to NYSUT Board of Directors re waiver of two-week notification
requirement for special election to fill vacancies for election district directors,
June 30; letter to Tom Hobart from Cheektowaga Central Teachers Association, noting
NYSUT's inability to provide accurate salary comparisons, April 24; memo re critical
storage space needs of Western Regional Office, May 30; memo from Jim Conti to Chuck
Santelli requesting a coordinator to meet with nurses formerly employed at Jamestown
General Hospital to address negative attitudes about NYSUT and the closure of the
hospital, May 10; memo from Jim Conti to NYSUT legal counsel Bernard Ashe re possible
lawsuit after endorsement of candidate by Lackawanna Teachers Federation in school
board election, April 24; correspondence re seniority issues for custodians at Alden
Central School District after school closure, April 4; memo re agenda for upcoming
meetings of Erie County Council of Teacher Union Presidents re shared decision making,
February 23; correspondence from law firm representing school bus driver in wrongful
termination case against Sweet Home Central School District, with cover memo noting
NYSUT should not provide assistance, lack of legal grounds, January 3
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| Box 27 | Folder 6 |
Buffalo Regional Office Misc.
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1989 |
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Scope and Contents
List of unclaimed accounts of former Buffalo teachers; National Education Association
(NEA) materials, including Advocate (NEA-NY), September, and Provocator (Buffalo Teachers
Federation), April
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| Box 27 | Folder 7 |
Elmsford Regional Office Interviews
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1988-1989 |
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Scope and Contents
Letters of application for field representative, resumes, and related correspondence
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| Box 27 | Folder 8 |
Elmsford Regional Office: Mt. Pleasant-Blythedale District
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1987-1988 |
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Scope and Contents
Memo, "Personnel Management," detailing more than 100% staff turnover at Mt. Pleasant-Blythedale
school district in one-year period, 1987-88 (49 out of 43 employees, at least 10 terminated)
under superintendent Mariann Berlinger, including profiles of teachers, evaluation
histories; correspondence from Berlinger and teachers, documenting minor infractions
as reasons for terminations, including chronologies; audit report of Mt. Pleasant-Blthythedale
school by State Comptroller, finding irregularities, disallowing reimbursements, with
cover memo, September 26, 1989; memo to Jim Conti noting that in the wake of the audit,
superintendent Berlinger was ordered to the leave the building without collecting
personal effects, and that teachers were informed that she was on "health" leave and
would not return, September 11, 1989, with attached newspaper clipping re successful
legal action by parents
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| Box 27 | Folder 9 |
Elmsford Regional Office Correspondence
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1989 |
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Scope and Contents
Map showing directions to NYSUT Elmsford Regional Office; letter to Jim Conti from
Westchester Federation of Visiting Nurses describing terms of successful contract
negotiation, December 1; decision and appeal in Rockland County BOCES unemployment
case, with cover memo, November 21; related memo, October 25; letter from president
of Newburgh Teachers' Association to NYSUT regional staff director, requesting that
NYSUT secure the services of a professional insurance advisor to conduct a study of
alternative health insurance plans, September 8; memorandum of understanding between
the American Federation of Teachers (Western Operations Headquarters) and the American
Red Cross, with attached letter from the Westchester County Chapter of the American
Red Cross asking for a similar agreement with the Elmsford NYSUT office, and memo
from Jim Conti to Tom Hobart, pointing out that agreement appeared one-sided, with
AFT locals providing assistance to Red Cross, August 22; announcement by BOCES Staff
Association of Rockland that referendum would be conducted by the American Arbitration
Association to establish two separate bargaining units, one for teachers and the other
for teaching assistants, with attached details and sample ballot; memo from Jim Conti
re difficulty of fragmenting units as proposed by Rockland staff association, with
attached PERB decision in similar case (County Association of Patrol Officers, petitioner,
and County of Erie and Erie County Sheriff, joint employer, and Teamsters Local 264,
intervenor); summary of Byram Hills contract settlement, May 24; memo with attached
list of demands by Ad Hoc Committee on Special Acts and 4201 School Districts, June
27; memo re 3020a filing procedures, June 1; press release from Yonkers Public Schools,
"Yonkers Board of Education Breaks Off Negotiations with Teachers' Union," with attached
executive summary of report, "Impact of the Wage Cap on the Supply of Teachers in
Yonkers and the Implications for the School District and the City of Yonkers," by
Matthew Drennan, Professor of Economics, and George T. Fuller, Adjunct Associate Professor,
Graduate School of Public Administration, New York University, April 26, 1989, and
flyers protesting salary caps; correspondence re asbestos problem, exacerbated by
physical disturbance of area by reinspection process, at Irvington High School, May
30; Rockland BOCES election debriefing opening remarks and outline, with cover memo
from Jim Conti, May 26; letter to president of Irvington Faculty Association in response
to comments to Representative Assembly survey, in which he indicated dissatisfaction
with NYSUT services and possible move to decertify, March 31, 1989; copy of reimbursement
check to cover docking of one day's pay by BOCES West Nyack for member to attend PERB
hearing, March 27; privileged and confidential supplemental report from attorney to
Utica Mutual Insurance Company re O'Neil v. NYSUT, noting positive development in
postponement of the appeal, April 14; letter from NYSUT regional director re decision
by NYSUT not to attempt an organizing campaign at Leake and Watts Children's Home,
citing small size of unit and other considerations, March 29; personnel manual for
Leake and Watts, newsletters, and related correspondence; Section 89 Fact Sheet (Tax
Reform Act of 1986), with cover memo from secretary-treasurer of AFT, March 21; memos
from Jim Conti re survey from New York University's Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives'
Harry Van Arsdale Labor History Project, asking that a letter be sent to all local
presidents, asking them to fill it out, February March 2, with attached copy of questionnaire;
correspondence re long-delayed arbitration to resolve non-payment of salary increase
for teacher who had since left the Florida Teachers' Association, January-February;
Regional Staff Director's Report, February 2; handwritten notes of Elmsford staff
meeting of 9/14/88
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| Box 27 | Folder 10 |
Jamestown Regional Office Correspondence
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1989 |
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Scope and Contents
Letter from Allegheny Council on Occupational Safety and Health (ALCOSH) to NYSUT
Southwestern Regional Office re CCINFOdisk, a compact CD-ROM developed by the Canadian
Centre for Occupational Health and Safety, with attached flyer; memo re results of
Jamestown aides election, June 13; memo from Jim Conti to Chuck Santelli requesting
a coordinator to meet with nurses formerly employed at Jamestown General Hospital
to address negative attitudes about NYSUT and the closure of the hospital, May 10;
letter to Jim Conti from director of NYS Department of Labor Division of Safety and
Health re alleged retaliation, a violation of the PESH Act, against two teachers (one
of whom was pregnant) by Allegheny- Cattaraugus BOCES for complaining about paint
fumes, February 27, with attached relevant section of the law and related correspondence
with state Attorney General's office
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| Box 27 | Folder 11 |
Jamestown Regional Office Misc.
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1989 |
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Scope and Contents
Newsletters from the Southwestern Regional Office
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| Box 27 | Folder 12 |
Mid: Hudson Regional Office Correspondence
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1989 |
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Scope and Contents
Correspondence re dispute by teacher in Kingston re pay for jury duty during summer
vacation, with attached text of law, September-October; report of new officers of
the Rondout Valley Federation of Teachers and School Related Personnel re misappropriation
of funds by previous officers (e.g., purchase of liquor, Broadway theater tickets,
cat food), particularly monies from a special "Save Our Students" fund to pay medical
bills, September; memo to Jim Conti re pending matters, including impasse at eight
locals, September 25; memo re pay equity issues and gender discrimination for Endicott
school-related personnel, October 24; legal memo re Workers' Compensation issue at
Hudson school district, October 31, and related correspondence; memos re whether field
representative could teach a course at the Mid-Hudson Teacher Center, September; correspondence
re seniority issue for Ellenville district school bus drivers, with attached board
minutes, July-September; questionnaire by the National Committee on Pay Equity, with
cover memo to AFT vice presidents and state federation presidents from the AFT Human
Rights and Community Relations Department, requesting that they complete the survey,
April; consultants Martin E. Segal Company comparison of Empire Plan with proposed
benefit plan submitted for Pine Plains School District, May June; memos re use of
BOCES districts by State Education Department to determine Special Act Schools trend
factor, May; memos re Monticello Teachers Association legal fee reimbursement, FebruaryJune;
materials re Delaware Valley Central School District's Hazard Communication Standards,
May; memo to Jim Conti re possible summer interns from Cornell ILR School, March 22;
letter from Fallsburg Teacher's Association that its members had unanimously voted
to find an alternative to NYSUT to represent them, January 23; related correspondence,
expressing dissatisfaction with support from NYSUT during contract negotiations
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| Box 27 | Folder 13 |
Mid: Hudson Regional Office Misc.
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1989 |
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Scope and Contents
Newsletters of the regional office
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| Box 27 | Folder 14 |
Nassau Regional Office Correspondence
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1989 |
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Scope and Contents
Summary of PERB decision on retiree inclusion in health trust fund as a non- mandatory
subject of bargaining, 12/20/89; letter to regional staff director thanking him for
help in membership drive at Farmingdale and Old Westbury chapters of United University
Professions, November 30; letter from New York Committee for Occupational Safety and
Health re New Hyde Park School District Asbestos Abatement Reports, October 31; correspondence
between Jim Conti and teacher re curtailment of her outpatient mental health coverage
under the Empire Plan, September; Newsday opinion piece, "Bigger Classes Will Harm
Education on LI," by superintendent of North Shore school district, October 16; other
clippings; letter from teacher requesting help in enforcing smoking policy at Oyster
Bay-East Norwich school district, referral to local president, November; letter describing
challenges to election results at Wantagh Teachers Association, with handwritten notation
that matter was an internal affair, June; letter from president of Lynbrook Teachers
Association to Antonia Cortese, chair of NYSUT Legal Review Committee, asking her
to reexamine the decision of the Office of General Counsel in New York City not to
continue the local's lawsuit appeal, June 26; letter to NYSUT president Tom Hobart
from president of Farmingdale Federation of Teachers requesting change in NYSUT data
processing policy against downloading lists onto disks and only providing hard copies
to locals, noting electronic version would help locals customize information, May
3; text of decision in Supreme Court, Nassau County, fining United Teachers of Seaford
for criminal contempt, May 3, with cover memos from Jim Conti to NYSUT executive officers
and regional staff directors, May 5; memo re Farmingdale contract clause re payment
of salary during a 3020a suspension, creation of supplementary fund, April 19; memo
re Oceanside PERB hearing in which NYSUT was named in the charge on the ill-informed
advice of the hearing officer, March 20; materials re Empire Plan, including "Cost
Containment Strategies for Participating Agencies," contribution rate table, and cover
memo to Jim Conti noting that premiums were expected to rise 12-15%, March 13; correspondence
re head football coach at Schreiber High School (Port Washington district) whose position
was in jeopardy, request for legal help, January; letter from president of Levittown
United Teachers to counsel & deputy for legal affairs, State Education Department,
re Excellence in Teaching (EIT) funds being held in escrow by district because of
a difference of opinion on the eligibility of chairmen to receive a share of the funds,
requesting interpretation, January 10; correspondence re complex dual coverage issues
for retirees at Long Beach district , January-February
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| Box 27 | Folder 15 |
Nassau Regional Office Misc.
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1989 |
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Scope and Contents
Newsletters
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| Box 27 | Folder 16 |
NYC Regional Office Correspondence
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1989 |
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Scope and Contents
Collective Bargaining Agreement between New York University and United Staff Association
of NYU, Local 3882, New York State United Teachers, AFT, AFL-CIO, 1987-1990; correspondence
re tax status of graduate and undergraduate students at NYU, November-December; memo
re health insurance aspects of settlement negotiated with Pratt Institute, status
of negotiations with Cooper Union and Taylor Business Institute, October 17; letters
from teacher-attorneys at Suffolk Community College, correcting information contained
in fact sheet distributed in advance of possible strike, September 29; correspondence
re smoking law, November; letter to Tom Hobart from president of United Staff Association
of NYU, thanking him for the assistance provided by NYSUT during the strike, March
14
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| Box 27 | Folder 17 |
North Country Correspondence (1 of 2)
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1989 |
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Scope and Contents
Handwritten notes of North Country staff meeting, November 4, 1988; letter to NYSUT
counsel Bernard Ashe from teacher involved in 3031 arbitration in Horseheads school
district, dissatisfied with services of field representative, requesting an attorney,
January 14, 1989; memo to Jim Conti re case, January 27; related correspondence between
teacher and field rep, January; Supreme Court (Jefferson County) decision in Board
of Education of the Watertown Central School District v. Watertown Education Association
and related exhibits, re EIT funds, with cover memo to Jim Conti, February 7; materials
describing state participation in IRS Pre-Tax Contribution Program, or health insurance
"cafeteria plan"; materials re ventilation problem at Malone High School, January-April;
correspondence re school-related personnel (SRP) workshop, March; request for legal
opinion and reply from NYSUT counsel Bernard Ashe for interpretation of Commissioner's
Regulations re coaching qualifications for interscholastic athletic teams, February;
materials re 3020a case in Watertown City School District, including details of charges
with handwritten annotations, April; request for additional field rep, April 19; materials
re new structural problems at Harold T. Wiley School in Watertown school district
following repeated reports by custodial staff of hearing helicopters landing on roof,
vibrations, April-August 1989, including tape of meeting with Carr engineering firm,
November 1988; materials re mentor/intern program at Franklin-St. Lawrence consortium,
May 18; document prepared for AFL-CIO Lawyers' Conference, "Summary of Court Decisions
in Lawsuits Challenging Termination or Modification of Retiree Insurance Benefits,"
by William T. Payne, assistant general counsel, United Steelworkers of America, May
3-4, 1989; memos re use of review books for biology Regents exam at Watertown High
School, MayJune; correspondence with teacher Beverly Provoncha re questionable procedure
by Putnam Central School Board in investigating charges of corporal punishment against
herself and two other teachers, with arbitration summary, May; materials re Regents
School Improvement and Accountability Program (RSIAP), June; memos re protection of
retirees' health insurance benefits, October
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| Box 27 | Folder 18 |
North Country Correspondence (2 of 2)
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1989 |
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Scope and Contents
See above
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| Box 27 | Folder 19 |
Rochester Regional Office Correspondence
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1989 |
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Scope and Contents
List of self-funded locals in the Rochester Area School Health Plan (RASH), April
21; memo re completion of salary data report, November 16; anti-union letter sent
by Kodak to employees, December 1; fact sheet re number of uninsured New Yorkers as
of November 1987; memo to Jim Conti re participation by 13 school districts in a Municipal
Cooperation Agreement for a School Health Insurance Plan, developed without union
involvement, with attached details of plan, March 25, 1986; memos re drug-free workplace
requirements, June-1989; memo re bill for phone banks used in VOTE/COPE campaign urging
NYSUT members to vote for school budget and certain school board candidates, June
8, 1989; memo re health and safety violations in Rochester City School District, with
attached Department of Labor notice of violation at John Marshall High School, May
15; contract analysis, Rochester Regional Office Area interim report, November 1,
1989; report to Rochester Superintendent of Schools and Rochester Teachers Association
by the Careers in Teaching Joint Governing Panel, "Performance Appraisal Redesign
for Teachers: A Report on Initial Efforts," September 1, 1989; memo and related materials
re organizing challenge by NEA-NY to Greece Support Services Employees Association,
including constitution and rules of association, Teachers Association contract, solicitation
letter from NEA to transportation employee, October-November 1989
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| Box 28 | Folder 1 |
Rochester Record Retention
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1989 |
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Scope and Contents
Memos re records retention legislation; text of revised Commissioner's Regulations
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| Box 28 | Folder 2 |
Rochester Regional Office Misc.: School Law Seminar
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1987-1988 |
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Scope and Contents
National School Boards Association Council of School Attorneys annual seminar programs;
memos to Jim Conti reporting on seminar topics
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| Box 28 | Folder 3 |
Southern Tier Regional Office: Correspondence
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1989 |
|
Scope and Contents
Binghamton/Elmira. Memo to Jim Conti from NYSUT legal counsel Bernard Ashe re proposed
alcohol and drug abuse policy at Elmira school district, noting that the policy did
not comport with the Drug Free Workplace Act of 1988, November 13; memos re gender
pay equity issue among Endicott school-related personnel, June-July; NYSUT Legislative
Bulletin re new law restricting disclosure of HIV status, with text of law; clippings
re B19 childhood viral infection ("fifth disease"); memos re Binghamton Teachers Association
settlement with school district, providing for a salary increase formula that denied
prior service credit for some teachers, with text of tentative agreement, May-June;
NYSUT Legislative Memorandum supporting bill to include substitute employees in school
districts and BOCES as "public employees," May 30; legal memorandum to Jim Conti from
NYSUT legal counsel Bernard Ashe re whether school bus drivers who handled student
trips to NYC via Pennsylvania and New Jersey were exempt from the overtime provisions
of the Fair Labor Standards Act, May 17; State Education Department bulletin re school
nurse responsibilities for internal medication, with related memos, May; memos re
request for medical records of teacher, up for tenure, in Deposit school district,
following short absence for illness, May; correspondence re lack of legal protections
for employees under Workers' Compensation, case of bus driver in Newark Valley Central
School District injured on the job, denied position and health coverage after unsuccessful
attempts to return to work, possible legislative remedies, 1986-1987; memo re Stipulation
Joint Employer agreement between Vestal, Binghamton, and Union-Endicott school districts
and Substitutes United in Broome (SUB), February 7; memo from president of Windsor
Teachers Association to superintendent of Windsor Central School District, expressing
concern over plan for distance learning telecommunications network that could affect
teacher staffing levels in three districts, demanding that the decision be negotiated
as per PERB requirement, January 31
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Southern Tier Regional Office: Misc.
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Binghamton/Elmira. New York Public Employment Reporter newsletters
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| Box 28 | Folder 5 |
Suffolk Regional Office: Correspondence
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Legal complaint, Jeanette Clancy vs. Center Moriches Union Free School District Board
of Education, with cover letter from Clancy to president of NYSUT, requesting refund
of two years' dues, accusing union field representative of failure of duty of fair
representation, March 10, with exhibit, teachers contract, September 1, 1987 August
31, 1991; related correspondence, May; memo to NYSUT counsel from field representative
re nurse at Brookhaven hospital, charged by State Education Department for two errors
in patient medication during one night shift at Southside, noting short staffing,
November 15; regional reports, January 31 and October 27; document promoting value
of public schools on Long Island; memo to local presidents from regional staff director
inviting them to a strategy conference with school boards and administrators to counteract
the "tax revolt" sentiment among citizen activist groups defeating school budget proposals,
September 25; memo to NYSUT legal counsel inquiring whether there was any strong action
the union could take against an anti-union (agency fee payer) teacher in the Middle
Country school district (Centereach High School) who had been harassing the union
for ten years, with attached letter from teacher to colleagues, July 7; letter from
Jim Conti to field representative granting permission to negotiate a contract for
a Jewish school as an independent activity, October 12, with earlier memo to file
noting denial of permission because of conflict of interest; confidential memo to
Jim Conti re negotiations with Suffolk County Community College and Brookhaven Hospital,
June 2; memos re 3020a charges, filing problems, in Commack school district, May;
letter from Jim Conti to insurance consultant Martin E. Segal Company requesting consultation
with Nassau and Suffolk staff re self-insurance alternative to Empire Plan, February
13; confidential memo re letter to the editor of New York Teacher from teacher in
Smithtown objecting to local's attendance incentive clause for distribution of Excellence
In Teaching (EIT) funds, asserting that formula penalized teachers who became ill
or had family emergencies, February 8; memo from Jim Conti re operational policy prohibiting
attempts to organize locals already or recently represented by an AFL-CIO union, February
10; report by New York Committee for Occupational Safety and Health, "Industrial Hygiene
Investigation of Darkrooms, Ammerman Campus and Techni Center, Suffolk County Community
College," December 19, 1988; letter from Central Islip Teachers Association, with
chronology of filing of complaint to force district to comply with NYS Right to Know
Law and federal OSHA Hazard Communication Standard, January 12
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Syracuse Regional Office: Correspondence
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Memo from NYSUT legal counsel Bernard Ashe commenting on the proposed policy for the
Liverpool Central School District, noting that this was the first he'd seen that appeared
as if the writer had actually read the text of the federal Drug Free Workplace Act,
November 13; letter outlining NYSUT's responsibilities for participation in CNYCOSH
(Central New York Council on Safety & Health) conference on health and safety in the
schools, December 21; related memo, November 2; memos from Jim Conti re interest by
the North Syracuse Education Association about updating the Syracuse Teachers Association
document, "Policy, Procedures and Information regarding Members Accused of Misconduct
(Primarily Child Abuse) as a Result of Employment in the Syracuse City School District,"
December; copy of document; newsletter of the North Syracuse Education Association,
Union Bug, n.d., c. December; memos re unsuccessful Briarcliff School-Related Personnel
(SRP) organizing election, suggestion that NYSUT develop brochures targeted specifically
to non-teaching staff, November 27; flyers and other materials; memo re newly organized
East Syracuse-Minoa Teaching Assistants Association, December 4; newspaper clipping
re approval by teachers of contract at Onondaga Community College, Syracuse Herald-Journal,
November 1; letter to OCM BOCES from computer instructor whose request had been denied,
defending his expertise, October 1; correspondence from NAACP, soliciting contributions
for march on Washington, August 4, with cover memos forwarding it up the administration
at NYSUT, August; letter to U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety & Health
Administration from NYSUT Regional Staff Director, noting that the owner of the NYSUT
office property, Widewaters Group, had addressed the problem of sewer-gas odor to
NYSUT's satisfaction, June 12; earlier related correspondence with agency and Widewaters,
April; materials re NYSUT fall regional conference of September 22-24; list of locals
that had secured a new contract in the Syracuse region for 1989-1990; draft of letter
from NYSUT to president of FNHP, Syracuse chapter (Cecelia Nabinger), noting non-payment
of dues, outlining possible consequences, including disaffiliation and action to recover
funds, June 2; finalized letter as sent to Nabinger, November 10; related memos between
NYSUT officials re "problem local," May; reply from FNHP president Nabinger, December
1, denying anything improper, with attached lists of dues-paying members; memo to
Jim Conti re possible strikes and critical impasses anticipated for September, with
reply, June; plan documents, "The Chittenango Central School Effective Schools Process,"
April 5, and "Team Process Guide for Developing and Implementing Action Plans, Chittenango
Central School," March 24, with cover memo to Chuck Santelli and Toni Cortese, April
24; draft letter to CSEA regional director re NEA victory in organizing 70 clerical
personnel in the Liverpool school district, proposing arrangement between CSEA and
NYSUT to satisfy no-raid clause in AFL-CIO constitution in order to defeat NEA in
future representation elections, March 20, with reply from Jim Conti urging further
conversation with CSEA before sending proposal, possibility for statewide arrangement,
March 17; related correspondence and flyers re election, January; list of teachers'
starting salaries in Syracuse area, 1988-89; proposed amendments to the Contractual
Agreement between the Syracuse Teachers Association, Inc. and Syracuse City School
District, January 1, 1988 through December 31 1991
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Utica Regional Office: Correspondence
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Analysis by NYSUT legal counsel of Camden school district's new drug-free workplace
policy, noting that it went far beyond what was required by new federal law, November
3, with cover letter from Jim Conti, November 7; text of policy as adopted by Camden
Board of Education, with attached text of Drug-Free Workplace Act of 1988; memo from
Jim Conti to NYSUT legal counsel re Elmira school district's new drug and alcohol
abuse policy, asserting that it violated constitutional rights, Education Law, and
human dignity, October 6; memo from the president of Herkimer County Community College
to coach (?) re investigation of recruitment of out-of-state basketball players, use
of New York State addresses for Indiana students to avoid paying out-of-state tuition
and obtain financial aid, with handwritten note (by Jim Conti?) re situation, September
7; correspondence between Jim Conti and president of the New Hartford Teachers Association
re cancer incidence at one school, June-July; correspondence re proposed state legislation
that would tax the pensions of public employees, newsletter from member of Congress
citing related Supreme Court ruling David v. Michigan Department of Treasury, May;
newspaper clippings and correspondence re investigation of student cancer cluster
at West Canada Valley school district, Herkimer County, relation to hazardous waste
sites, March-April; memos re calculation (or not) of upper Mohawk Valley and central
region BOCES salary medians for awarding of Excellence in Teaching funds, January-March
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| Box 28 | Folder 8 |
United University Professions: Correspondence
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1989 |
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Scope and Contents
Letter to research department of UUP, and attachments, re gender pay equity study
being conducted for the newly affiliated, 100%-female Office Personnel Association
of the Union-Endicott School District, other SRP units with similar gender predominance,
basis for wage proposal, November 2; letter from UUP director to Jim Conti, asking
for vote to give UUP a board seat on the National Committee on Pay Equity, October
12; list of upcoming staff meetings and events, with attached memos re potential attendance
by Tom Hobart, September
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| Box 28 | Folder 9 |
Organizing Correspondence
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1989 |
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Memo to Jim Conti and other NYSUT officials re affiliations since 9/1/87, discussing
difficulty of organizing larger units from a time resource perspective, need for organizing
teams instead of regional office field staff, with attached list of locals, membership
counts, and staff involvement, November 20, 1989; confidential notes of AFT advanced
organizing seminar for community colleges, December 21; seminar program and related
materials, including faculty questionnaire developed for California community college
system and guide for designing an attitude survey; letter from NYSUT director of organizing
re contacts at Hudson Valley Community College, October 30; memo to Jim Conti re dues
rebate under union shop clauses, with attached memorandum from the Office of General
Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), October 11; cover memo to organizers
re attached text of district court's permanent injunction barring NLRB from implementing
its health bargaining unit rule re American Hospital Association (AHA), August 7;
related memo, May 25; mock- up of The Nurses Reporter, with cover memo to Jim Conti,
May 17; memo to Conti re proposal by retired newspaper reporter and widower of a nurse
with many contacts in the NYC municipal hospital system, referred by Westchester ALF-CIO
Council, to start a pro-union newspaper for nurses, request for funding, May 9; list
of colleges and universities with collective-bargaining agents in 1988, from the Chronicle
of Higher Education, July 12; memo to Jim Conti re conversation with a member of the
National Strength and Conditioning Association who wanted NYSUT to form a bargaining
unit for strength and conditioning coaches, noting futility of the idea, July 6; letter
from director of organizing re contact at Winthrop Hospital, June 28; clippings from
Labor Relations Week; memo suggesting years' free dues as inducement for successful
referral of new members, May 31; letter from NLRB declining review of charge of violation
re Regents College Degrees and Examinations because it was determined that the entity
was not an employer, May 26; article reporting advice of consultant to hospital administrators
re keeping unions out (annual meeting of New England Health Care Assembly), with hand-written
annotations and cover note to Jim Conti, April 24; article form Union Labor Report
re study of 187 organizers from eight unions, concluding that low self esteem, low
trust of others are characteristics of the most successful organizers; budget request
for 1989-1990; newsletter of the National Center for the Study of Collective Bargaining
in Higher Education and the Professions, published at Baruch College, re unionization
among college faculty in 1989, January/February 1989; publication by labor lawyer,
"The Supervisor's Handbook on Maintaining Non-Union Status," 1974; pro-union document
by labor lawyer, "Government Intermedding Undercutting Union Autonomy: The Labor Lawyer's
Challenge," n.d.; text of proposed Assembly bill providing higher reimbursement to
hospitals for personnel costs, with cover memo from Jim Conti asking whether NYSUT
should support it, March 7; letter from dean of the School of Public Health, New York
State Department of Health, re first course in capital district on AIDS transmission
for health care workers and emergency responders, February 7; article from Labor Relations
Week noting fierce competition among three AFL-CIO unions to organize health care
workers, with cover memo from Jim Conti re potential self-defeating consequences,
February 17; memos requesting more information about the LaSalle School, for potential
organizing efforts, with attached letter of inquiry from director of curriculum development
re public school salaries, February; paper by Henry S. Farber, Department of Economics,
MIT, "Trends in Worker Demand for Union Representation," December 1988; memo re proposed
policy on organizing minimums for size of unit, December 7, 1988, with cover memo
proposing meeting, February 9, 1989; press release re training on AIDS for health
care workers and first responders, January 16, with seminar announcement; announcement
for conference on union representatives in the health-care industry, March 6-7; memo
re federal modification in the definition of "reasonable assurance" of continued employment
for substitute teachers, need for state legislation to assure coverage of substitutes
as public employees under the Taylor Law, impact on organizing potential, January
19; memo to organizers and regional staff directors instructing them to discard all
copies of leaflet "Why Pay More for Less" because of an error, plans for reprinting
a corrected version, January 12; memo re delivery of authorization cards and other
materials to nurses at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital, January 26; letter to National
Education Association (NEA) Board of Directors from NEA president Mary Hatwood Futrell
recommending moratorium on raiding AFSME, SEIU, and IUOE locals, December 1987; letter
to NYSUT president Tom Hobart from Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals asking
for contracts to review language for a resource file, related memos, October
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| Box 28 | Folder 10 |
Organizing Misc.
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1989 |
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Scope and Contents
Newsletters of the Division of Field Services, Organizing Bulletin
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| Box 28 | Folder 11 |
Regional Staff Director Memos (1 of 2)
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1988 |
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January-June, 1988. Memo from Jim Conti to regional staff directors asking for participation
in pay equity training session, June 14; Empire Plan Quarterly Experience Report,
January March, 1988, produced for participating agencies in the New York State Health
Insurance Plan by Division of Employee Benefits, New York State Department of Civil
Service, with cover memo from Jim Conti, June 13; memo requesting teacher participation
in facilitator training to assist locals in implementing shared decision making process,
June 13; statewide listing of dues paid by locals, ranked by size of local and by
amount of dues paid, May 13; listing of State Education Department's estimate of Excellence
in Teaching funds for each of the state's 41 BOCES, May 13; memo re unofficial approval
of safety and health grant request of $60,000 for 1988-89, plans for training, May
12; memo from NYSUT counsel James Sandner to NYSUT officers summarizing U.S. Supreme
Court decision in Regents of the University of California v. Public Employment Relations
Board, et al., re union use of employer internal mail system, May 12; explanation
of IRS interpretation of Tax Reform Act of 1986, May 9; paper by PERB, "The Taylor
Law: Procedures for Labor & Management," re recent PERB and Administrative Law Judge
decisions and court cases, April 12; Tentative CSEA Agreement 1988-91; memo with attached
satirical article on the limitations of management training, summary of U.S. Supreme
Court decision on union use of employer internal mail system, May 2; teacher salary
schedule average increases, 1986-87 and 1987-88, April 20; State Education Department
memo re planning for grant applications for teacher mentor- internships and related
materials, March-April; letter from director of state Department of Labor Division
of Safety and Health, requesting identification of any hazardous work sites, March;
memos re PERB mediation/arbitration program, with attached guidelines for pilot project,
February; emergency extension of application deadline for Excellence in Teaching funds,
from the State Education Department, January 6; New York Times clipping re labor situation
in England, with cover memo that the U.K. might be setting the trend for the U.S.,
February 18; memo re rule for school districts that did not make timely application
for EIT money, February 17; press release from State Education Department that Regents
voted to require home-schooled students to take the same Pupil Evaluation Program
(PEP) tests and Regents Preliminary Competency tests that students in school are required
to take, extension of EIT application deadline, January 20; unemployment insurance
decision re refusal of employment without just cause, appealed based on substantially
lower salary offer, with cover memo, January 28; policies adopted by the Erie County
BOCES and sold to BOCES districts around the state, and policy adopted by the Williamson
Central School District; January 20 ; memo re AIDS operational policy, with attached
NYSUT Position Paper on Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS); chapter excerpt,
"Unionism and Licensing of Public School Teachers: Impact on Wages and Educational
Output," by Morris M. Kleiner and Daniel L. Petree, of book When Public Sector Workers
Unionize, edited by Richard B. Freeman and Casey Ichniowski (University of Chicago
Press), 1988; several issues of NEA-NY Advocate newsletter, April, June, and summer
1988, with cover note from Jim Conti to NYSUT officers and regional staff directors;
newsletter of the Buffalo Teachers Federation, Provocator 6/88, volume 18, number
6; Commissioner's order staying the West Seneca school district from proceeding on
determining a 3020a case without a hearing because the teacher filed just beyond the
deadline to request such a hearing, June 14, 1988; CSEA/AFSME health insurance handbook
supplement, describing alternatives to Empire Plan, April 19; article from Labor Studies
Journal, "Union Membership Decline: Do the Goals of Unions Reflect the Changing Values
of Workers?" by Jeanette A. Davy and Frank Shipper, Winter 1987-88; paper presented
on April 12 and April 30, "The Taylor Law: Procedures Update for Labor & Management,"
re recent PERB and ALJ decisions and court cases; list of private schools educating
children with handicapping conditions in New York, with cover letter, March 30; PERB
administrative law judge decision in three cases against Rush-Henrietta Central School
district, brought by Rush-Henrietta Employees' Association Buildings and Grounds,
Bus Mechanics Chapter, Teachers Chapter, and Aides Chapter, over smoking ban, February
9; New York Times magazine clipping re end of seven-year AFL-CIO boycott of Coors
beer; Bureau of National Affairs Daily Labor Report clippings; clippings re Empire
Plan rate hikes; guidelines for eligibility for NYSUT Legal Defense Fund
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| Box 28 | Folder 12 |
Regional Staff Director Memos (2 of 2)
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1988 |
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July-December, 1988. NYS Court of Appeals ruling affirming the judgment of the Appellate
Division in CSEA v PERB and Luis Diaz, December 1; memo from Robert Diaz announcing
that Excellence in Teaching (EIT) funds were available for distribution, December
14; NYSUT Executive Committee resolutions on public higher education in New York State,
and on New York's fiscal crisis, December 2; survey of BOCES bargaining units to determine
whether any employees are not represented by unit, December 8; materials re NYSUT
support for creation of a NYS School Construction Authority, temporary exemption from
Wicks Law, including legislative memorandum, New York Times clipping re political
history of Wicks Law, list of state senators, December 7; state Supreme Court decision
in Schneider v. Sobol, with cover memo re EIT funds, December 6; related memo, October
14; letter from NYS AFC-CIO re new Social Security rules that would make it more difficult
for elderly and disabled claimants to file successful appeals after denial of benefits,
with cover memo from Jim Conti and attached New York Times clipping, September-November;
memo from Jim Conti re AFT education reform initiative, with list of prospective locals,
November 11; letter from NYSUT president Tom Hobart to local presidents re anticipated
changes in premiums to Empire Plan, with cover letter from Jim Conti, October 19;
documents, cost-containment strategies available to participating agencies; letter
from Tom Hobart re extension of Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act (AHERA), requiring
asbestos management plans for public and private elementary and secondary schools,
October 14; NYSUT Information Bulletin re NYS Mentor-Teacher Internship Program, revised
August 1988; audit by the State Comptroller of the Empire Plan, with cover press release,
September 28; memo re new Empire Plan benefit options, September 26; memo re annual
salaries or stipends paid to NYSUT local presidents, school year 1987-88, September
12; median classroom teacher salaries, 1987-88; memo noting decrease in school district
contribution to the New York State Teachers Retirement System, with attached NYSTRS
administrative memo detailing reduction, August 9; Empire Plan contribution rates
for participating agencies, August 9; results of Brookhaven Hospital election, showing
win by NYSUT, August 8; Department of Civil Service Empire Plan quarterly experience
report, August 5; materials re new PERB grievance resolution plan combining mediation
and arbitration; analysis by NYSUT legal counsel re U.S. Supreme Court decision in
CWA v Beck re agency fees, with text of brief, July 1
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| Box 28 | Folder 13 |
Training Correspondence
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1989 |
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Scope and Contents
Survey with list of 27 possible training topics, request for selection of top 7, May
1; handwritten notes on education reform
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| Box 29 | Folder 1 |
Albany Regional Office: Correspondence
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1986 |
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Proposal for EIT fund distribution, November 19; memo re need for legislative change
in Taylor Law re per diem substitute employees, December 1; PERB administrative law
judge decision in Wayne-Finger Lakes BOCES and Wayne-Finder Lakes BOCES Teachers'
Association, with cover memo recommending case for use in workshop, October 29; memo
re case at Ravena Coeymans Selkirk Teachers Association in which a teacher refused
to join the union based on religious objection and requested a review of the agency
fee policy, with clipping from Adventist Review and text of Equal Employment Opportunity
Act of 1972, September 30; memo re staff training for investigatory interviews, September
23; new required form, Written Verified Claim, replacing Notice of Claim, and cover
memos between Jim Conti and NYSUT legal counsel, July; North Colonie Teachers Association
newsletter, NCTA Newsline, praising NYSUT staff, with cover memo to Jim Conti and
others, June 10; memo requesting staff assistance to organize a regional substitutes'
union for the southern Adirondack region, May 19; request for NYSUT staff support
at rally for Waterford-Halfmoon contract settlement, April 16; memo to Jim Conti re
substitute teacher organizing campaign for Washington, Warren, and Northern Saratoga
counties, April 14; request for attorney to participate on panel discussion re 3020a
cases for Guilderland Supervisors Unit, March 3; draft letter re voluntary services,
proposed in response to controversy at Guilderland district in which work-to-rule
action led to charges of illegal strike, with response from Jim Conti, advising against
it, February
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| Box 29 | Folder 2 |
Albany Regional Office: Leon Lieberman Coordinator's Reports
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1986 |
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Scope and Contents
Monthly regional staff director's and coordinator's reports
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| Box 29 | Folder 3 |
Dutchess County Community College Meeting
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1986 |
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Scope and Contents
December 10th, 1986. Letter from president of Dutchess United Educators re difficulty
in obtaining access to research and legal assistance from NYSUT, December 2; letter
from regional coordinator to NYSUT officials re upcoming meeting with Dutchess United
Educators to discuss reconsideration of affiliation, with attached October 31 letter
from DUE president outlining concerns, December 2; correspondence re abrupt dismissal
of adjunct lecturer at Dutchess County Community College, attached employment agreement,
February
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| Box 29 | Folder 4 |
Elmsford Regional Office Correspondence
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1986 |
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Correspondence with member John McAndrew of Port Jervis Teachers Association, re NYSUT
involvement during discussion over contractual matters, PERB conclusion that union
was not responsible for "sick out," October-December; agreement between Orange-Ulster
BOCES and BOCES Teachers Association re distribution of Excellence in Teaching funds,
November 7; evaluations re mediation conference, letter from presenter Eric W. Lawson
Dispute Settlement Services, December 16; report by filed representative on Rockland
Community College Federation of Teachers elections, political and personality difficulties,
charges of financial malfeasance, agency fee issues, request to be removed from assignment,
December 15; memo to Jim Conti re Orange County Community College organizing, October
28; summary of case in New York Law Journal re libel complaint in Peekskill public
school district, October; text of Assembly bill to allow faculty representation on
community college boards of trustees, with NYSUT memo of opposition and related correspondence,
October; constitution of the Westchester Visiting Nurses Association; American Arbitration
Association opinion and award re Croton-Harmon Union Free School District and Croton-Harmon
Teachers Association (NYSUT) re association dues; memo re regional office situation
re inadequate electrical wiring and ventilation, plan to obtain cost estimates to
alleviate problems, October 6; list of local presidents, 1986-87, August 22; memo
re Insurance Department regulation of self-funded health insurance plans and union
welfare funds, September-December; memo from Jim Conti re new position of teacher
associate at North Salem School District, with nearly identical duties as full teachers,
concern that district might reduce regular teaching staff and rehire them as associates,
April 23; case in Supreme Court of Suffolk County, Faculty Association of Suffolk
Community College v. Public Employment Relations Board, re salary increment, found
moot, with cover memo from Jim Conti noting intention to appeal, March 4; letter from
a teacher who lost health insurance coverage during the summer as a result of changing
school districts, February 26; flyer for national AFL-CIO conference on PCB hazards
for public employees; correspondence with Farmingdale Federation of Teachers re lack
of participation by NYSUT in negotiations for Empire Plan, February; letter to NYSUT
executive vice president Dan Sanders re situation at Byram Hills Teachers Association
re impact of billing procedures by the state Insurance Department on the local's welfare
funds, January 3; list of local presidents, 1984-85
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| Box 29 | Folder 5 |
Elmsford Regional Office: Bob Klein Coordinator's Reports
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1986 |
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Scope and Contents
Regional staff director's and coordinator's report
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| Box 29 | Folder 6 |
Jamestown Regional Office: Correspondence
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1986 |
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Scope and Contents
Letter to NYSUT president Tom Hobart from president of Fredonia Teachers' Association,
objecting to policy that non-members cannot attend presentations by NYSUT lawyers,
October 10; earlier correspondence, September; letter to Hobart from president of
Cassadaga Valley Faculty Association, objecting to lack of service from new Jamestown
office, October 7; reply from Hobart, October 22; correspondence re unemployment insurance
appeal in case of teacher at Silver Creek district, October
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| Box 29 | Folder 7 |
Mid: Hudson Regional Office-Correspondence
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1986 |
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Scope and Contents
Press statement by NYSUT president Hobart re need for legislation addressing aid to
small school districts, December 10; correspondence re dissatisfaction with NYSUT
at Dutchess County Community College (Dutchess United Educators), October; text of
address delivered to the first annual school conference of the Capital Area School
Development Association, "Alcohol and Drug Abuse in the Schools," by Melvin H. Osterman,
Jr., July 24, with cover letter from Jim Conti to regional staff directors; memos
re training sessions, summer leadership conference, and speaking engagements; memo
re proposed reassignment of Greene/Columbia locals from Mid-Hudson to Albany Regional
Office, May 2; letter from Hobart to president of the Ichabod Crane Teachers Association,
congratulating local for success in electing three candidates for school board by
wide margins, June 23; memos re Rhinebeck Lodge for Successful Living, a drug detoxification
/ rehabilitation facility seeking union representation, January-February 1985; Mid-Hudson
Regional Office 1986-87 membership projections, May 12; collective bargaining agreement
by and between Board of Education of the Wappingers Central School District and Wappingers
Federation of Transit, Custodial, and Maintenance Workers, July 1, 1983, to June 30,
1986; unemployment insurance decision by administrative law judge re teacher at Cairo
Durham Central School, issue of reasonable assurance of employment, with cover memo,
April 16; regional office request for staff, January 24; summary of AFT assignment
to Houston, Texas, February 3; letter from Jim Conti to Metropolitan Life Insurance
Company, administrator of the Empire Plan, re concerns about lack of participation
by physicians due to low reimbursement rates, with attached letters from Arlington
Teachers' Association and Fishkill Obstetrics and Gynecology, detailing far-below
customary market reimbursement rates provided by plan for various procedures, March;
request for legal consultation for teacher at Ellenville district re whether he should
request a 3020a hearing or pursue his case under procedure outlined in the collective
bargaining agreement, March 18; resume of applicant for field services representative,
February; letter from consultant Martin E. Segal Company re reviewing local benefit
plans and trust funds, November 7; memo re staff training needs re negotiation, improper
practice filing, February 4; Mid-Hudson School Bell newsletters
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| Box 29 | Folder 8 |
Mid: Hudson Regional Office-Jim Conti Coordinator's Reports
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1986 |
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Scope and Contents
Monthly reports re negotiations, training, and other activities; list of retirees
and health insurance as of February 21
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| Box 29 | Folder 9 |
Nassau Regional Office: Field Rep Interviews
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1986 |
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Scope and Contents
December 22, 1986. Letters inviting applicants for interviews
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| Box 29 | Folder 10 |
Nassau Regional Office: Correspondence
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Scope and Contents
Letter offering job as field representative to applicant, December 23, 1986; C.B.
Bulletin, newsletter of Nassau regional office, with article summarizing report of
the Joint Economic Committee, which defined "rich" in America as households with an
average wealth of $419,600, "very rich" as averaging $1.7 million, and "super rich"
as $8.6 million, October 1986; C.B Bulletin showing identical retail prices to consumers
for shirts made in U.S., Taiwan, Guyana, and Columbia, the differences in labor costs
affecting profit margins of retailers; other C.B. newsletters; clipping from NEA Today,
about an industrial arts teacher who fought for years against environmental hazards
in his Baldwin school, developed malignant melanoma, was turned down by NYSUT for
representation, then was represented by NEA, December 1986; memo to NYSUT counsel
advising that BOCES II Teachers Association had requested that NYSUT withdraw its
appeal of the Teacher Aides in Occupational Education Classes case, following resolution
of outstanding issues, October 27, 1986; request for legal consultation for teacher
at Lynbrook school district facing complaint from parent over final grade and student's
behavior on school trip, September 2, 1986; memo re breach of contract case following
rejection of an advisory arbitration award in Hempstead, applicability to other locals,
August 15, 1985; memo from Jim Conti re provisions of the Empire Plan re mental health
coverage, three-month prescription purchase, definition of medical necessity, need
to obtain booklets re benefits for members, feasibility of NYSUT's setting up a private
plan for members, May 6, 1986; correspondence re possible NYSUT assistance in litigation
by teacher in Great Neck who was pursuing a sex-discrimination case against the New
York State Teachers Retirement System at her own expense, implications for retiree
organizing, NEA competition, October 1985; memo re Nassau staff meeting and concern
over resolution re 3020a proceedings, April 21, 1986; memos re teacher laid off in
Farmingdale district, returned to teach part-time outside tenure area, resigned, determination
that no rights were violated, April 1986; request for upgrade for secretaries in Nassau
office, consistent with increased workload and skill requirements, November 13, 1985
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| Box 29 | Folder 11 |
Nassau Regional Office: Jim Gaspari Coordinator's Reports
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1986 |
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Scope and Contents
Monthly reports
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| Box 29 | Folder 12 |
NYC Regional Office: Correspondence
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1986 |
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Scope and Contents
Memo re contract settlement at Taylor Business Institute, Pratt Institute, and Lexington,
July 8; memo to Jim Conti requesting full-time health and safety expert on staff,
May 2, with reply denying request, May 5; handwritten letter from professor of public
administration who could not return to Medgar Evers College, with attached timeline
re racial harassment, "Key Points in MEC Discrimination," April 7; report by field
representative for Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals re NYSNA convention
of October 18-21, 1985, acknowledgement from Jim Conti, April 17; memo that United
Staff Association of NYU had set a strike date, with handwritten note that settlement
had been reached, January 7; U.S. Supreme Court Brief for the Cooper Union Federation
of College Teachers, AFT, NYSUT, AFL-CIO, in Opposition, The Cooper Union for the
Advancement of Science and Art v. National Labor Relations Board and Cooper Union
Federation of College Teachers, AFT, NYSUT, AFL-CIO
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| Box 29 | Folder 13 |
NYC Regional Office: Tony Ficcio, Coordinator's Reports
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1986 |
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Scope and Contents
Opinion of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, National Labor Relations
Board v. Parsons School of Design, denying petition to enforce order requiring bargaining
with part-time faculty, with cover report, June 24; other monthly reports re contract
negotiations, organizing efforts
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| Box 29 | Folder 14 |
North Country Regional Office: Correspondence
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1986 |
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Scope and Contents
Memo to Jim Conti re problems with PERB-assigned mediator/fact- finders at Chenango
Valley and Haverling school districts, bias toward management, November 26; list of
changes to contract agreement re layoffs, with cover memo to Jim Conti noting violations
of seniority, preferred eligibility rules, in Massena, November 20; order and determination
of Commissioner of Labor in the matter of the application of North Franklin Education
Center for a permanent variance from safety regulation, approved with conditions,
November 24; memo from Jim Conti to NYSUT counsel asking that NYSUT challenge decision
by NYS Department of Motor Vehicles requiring fingerprinting of all school bus drivers,
with background correspondence, October; memo from regional staff director to NYSUT
general counsel re planned conference at Alexandria Bay in November, alternative meeting
in the spring in Potsdam, October 21; memo re proposed office in Watertown, October
6; memos re difficulties in doing phone banks at centralized locations for political
election campaigns, alternatives, October; memo to Jim Conti complaining of quality
of PERB-appointed mediator/fact finder in Lowville district, with attached materials
including report and recommendation of fact-finder, September; memo to Jim Conti re
problems with PERB-assigned mediator/fact-finders from Utica and Albany, need for
PERB to provide competent staff to North Country assignments, with attached "terrible"
reports and recommendations of fact-finders for the St. Regis and Chateaugay districts,
June 3; correspondence between NYSUT president Tom Hobart and the president of the
Schroon Lake Teachers Association re good work of field representative in arbitration
case and over the years, May-June; open house invitation to new Potsdam Regional Office,
May 16; list of CSEA units in Essex and Clinton counties, April 23; letter demanding
that agency fee charges no longer be taken from non-union teachers in the Watertown
school district until certain conditions are met, March 15, with cover memo; request
for legal advice re liability of Beaver River Teachers Association for functions at
which alcohol is served, March 12, with related memos; memo to Jim Conti re serious
situation developing in Massena Central School following the suicide of one suspended
student, controversy over discipline policies, February 23, with newspaper clippings;
correspondence re Eunice Jantzi, special education teacher at Jefferson-Lewis BOCES,
suspended for failure to supervise and prevent sexual activity between students, January-May
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| Box 29 | Folder 15 |
North Country Regional Office: RJ Allen, Coordinator's Reports
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1986 |
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Scope and Contents
Monthly reports re negotiations, other issues
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| Box 29 | Folder 16 |
Organizing Correspondence
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1986 |
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Scope and Contents
Debriefing memo analyzing the unsuccessful UHS (United Health Services hospitals)
campaign, December 19; leaflets and radio scripts for AFT clerical campaign, December
19; organizing bulletins; memo suggesting special services for organizing committees,
inducements for potential members, December 10; letter to NYSUT president Tom Hobart
from assistant director of organizing for Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals,
asking him to identify locals with members in health-related occupations not currently
in FNHP, November 21; letter to Jim Conti from managing editor of FNHP Healthwire,
asking to be put on NYSUT newsletter mailing list, October 29; draft article by NYSUT
organizing coordinator John O'Leary re differences between union certification and
recognition, with cover memo seeking comments from organizers, October 31; memo re
employer tactics, emphasizing threat of strikes, in lead-up to representation election
at United Health Services, November 11; outline for Local Presidents' Handbook, with
request from Jim Conti to John O'Leary that he write section on organizing, November
10; letters from Jim Conti to organizers and field representatives, congratulating
them on win or encouraging them on defeats, September-October; memo from John O'Leary
re the best use of organizing dollars, July 15; memo re actions of PERB administrative
law judge, called unprofessional and prejudicial by John O'Leary, at certification
petition conference by NEANY for Edwards Russell Central School District, June 23;
memo listing representation election results at various schools, June 27; NYSUT Statement
of Intent for Organizing Registered Nurses; summary of remarks of ILGWU presentation
on use of polling in organizing campaigns at 1986 Midwest healthcare organizers conference,
noting extreme aversion to prospect of strikes among nurses; articles from Scientific
American, re tendency of voters to vote for challenger in presidential elections if
they perceive their economic status as having deteriorated, and New York Times, re
deterioration of real income among Americans, with cover memo to organizers re implications
for receptivity to unionizing among middle class workers, July 14; brochure prepared
for Benedictine organizing campaign, "What's In It for You? Straight Answers to Common
Questions about FNHP/NYSUT"; four-page memo to Jim Conti from John O'Leary re organizing
budget, October 2, 1985; six-page memo from O'Leary, "Organizing Effectiveness, Preliminary
Report," June 23, 1986; memo from Tom Hobart to NYSUT Board of Directors re results
of elections involving AFT in Broward County, Florida, June 12; memo re contingency
plans to remain open during previously scheduled vacation shutdown to accommodate
organizing campaigns in Binghamton and Kingston, May 23; memo urging support for legislation
in Assembly that would prohibit health-care agencies from being reimbursed for representation
election expenses, making it less likely that facilities would pay for anti-union
consultants, June; memo updating on feasibility of organizing Visiting Nurse Service
ancillary staff for the UFT, May 12; memo from O'Leary detailing the organizing operation,
noting long-term nature of cultivating leads, need for flexibility, May 12; memo re
budget appropriation for special organizing projects, calling dramatic reduction a
penalty for prudent management the year before and a disincentive to spending restraint,
May 2; memo, "Why the Organizing Staff Should Not Be Reduced," April 21; notice to
NYSUT from the National Labor Relations Board that a petition for certification of
representation election at the Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital had been filed
by the Teamsters, April 28, with attached documents; memo re Entry into Practice bill,
held up in committee, which would require a BA degree for Registered Nurses and an
AAS degree for associate nurses and eliminate the designation Licensed Practical Nurse
(LPN), with committee bill memorandum, listing groups in support and opposition, points
of argument in support and opposition, May 30; memo from Jim Conti requesting any
information about pending legislation in the health-care area, speaker for meeting
of Federation of Nurses & Health-Related Professionals (FNHP), April 25; memo from
O'Leary recommending changes to PERB rules for certification of representation election,
submitted in response to request for comments by PERB, April; memo to organizers from
O'Leary re Supreme Court decision overturning NLRB rule requiring all employees in
a bargaining unit to vote on affiliation of an independent union with a national or
international union, cautioning that other rules must be followed carefully, April
14; inquiry from O'Leary as to whether there was any pending legislation to amend
law dealing with patients' rights or reporting patient abuse, April 8; copy of NEA-NY
Advocate, with cover memo to O'Leary from Jim Conti suggesting he read it before attending
their convention, March; memo to organizers re generating computerized contact cards,
March 4; memo to O'Leary re computerized filing system, January 14; memo from O'Leary
re college organizing, recommending that National Labor Relations Act be amended to
give NLRB jurisdiction over college faculty, with cover memo from Jim Conti asking
whether AFT was planning to propose amendments, March; memo from O'Leary suggesting
proposing legislation clarifying process for mergers, consolidations, and annexations
of school districts, especially BOCES districts, November 25, 1985, with reply from
Jim Conti, March 27, 1986; Schenectady Gazette newspaper clipping re deputy executive
director of President's Commission on Organized Crime, which was recommending random
drug tests for federal employees, who refused the request of the chair of a House
Civil Service subcommittee to give a sample of his own urine before testifying, March
19, 1986; Report by AFL-CIO Committee on the Evolution of Work on the Changing Situation
of Workers and Their Unions, February 27, 1985, with cover memo to organizers and
discussion guide for local unions; memo from O'Leary recommending NYSUT associate
membership, March 3; State Education Department Public School Professional Personnel
Report, 1984-1985; letter to NYSUT president Tom Hobart from president of United Professional
Nurses Association (UPNA), expressing regret that they were unable to achieve a working
relationship, February 25; letter from O'Leary to president of UPNA, informing her
that Federation of Nurses and Health-Related Professionals would likely become NYSUT's
Division of Nursing, February 5; list of organizing successes since November 1985
through January 3, 1986; list of new units organized in 1985, November 14; memo outlining
procedures for returning calls that come in to the 800 number for organizing, November
17, 1985; memo to O'Leary from NYSUT public relations director re organizing marking
campaign for nurses, with attached materials, January 6, 1985
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| Box 29 | Folder 17 |
Organizing: John O'Leary, Coordinator's Reports
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1986 |
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Scope and Contents
Monthly reports
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| Box 29 | Folder 18 |
Rochester Regional Office: Correspondence
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1986 |
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Scope and Contents
Memo to New York State Teachers' Retirement System from the Rush- Henrietta Employee
Association Teachers' Chapter Executive Council, objecting to non-inclusion of Excellence
In Teaching (EIT) funds in calculation of salary toward retirement, December 17; memo
re EIT settlements at Spencerport and Marion districts, November 26; survey sent to
school-related personnel (SRP) locals to determine gender distribution, full- and
part-time status, and other characteristics of work force, with cover memo noting
complexity of questions, other issues, October; memos re PERB administrative law judge
decisions re subcontracting of summer school teachers and programs to BOCES, with
attached decisions re Monroe County school districts (Webster, East Irondequoit, and
West Irondequoit), December; memos re legality of public employees' contributing to
a self-funded health plan, October-November; East Irondequoit Excellence In Teaching
agreement, with cover memo, October 24; memo from Jim Conti re consideration of sexual
preference in 3020a cases, noting absence of state law prohibiting discrimination,
lack of clarity as to whether homosexuality per se constitutes "moral turpitude,"
concluding that in a school setting "they are going to be held to a much higher standard
of moral conduct," October 1; list of school districts that had not yet applied for
Excellence In Teaching funds, September 17; PERB decision in Williamson Central School
District and Williamson Faculty Association re salary schedule, July 29; memo from
NYS Teachers Retirement System re employer contribution rates to be paid during the
1987-88 school year, with cover memo from Jim Conti to regional staff directors, May
22; letter from NYS Department of Motor Vehicles re payment of fee for fingerprinting
of school bus drivers, October 24; letter from Jim Conti to Tom Hobart recalling defection
of Rochester and Vestal Regional Offices to NEA in 1976, actions Conti took to maintain
continuity of service to locals, April 24; memo re computer certification questions
at Webster school district, April 2; memo re selection of arbitration as alternative
to 3020a proceeding, March 21; revised draft, Rochester Teachers Association Peer
Assistance and Review Program, with attached newspaper clippings; flyer Rochester
Regional Report, "State Budget Includes $95 million for Excellence In Teaching Program!"
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| Box 29 | Folder 19 |
Rochester Regional Office: Ray Samson, Coordinator's Reports
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1986 |
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Scope and Contents
Monthly activity reports; Cooperative Organization for Public Education (COPE) report,
Monroe County "Save Harmless" School Districts 1986 Yearbook, presented at Legislators'
Breakfast, December 6, 1986; program for 1987 Collective Bargaining Conference, January
23-24
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| Box 29 | Folder 20 |
South Western (Jamestown) Regional Office Newsletter
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1986 |
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Scope and Contents
Volume 1, number 1
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| Box 29 | Folder 21 |
Southern Tier Regional Office: Correspondence
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1986 |
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Scope and Contents
Inquiry by Jim Conti as to whether NYSUT was proposing legislation to address worker's
compensation, citing the case of a Newark Valley Central School District bus driver
who was out on disability on a work-related injury and could legally lose her job
and health insurance, December; memo to Jim Conti recommending breach of contract
suit on behalf of the Chenango Forks Teachers Association for violating settlement
agreement, negotiated in lieu of an Improper Practice Charge, for assigning too much
work to a teacher, December 9; materials re legality of self-funded health plans,
including case of Rockland Community College, April; letter congratulating field representative
on successful contract for Watkins Glen Faculty Association, noting benefits and protections
not often found in the Southern Tier, November 3; memos requesting legal opinion of
certain wording on taxable income deferments form required of teachers to sign at
Endicott school district, September-November; letter from state senator and deputy
majority leader William T. Smith to president of Elmira Teachers Association, explaining
why he opposed Excellence In Teaching program, September 18; handwritten drafts, "You
Are Being Cheated," for mailing to teachers in Oneonta, September 11; letter to president
of Corning Teachers Association from NYSUT staff in Division of Research and Educational
Services, advising on design of a questionnaire evaluating teacher satisfaction with
building administrators, September 5; application for affiliation with NYSUT from
George Junior Republic Teachers Organization, August; questionnaire by Corning Teachers
Association to evaluate building administrators, July 2; memo to Jim Conti re miscellaneous
concerns re PERB, including decision in Charlotte Valley Teachers Association case,
difficulties with improper practice conferences and hearings, February 21; recommendation
for a 3020a hearing panel member, June 30; five-page memo from regional office coordinator
Chuck Rogers, analyzing the disaffiliation of the Greene Teachers Association, May
29; six-page memo from field rep to Chuck Rogers, analyzing the disaffiliation of
the Greene Teachers Association, May 29; list of school districts where increases
in state aid were used to lower local taxes, versus where aid resulted in increases
for teachers, September 13; memo to Jim Conti discussing the results of increase in
state on school district taxes, budgets, and salaries, concluding that not much had
changed for contract negotiations, August 23; several related memos to Jim Conti,
with specific examples of impact on districts; memo re inadequacy of PERB procedures
for adding long-term substitutes or part-time teachers, February 22; related memo
re accretion, March 21; confidential memo from Jim Conti re scheduling PERB prehearing
conference for Charlotte Valley case, May 13; letter to Jim Conti re inconvenience
and expense of PERB's increasing tendency to schedule hearings and meetings in Albany
instead of Binghamton, April 29; related material; repeat request to NYSUT president
Hobart by Corning Teachers Association that NYSUT Executive Board assign the local
to the district (E.D. 11) with which it had regular contact and was closer to geographically,
April 18; memo from Jim Conti re "Neanderthal" goals of Owego Apalachin Central School
District, suggesting that State Education Department be informed, April 25; chart
comparing provisions of the tiers of the NYS Employee Retirement System; memo to Jim
Conti criticizing PERB mediator/fact-finder, dissatisfaction by both parties, urging
that PERB be advised and requested not to assign the mediator again to any NYSUT case
in the Southern Tier, February 3; memo to Jim Conti re inordinate number of respiratory
and cancer cases at Rushford school, need for asbestos removal, January 21; confidential
memo and related documents re teacher at Greene Central School, February 28; request
from Jim Conti to NYSUT legal counsel to have a staff attorney address Chenango Valley
Teachers Association re teacher liability in the classroom and school-related situations,
February 20; copy of General Municipal Law section 92 re vacations, sick leaves and
leaves of absence of officers and employees, including opinions of the state comptroller
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| Box 29 | Folder 22 |
Southern Tier: Chuck Rodgers, Coordinator's Reports
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1986 |
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Scope and Contents
Monthly reports, with newsletters, Southern Tier Briefs
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| Box 29 | Folder 23 |
Suffolk Regional Office: Correspondence
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1986 |
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Scope and Contents
Memo from field representative to NYSUT legal counsel requesting action to regain
two days' salary docked from teachers at Cold Spring Harbor after the district superintendent
declared that a strike had taken place, November 13; letters from locals thanking
NYSUT staff for their help in averting strikes, other assistance; special order resolution
by Representative Assembly recommending that AFT give financial assistance to Patchogue-Medford
Congress of Teachers to offset costs associated with challenging drug testing, n.d.;
memo to Jim Conti re Patchogue drug testing case, appealed to state Court of Appeals,
possible federal involvement, August 28; letter to NYSUT official Ray Calabrese from
Amityville Teachers Association president, thanking him for selecting the school's
Talented and Gifted Program for Cablevision show, noting bad press for low reading
and math scores, May 23; text of governor's proposed legislation re salary supplement,
March 19
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| Box 29 | Folder 24 |
Suffolk Regional Office: John DeGregorio, Coordinator's Reports
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1986 |
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Scope and Contents
Regional reports; papers, "AIDS: A Question of Human Rights vs the Duty to Provide
a Safe Work Place," by Marco L. Colosi, vice president, human resources, and Fred
Silverman, president, Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center, "Selected Current Developments
under the National Labor Relations Act," by Irving Perlman, Immerman & Perlman, presented
to the 6th Annual Winter Training Conference on Labor Management Relations, February
13-20, and "The Effect of the National Labor Relations Board on the Health Care Industry,"
by Marco L. Colosi
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| Box 29 | Folder 25 |
Syracuse Regional Office: Correspondence
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1986 |
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Scope and Contents
Syracuse Teachers Association Policy, Procedures and Information Regarding Members
Accused of Misconduct (Primarily Child Abuse) as a Result of Employment in the Syracuse
City School District; 20-page memo from Jim Conti debriefing Benjamin-Rush Center
(psychiatric hospital facility) strike, November 17; United Liverpool Faculty Association
newsletter, December; NLRB Charge against Employer against Benjamin Rush Center; appeal
for holiday support for 12 employees fired during strike; agenda for meeting re strike,
November 3; flyers re strike; memo from regional director to president of Benjamin
Rush Employees United re crisis reimbursement plan related to strike, September 26;
memos re eligibility of school nurses for Excellence In Teaching funds, September-October;
list of teachers' starting salaries in Syracuse regional area, 1986-87; memos requesting
legal assistance for unemployment insurance case at Port Byron School District, with
attached decisions from NYS Unemployment Insurance Division, related correspondence
re provisional teaching certificate, July-September; document by NYSUT regional staff
director Frank Squillace, "Teacher Salaries and the Excellence in Teaching Law," August
1986; memo re absorption of Cortland-Madison BOCES school-related personnel (SRP)
unit into new Cortland-Onondaga-Madison BOCES Organization (COMBO), July 15; memo
re AFT liability insurance programs, May 13; related brochures and legal citations;
NYS Department of Labor Notice of Variance Hearing on July 11 for Cazenovia Central
School District, copied to Jim Conti and others; "raiding" letter from NEA-NY to teacher
at Oswego County BOCES, with cover memo to Jim Conti noting that letter was being
sent to CSEA locals, May 23; letter re field representative assignments to certain
BOCES locals, April 29; memo to Jim Conti re inquiry from Onondaga-Madison BOCES Federation
of Teachers re Public Health Law and related issues in which a school nurse might
send students and teachers home because of a contagious illness at school, with attached
excerpt from state Education Law, March 31; memos from Jim Conti to legal staff inquiring
as to whether authorization forms allowing release of any confidential legal (including
attorney-client privileged), medical (including psychiatric), financial, or other
information, which prospective employees must sign, violated any federal or state
civil rights regulations, with attached copy of release form used by Auburn Enlarged
City School District, March-April; list of organization and representation status
of school-related personnel in Syracuse regional area districts, January 10; memos
re field representative assignment to Madison Central School Non-Instructional Employees
Association (MCSNEIA), February
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| Box 29 | Folder 26 |
Syracuse Regional Office: Frank Squillace, Coordinator's Reports
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1986 |
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Scope and Contents
Activity reports re negotiations, other issues
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| Box 29 | Folder 27 |
Training Correspondence
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1986 |
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Scope and Contents
Clipping, "PEF Saves Retirement Benefits"
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| Box 29 | Folder 28 |
Training: Ray Ratte, Coordinator's Reports
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1986 |
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Scope and Contents
Regional staff director and coordinator's reports
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| Box 29 | Folder 29 |
United University Professions: Correspondence
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1986 |
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Scope and Contents
Invitation to Jim Conti to come to United University Professions Field Staff dinner,
with affirmative reply, December
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| Box 29 | Folder 30 |
United University Professions: Save Livingston, Coordinator's Reports
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1986 |
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Scope and Contents
Activity reports
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| Box 29 | Folder 31 |
Utica Regional Office: Correspondence
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1984-1986 |
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Scope and Contents
Report on Retirement Convention, with cover letter from Jim Conti to NYSUT president
Tom Hobart, December 17; memos re Mt. Markham dues problem, with attached excerpts
from association's constitution, September-October; New York State School Boards Association
legislative bulletin re Regents meeting, July 28, 1986; correspondence re proposed
legislation to limit funding for health and welfare benefits, including Metropolitan
Life Insurance Company legislative alert bulletin, MarchMay
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| Box 30 | Folder 1 |
Utica Regional Office Vinnie Grove Coordinator's Reports
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1986 |
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Scope and Contents
Regional Staff Director's and Coordinator's reports
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| Box 30 | Folder 2 |
West NY Regional Office: Correspondence
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1986 |
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Scope and Contents
Outline of field services section for annual report for the Representative Assembly,
with cover letter from Jim Conti re writing section for local presidents' handbook,
November 10; newsletter of BOCES II Education Association, Cross Ventilation, October;
briefs, award, and related correspondence in arbitration case, Matter of Erie County
No. 1 Co-operative Teachers Association and BOCES First Supervisory District, Erie
County, July-October; memo to local presidents re NYSUT reorganization of Western
NY Region, creation of new Southwestern New York Region, September 4; flyer announcing
arbitration seminars; memos from staff of Physical Education Department to U.C.PA.
management, Children's Center, and NYSUT local 3721, asking for raise, April-June;
letter to governor re Erie Community College Board of Trustees vacancy, June 26; agreement
between the Board of Education of Attica Central School District and the Attica Central
School Non-teaching Employees Association, July 1, 1986 June 30, 1989; memo re Kenmore
Teachers Association peer performance review plan, with attached text of the plan,
May 5; memo re mergers, consolidations, and annexations of school districts, with
reply from Jim Conti; memos re requests from locals for guidance re teacher liability,
February, with hand-written note
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| Box 30 | Folder 3 |
Western NY Regional Office Ron Uba Coordinator's Reports
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1986 |
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Scope and Contents
Regional monthly reports; coordinator's reports; list of agency fee locals, November
3; list of locals with open contracts for 1987; list of locals with VOTE-COPE payroll
deductions, November 5; list of locals with benefit trust payroll deductions, November
5; notice of PERB conference and hearing in the matter of Erie Chautauqua Cattaraugus
BOCES and BOCES Support Personnel Association, petitioner, and BOCES II Education
Association, respondent, for November 25; letter from NEA-NY Rochester Service Center
to members re PERB case
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| Box 30 | Folder 4 |
Interviews: Jamestown Coordinator
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1986 |
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Scope and Contents
June 11, 1986. Letters to job applicants confirming interview appointments
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| Box 30 | Folder 5 |
Accounting
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1986 |
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Scope and Contents
Memo re political climate at Rockland Community College, agency fee collection, poor
working relationship, request for change in assignment, December 15; memos re re-election
of president of Rockland CC, November; memo re payment of 1986-87 dues, September
16; memo re 1986-87 budget approvals, objecting to changing rules of procedure, August
12; memo re Field Services' support for PEF, May 8; confidential memo re additional
staff and budget considerations, April 15
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| Box 30 | Folder 6 |
Data processing
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1986 |
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Scope and Contents
Data Processing Coordinator's / Manager's Update, April 11; list of NYSUT recommended
microcomputer systems for locals (prices as of April 7, 1986); microcomputer training
schedule, revised April 8; memo re training, June 12
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| Box 30 | Folder 7 |
Educational Services
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1986 |
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Scope and Contents
NYSUT Division of Research and Educational Services Contract Analysis: BOCES Contract
Clauses, October 1986; Information Bulletins, "Selected Financial Data for School
Districts 1981-82 to 1983-84" and "1986-87 Executive Budget Proposal State Aid to
Public Schools," January 1986, "Community College Status Report," March 31, 1986,
"Excellence in Teaching Aid Impact on Fringe Benefits," June, results of survey of
elementary and secondary teacher locals, June, list of districts and BOCES applying
for Excellence in Teaching Aid, September 15, "Alternatives to Special Education,"
November 1986; confidential Regents' Report Cards, January, February and May 22, 1986;
monthly reports; brochure, New York State Educational Conference Board State Aid Proposal,
1986-87; memos re teacher salary increases, teacher salary aid; draft Testimony of
the New York State United Teachers Regarding the Regents Hearings on Proposed Amendments
to the Certification Requirements for Elementary and Secondary Academic Areas; memo
to regional staff directors re teacher membership on Committee on Special Education
(CSE), with attached Information Bulletin giving details, October 27; letter from
NYSUT vice president Antonia Cortese to Education Commissioner Gordon Ambach, requesting
that teaching assistants pay only once for a temporary teaching license, with attached
memos, June-July; letter from director of organization of CSEA, expressing concern
about raiding of AFL locals by Teamsters, June 26, with memo from Jim Conti sharing
concern, July 17; newspaper clipping summarizing Carnegie Forum recommendations that
teacher pay be increased substantially, with cover memo from Jim Conti, June 27; year-end
report, Participation of Locals and Members in Selected Activities, prepared for NYSUT
Board of Directors, June 1986; memo from Jim Conti re "Neanderthal" goals of Owego
Apalachin Central School District, suggesting that State Education Department be informed,
April 25, with attached text of goals, including "absolutely no new programs or services
or expansion of existing programs or services" and "Year of the Taxpayer: apply any
and all unanticipated state aid to tax containment"; memo to coordinators re 1986-87
Hurd Aid to small city school districts, May 9; New York State School Boards Association
Legislative Bulletin re anticipated Excellence in Teaching regulations, April; memo
to regional office coordinators re basic school district information, with attached
sample and definition of terms, March 20; draft staff report to the Board of Regents,
"Teacher Compensation in New York State 1974-75 and 1984-85 School Years," February
1986
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| Box 30 | Folder 8 |
Field Services
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1986 |
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Scope and Contents
Agenda for AFT conference, "The State Federation as Employer," with memo from Jim
Conti requesting approval to attend, December 19; request for information pamphlets
from Workers' Compensation Board re on-the-job injury and off-the-job disability,
October 29; letter from director of field services Robert Allen to Superior Officers
Association, Police Department, Nassau County, explaining agency fees, October 9;
memos to regional staff directors re telephone calls to other members on behalf of
endorsed candidates for public office, September-October; memo re increased likelihood
that representation elections will be more successful on the second or third attempt,
September; legislative memorandum in support of bill that would allow collective negotiation
re transfer of teachers within a school district, September, with text of bill; memos
re leave by staff member for adoption and child care, comment that long notice requirement
for specific leave dates isn't practicable for adoption, July; model by-laws to provide
for inclusion of retirees, with document, "How Local Leaders Can Provide Continuation
of Membership in Local/NYSUT AFT"; memo recommending against relocation of a combined
Elmira/Jamestown regional office to Hornell, logistical difficulties, driving distances,
alternative options, October 29; memo re Broward County (Florida) representation election,
won by AFT, making AFT majority organization in Florida, June 10; memo from Ray Ratte
to Vito DeLeonardis urging retention of Survive and Thrive Program, noting success
of program in boosting staff morale, May 23; memo re membership increase projections,
shortfall in New York City staff because of retirements, inability to recruit qualified
candidates, May 23; resolution adopted by the NYSUT Representative Assembly to provide
an attorney when a teacher chooses to use an alternative procedure to a 3020a hearing,
with cover memo outlining process, March 18; Buffalo News clipping, "Stakes, Salaries
High in Failed Bid to Gain Control of Union Local," April 13
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| Box 30 | Folder 9 |
Legal H.Q.
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1986 |
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Scope and Contents
American Arbitration Association Rules for Determination of Union Fees, effective
June 1, 1986; related material re agency fees; request from Jim Conti to legal staff
to write section on NYSUT legal services for Local Presidents' Handbook, November
21; memos re proposed workshop on union's role in investigatory interview (public
sector), October, with attached case for use in workshop, PERB administrative law
judge decision in the matter of Wayne-Finger Lakes BOCES, respondent, and Wayne-Finger
Lakes BOCES Teachers' Association; memo requesting legal staff member to address training
meeting for North Country staff, September; similar request from Fredonia Teachers
Association, September; similar request for Mid-Hudson Summer Leadership Conference,
May 29; legal opinion from NYSUT counsel re overtime provisions under FLSA for employee
performing two jobs for same employer, June 11; publication by U.S. Department of
Labor, "State and Local Government Employees under the Fair Labor Standards Act,"
May 1985; list of open litigation cases, with cover memo noting that they were for
Utica Regional Office, April 17; memos requesting legal opinion re teacher liability,
initiated by Chittenango Teachers Association, January-March; similar request for
Chenango Valley Teachers Association, February 20; request for legal opinion, initiated
by Beaver River Teachers Association, re liability for accidents resulting from association-sponsored
functions involving alcohol, March 12; memo to Jim Conti re serious situation developing
in Massena Central School following the suicide of one suspended student, controversy
over discipline policies, February 23, with newspaper clippings; request for legal
consultation for Ellenville teacher, deciding whether to opt for 3020a hearing or
alternative procedure, March 18; request for meeting with North Country locals re
merger of Edwards school district, affiliated with NYSUT, and Knox district, affiliated
with NEA, March 12
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| Box 30 | Folder 10 |
Legal NYC
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1986 |
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Scope and Contents
Letter from Jim Conti noting that U.S. Supreme Court had ruled that an employer may
not offer life insurance that pays lower benefits to women because of longer life
expectancy, with attached case, Arizona Governing Committee for Tax Deferred Annuity
and Deferred Compensation Plans, et al. v. Nathalie Norris, etc., March 19; memo from
NYSUT counsel re intention to appeal to the state Court of Appeals a decision that
NYSUT complaint failed to comply with statute of limitations, with attached decision,
Peter Langham et al. v. State of New York, November 24; letter re seminar on brief
writing, sent to field representatives, with cover memo from NYSUT general counsel
to Jim Conti, October 29; agency fee materials, with cover memo, November 17; opinion
of state Supreme Court Appellate Division, Patchogue-Medford Congress of Teachers
v. Board of Education of the Patchogue-Medford Union Free School District, holding
drug urine tests to be unconstitutional, with cover memo from Jim Conti to NYSUT general
counsel, September 25; memo to NYSUT legal counsel from Jim Conti re approaching the
Commissioner of Education about a school district that set preconditions to enforcing
the Commissioner's Regulations on Excellence In Teaching that violated the intent
of the legislation, also anticipated improper practice charges over failure by districts
to negotiate the apportionment of E.I.T funds, September 18; text of local law in
Suffolk County legislature to prohibit mandatory drug testing, March 25, with attached
Statement on Substance Abuse Programs from the Faculty Association (AFT Local 3038)
of Suffolk County Community College, opposing random drug testing; letter from Jim
Conti to NYSUT general counsels praising their presentation at the PERB hearing on
agency fees, September 10; correspondence re agency fee inquiries from teachers at
Middletown school district, June-July; issue of Insurance Litigation Reporter; decision
and order in state Supreme Court Special Term, Board of Education, Yonkers City School
District v. Yonkers Federation of Teachers, with cover memo from Jim Conti asking
NYSUT counsel whether decision was being appealed, March 31; memos requesting legal
opinion re teacher liability, initiated by Chittenango Teachers Association, January-February
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| Box 30 | Folder 11 |
Legislation
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1986 |
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Scope and Contents
State Education Department document, "State-Aided Programs for Elementary and Secondary
Education in New York State," July 1986; summary of pending federal and state legislation
in the health area, from Donna Gwynne, program director, Employee Benefits Program,
City of New York Office of Municipal Labor Relations, November 12; minutes of the
Public Sector Coalition on Health Benefits Legislative Committee meeting of October
6; Update newsletter from the AFT Department of Organization, FNHP Division (nurses
and health professionals), October; letter form Wappingers Federation of Teachers
to VOTE/COPE director, advising him of lack of cooperation by local state legislator,
endorsed by NYSUT, in helping distribute Excellence in Teaching funds with school
district, October; fact sheet by Democratic Study Group in House of Representatives
re pending Tax Reform Act of 1986, October 1; letter sent to local presidents asking
for help in making phone calls on behalf of endorsed candidates for public office,
with cover memo to regional staff directors noting poor response, requesting follow-up
calls to locals, October 21; letter from NYSUT executive vice president Dan Sanders
re legislative successes, August 14, with attached Final Report: 1986 Legislative
Session: NYSUT Legislative Program and Major Support Bills Signed into Law; preliminary
report re bills signed by governor or awaiting action, with cover letter from Sanders,
July 11; NYS School Boards Association Legislative Bulletin re Regents meeting, July
1986; one-page document, Health Insurance Coverage Extended by State and Federal Regulations,
August 25; memorandum from the Governor's Office of Employee Relations, recommending
approval of a bill (S.9556) that would clarify that procedural aspects of teacher
transfers are negotiable, July 29; memorandum to the governor by NYSUT director of
legislation Ray Skuse strongly urging support for the legislation, July 17; summary
of Sweet Home case, re teacher transfers; text of bill in Assembly requiring strict
standards of proof in civil service tenure hearings; memorandum in support from City
of New York Office of the Mayor; memos re phone banks for calling on behalf of the
NYSUT-endorsed Cuomo/Lundine ticket, July; memo to Retiree Organizing Committee requesting
that they contact other retired members to urge them to call their state legislators
in support of pension supplementation legislation, with script of phone message, June
27; text of state Senate bill to amend insurance law re self-funded health benefit
programs; NYS School Boards Association Legislative Bulletin re record increase in
school aid, April; legal memo re legislation regarding the expansion of Insurance
Department jurisdiction over public employee fringe benefit funds, November 17, 1980,
with cover letter from Jim Conti re new similar proposed legislation, March 27, 1986;
memos re organizing college faculty post-Yeshiva decision, possible attempt to amend
NLRA, February-March; memos re salary supplement legislation, including minutes of
committee meeting and document, "Strategy If Supplement Legislation Is Passed," March;
report from the Senate Education Committee, "TIP: Teacher Improvement Plan: The Third
Year," December 1985, with cover letter to NYSUT president Tom Hobart from committee
chair Sen. James Donovan
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| Box 30 | Folder 12 |
New York Teacher (Publication)
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1986 |
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Scope and Contents
Print deadlines for publications New York Teacher and Bottom Line
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| Box 30 | Folder 13 |
President's Office
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1986 |
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Scope and Contents
Memo from Jim Conti to NYSUT president Tom Hobart re planned letter to local presidents
re posting of Right-to-Know law poster, December 17, 1986; letter from Jim Conti responding
to inquiry from Harvard staff member re access to arbitration cases on file with NYSUT
not otherwise available through published sources, December; request for information
from New Hampshire Federation of Teachers about NYSUT rebate assistance program for
large locals, with reply from director of field services Robert Allen that rebate
is given to NYS locals (Metro-rebate program) because they employ their own staffs
and do not use NYSUT field services, with attached formula for rebate, January 5,
1987; letter from Jim Conti to Tom Hobart with attached report on Retirement Convention,
December 17, 1986; press release by Tom Hobart re small city school districts, December
10; memo from Conti to Hobart listing organizations in which Hobart participated on
NYSUT's behalf, December 16; memo from Conti to Hobart re endorsed appointment to
the State Mediation Board, December 10; memo for meeting of group putting together
Local Presidents' Handbook, October 27; text of proposed local law for Suffolk County
banning mandatory drug testing, with cover memo, September 19; letter from Physical
Therapists of U.C.P.A. re raising salaries, with cover memo from Jim Conti to Tom
Hobart that reply was no longer necessary, September 8; letter from Hobart congratulating
Ichabod Crane Teachers Association for good work in electing endorsed candidates to
school board, June 23; memos re new teacher and EAP orientation programs, May; memo
from Conti to Hobart recalling how Conti maintained control after defection of Rochester
Regional Office staff to NEA in 1976, April 24; memo from Conti to Hobart discussing
why organizing Empire State Day Care Centers would not be a worthwhile project, April
25; memo from Conti to Hobart initially exploring possibility of organizing day care
centers, March 27; list of school-related personnel (SRP) locals that left CSEA for
NEA, and CSEA units that asked to become affiliated with NYSUT, with attached memo
from Conti to Hobart noting that NYSUT had advised CSEA locals that they could not
affiliate with NYSUT, possible cooperative efforts with CSEA in raiding NEA-affiliated
locals, April 8; memo requesting Hobart's attendance at rally for Waterford-Halfmoon
Teachers Association contract settlement, with attached newspaper clipping, April;
correspondence with Hobart re excessed teacher in Farmingdale who believed he was
not properly recalled according to seniority list, March-April; memo from Hobart to
staff re additional toll-free phone line, request that it not be used for personal
calls, April 11; memo from Conti to Hobart re need for unions to coordinate boycott
of Albany Marriott Hotel on behalf of Hotel & Restaurant Workers Union, April 8; NYSUT
1986 Annual Report: "Beyond Collective Bargaining," with cover memo from Hobart thanking
colleagues
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| Box 30 | Folder 14 |
Secretary : Treasurer's Office
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1986 |
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Scope and Contents
Memo from Herb Magidson to coordinators re per capita payments (dues) for per diem
substitutes, January 16; memo form Jim Conti asking whether an insurance company had
been identified willing to provide liability coverage for locals and individual teachers,
noting continued demand from locals, April 8
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| Box 30 | Folder 15 |
Public Relations
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1986 |
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Scope and Contents
"Inside Your Schools" program catalog for monthly television show, with cover letter;
memo inquiring re costs for producing and airing radio ads, lead time, and whether
statistically meaningful measurements could be made for testing effectiveness, February
27; press release, "Teacher Centers in Vanguard of Education Improvement, Professionalism
of Teaching," May 2; clipping from Advertising Age, "Chavez, UFW pack up their pickets,
go 'high-tech': Union uses mail, phone campaign," June 16, with cover memo to Jim
Conti; memo from Jim Conti critiquing AFT leaflet for clerical workers, noting "not
punchy enough," overstating health and safety protections, December 19; clippings
from CSEA newsletter, The Public Sector, re Region 4 and 6, comparable worth implementation,
October 20
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| Box 30 | Folder 16 |
Reports (1 of 2)
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1986 |
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Scope and Contents
NYSUT Resource Packet: Helping Children at Risk; New York State Office of Mental Health
1987 Update and Progress Report for the Five Year Comprehensive Plan: Mental Health
Services, 1985-1990, with cover letter
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| Box 30 | Folder 17 |
Reports (2of 2)
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1983-1986 |
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Scope and Contents
A Nation at Risk: The Imperative for Educational Reform, National Commission on Excellence
in Education, April 1983; New York State Board of Regents Proposed Action Plan to
Improve Elementary and Secondary Education Results in New York, revised February 1984;
1986087 Educational Conference Board State Aid Proposal background information; Coalition
for Public Education report, "The State of New York and Nonpublic Schools: An examination
of their historical, legal and fiscal relationships," December 1985
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| Box 30 | Folder 18 |
Reports (3 of 3)
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1986 |
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Scope and Contents
Reports prepared by NYSUT's Division of Research and Educational Services: selected
financial data for school districts 1981-82 to 1983-84; "Reimbursable Cost Manual
for Private Schools Receiving Funding Under Article 89 and Article 81 of Education
Law to Educate Handicapped Children," September 1985 edition, superseding September
1984 issue; Information Bulletin re Consumer Price Index; reprint of State Education
Department publication, "State-Aided Programs for Elementary and Secondary Education
in New York State," July 1986
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| Box 30 | Folder 19 |
Nassau Regional Office: Correspondence
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1990 |
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Scope and Contents
Appeal of the Board of Education of the Goshen Central School District before the
Commissioner re 3020a decision finding tenured teacher not guilty of six of eight
charges (dismissed), November 30; memo re rally in support of Daily News strikers,
December 3; memo denying approval for travel to New York Institute of Technology annual
conference because of severe budget constraints, November 21; two appeals by South
Country Central School District re mixed decision in 3020a hearing against tenured
special education teacher (dismissed), October 11, with cover memo from Jim Conti;
suggestions to Jim Conti by Nassau regional staff director re solutions to problems
encountered by staff in scheduling arbitration hearings, August 21; memo to Jim Conti
summarizing Commissioner's decisions on two 3020a cases, Board of Education of Johnstown
Central School District v. Spencer, re charges of molestation, and Central School
District of Elmira v. McCloud, re charges of corporal punishment, October 29, with
attached case decisions; State Education Department panel decisions in 3020a cases,
Gates-Chili school district v. Keith Harvey, and Marcus Whitman Central v. Sherrill
Maurer, with cover memo, October 15; state Supreme Court decision in Victor Meister
v. Thomas Sobol, as Commissioner of Education and the Board of the South Colonie Central
School District, June 15, with cover memo from Jim Conti asking that the case be summarized,
June 28; comparison of the Orange-Ulster BOCES self-insurance plans with Empire Plan,
June 21; similar comparison for Plainedge, June 12; memo re consideration of self-funded
health insurance plan for Rockville Centre, January 18; agenda for meeting of Coalition
to Advance Women of Color in Education, at Hofstra School of Education, May 10; memo
to Jim Conti re expert witness in arbitration of pay discrimination case at C. W.
Post College, May 14; memo to Jim Conti summarizing Court of Appeals decisions of
bargaining financial disclosure Board of Education of NYC v. PERB, Subcontracting
Summer School (Webster Central School District v. PERB Court of Appeals), and Nassau
County Supreme Court decision on the Freedom of Information Law and Materials Used
in the Classroom (Russo v. Nassau Community College), May 15; summary of Commissioner's
Decision in Keesler v. Northeast Central School District, January 23; State Education
Department panel decision and state Supreme Court decision in 3020a case, Batavia
City School District v. H. David Cargill, with cover memos, February 3 and April 5;
appeal before the Commissioner of Education of a refusal by the Harborfields Board
of Education to conduct a hearing over a student's grade, brought by the parents,
and appeal before the Commissioner of a decision by the North Tonawanda City School
District re involuntary transfer of a teacher, with cover memo from Jim Conti, March
16; memo re Port Washington retirement incentive plan, March 2
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| Box 30 | Folder 20 |
Rochester Regional Office Correspondence
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1990 |
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Scope and Contents
Revised Proposal from the Rochester Teachers Association to the Rochester City School
District, November 29; Rochester Democrat & Chronicle clipping re efforts to reach
contract settlement, December 21; Rochester Teachers Association newsletter, The Rochester
Teacher, re task force on shared accountability, August 27; U.S. News & World Report
article re Rochester contract negotiations, "Blackboard Juggle: Teachers in this urban
school system are trying to redefine unionism in an age of reform," December 24; 1990-91
contract analysis items for districts in the NYSUT Rochester Regional Office area,
focusing on Excellence In Teaching funds distribution; compilation of case law, "What
Constitutes a Strike," by NYSUT counsel Ray Samson, with memo from Jim Conti complimenting
his research, December 18; memos re letter from school nurse in the Geneva area, November;
draft policy for workplace hazard notification and patient confidentiality, to board
of Finger Lakes Regional Occupational Health Program, October 1; memo to Jim Conti
from Ray Samson, cautioning re meaning of consultation clauses, October 18; letter
to Gov. Mario Cuomo from New York State School Boards Association, New York State
Council of School Superintendents, and Association of School Business Officials, with
suggestions for addressing the state fiscal crises, including eliminating Excellence
In Teaching funding as doing nothing to improve classroom teaching, repealing the
Wicks Law, and other measures, with cover memo from Jim Conti to NYSUT president Tom
Hobart, December 3; memos re hiring by Newark Central School District of teacher aide
for teaching assistant vacancy after teaching assistant applied for the job, September;
memo re (third) petition filed by NEA challenging Greece Support Services Employees'
Association, November 21; letter to AFT president Al Shanker from Rochester Teachers
Association re contract negotiation, with cover letter from Shanker to AFT Executive
Council, November 5; memo from president of Rochester Teachers Association (RTA) re
Franklin High School receivership, June 11, and related memos and newspaper clippings
debating failure of school-based planning, inability to agree on plan to improve dropout
rate, academic performance; list of school budgets defeated in district, June 21;
tentative agreement, with notice to all RTA teachers to attend ratification meeting
on September 24; memo re Greece Support Services Employees Association election challenge
by NEA, January 8; memo re entitlement of Newark Paraprofessionals Association to
Excellence In Teaching funds, November 12; proposal by WROC-TV (CBS) for jointly funded
series highlighting education issues, "Great Expectations," with cover memo from Ray
Samson re funding, November 1; Rochester Business Journal list of top 25 highest-paid
public officials, almost all school officials; confidential memo re average salary
increases in RTA, September 19; memo quoting Blue Cross/Blue Shield rates in Rochester
area, July 2; memo from Jim Conti re Eastern New York Occupational Health Program
clinic notification protocol, October 15; memo from Jim Conti re Drug-Free Schools
and Communities Act amendments of 1989, and implications for NYSUT approach to the
Drug-Free Workplace Act, August 14; memo to Jim Conti from Ray Samson re certification
of drug and alcohol abuse prevention programs, impact for Dundee Teachers Association,
August 9, and related materials; text of law succeeding Drug-Free Schools and Communities
Act of 1986, Strengthening and Improvement of Elementary and Secondary Schools (1990);
Finance and Legislative News Notes opposing teacher union involvement in negotiating
BOCES services, June 5; memo re drug-free workplace policy requirements, July 19;
memo to Jim Conti reporting on lackluster annual conference of New York State Public
Sector Coalition on Health Benefits, June 27; letter to Ray Samson from teacher at
Livingston Stuben Wyoming BOCES, asking for reimbursement from NYSUT for legal fees
and review of 3020a case for due process violations, involving interviews with psychiatrists,
attached complaint filed with PERB, June 12; letter from president of the Rochester
Teachers Association re issue of accountability as part of negotiations, April 6;
related newspaper clippings; newspaper clippings re Kodak work force to teach math
and science in city schools; newspaper clipping in Rochester Times Union re Kodak,
AFT, and others joining coalition advocating for national health insurance, with attached
letter to the editor of Washington Post objecting to its mischaracterization of AFT
position as supporting a purely market-based approach to health reform, March 14;
agenda for 1990 Annual Regional SRP Conference on March 30-31; position statement
by New York State School Boards Association on school-based management, with cover
memo to Jim Conti, February 20; memo from New York State School Boards Association
executive director to school attorneys, announcing that legal services would no longer
be provided free of charge, December 18, 1989; memo to Jim Conti informing him that
pro-NYSUT incumbent president of Greece Support Services Employees Association won
election by large margin, with rest of pro-NYSUT slate winning as well, January 2;
Rochester City School District joint statement of intent and agreement with Rochester
Teachers Association, "Career in Teaching Plan," c. 1988, and "Guidelines for School-Based
Planning 1988-1989"
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| Box 31 | Folder 1 |
Albany Regional Office: Correspondence
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1990 |
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Scope and Contents
List of pending legal cases, March 29; memos re Niskayuna Middle School tenure areas,
October-December; memos re air quality at Cohoes Middle School, June-October, including
microbiology sampling report; request for review of North Colonie Cafeteria Plan,
June 14, with text of plan benefits; draft grant application to IBM by Saratoga-Warren
BOCES Technology Planning Consortium for distance leaning program, April 30, with
attached minutes and memos; two letters to NYSUT president Tom Hobart from a school
bus driver in Duansburgh re field representative Ron Peretti in handling negotiations,
with cover note asking how NYSUT should respond, June 26; health and safety materials,
including flyers and checklist re how to set up a health and safety committee, by
the New York Committee for Occupational Safety and Health, with cover memo from Jim
Conti, May 8; report to Jim Conti on themes of speakers at Partnership in Health Care
Conference, with comments by Conti re the need for universal health care coverage,
April 5; memo between Jim Conti and NYSUT counsel re interpretation of section 3014b
of state Education Law in case of Schalmont school district, BOCES skills development
course, March; memos re request for budget analysis by Schoharie Teachers Association,
March; National Center for Education Statistics survey report, "Time Allocation Patterns
of Teachers in Public and Private Schools: 1984-86," July 1989; memo from Jim Conti
requesting that NYSUT staff member attend and report on state AFL-CIO and NYS Conference
of Blue Cross and Blue Shield Plans, February 9; letter to Hobart from teacher at
Glenmont Elementary School, interested in switching from NEA-affiliated Bethlehem
Central Teachers Association to NYSUT, January 5
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| Box 31 | Folder 2 |
Albany Regional Office: Misc.
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1989 |
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Scope and Contents
Newspaper clippings re asbestos problem in Mechanicville
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| Box 31 | Folder 3 |
Buffalo Regional Office: Correspondence
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1990 |
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Scope and Contents
Memo to NYSUT Board of Directors re proposal to build new Western NY Regional Office,
with attached packet from Ciminelli Development Company, August 14; letter to regional
staff director Ron Uba from president of North Tonawanda United Teachers, alleging
continued inappropriate language, innuendo, by NYSUT rep, with confidential reply
assuring monitoring of situation, August-September; correspondence between Uba and
Lancaster School District transportation supervisor re negotiations, May; memo re
union's role in negotiating 3020a cases, with attached PERB case re Binghamton Firefighters,
March 8; chain letter from Ron Uba in support of ending apartheid in South Africa,
initiated by member of the University of South Africa, December 11; letter to employees
of Resource Center from Resource Center United Employees urging that they sign card
authorizing representation election for NYSUT, and related flyers comparing wages
and benefits of unionized vs. non-unionized workers; memo to Jim Conti re retirement
problem for employee of Gowanda school district who was never properly informed of
his right to enroll in the NYS retirement system, September; Improper Practice Charge
by Buffalo Teachers Federation NEA against Buffalo Board of Education, with cover
memo to Ron Uba, October 22; memo from Jim Conti to NYSUT legal counsel asking whether
certain questions on a physical examination questionnaire for new hires and tenure
candidates at Barker Central School were legal, related to smoking status, birth control
status, number of pregnancies, number of living children, October; letter to NYSUT
President Hobart from Assemblyman William Hoyt on behalf of teacher at Lake Shore
Central Schools who was denied tenure, JulySeptember, with related correspondence;
request for legal opinion re librarian at Springville Elementary School, who was asked
by principal (believed to suspect librarian of stealing) to turn over usage records
for a number of books, question of whether names of borrowers could be masked out,
with copy of federal rules of evidence re library records, May; letter from Lancaster
Association of Service Personnel thanking Jim Conti for use of video produced by Pennsylvania
Department of Transportation, October 4; reminder to local presidents to send representatives
to Labor Day parade, with attached list of participating organizations and lineup,
August 27; memos re controversy over Orchard Park dues for support staff (SRPs), with
attached salary schedule, old and new dues rates, May-June; Redbook article on sick
building syndrome, April; memo to Jim Conti re salary problem at Niagara Association
for Retarded Citizen's Union, February 15, and related correspondence and documents,
including memorandum from the state Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental
Disabilities, July 14, 1988; memo re erosion of retiree health benefits, arbitration
case and Improper Practice Charge in Amherst district, February 14, 1990, with attached
decision of PERB administrative law judge, 1984, collateral incentive service agreement,
April 1980; memo to Jim Conti re requirement by Niagara Falls School District that
all physical education teachers pass rigorous American Red Cross Lifeguard Review
Training Course, assertion by teachers that they should not be required to become
lifeguards, question of whether refusal would constitute insubordination, January
25; memo and flyer re NYSUT Instructional Leadership Conference, January 12
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| Box 31 | Folder 4 |
Buffalo Regional Office: Misc.
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1990 |
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Scope and Contents
Newsletters of Western Regional Office, Taking the Lead, n.d., c. March 1990; memos
re Summer Leadership Conference
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| Box 31 | Folder 5 |
Elmsford Regional Office Correspondence
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1990 |
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Scope and Contents
Memo to Jim Conti re fee dispute with arbitrator over postponement of hearing for
Mt. Pleasant case, November 20; notice and meeting agenda to local presidents in the
Putnam/ Northern Westchester Health Consortium, with attachments; newspaper clipping
about a business teacher at Sleepy Hollow High School who had been suspended without
pay for three months after admitting to disclosing questions on final exam to students,
in return for other unspecified charges being dropped, November 28; memo from Jim
Conti asking whether anyone at the State Education Department would be sympathetic
to raising low salaries at Special Act and 4201 Schools, noting latest appeal (attached)
re Hallen Center for funding assistance with health insurance program, February-March;
related memos, April; letter to corporate vice president of Blue Cross/Blue Shield
from NYSUT regional director Robert Klein, accepting invitation to serve as member
of the Westchester/ Rockland Regional Subscriber Advisory Council, November 30; memo
re plans for Rockland County Teachers Association workshop, November 20; materials
re Westchester Education Coalition, Inc., with memos to and from Jim Conti discussing
questionable suggestions for school reform in teacher education programs, list of
Board of Directors showing predominantly business representation, December 14; confidential
letter to Jim Wood, executive director of NYSUT, from Robert Klein, regional staff
director, expressing concern over expansion of time devoted by a field representative
to welfare funds, November 19; materials re state aid and retirement contributions
in Nanuet, September; NewsLetter from Martin E. Segal Company, Consultants and Actuaries,
"Managing Postretirement Health Benefits for Multiemployer Plans," May; extensive
correspondence re Rockland Community College Federation of Teachers, including letter
from Eugene Cameron, president of federation, with attached letter from members acting
on their own on behalf of the union, assertion by Cameron of need to correct the situation,
July 24; request from AFT secretary-treasurer to Cameron, president of Rockland Community
College Federation of Teachers, to provide written answers to charges brought against
him for possible investigation, July 20, with attached list of allegations, including
illegal election procedures, attempts to expel paraprofessionals from bargaining unit,
refusal to process new member applications, and more; meeting notices and related
correspondence, February 5, February 7, February 14, May 3, May 11, 1990, and November-December
1989; monograph by Westchester teacher Robert Liftig, How to Win against Harassment,
with cover letter from NYSUT regional Field Director Robert Klein to Jim Wood, director
of Field Services, noting that Klein did not give Liftig names or addresses of any
local presidents but did supply names of school districts, noting inflammatory content,
March 12; Yonkers Public Schools Teachers' Contract Analysis: 1988-89 Teachers' Salary
Schedule; letter from North Rockland Teachers Association president, praising field
representative Ed Corcoran for help in negotiations, May 21; correspondence re Nanuet
teacher Terry McFadden, suspended without pay, which was then reduced, question of
back pay owed, April-May; memo re Excellence In Teaching agreement at Port Jervis
school district, March-April; federal confidentiality regulations re substance abuse
counseling programs, with cover memo referencing Pine Bush counselor, March 15; formal
request by regional staff director Robert Klein to NYSUT secretary-treasurer for the
Board of Directors to bring the Organization of Pius XII Employees, a group of ten
school-related personnel, into conformance with dues requirements, noting poor administrative
management of local, March 14; list of NYSUT-affiliated Special Act schools, March
15; materials re long-term teacher at Goshen school district, removed as chief grader
and then fined $10,000 for speaking publicly about grade inflation, accusing administration
of more concern about bad publicity than identifying students who need remedial help,
letter of support from parents, newspaper clippings, March
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| Box 31 | Folder 6 |
Jim Conti: Lakeland/Putnam Valley (Elmsford R.O.)
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1990 |
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Scope and Contents
Correspondence sent to Jim Conti re Putnam Valley School District's plans to build
its own high school, implications for teachers, curriculum, new section of Education
Law
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| Box 31 | Folder 7 |
Jamestown Regional Office Correspondence
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1990 |
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Scope and Contents
Brochure, "Clearing the Air: Applying New York's Clean Indoor Air Act at the Worksite,"
published by NYS Department of Health, October 1989; outline for Right-to-Know and
Public Employee Safety and Health Act training, March 15; 1990 training registration
and evaluation forms; Chemical Hazard Communication for Public Employers: NYS "Right-to-Know"
Law and NY PESHA Hazard Communication Standard Summary Sheet; chronology of federal
and NYS safety and health legislation, 1970-1989; OSHA Hazard Communication Standard
Legislative Intent; related materials; newsletter, Fact Finder, published by Jamestown
Area Labor Management Committee and Jamestown Community College Business and Industry
Center, with cover memo from Jim Conti, March 2; memo to Jim Conti re the Jamestown
Area Labor-Management Committee, with attached report calling the committee a cosmetic
approach to a poor labor relations climate in the Jamestown area, orientation more
management than labor, co-opted labor leaders, recommending graceful demise, December
20, 1989; memo from Jim Conti re contractual disciplinary hearing replacing 3020a
hearing as a mandatory subject of bargaining, with attached case, Antinore v State
of New York, March 2; related memo to NYSUT executive director James Wood, March 9;
memo re proposed construction and purchase of a southwestern New York regional office
building, with cost projections and floor plan, May 17; report by State Education
Department Bureau of Facilities Planning re asbestos inspection of Prospect Elementary
School, Salamanca School District, with cover memo to Jim Conti, January 29
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| Box 31 | Folder 8 |
Jamestown Regional Office Misc.: newsletter
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1990 |
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Scope and Contents
Newsletters of NYSUT Southwestern Regional Office, News; newsletters, Fact Finder,
published by Jamestown Area Labor Management Committee and Jamestown Community College
Business and Industry Center (see above)
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| Box 31 | Folder 9 |
Mid: Hudson Regional Office Correspondence
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1990 |
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Scope and Contents
Description of Medicare coverage changes following 1990 Omnibus Budget Reconciliation
Act; correspondence re abrupt resignation of teacher from half-time position as chair
of Committee on Special Education at Windham-Ashland-Jewett Central School, likely
Part 83 charge against her, November-December; request from president of Wappingers
Federation of Workers for review of alleged election irregularities, November-December;
materials re Roundout Valley Federation of Teachers claim with CIGNA Insurance against
former local president, including letter from attorney threatening legal action for
defamation, November; memo re AFL-CIO arbitration case report form, noting that it
had been unused since it was developed, November 19; list of possible local presidents
and others who might be called upon to assist with training around the state re education
reform/restructuring, November 19; outline of topics re Workers' Compensation and
occupational health clinics at the Mid-Hudson Regional Office Summer Leadership Conference,
August 24, 1990; tentative agenda; memos re request from the Wappingers Federation
of Workers for dispute resolution assistance from AFT to address disunity on the executive
committee, distrust between custodians and drivers, October-November; memo re health
and safety training for locals, November 8; letter to NYSUT president Tom Hobart from
president of Roscoe Teachers' Association, calling letter from Jim Conti insulting,
misleading, October 23; letter to Roscoe president from Jim Conti, October 12; letter
from Roscoe president to Jim Conti, protesting change in field representative without
prior consultation, September 25; minutes of Eastern New York Occupational Health
Program Advisory Committee, August 15; correspondence with NYSUT member who received
nuisance sales calls from United Community Insurance Company, underwriter of NYSUT's
professional liability program, September-October; memo to Jim Conti re staff discussion
re difficulties (logistical and otherwise) in scheduling arbitration cases, August
29; memo re remaining assignments for a departing field representative, August 24;
status report from field representative re cases, August 13; drug testing agreement
with Wappingers school district; memo requesting assistance in preparing a video of
the year's activities for presentation at the Summer Leadership Conference, April
26; letter from Jim Conti to consultant Martin E. Segal Company, requesting a comparison
of health plans, March 27; correspondence re Livingston Manor Faculty Association,
complaint of lack of support by recently resigned probationary music teacher, Jill
Lerner, who was no longer willing to perform uncompensated extracurricular activities,
March-May; letter from consultant Martin E. Segal Company, comparing dental plans
for Rondout Valley school district, May 4; handwritten spreadsheet of expenses incurred
by Mid-Hudson staff, including questionable expenditures, 1983-89; request for AFT
investigation of Highland Teachers Association president, related correspondence,
March-April; memos, flyer, and list of topics for Right-to-Know training for science
teachers in Ulster County (Onteora Junior-Senior High School), May 16; correspondence
re Livingston Manor teacher Jill Lerner, who had received a letter of reprimand for
insensitive response to complaints by Jewish parents about "Christmas Program," January;
correspondence with Sullivan County BOCES Teachers Association Executive Board re
complaint of insufficient time and support for local from field services staff, February-March;
correspondence with Public Employment Relations Board re Red Hook Faculty Association
mediation, fee charged by mediator, February; tentative agenda, workshop descriptions,
and registration form for regional SRP conference, with cover memo to local presidents,
February 7
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| Box 31 | Folder 10 |
Mid: Hudson(Chatham T.A.)
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1990 |
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Scope and Contents
April 19, 1990. Regional office information; memo to NYSUT officers re discussions
with Chatham Teachers Association re reaffiliation with NYSUT; letter to president
of Chatham Teachers Association inviting her and members of the local to attend events
by NYSUT Mid-Hudson Regional Office, March 29
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| Box 31 | Folder 11 |
Mid: Hudson Regional Office Misc.
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1990 |
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Scope and Contents
Mid-Hudson Regional Office newsletters, Mid-Hudson School Bell
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| Box 31 | Folder 12 |
Nassau Regional Office Misc. (Newsletter)
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1990 |
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Scope and Contents
Monthly newsletters of the Nassau Regional Office, CB Bulletin
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| Box 31 | Folder 13 |
NYC Regional Office: Correspondence
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1990 |
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Scope and Contents
Memos re indoor air quality meeting, December; letter to Jim Conti re next meeting
of the Mount Sinai-Irving J. Selikoff Occupational Health Clinical Center Advisory
Board, October 29; summary of NYSUT health and safety survey, printed in New York
Teacher, with cover memo form Jim Conti to member of Health & Safety Committee at
Harry S. Truman High School, July 18; memo re proposed staff training session re the
purpose and function of the AFL-CIO and its role in international labor movements
such as Poland's, February 2; 15-page memo re tax implications of NYU tuition benefits
for USA (United Staff Association) employees, January 31
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| Box 31 | Folder 14 |
North Country Regional Office: Correspondence (Plattsburgh/Potsdam/Watertown)
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1989-1990 |
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Scope and Contents
Draft report, Harold T. Wiley School Investigation for the Watertown City School District,
prepared by Bernier, Carr & Associate, P.C., consulting engineers, August 1989, with
cover handwritten list of questions; letter from engineer to president of Wiley Education
Association re vibration phenomenon at school, November 3, 1989, with cover memo to
Jim Conti, February 9, 1990; request for legal opinion re fringe benefit costs associated
with Excellence in Teaching funds, dispute with Watertown school district, September;
letter from NEA-NY to NYSUT local presidents in the Plattsburgh region re Clinton-Essex
BOCES election, highly critical of NYSUT, concluding with an open pitch for defection
to NEA, June 7; materials related to affiliation election for BOCES Clinton, Essex,
Warren and Washington Counties (CEWW), including newspaper clippings, meeting agendas,
memos from NYSUT and NEA, February-October; letter from PERB re CEWW, with cover memo,
November 12; NYSUT complaint with NYS Department of Labor re alleged safety or health
hazard at South Lewis Central School District (Glenfield Elementary School, Port Leyden
Elementary School, Junior-Senior High School) caused by school buses idling for 20
minutes at direction of transportation supervisor, noting complaint also filed with
state DEC, October 23; memo from president of the Beaver River Teachers Association
re contract mediation, request for NYSUT officer to come to speak to local to keep
spirits up, with cover memo from Jim Conti, November 29; requests for additional secretarial
help to keep up with new work generated by Don (Mesibov)'s Shared Decision Making
program, April 3 and October 15; letter to the editor by superintendent of Madrid-Waddington
district re Excellence In Teaching agreement, with cover memo to Jim Conti, October
16; newspaper clippings re implementation of Shared Decision Making in St. Lawrence
County, with cover memo to Jim Conti, August 30; flyer re seminar on Taylor Law at
LeMoyne College, with cover memo from Jim Conti suggesting that interested locals
should be advised, September 5; memos re Teachers' Retirement System and state aid,
June; letter from president of Plattsburgh Teachers Association to NYSUT North Country
regional staff director Robert Allen, suggesting that his district was a model of
positive labor-management relations, with cover memo from Allen to NYSUT Executive
Director Jim Wood, suggesting in turn that the district should be offered as a model
of effective Shared Decision Making, March 12; memo from regional staff director requesting
use of Teacher Defense Fund to reimburse the legal fees for a Potsdam teacher who
had successfully defended himself against criminal and 3020a charges of inappropriate
conduct with an underage student, February 26; memos and newspaper clippings re old
bomb shelters from the 1950s and '60s, discovered in schools, stocked with medical
kits containing canisters of ether that could explode, removal by State Emergency
Management, March; constitutions of United Staff Association (Monroe County BOCES)
and BOCES United Employees (Yorktown Heights), with cover memo from Jim Conti, February
21; report and recommendations of State Education Department panel in 3020a case,
Saranac Lake Central School District v. George Tolhurst, for conduct unbecoming a
teacher (use of public address system to denigrate females on International Women's
Day), with cover memo from Jim Conti, February 12
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| Box 31 | Folder 15 |
Organizing
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1990 |
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Scope and Contents
Unity Agreement, SFFT and SFCTA, n.d., c. 1989; Unity Agreement, San Francisco Federation
of Teachers and San Francisco C.T.A. (by Unity Committees of SF/AFT and SFCTA September
22, 1989); memo to NYSUT organizers, "The Truth about NEA Liability Insurance," asserting
that NEA liability insurance program is of no value to teachers in New York State,
with attached copies of NEA insurance documents, December 4, 1990; compilation of
teacher liability cases and indemnification for attorney's fees, July; memo, "Intern
Training. It's not just organizing," December 19; memo to all VNA staff with instructions
on how to revoke membership in Federation of Nurses and Professionals (sic), December
19; memo from Jim Conti suggesting attached arbitration case might be reviewed, Arlington
Central School District v. Arlington Teachers Association, December 14; memo to organizers,
NYSUT Nurse Advisory Committee, and selected regional staff directors re salary and
benefit factors used by the federal government for determining hospital reimbursement
rates, under the Prospective Payment System, November 8, 1989; appeal before the Commissioner
of Education of a 3020a decision in Goshen Central School District against teacher
Sidney Marshall, with memo from Jim Conti requesting review, December 14; memo assigning
organizers to future staff meetings at locals where no organizers were housed, October
31; memo to Jim Conti re BOCES survey about protecting the integrity of the bargaining
units, eligible professionals not represented, concerns about spurious classifications,
February 6, 1989; memo to organizers and Jim Conti, "Clever Membership Gimmick," re
authorization form for union membership dues attached to contract ballot, October
17; article from Bureau of National Affairs re AFT and NEA affiliates in Connecticut
discussing possible merger, May 28, 1990; BNA article re conflicting policies by NEA
and AFT making merger in Wisconsin unlikely, June 11, 1990; memo reporting number
of authorization cards signed at three schools in Lafayette, November 6; two 3020a
appeals before the Commissioner of Education re South Country Central School District
against teacher Susan Hirsch, with cover memo from Jim Conti, November 8; PERB cases
re Niagara County Community College, with cover memo from Jim Conti re implications
for fragmentation of bargaining members and exploitation by NEA to gain more units,
possible impact on Rockland County Community College, November 9; PERB decision re
New York State Nurses Association v. County of Oswego (Oswego County Local 838, Civil
Service Employees Association, AFSCME, intervenor), November 8; memo re child abuse
detection training, September 11; organizing campaign materials by Communication Workers
of America (CWA) at Mercy Hospital in Buffalo, with cover memo from Jim Conti, October
24; appeals before the Commissioner of Education by the Greater Johnstown City School
District from a decision in a 3020a case against Gary Spencer and by the Elmira City
School District in a 3020a case against Lucy McCloud, with request by Jim Conti for
review, September 12; request from Jim Conti to NYSUT legal counsel for staff to make
presentation to Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals re liability and other
issues, September 5; article from Bureau of National Affairs Labor Relations Week
re competition for American Nursing Association to organize nurses, June 20; (Albany)
Sunday Times Union clipping, "SUNYA [SUNY Albany] climbs to find a place among nation's
top 100 research universities," August 5; New York State ASPA Council and Jackson,
Lewis, Schnitzler & Krupman present How to Combat the AFL-CIO's "Union, Yes" Campaign
and Other New Union Organizing Techniques, 1989; paper, "Nonunion Grievance Procedures:
Union Avoidance Technique or Union Organizing Opportunity?" by Mark J. Keppler, associate
professor, School of Business, California State University-Fresno, n.d., c. 1990;
materials for communications training in employee/labor relations at Benjamin Rush
Center, June 28; state Supreme Court decision in Victor Meister v. Thomas Sobol, Commissioner,
with cover memo from Jim Conti, requesting summary, June 28; memos re Improper Practice
charge in Regents degree program harassment case, May 1 and April 9; AFL-CIO Organizing
Survey 1986-87 NLRB elections, February 1989, with cover memo to labor relations specialists
and organizers recommending the report, May 22, 1990; clipping from American Journal
of Nursing re industrial and other labor unions targeting nursing as new membership
source, May; text of U.S. Court of Appeals case, American Hospital Association v.
NLRB and American Nurses Association et al., April 11; article re AFSCME efforts to
organize nurses, with cover memo from Jim Conti, April 20; letter to Jim Conti from
director of AFT Leadership Institute apologizing for error in focus of organizing
seminar, suggesting seminar on community college organizing, March 28, with cover
letter from Jim Conti to John O'Leary, April 19; paper by John Lawler, associate professor,
University of Illinois, "Artificial Intelligence Techniques and the Formulation of
Union Organizing Strategy," n.d.; article on the reliability of drug and HIV testing,
"Misleading Reliability," by Robert S. Root-Bernstein, in The Sciences, New York Academy
of Science, March/April; Commissioner's decision in Keesler v. Northeast Central School
District, January 23, with cover memo from Jim Conti noting that NYSUT legal counsel
thought Commissioner was wrong, March 16; Commissioner's decisions in Harborfields
(parents' appeal of grade decision) and Reynolds (North Tonawanda, involuntary transfer
of teacher) appeals, with cover memo, March 16; article in Labor Relations Week re
organizing techniques, February 28; paper, "The Organising Process: Contemporary Challenges
and Union Responses in Britain," by Phillip B. Beaumont, University of Glasgow, and
Richard Harris, University of Waikato, prepared for the IRRA National Meeting, December
23-30, 1989; memo from Federation of Nursing and Health Professionals public relations
department re new nurse image campaign kickoff, sponsored by the National Commission
on Nursing Implementation Project and the Advertising Council, February 16; Seven
Month Report of the NEA-NY Organizing Project, January 18, with attached commentary
from Jim Conti, February 2; notice of Labor Advisory Committee meeting at Cornell
University ILR Capital District office, "Collective Bargaining in the Health Care
Industry: Local 1199 and the League of Volontary (sic) Hospitals and Homes," January
9; memo re development of school-related personnel (SRP) organizing brochure, January
3; clipping from NEA newsletter re NEA-NY organizing campaign fund shortfall, January
22; newsletters of the NYSUT Division of Field Service, Organizing Bulletin
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| Box 31 | Folder 16 |
Organizing Retreat
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1990 |
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Scope and Contents
September 24-26, 1990. Handwritten notes; confidential memo from Jim Conti re nurse
organizing, August 12, 1985; memo to organizers re retreat topics, January 31, 1990;
memo from Jim Conti re organizing retreat questions re health care organizing, turning
down losing campaigns, staffing size, October 17, 1990
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| Box 31 | Folder 17 |
Rochester Regional Office: Misc.
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1990 |
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Scope and Contents
Newspaper clipping re cost of health care
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| Box 31 | Folder 18 |
Southern Tier Regional Office: Correspondence
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1990 |
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Scope and Contents
History of Excellence In Teaching funds in Horseheads Central School District as it
related to Horseheads School Services Association, May 9; memo to Jim Conti requesting
speaker from PERB for Southern Tier Spring Conference of March 17; memo to Jim Conti
re lack of usefulness to staff of monthly computer printouts re arbitrations, potential
for great savings in discontinuing practice, November 14; policy statement adopted
by NYSUT Board of Directors in 1974 re NYSUT locals and Landrum-Griffin Act; agenda
for Southern Tier Regional Office (STRO) staff retreat of September 20-21; newspaper
clippings re impact of teacher suspension for hitting students with ruler, questions
of interpretation of rules on physical force and physical contact; memo form Jim Conti
asking about stop/loss insurance, June 21; notes from negotiations session between
Horseheads School Services Association and school district, June 4; memo to Jim Conti
re Mt. Upton/Gilbertsville merger, June 6; memos re Webster Central School District
case in Court of Appeals, re sub- contracting, May; memo from Corning-Painted Post
school district re required training re recognizing and reporting child abuse, September
24; memo from Jim Conti re ineligibility for Social Security refund for teachers who
had tax withheld while on sick leave, change in rules, statute of limitations, May
23; memo from Jim Conti noting that flexible spending accounts do not continue into
retirement, May 22; memo to Jim Conti estimating an increase of 40 members, plus 40
new school-related personnel members with the addition of the Harpursville SRP local,
in the Southern Tier Regional Office for 1990-91; memo re Horseheads Excellence In
Teaching situation, May 10; 33-page document, "Union Organizing Update: The Employers
Legal Response," January, with cover note to Jim Conti, "used by hospital management
in Southern Tier," March 19; citation of court case, Rush-Henrietta Central School
District v. Newman as chair of PERB, et al., re smoking regulations, with cover memo
to Jim Conti, April 16; findings and recommendation of State Education Department
hearing panel in 3020a charge against teacher in Charlotte Valley Central School District,
February; citation of appeal of Lippman, et al. v. Board of Education of Sewanhaka
Central High School District, et al., February; correspondence between Jim Conti and
NYSUT field representative John Callahan discussing recent health care conference,
reasons for rising health care costs, misguided cost containment proposals, February
2; question re ability to represent Cortland Nurses Association (registered nurses
who had been released from the Cortland City School District CSEA bargaining unit
and requested affiliation with NYSUT), January 11; memos re fee question for attorney
presentation at Endicott Superintendent's Conference Day workshop, potential issue
for NEA to exploit, January
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| Box 31 | Folder 19 |
Suffolk: Meeting on Self Insurance
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1990 |
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Scope and Contents
September 7th, 1990. Presentation by consulting actuaries Milliman & Robertson, Inc.,
A Self-Insured Employee Medical Benefit Program: Cost Projection and Comments, June
8; draft of East End Health Plan Trust Agreement (BOCES Suffolk County), with cover
memo, October 2; list of steering committee members; Steering Committee Recommendations
to School Boards and Participating Unions in Regard to the East End Health Insurance
Consortium: Overall Purpose of Moving Is to Reduce the Tax Rate and Improve the Plan,
revised August 24, with cover memo from Shelter Island Union Free School District
re revisions, August 30; opinion letters from consultants and actuaries Martin E.
Segal Company, July; related correspondence
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| Box 31 | Folder 20 |
Jim Conti: Suffolk County Consolidation
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1989 |
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Scope and Contents
School District Consolidation Report Findings and Recommendations; Objections and
Answers, Next Steps, with cover memo summarizing report, December 20, 1989
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| Box 32 | Folder 1 |
Suffolk Regional Office: Correspondence
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1990 |
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Scope and Contents
Report by NYS Department of Labor of industrial hygiene investigation at Reed Jr.
High School and Senior High School, Central Islip High School, July 19, 1988; follow-up
letter to Department of Labor General Counsel from Central Islip Teachers Association,
expressing frustration and disappointment at lack of compliance, May 24, 1989; request
from regional office for additional secretarial help, August 28, 1990, with negative
reply; correspondence between superintendent and attorney re conditions of retirement
buyout of teachers at Bridgehampton school district, July; handwritten notes re East
End (Health) Consortium, September 7; material data sheet re glue used for wallpaper
at Suffolk Regional Office, with cover memo inquiring as to whether contents were
hazardous, January 5; memo from Regional Director re possible retirement problem concerning
Tier I and maternity, December 18; December regional report re negotiations and other
activities; letter from Regional Director to factfinder protesting recommendation
re Bayport-Blue point Union Free School District and Bayport-Blue Point Teachers Association
health insurance negotiations, November 30; memo re Long Island Symposium on the Economy,
July 3; letters re abolishing teacher and other staff positions at Port Jefferson
school district, whether layoff of a teacher aide followed Civil Service rules, November-December;
materials re East End Self-Insurance; Newsday clippings and editorial re rising administrative
costs at Long Island schools, smaller student population, with cover memo re clouds
on the horizon, July 18; list of school districts involved in self-funded health insurance
discussions, July 9; memo re negotiations for successor agreement to 1989-90 Excellence
In Teaching agreement at Middle County district, June 26; letter to State Insurance
Commission re difficulty by employees of Montauk school district in finding chiropractors
acceptable to Metropolitan Life Insurance (Empire Plan), need to drive 40 miles, May
15; memo re Long Island People for Learning training on PR techniques, May 15; memo
re East Moriches smoking policy, possible ground for Improper Practice charge, May
9; memo re agency fee, Beck decision, March 28; letter to AFT president Al Shanker,
wishing Jack Nugent, president of the International Association of Machinists, good
luck in organizing St. John's Episcopal Hospital in Smithtown, whose technical employees
had been represented by NYSUT/AFT, March 9; memo from Jim Conti re health and safety
violations at Central Islip School District, March 6, related press release from Attorney
General's office, newspaper clippings; request from Sayville Teachers Association
for budget analysis of Sayville school district because of anticipation of layoffs,
February; material safety data sheet from Pitney Bowes re print powder used in copy
machine, request to NYSUT staff for analysis, January 16; memo referring to Suffolk
County consolidation report (see previous folder), January 10
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| Box 32 | Folder 2 |
Suffolk Regional Office: Misc.
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1990 |
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Scope and Contents
Report by Nassau-Suffolk School Boards Association, "Issues Facing Public Education
on Long Island," March 1990
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| Box 32 | Folder 3 |
Syracuse Regional Office: Correspondence
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1990 |
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Scope and Contents
Meeting notice for Industrial Relations Research Association, Central New York Chapter,
re health and safety in the workplace, for November 29; In-Service Plan for Presentation
by the Teacher Evaluation Committee of the Model for Teacher Evaluation; memos from
Jim Conti re Auburn Teachers Association request for NYSUT legal intervention challenging
recently passed policy disallowing voting on labor contract matters by School Board
members with relatives employed by the district, related materials, including petition
to the Commissioner of Education, September-November; materials from state Attorney
General's office re compliance with "Right-to-Know" Law by Onondaga-Cortland-Madison
BOCES, April; memo to Jim Conti reporting on dissolution of FNHP (Federation of Nurses
and Health Professionals) Syracuse Chapter, decline in membership since 1986 strike,
legal and public relations implications, July 10; memo informing Jim Conti that the
FNHP Syracuse chapter had officially gone out of business, October 3, with attached
notice and remaining dues check; memo to NYSUT legal counsel re seniority/tenure/layoff
matter in Oswego BOCES district, October 22; letter from state Department of Labor
inviting application for funding for establishment of labor-management committees,
September 28; contractual agreement between the Board of Education of the Syracuse
City School District and the Syracuse Teachers Association, Inc., representing Unit
1, Teachers and Ancillary Services, effective January 1, 1988, to December 31, 1991;
Commissioner of Education decision in application of a child with a handicapping condition,
question of whether Committee on Special Education must provide skilled nursing to
allow student to attend public school (appeal dismissed), June 11; review of document
for teachers accused of misconduct, with suggested changes from Jim Conti, June 25;
memo from Jim Conti re Benjamin-Rush contract remaining in force despite filing for
decertification by employer, July 19; memo re "epidemic" of school budget defeats
in central New York, with attached newspaper clippings, June 26; newspaper clipping
re comparable worth efforts, June 3; request for legal opinion on various matters
re Onondaga Community College Federation of Teachers, May- June; letter from NYSUT
Regional Staff Director to state Department of Labor Hazard Abatement Board requesting
full funding of the CNYCOSH Training and Education Program for 1990-91, February 13;
materials re health and safety conditions at Onondaga-Cortland-Madison BOCES, March
7; letters from president of the North Syracuse Education Association, complaining
about "discourteous arrogant and snide" manner in which her request for a legal consultation
with NYSUT attorneys was refused, demanding refund of legal expenses for private law
firm, January 5 and 9; reply from NYSUT executive director Jim Wood, January 26; memo
to Jim Conti re approval to teach a course on contract bargaining at Cornell University's
ILR School, December 21, 1989
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| Box 32 | Folder 4 |
Training Director: Correspondence
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1990 |
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Scope and Contents
Memos re arbitration and cross-examination training; NYSUT Workshop Cataloging data
sheets; list of meetings and conferences; memo re train-the-trainer program in education
reform/school restructuring, August 13; confidential memo offering position of NYSUT
training director to Charles Caputo, March 5
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| Box 32 | Folder 5 |
Utica Regional Office Correspondence
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1990 |
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Scope and Contents
Report and recommendations of a State Education Department 3020a hearing panel in
Rome City School District v. James Angelo, with cover memo from Jim Conti, February
12; letter from president of Mohawk Teachers Association complaining of lack of support
from NYSUT Public Relations Department in helping with campaign for new building,
January 19; reply from Regional Staff Director, urging working with field representative,
February 14; materials, including medical report, of industrial arts teacher at New
Hartford school district in pending OSHA case, October
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| Box 32 | Folder 6 |
UUP Correspondence
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1990 |
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Scope and Contents
Improper Practice charge with PERB against SUNY Health Science Center by CSEA, notice
of conference for June 27; memo re PERB decision re Regents degree program, April
9; memo from NYSUT counsel Bernard Ashe re physicians' request for legal counsel,
particular vulnerability to complaints to licensing authorities, June 22, with attached
letter from chairman of the governing board of Clinical Practice Management Plan,
Downstate Medical Center, April 20; letter from State Education Department to pharmacist
at State University Hospital at Stonybrook, informing him that he was being investigated
for professional misconduct and directing him to appear for an interview, February
14
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| Box 32 | Folder 7 |
RSD Memos (1 of 4)
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1988-1989 |
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Scope and Contents
List of locals in each regional office, with field representatives and potential;
list of release time and compensation for local leaders, with cover memo advising
that the process of gathering the information was tedious, suggesting better alternatives,
January 24, 1989; related memos; Putnam/Westchester Counties Privileges of Bargaining
Representatives 1987-88; booklet for young people, "What Is a Union?" by Althea, Rourke
Enterprises, 1981; poster describing NYSUT leadership and regional offices, "Unparallel
membership services in a times of change"; memo re decision of Administrative Law
Judge re Ithaca Teachers Association distribution of Excellence In Teaching monies,
November 30, 1989; text of keynote address of AFL-CIO President Lane Kirkland, 1989
AFL-CIO Convention, November 13, 1989; Bureau of National Affairs articles re agency
shop fees limited in California, drug testing, collective bargaining for smoking policies;
description of AFT training programs for Paraprofessional and School-Related Personnel
(PSRP) staff, October 16, 1989; "Performance Appraisal Redesign for Teachers: A Report
on Initial Efforts," recommended to the Superintendent of Schools and the Rochester
Teachers Association President by the Career in Teaching Joint Governing Panel, September
1, 1989; memo re information bulleting, Excellence and Accountability Program, October
3; lists of districts that had not yet filed 1989-90 EIT applications as of 9/27 and
9/28/89; memos from Jim Conti to Regional Staff Directors re decisions: Jamesville-DeWitt
Faculty Association v. Central School District (Denise England v. Board of Education
et al.), Baylis et al. v. Board of Education of Seaford Union Free School District,
Schneider et al. v. Sobol (Excellence In Teaching funds), Seaford; memo re Empire
Plan Experience report for January June 1989; memo re state employee health plan costs,
with attached summary report noting rise of 20 percent; memo to NYSUT local presidents
of Special Act schools, August 25, 1989; administrative bulletin from New York State
Teachers' Retirement System re employer contribution rate for 1990-91 school year;
brochure for conference by New York State Public Sector Labor-Management Consortium,
"Employee Participation in Decision Making," October 17, 1989; memos from Jim Conti
re jury duty, September-October; text of legislation in the Assembly re smoking regulations,
with cover memo noting that NYSUT had not taken an official position, September 8,
1989
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| Box 32 | Folder 8 |
RSD Memos (2 of 4)
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1988-1989 |
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Scope and Contents
Newspaper clippings, Bureau of National Affairs articles, and U.S. Supreme Court cases,
with cover memo from Jim Conti to Regional Staff Directors, re Drug-Free Workplace
Act; articles re school consolidations, HMOs, taxing of health-insurance benefits;
legal memo to NYSUT general counsel Bernard Ashe re U.S. Supreme Court decision re
disparate-impact claim in Wards Cove Packing Company v. Atonio, with text of opinions,
June 20; article from ILR Labor Relations Review, Cornell University, "Organizing
the Organizers: Professional Staff Unionism in the American Labor Movement," July
1989, text of legal suit in U.S. Court of Appeals by Ad Hoc Committee of Concerned
Teachers on Behalf of Minor and Under-Age Students Attending Greenburgh Eleven Union
Free School District and on its own behalf, with cover memo noting allegation of racially
discriminatory employment practices, July 17; memo re EPA radon alert, May 2; memos
re jury duty, September-October; analysis in Wall St. Journal of impact of Beck decision
re union dues, July 13; summary of recent decisions re random drug testing, July 10;
memo asking for names of districts claiming fiscal crisis situations, July 10; copy
of Provocator 4/89, official publication of the Buffalo Teachers Federation (NEA),
with cover memo from Jim Conti to regional staff directors, June 29; decision by Illinois
Appellate Court in Decatur Board of Education et al. v. Illinois E.L.R.B. and Decatur
E.A., re class size, June 26; booklets, Voluntary Labor Arbitration Rules as amended
and in effect January 1, 1988, by American Arbitration Association, and Code of Professional
Responsibility for Arbitrators of Labor-Management Disputes of the National Academy
of Arbitrators, American Arbitration Association, and Federal Mediation and Conciliation
Service, as amended and in effect May 29, 1985, with cover memo, June 21; summary
highlights of the anti-smoking bills passed by the state Assembly and Senate, with
cover memo, June 21; Pocket Advisor: Drug Testing on the Job: Know Your Rights, with
cover memo from Jim Conti, for distribution to field representatives, June 19; memos
re middle-level education, with attached material from State Education Department
announcing Regents Challenge for Excellence in Middle-Level Education Program, May-June;
memo re rate-setting methodology for Special Act Schools and 863 Schools for 1989-90
tuition, with attached document from State Education Department, May-June; memo re
Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1986, with attached overview of law and Model
Driver's Manual for Commercial Vehicle Driver licensing, January 15, 1989; legal memo
from NYSUT general counsel James Sander re UFT, PERB, et al. advs. NYC BOE, June 5;
PERB decision CSEA et al. v. City of Auburn, April 3; memo re smoking regulations
at Rush-Henrietta school district, noting that Appellate Court ruled that Commissioner's
regulation supercedes PERB determination re collective bargaining, June 7; State Education
Department regulations re records retention and disposition, with cover memo from
Jim Conti, June 6; text of case re seniority, Christine Szumigala v. Hicksville USFD
BOE, June 5; memo re Employees' Retirement System savings to local school districts,
June 1; memo re availability of video, "Working in America: Hazardous Duty," shown
on ABC television, May 31; confidential memos re operational policy to follow when
3020a charges are brought against a member, May 11 and 31; lists of school budget
defeats, May 15 and 30; memo re interim final rules for Drug-Free Workplace requirements,
May 26; related memo, May 11; memos re new local presidents' conference, May; document
by Civil Service Department re cost containment strategies for public employers for
health insurance programs, with cover memo, May 10; decision in state Supreme Court
in Seaford, May 3; memos re Excellence in Teaching legal motions affecting distribution
of monies, May 4 and March 17; letter from chairman of PERB to NYSUT president Tom
Hobart re location of administrative law judge hearings under budget constraints,
with cover letter from Jim Conti, May 3; NYSUT Information Bulletins re certification,
tenure, and a middle school teaching assignment, and consultant teacher services,
with cover memo, April 20
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| Box 32 | Folder 9 |
RSD Memos (3 of 4)
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1989 |
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Scope and Contents
See above
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| Box 32 | Folder 10 |
RSD Memos (4 of 4)
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1989 |
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Scope and Contents
See above
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| Box 32 | Folder 11 |
Uniserv Unit 5A
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1971-1972 |
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Scope and Contents
Letter from chair of the 5A Coordinating Council and UNISERV liaison from Wappingers
Central School Faculty Association to NYSTA headquarters, urging that a sub-office
of the mid-Hudson region of unified locals be established for Poughkeepsie, June 21,
1972; 5A Council minutes of January 8 and March 4, 1972, with attached activity reports;
letter from 5A chair to president of Scarsdale Teachers Association, congratulating
him on unification vote, inviting him to meeting, February 28, 1972, with attached
activity reports; letter from East Greenbush Teachers Association re decision to participate
in formation of UNISERV 5A council, March 1, 1972; memo to UNISERV Coordinating Council
noting "significant and important victory" by NYSTA-NEA over AFT/UFT in Wappingers
representation election, February 4, 1972; memo to Elmsford Regional Office re Montrose
contract, November 19, 1971; letters reminding locals of Coordinating Council meetings;
letter urging relocation of Fishkill meeting with Al Shanker, to avoid lending credibility
to visit, November 18, 1971; memo, Wappingers status report, November 18, 1971; related
correspondence re Wappingers organizing efforts, October
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| Box 32 | Folder 12 |
Uniserv Unit: Vestal 9A
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1971-1972 |
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Scope and Contents
Memo reporting meeting with local state legislators, April 7, 1972; memo re unification
efforts, December 8, 1971; memos re administrative matters
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| Box 32 | Folder 13 |
Uniserv Unit 11A
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1972 |
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Scope and Contents
Staff placement form
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| Box 32 | Folder 14 |
Uniserv Unit 11: 13 (Chuck Davies)
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1972 |
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Scope and Contents
Memo re staff assignment
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| Box 32 | Folder 15 |
Uniserv Unit 12: B (Charles Rodgers)
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1972 |
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Scope and Contents
Memos from Buffalo Regional Office re membership potential of unified locals
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| Box 32 | Folder 16 |
Uniserv Unit 13: A (Bill Fineman)
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1972 |
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Scope and Contents
Memo re Olean grievance; administrative memos
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| Box 32 | Folder 17 |
Uniserv Corning Unit 14: A (Mr. Jack Schamel)
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1971-1972 |
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Scope and Contents
UNISERV Newspapers
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| Box 32 | Folder 18 |
Uniserv Unit 14: A Jack Schamel (Corning)
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1971-1972 |
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Scope and Contents
Letter from Shamel to NYSTA executive secretary asking whether he could have two weeks
vacation to run against Bill "Cadillac" Smith, and work part-time if elected to the
state Senate, March 29, 1972; memos to Shamel critiquing regional newsletter; memos
re status of Elmira Heights unification, December 1971; memo re structure, operation,
and proposed budget of Corning, Elmira, Horseheads UNISERV unit, April 7, 1971
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| Box 32 | Folder 19 |
Uniserv Utica Unit 8: A, Dan Mahoney
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1971-1972 |
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Scope and Contents
Correspondence re hiring of a non-certified teacher to fill a kindergarten position
over the application of several certified teachers in the Owen D. Young Central School
District, August 1972; memo to members of Coordinating Council summarizing June 15
meeting; memo from Mahoney re "rotten" settlements and fact-finding reports in Oneida
County, June 1, 1972, with attached PERB fact-finder's report and recommendations
for Clinton and New Hartford school districts; correspondence re arbitration hearing
for retroactive pay for teachers, April-May 1972; memo to Mahoney pointing out high
number of long-distance calls, directing him to limit calls to Albany office to no
more than once per day, May 9, 1972; request from Mahoney for funding of $39/yr for
Utica office subscription to daily newspaper to keep fully informed of local events,
May 10, 1972; memo to Mahoney, suggesting that he continue to purchase Utica Daily
Press on a weekly or monthly basis, May 22, 1972; memo to Mahoney directing him to
curtail high clerical overtime despite need to catch up, February 28, 1972; memo to
Mahoney refusing request for bookcase, citing budget constraints, May 5, 1972; repeat
request from Mahoney, discussing negative effect on work of lack of basic furnishings,
May 9, 1972; memo from Mahoney to Albany office, copied to Syracuse Regional Office,
asking who could be contacted to obtain paper clips, noting several-week wait after
request for basic office supplies, February 23, 1972; memo to Albany office re Utica
office needs, noting use of cardboard boxes and orange crates as makeshift furniture,
October 5, 1971; request for lease-purchase of typewriter for Utica office, December
20, 1971; list of furniture items requested by Utica office, annotated as to urgency,
January 20, 1972; related correspondence
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| Box 32 | Folder 20 |
Unification
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1972-1973 |
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Scope and Contents
Memo re request for NEA salary reimbursement for various field representatives performing
work on unification campaign, November 19, 1973; memo to regional coordinators re
unification contracts, guaranteed dues, March 16. 1972
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| Box 32 | Folder 21 |
Uniserv Administration
|
1973-1975 |
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Scope and Contents
List of 1975-76 UniServ service centers July 22, 1975; updated list, July 22, 1975;
Urban Executive Directors Association Special Task Force on "Collective Bargaining
of Uniserv Agreements" Report of Recommendations, with cover letter to UniServ state
contacts, noting that the Advisory Committee totally rejected it, n.d.; request from
NYSUT regional services director to National Education Association in Washington for
allocation of 158 UniServ units in New York State, based on probability of 190,000
members post-unification, and one representative to serve every 1200 members, with
attached plan for administrative support, April 11, 1973
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| Box 32 | Folder 22 |
Uniserv Clusters: Funding Request
|
1972-1975 |
|
Scope and Contents
List of UniServ clusters for NYSUT 1972-73; memo re personnel assignments, supervisory/coordinator
duties of some representatives, January 18, 1974
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| Box 32 | Folder 23 |
Uniserv Staff Utilization Program
|
1974-1976 |
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Scope and Contents
Document distributed to all state UniServ coordinators, "UniServ Staff Utilization
Program 1975-1976"; list of UniServ staff member on-call for New York State, June
12, 1975; monthly list of staff assigned, June 16, 1975; related memos, including
note about reimbursement problems, August 11 and 15; memo announcing 20-day-per-year
time obligation to NEA by UniServ reps, system for month of on-call duty, August 19,
1974
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| Box 32 | Folder 24 |
Uniserv Staff Utilization Program (USUP)
|
1975-1976 |
|
Scope and Contents
Booklet, UNISERV Training Schedule Overview and Guidelines 1975-1976, Leadership Development
Program, National Education Association
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| Box 32 | Folder 25 |
Uniserv Re: Master Staffing Agreement
|
1973-1974 |
|
Scope and Contents
Agreements between NEA and NYSUT for Unified Staff Service Program, October 1, 1974,
and September 14, 1973
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| Box 32 | Folder 26 |
Uniserv Policies and Staffing
|
1971-1974 |
|
Scope and Contents
Guidelines for UniServ training, March 14, 1974; NYSUT memo, "The Future of UNISERV,"
outlining questions for discussion re future staffing patterns and the positive and
negative aspects of staying with the UniServ program, January 3, 1973, with attached
letter anticipating that NYSUT/NYCT would not be implementing a UniServ program in
the next year, November 6, 1972; list of staffing pattern, September 1, 1973; related
staffing projections for 1972-73; tentative working draft, UniServ Policy Implementation;
Unified Staff Service Program to Local Associations, UNISERV Policy Guidelines adopted
by the NEA Board of Directors, February 1971; Unified Staff Service Program to Local
Associations, "UNISERV" Local Unit Operational Standards
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| Box 32 | Folder 27 |
Uniserv Training
|
1973-1975 |
|
Scope and Contents
Materials re Survive and Thrive training session, Models for Management, Crisis Management,
Consultant Training, Speaking for Teachers (including media relations and community
advocacy, e.g., "issue conversion" and "tactical redirect": how to change the subject
to a more favorable position for the NEA), Political Action and Lobbying, related
training
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| Box 32 | Folder 28 |
Uniserv Training Administration
|
1974 |
|
Scope and Contents
Memo from national NEA office warning strict adherence to expense voucher procedures;
memo re difficulty in getting vouchers approved, February 27, 1974
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| Box 32 | Folder 29 |
Uniserv Units
|
1974-1976 |
|
Scope and Contents
Lists of units, locals, and member totals served by individual staff and service centers;
description of service centers, under heading, "Justification for Sparsity Uniserv
Units," with attached Sparsity and/or Hardship Application for UniServ
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| Box 32 | Folder 30 |
Uniserv Training Reimbursements: NEA
|
1972-1975 |
|
Scope and Contents
Invoices, requests for reimbursement from NEA for training
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| Box 33 | Folder 1 |
Unification
|
1971-1972 |
|
Scope and Contents
Detailed document outlining stages of unification campaign for NYSTA and NEA; status
reports for various locals/clusters; study by Watertown Education Association on the
pro's and con's of unification, "The Unification Question," with recommendation to
unify with NEA; letters assigning staff to various regional offices for campaign;
booklet, "Facts about Unification," by National Education Association; brochure, "NEA
Serves Teachers"; related correspondence
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| Box 33 | Folder 2 |
Unification General Information
|
1971-1973 |
|
Scope and Contents
UNISERV Organizational Chart; local association membership agreements with NYSTA;
correspondence bundled under "trouble associations," re financial problems, anti-unification
votes at certain locals; spiral-bound volume, NYSUT Affiliated Local Units, November
1973; correspondence re dues status of locals
|
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| Box 33 | Folder 3 |
Unification 3: way-Unification Correspondence
|
1971-1973 |
|
Scope and Contents
Lists of three-way unified locals; correspondence notifying NYSUT officials that various
locals had voted for three-way unification
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| Box 33 | Folder 4 |
Unification Dues Guarantee Reimbursement
|
1973-1974 |
|
Scope and Contents
Application for reimbursement from the NEA for Hewlett-Woodmere Faculty Association,
December 3, 1974; related requests; letter re administrative difficulties in obtaining
reimbursement for loss of dues from NEA following unification, partly because of poor
record keeping by locals, partly because of NEA's changing the rules, December 3,
1973; memo to regional coordinators outlining eight-step procedures for dues reimbursement,
with attached January 3 memo and relevant section of agreement with NEA, August 24,
1973; printout of NYSUT 1972-73 membership report (adds, deletes) by local as of May
31, 1973; memo to field representative re dues reimbursement, June 8, 1973; memos
to local presidents re dues reimbursement
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| Box 33 | Folder 5 |
Unification Albany S.C.: Local Assn Reports
|
1972 |
|
Scope and Contents
Reports of votes for unification from each local, with effective dates and number
of potential members
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| Box 33 | Folder 6 |
Unification Buffalo S.C: Local Assn Reports
|
1972 |
|
Scope and Contents
Reports of votes for unification from each local, with effective dates and number
of potential members; list of three-way unified locals in the Buffalo Regional Office
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| Box 33 | Folder 7 |
Unification Elmsford S.C. Local Assn. Reports
|
1972 |
|
Scope and Contents
Reports of votes for unification from each local, with effective dates and number
of potential members
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| Box 33 | Folder 8 |
Unification Jericho S.C. Local Assn. Reports
|
1972 |
|
Scope and Contents
Reports of votes for unification from each local, with effective dates and number
of potential members
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| Box 33 | Folder 9 |
Unification Potsdam S.C. Local Assn. Report
|
1972 |
|
Scope and Contents
Reports of votes for unification from each local, with effective dates and number
of potential members
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| Box 33 | Folder 10 |
Unification Rochester S.C. Local Assn. Report
|
1972 |
|
Scope and Contents
Reports of votes for unification from each local, with effective dates and number
of potential members
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| Box 33 | Folder 11 |
Unification Syracuse S.C. Local Assn. Report
|
1972-1973 |
|
Scope and Contents
Reports of votes for unification from each local, with effective dates and number
of potential members
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| Box 33 | Folder 12 |
Unification Vestal S.C. Local Assn. Report
|
1972 |
|
Scope and Contents
Reports of votes for unification from each local, with effective dates and number
of potential members
|
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| Box 33 | Folder 13 |
Unification Albany S.C. Dues Guarantee
|
1972 |
|
Scope and Contents
Notarized local unit membership agreement forms; also application for reimbursement
of dues income from Averill Park Teachers' Association
|
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| Box 33 | Folder 14 |
Unification Buffalo S.C. Dues Guarantee
|
1972-1973 |
|
Scope and Contents
Notarized local unit membership agreement forms
|
|||
| Box 33 | Folder 15 |
Unification Elmsford S.C. Dues Guarantee
|
1972-1973 |
|
Scope and Contents
Notarized local unit membership agreement forms
|
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| Box 33 | Folder 16 |
Unification Elmira S.C. Dues Guarantee
|
1972-1973 |
|
Scope and Contents
Notarized local unit membership agreement forms
|
|||
| Box 33 | Folder 17 |
Unification Jamestown S.C. Dues Guarantee
|
1972 |
|
Scope and Contents
Notarized local unit membership agreement forms
|
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| Box 33 | Folder 18 |
Unification Jericho S.C. Dues Guarantee
|
1972-1973 |
|
Scope and Contents
Notarized local unit membership agreement forms
|
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| Box 33 | Folder 19 |
Unification Mid: Hudson S.C. Dues Guarantee
|
1972-1973 |
|
Scope and Contents
Notarized local unit membership agreement forms
|
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| Box 33 | Folder 20 |
Unification Plattsburgh S.C. Dues Guarantee
|
1972-1973 |
|
Scope and Contents
Notarized local unit membership agreement forms
|
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| Box 33 | Folder 21 |
Unification Potsdam S.C. Dues Guarantee
|
1972-1973 |
|
Scope and Contents
Notarized local unit membership agreement forms
|
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| Box 33 | Folder 22 |
Unification Rochester S.C. Dues Guarantee
|
1972 |
|
Scope and Contents
Notarized local unit membership agreement forms
|
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| Box 33 | Folder 23 |
Unification Syracuse S.C. Dues Guarantee
|
1972-1973 |
|
Scope and Contents
Notarized local unit membership agreement forms
|
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| Box 33 | Folder 24 |
Unification Suffolk S.C. Dues Guarantee
|
1972-1973 |
|
Scope and Contents
Notarized local unit membership agreement forms
|
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| Box 33 | Folder 25 |
Unification Utica S.C. Dues Guarantee
|
1972 |
|
Scope and Contents
Notarized local unit membership agreement forms
|
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| Box 33 | Folder 26 |
Unification Watertown S.C. Dues Guarantee
|
1972-1973 |
|
Scope and Contents
Notarized local unit membership agreement forms
|
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| Box 33 | Folder 27 |
Unification Higher Education: Dues Guarantee
|
1972-1973 |
|
Scope and Contents
Notarized local unit membership agreement forms
|
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| Box 33 | Folder 28 |
Unification Vestal S.C. Dues Guarantee
|
1972-1973 |
|
Scope and Contents
Notarized local unit membership agreement forms
|
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| Box 33 | Folder 29 |
Uniserv Budget
|
1972-1973 |
|
Scope and Contents
Preliminary data re status of regional centers, description of July 3, 1972
|
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| Box 33 | Folder 30 |
Uniserv Re: Training Programs
|
1972 |
|
Scope and Contents
Letter criticizing NEA Washington-based training and trainers as unaware of and unresponsive
to the needs of New York locals, September 25, 1972; response, outlining corrective
measures, September 29; excerpt from leadership training materials; letters approving
use of UniServ funds for individual participation in training sessions; document,
"Criteria for Approval of Use of UniServ Funds for Institutes Sponsored by the City
University of New York: The Teacher Leadership Program," with attached memo denying
application
|
|||
| Box 33 | Folder 31 |
Uniserv Evaluation Form and Sheet
|
1972 |
|
Scope and Contents
Satisfaction survey re various aspects of UniServ staff performance
|
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| Box 33 | Folder 32 |
Uniserv Evaluation
|
1973-1975 |
|
Scope and Contents
Filled-out program evaluation surveys
|
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| Box 33 | Folder 33 |
Uniserv: Report of the Uniserv Evaluation Task Force
|
1974 |
|
Scope and Contents
Report to NEA Board of Directors
|
|||
| Box 33 | Folder 34 |
Travel Advance Uniserv Reps
|
1972 |
|
Scope and Contents
Administrative memos
|
|||
| Box 33 | Folder 35 |
Uniserv Guidelines, As Amended by NEA Board of Directors
|
1971-1975 |
|
Scope and Contents
Document, "Policy & Administrative Guidelines," including Unified Staff Service Program
to Local Associations, "UNISERV," Policy Guidelines, adopted by the NEA Board of Directors,
February 1971 and amended October 1, 1971, and UniServ Employment Practices Guidelines,
with attached cover memo re Board of Directors Actions re Sparsity Grants, November
5, 1971; Appendix A, re staff assignments; draft outline of program aspects of state
UniServ units; 1975-76 UniServ Agreement (Memorandum of Understanding) for the 151
UniServ units in New York State, September 17, 1975; Unified Service Program "UniServ"
Agreement New York State, October 1, 1974, with cover memos re UniServ contract, September
24 and September 30, 1974
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| Box 33 | Folder 36 |
Uniserv Memorandum of Understanding
|
1971-1975 |
|
Scope and Contents
Memorandum of understanding between NEA and NYSUT; agreement between NEA, NYSTA, and
CUNY (City University of New York), June 1971
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| Box 33 | Folder 37 |
Uniserv Contract
|
1974-1976 |
|
Scope and Contents
1974-75 and 1975-76 Memorandum of Understanding between NEA and NYSUT
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| Box 33 | Folder 38 |
Uniserv Re: Interim Clusters
|
1972-1973 |
|
Scope and Contents
Proposed UniServ clusters for 1972-73; related memos
|
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| Box 33 | Folder 39 |
Uniserv Interviews
|
1972 |
|
Scope and Contents
Schedule of job interviews for various locations
|
|||
| Box 33 | Folder 40 |
Uniserv Representatives Job Description
|
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| Box 33 | Folder 41 |
Uniserv News
|
1973 |
|
Scope and Contents
Newsletters from NEA national headquarters
|
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| Box 33 | Folder 42 |
Uniserv Training
|
1971-1974 |
|
Scope and Contents
Flyer, NEA Leadership Development Academy Summer Training Memo; list of participants
and individualized expenses
|
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| Box 33 | Folder 43 |
Uniserv Training
|
1972-1973 |
|
Scope and Contents
Description of NEA goal, academy objectives, rationale, definitions, characteristics,
and sessions of the training program; list of UniServ representatives designated to
attend training
|
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| Box 33 | Folder 44 |
Uniserv Units and Uniserv Personal Directory
|
1971-1972 |
|
Scope and Contents
Directory of Uniserv Units and Uniserv Personnel
|
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| Box 33 | Folder 45 |
Uniserv Employment Guidelines
|
1972 |
|
Scope and Contents
Uniserv Employment Practices Guidelines; memo re publication re NEA guidelines on
staff recruitment and employment of minority persons and women, July 20, 1972; training
expense voucher policy guidelines; memo re basic summer training program for new Uniserv
staff, February 24
|
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| Box 33 | Folder 46 |
Uniserv (The Meaning of Unification for the Teaching Professions)
|
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|
Scope and Contents
Booklet presented at a meeting of the National Council of State Education Associations,
by Ralph Joy, executive director of the Des Moines Education Association
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| Box 33 | Folder 47 |
Uniserv NEA Research Information for Uniserv Units
|
1971-1975 |
|
Scope and Contents
Statistical data sheets: "Status of Teachers and NEA Members," by race, gender, marital
status, political affiliation, income, level of education of NEA members vs. all U.S.
classroom teachers, 1972-1975; "Implications of 1974 Teacher Supply and Demand Conditions
for Association Services," May 1975; "Status of Uniserv Units and Uniserv Personnel,
1970-71," December 1971; "Status of the American Public School Teacher, 1970-71: Preliminary
Report of Highlights," November 1971; "Recent Negotiation Settlements Update," November
1971
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| Box 33 | Folder 48 |
Uniserv Planning (NYSTA)
|
1964-1973 |
|
Scope and Contents
NYSTA "Proposals for an Expanded Program to Strengthen Local Teachers Associations:
Preliminary staff report dealing with recommendations for a specific program of action
to strengthen local teachers associations," August 1964; "Policy Guidelines for 'UNISERV'"
(Final) April 22, 1970; UNISERV Concept frequently asked questions; "A Proposal for
a Unified Staff Service Program (UNISERV) to the Board of Directors of the New York
State Teachers Association," May 1971; letter to NEA re action by the Board of Directors
of the New York State Teachers Association approving a master state-wide plan for
implementation of UniServ, with details and attached agreement for approval, May 27,
1971; related correspondence
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| Box 33 | Folder 49 |
Uniserv Service Planning Re: Objectives of Uniserv Program
|
1972 |
|
Scope and Contents
Memos re UniServ service planning, including instructions to refer to staff as UniServ
representatives, not UniServ Directors, related long-range implementation issues
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| Box 33 | Folder 50 |
Uniserv
|
1970-1973 |
|
Scope and Contents
Proposed NCUEA Recommendations for UNISERV to NEA Executive Committee and Board of
Directors, March 23, 1973, asserting that national system had become disconnected
to needs of locals and teachers; first draft, "UniServ Information System," re building
comprehensive data file on UniServ personnel; "Guidelines for Completing Dues Guarantee
Membership Agreement Form"; memos re training and staffing
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| Box 33 | Folder 51 |
NEA: Basic Summer Training Program for New Uniserv Staff
|
1972 |
|
Scope and Contents
Memo re NEA Leadership Development Academy for new UniServ staff
|
|||
| Box 33 | Folder 52 |
Uniserv Office Data
|
1972 |
|
Scope and Contents
Chart showing office assignments of UniServ representatives
|
|||
| Box 33 | Folder 53 |
Uniserv Questionnaire
|
|
|
Scope and Contents
Questionnaire re service priorities, apparently sent to locals
|
|||
| Box 33 | Folder 54 |
Uniserv Staff
|
1972-1974 |
|
Scope and Contents
Memos re refusal to answer survey by UniServ directors, lack of racial data, coordinator
responsibilities, training for new staff
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| Box 33 | Folder 55 |
Uniserv 2A
|
1971-1972 |
|
Scope and Contents
Materials re Great Neck Teachers Association, including letter informing NEA of decision
by GNTA Executive Board to withhold dues because of lack of service provided since
unification, March 9, 1972; letter from the director of the national UniServ Office
to the New York State Teachers Association expressing thorough dismay over the draft
agreement with the Great Neck Teachers Association in that it provided no NEA involvement
in decisions, especially related to hiring, and provided too much service to the local,
October 19, 1971, with attached draft agreement; other drafts; correspondence re hiring
UniServ staff; Great Neck Teachers Association proposed budget for two-year period
ending June 30, 1972; letter indicating inclination to unify, April 23, 1971
|
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| Box 34 | Folder 1 |
Uniserv Training Account (folder 1 of 3)
|
1973-1975 |
|
Scope and Contents
Computer printouts of training days by NYSUT staff
|
|||
| Box 34 | Folder 2 |
Uniserv Training Account (folder 2 of 3)
|
1974-1975 |
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Scope and Contents
Computer printouts of training days by NYSUT staff, including balances on accounts
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| Box 34 | Folder 3 |
Uniserv Training Account (folder 3 of 3)
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1974-1976 |
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Scope and Contents
Invoices for training and other Uniserv-related expenses
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| Box 34 | Folder 4 |
Public Employees Federation (PEF) Constitution and Bylaws
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1980 |
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Scope and Contents
Printed constitution and bylaws as amended at the 1980 Convention; legal analysis
of PEF constitution and by-laws as they related to agreement between PEF, SEIU, and
AFT, with cover letter from attorneys to AFT president Al Shanker, January 23, 1980;
second draft of proposed by-laws; constitution and bylaws; material from Statewide
Coalition for a Democratic Union, alleging deficiencies in PEF constitution and by-laws,
with attached SCDU proposed version of constitution and bylaws
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| Box 34 | Folder 5 |
PEF Budget
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1980-1981 |
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Scope and Contents
Confidential Projected 1980-1981 Annual Budget, New York State Employees Federation
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| Box 34 | Folder 6 |
PEF Cases
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1979-1980 |
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Scope and Contents
Determination of Impartial Umpire under the AFL-CIO Internal Disputes Plan, in the
matter between Public Employees Federation (American Federation of Teachers / Service
Employees International Union) and American Federation of State, County and Municipal
Employees, January 7, 1980 (Article XX case), with cover letter from AFL-CIO president
Lane Kirkland to SEIU president George Hardy; Court of Appeals opinion in the matter
of the Civil Service Employees Association, Inc., respondent-appellant, vs. PERB and
PEF, March 27, 1979; summons in NYS Supreme Court by John Kraemer and PEF against
William L. McGowan, Civil Service Employees Association; related legal briefs and
correspondence; newspaper clippings; press release from governor's office, March 12,
1979; PERB decision in Westbury Union Free School District and Westbury Teachers'
Association, respondents, and Albert Hardy, et al., November 8, 1979; briefs and memoranda
in PEF escrow case, January February 1980
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| Box 34 | Folder 7 |
PEF Proposals and Agreement (1 of 2)
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1979 |
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Scope and Contents
Contract Study and Proposals, SEIU Research Department; State Proposals for Negotiations,
Professional, Scientific and Technical Services Unit, May 17, 1979; State Proposal,
State/PEF Negotiations, Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services Unit, May
31, 1979, NYS Public Service Employees Federation Contract Demands; Professional,
Scientific, and Technical Services Unit Agreement, May 31, 1979
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| Box 34 | Folder 8 |
PEF Proposals and Agreement (2 of 2)
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1979 |
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Scope and Contents
Memorandum on PEF Wage Package from SEIU Greater New York Joint Council Number 11,
January 24, 1979; text of legislation in Extraordinary Session of Senate-Assembly
showing schedule of Civil Service salary increases by job title, November 1, 1979;
Positions Filled in New York under Direct Jurisdiction of Department of Civil Service;
exhibits, showing salaries for job titles, 1978; differences in mean annual average
salaries for selected professional and technical occupations: March 1972- March 1978;
press release from State Investigation Commission, "SIC Reports on Protection of No-Show
Employee by Department of Labor" (re PEF president John Kraemer) July 30, 1979; articles
of agreement; handwritten notes on PEF negotiations
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| Box 34 | Folder 9 |
NYS PEF
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1981 |
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Scope and Contents
Memo to PEF Executive Board and staff re contract negotiations, with attached summary
of contract demands, December 4, 1981; survey questionnaire for contract, September
24, 1981; proposed structure for contract negotiations, February 19; New York State
Public Employees Federation AFL-CIO 1982 Contract Demands; memos re dental coverage
under Public Employees Benefit Fund, April; memo from director of staff Ron Peretti
re out-of-title grievance procedure, February 20; memo from Peretti re lack of communication
over doctors' forty-hour grievance; other memos from Peretti; memos from secretary-treasurer
Constance Cabell re austerity budget, September 24, dues structure, February 24; letter
from Cabell to Jim Conti asking if PEF could obtain research services from NYSUT free
of charge, January 8; balance sheet for April 1 August 31, 1981; memo from the state
Office of Mental Health re absenteeism control, with cover memo to all PEF field staff
and regional coordinators, July 6; memo from the Office of the State Comptroller to
all state departments and agencies re payment of performance advances, with PEF cover
memo, August 31; memo re Civil Service attendance rules re Martin Luther King holiday
as option in lieu of Election Day, August 31; memo re vacancies in Research Division,
with job descriptions and salaries, February 18; memo to PEF filed staff and officers
explaining position classifications under Civil Service, January 13; flyers for PS&T
United campaign and related newspaper clippings; newsletters and correspondence of
Coalition of Nurses in State Service (CONISS), paper, "RN's Unionization is Necessary
for Survival but?? Is Survival Enough?" July 1981; memo re special election for PEF
vice president, December 23, 1980; memo to negations chairman from chair of subcommittee
on wages, September 1, 1981
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| Box 34 | Folder 10 |
PEF Press Releases and Newsletters
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1981 |
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Scope and Contents
Steward News, Contract Countdown, News Release
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| Box 34 | Folder 11 |
PEF Convention, Concord Hotel.
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1981 |
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Scope and Contents
October 11-13, Kiamesha Lake, NY. Proposed Amendments to the Constitution of the New
York State Public Employees Federation, AFL-CIO, prepared for the Third Annual Convention,
October 12-14, 1981; Executive Board Proposed Agenda, October 11, 1981; letter to
PEF president Kraemer from PS&T United chair accusing him of McCarthyism in attacking
the group's challenge for representation, September 14, 1981, related newspaper clipping;
reactions to PEF field services staff workshop, June 25
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| Box 34 | Folder 12 |
PEF
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1980-1981 |
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Scope and Contents
Steward Manual and cover letter, November 2, 1981; memo re PEF support for PATCO (Professional
Air Traffic Controllers Organization) strike, August 13, 1981; brief summary of purpose
and goals of Women's Program; newspaper clippings; letter from individual in Buffalo
objecting with "disgust and repugnance" to standard labor salutation, "Dear Brothers
and Sisters," in a letter from PEF president Kraemer, September 15; newsletter of
Statewide Coalition for a Democratic Union (SCDU), calling for impeachment of PEF
president Kraemer, July 1, 1981
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| Box 34 | Folder 13 |
PEF Press Releases, Newsletters, and Activity
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1980 |
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Scope and Contents
PEF Steward News, Newsletter of Statewide Coalition for a Democratic Union (SCDU),
PEF press releases
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| Box 34 | Folder 14 |
PEF: Pelletier (E. Taylor)
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1980 |
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Scope and Contents
Correspondence re teacher at West Seneca Developmental Center on extended probation,
later fired for using office copier for union activity, attempts to have him reinstated,
dispute with PEF and NYSUT over legal representation of case
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| Box 34 | Folder 15 |
Public Employees Federation (PEF) Review Committee
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1979-1981 |
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Scope and Contents
Minutes of December 3, 1980, Review Committee meeting; confidential memo from Jim
Conti, director of NYSUT Field Service Operations, to chair of the PEF Review Committee,
to discuss services by NYSUT available to PEF, January 15, 1981; proposed PEF organization
charts, January 7 and 20, 1981; memo to PEF Review Committee from Elizabeth Hoke,
regional coordinator, Region 9, re her perspective of duties, with handwritten, highly
negative comments in the margins, November 11, 1980; agenda for Review Committee meeting
of March 11, 1981; agreement between PEF, AFT and SEIU, August 30, 1979, revised September
5, 1979; description of Public Employee Benefit Fund Direct Payment Plan, effective
November 1, 1981; memo from PEF president John Kraemer to Executive Board members,
regional coordinators, and officers, re performance advance grievance settlement,
November 12, 1981; memos re contract negotiations; memo from Kraemer re status of
proposed layoffs by the state Labor Department, July 6, 1981; materials re petition
for representation election filed by Professional, Scientific and Technical Services
Negotiating Unit (PS&T United), letter from Kraemer warning of possible fraudulent
anti-union affiliation, August 1981, letter from state negotiating team refusing to
begin work on next contract as long as potential challenge existed from PS&T, May
1981; letter from Kramer urging that no one sign representation cards from PS&T, noting
that state determined that public employees' names and addresses be furnished to PS&T,
April 30, 1981; PEF press release re PS&T challenge, link with NEA, March
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| Box 34 | Folder 16 |
Public Employees Federation
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1979-1980 |
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Scope and Contents
Minutes of Executive Board meetings of February 20, October 12, and November 5, 1980,
November 7, 1979; proposed model constitution for divisions, guidelines, application
forms; PEF affirmative action policy; Resolution on the Italian Earthquake, relief
efforts; materials re membership benefits program; newspaper clippings re PEF president
John Kraemer as target of no-show probe, union criticism of Gov. Carey's Labor Department
commissioner appointment as "absolutely unfit," other issues; Region One Steering
Committee report on (second) PEF state convention, 1980; convention resolutions; Resolutions
Committee reports; memo re spending freeze at PEF, November 5, 1980; Ethics and Responsibility
Committee report, November 5; letters from the chair of the Ethics and Responsibility
Committee to members who brought grievances, October 23; An Education/Action Program
for a Safe Energy/Full Employment Society submitted by the Sponsors of the First National
Labor Conference for Safe Energy and Full Employment, against nuclear power, October
10-12, 1980; description of divisions as written in the original PEF constitution
and amended by the Second Convention; letter to PEF president Kraemer from the Coalition
of Nurses in State Service (CONISS), asserting that creation of advisory committee
within the Departments of Mental Hygiene and Mental Retardation would not address
problem of poor recruitment and retention of nurses at all state agencies, instead
recommending 15 proposals, including raising starting salary of RNs to $16,380, November
5; PEF Legislative News newsletter; legislative memos in support of various bills;
legislative report re state budget, defeat of onerous proposals, March 13, 1980; transcript
of rebuttal by PEF vice president to radio editorial (WINS 1010) re closure of mental
institutions, funding of community-based housing, April 17; Mental Health Task Force
Bulletin and legislative memorandum; task force Update newsletter, May; procedures
for filing a grievance petition; PEF press release reacting to Gov. Carey's announcement
of plans to lay off 5,000 state workers, April 8; related newspaper clippings; Report
to the Executive Board: Resolutions of the First Annual Convention, February 20, 1980;
materials, including letters and sworn statements re legal dispute between PEF president
Kraemer and Department of Environmental Conservation (PEF/EnCon) constituent representative
and Executive Board member Michael Keenan, unilaterally removed by Kraemer, January-February;
PEF constitution and by-laws; Report of Trustees re audit, December 12, 1979; constitution
of AFT; PEF schedules by certified public accountants for the period ended September
30, 1979; certification of results of contract ratification election for collective
bargaining agreement negotiated between PEF and the State of New York, December 20,
1979; insurance information update, February 19, 1980; order to show cause on injunction
with temporary restraining order affecting board members of the Department of Mental
Hygiene, with cover letter from Kraemer, January 31, 1980
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| Box 34 | Folder 17 |
PEF
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1979 |
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Scope and Contents
Rate sheet for ads in various newspapers; open letters (text of ad?) to all PEF members,
Governor Carey, legislators, re contract negotiations, c. August; letter to PERB re
breakdown of mediation process, July 31; letters from PEF president Kraemer to PEF
leadership re contract negotiations, March-July; "How a Bill Becomes a Law," flowchart
by New York State AFL-CIO Legislative Department; New York State AFL-CIO 1977-78 Labor
Voting Record for Senate and Assembly; monthly legislative report by Public Employee
Department of AFL-CIO for 95th Congress; Statement by the AFL-CIO Executive Council
on Opposition to a Constitutional Convention, February 19; fact sheet, Universal Social
Security Coverage for Public Employees; New York State AFL-CIO legislative memoranda
endorsing and opposing various pending bills, March 6; New York State AFL-CIO Legislative
Program 1979; memo to PEF leadership from president Kraemer re decision by Court of
Appeals over representation dispute with CSEA, February 16, related materials; confidential
memo to PEF leadership from president Kraemer re $12 million PEF lawsuit against CSEA,
appeal by PERB re card-check representation, February 1; statement at press conference
by Kraemer re PEF lawsuit against CSEA for libel over no-show allegations, related
press release, January 30
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| Box 35 | Folder 1 |
PEF Correspondence
|
1979 |
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Scope and Contents
Memo calculating legitimate fee to charge PEF for housing a representative in a NYSUT
office, January 15, 1979; letter to Jim Conti inviting him to attend as a guest the
founding convention for PEF, August 30, 1979; letter from Vito De Leonardis to counsel
requesting incorporation of procedures for election of Executive Board and related
matters into PEF governing documents, May 29, 1979; memo from director of state Employee
Relations Office to staff re transition from CSEA to Public Employees Federation (PEF)
as bargaining agent for technical employees, April 2; job application for PEF field
service rep, March 12; certified letter to NYSUT (De Leonardis, Conti, O'Leary) from
group of PEF members, the Interdepartmental PEF Coalition, demanding more input and
information about decision making, June 7, 1978; PERB decision denying CSEA's application
to reopen certification of PEF, with cover letter to Jim Conti from NYSUT general
counsel James Sandner, November 20, 1979; related court decision and cover letter,
February 16, 1979; Memorandum of Understanding from director of state Office of Employee
Relations to officers re new three-year agreement with PEF, November 8, 1979, with
cover memo to Jim Conti from SEIU; memo to PEF members re improved life and disability
insurance plans offered by PEF, January 1979; memo from state budget office, "Fiscal
Guidelines for the Remainder of State Fiscal Year 1979-80"; New York State Public
Employees Federation Tentative Contract Agreement, April 1, 1979-March 31, 1982, with
summary of highlights and cover letter to members
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| Box 35 | Folder 2 |
PEF Correspondence: Joe Kraemer
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1979 |
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Scope and Contents
Envelopes marked "Exhibit A," "Exhibit B," "Exhibit C," containing brochures for PEF
insurance plans, and cover letter from PEF president John Kraemer to Jim Conti; 1980
Report of the Political Action Committee, with cover memo to PEF Executive Board from
PEF president Kraemer; memo to PEF Executive Board from PEF president Kraemer re upcoming
Executive Board meeting, with attached agenda calling for reports from various committees,
and list of PEF membership by department, July 23, 1980; similar meeting notice, May
1; letter from Kraemer to state Office of Employee Relations re tentative agreement
between state and specialized state schools (for deaf and blind) in Batavia and Rome,
June 2, 1980; letters re restraining order against change by Civil Service of job
title from teacher to developmental specialist, implications for 10-month work year,
March-April 1980; letter from Kraemer to doctors at Mental Health agencies explaining
proposed increase in salary schedule, January 31, 1980; correspondence between Kraemer
and other members of the Executive Board re controversy over seating representatives
of the Department Mental Hygiene on the board, injunction by member of the Department
of Social Services, January 1980; year-end report from John O'Leary re contract grievances,
discipline cases, training, unresolved problems, January 4, 1980; report from John
O'Leary to Kraemer re alternative discipline procedure Section 33.5 (f), negotiated
in the PEF contract, January 17, 1980
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| Box 35 | Folder 3 |
PEF Correspondence: Ron Peretti
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1980 |
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Scope and Contents
Confidential PEF status reports to Kraemer from PEF staff director Ron Peretti, December
1980; letter to Kraemer from Ron Peretti asserting that, as previously agreed, he
had sent a blind carbon copy to Robert Payne of all his outgoing letters, which Payne
denied receiving, and had never received any copies of outgoing mail from Payne, which
Payne said he sent, December 11, 1980; confidential PEF report from Ron Peretti to
NYSUT executive director Vito DeLeonardis and field services director Jim Conti, December
16, 1980; coordinator's report from Peretti to De Leonardis re PEF and Kraemer's political
troubles, November 20, 1980; other detailed monthly reports on PEF from Peretti to
De Leonardis, some confidential (discussing Kraemer and Payne), some copied to Payne,
April-October; material re Beverly Paigen / Love Canal case, advising against providing
legal representation, for political reasons, February 1980; correspondence between
Peretti and attorney Arnold Proskin re communication problems, September 1980
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| Box 35 | Folder 4 |
PEF Correspondence: Jim Conti
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1979-1981 |
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Scope and Contents
Letter from Jim Conti to PEF secretary-treasurer re sharing research resources, January
13, 1981; letters from Jim Conti to PEF secretary-treasurer accepting invitations
to attend its first and second conventions, September 18, 1979, and September 3, 1980;
Civil Service classification standards, with cover letter to Jim Conti, February 5,
1979; correspondence with PEF president John Kraemer re salary schedule for new unit,
with attached enabling legislation, November 1979; letter to PEF president Kraemer
from director of state Office of Employee Relations, agreeing to remove moratorium
on titles in the unit, November 6, 1979; New York State Public Employees Federation
Tentative Contract Agreement, April 1, 1979-March 31, 1982, with summary of highlights
and cover letter to members; memo from Jim Conti to Vito De Leonardis re PEF budget
for 1980-81; letter from Jim Conti to president of United University Professions (UUP)
re meeting to discuss upcoming negotiations, July 22, 1981; letter from Local 144
of the Hotel, Hospital, Nursing Home & Allied Health Services Union, May 19, 1980,
question of whether office staff of West Hempstead school district were in a separate
unit; letter from a staff attorney with state Ag & Markets requesting that certain
requirements imposed on legal staff be brought up in negotiations, June 4, 1979, with
reply from Jim Conti referring matter to John O'Leary, PEF staff director; memo from
Jim Conti to NYSUT president Tom Hobart re potential PEF and UUP challenges, June
10, 1981; correspondence with Jeff Turner of Service Employees International Union
(SEIU) re compensation data, July 26, 1979; material from Turner re compensation proposals
for unclassified professionals at special schools (physicians at mental health agencies),
March 1980; a letter from PEF president Kraemer correspondence with Elizabeth Hoke,
PEF Mid-Hudson Regional Coordinator, re attending meeting, sending letter to technicians
in organizing campaign in Denver, February-June, 1980; list of names and addresses
of members of CONISS, from Elizabeth Hoke, September 1980; confidential correspondence
re New York State School for the Blind, September 18, 1980; correspondence with John
Kraemer, president of PEF, and Jules Nadell, Council Leader, re Downstate Medical
Center job titles and classifications, antipathy between UUP and PEF, February-November
1981; confidential letter from Jim Conti to PEF president John Kraemer advising against
assigning legal representation for Roswell Park scientist and Love Canal whistleblower
Beverly Paigen due to political nature of her case, possible negative publicity for
PEF and NYSUT, damage to relationship with state agencies and legislature, February
25, 1980; related correspondence, in agreement, between NYSUT president Tom Hobart
and executive director Vito De Leonardis; letter to Kraemer re negotiation requests
for 4201 schools, including salary schedules and differentials for major metropolitan
areas, May 19, 1981; related correspondence; SCDU (Statewide Coalition for a Democratic
Union) newsletters urging rejection of contract proposal, November 20, 1979, with
cover letter to Kraemer from Jim Conti; letter from Jim Conti to PERB deputy chairman
Jerome Lefkowitz, opposing proposed rule allowing creation of new bargaining units
by petition of 30 percent of members in a job category, noting that PEF alone encompassed
2,500 job titles, April 23, 1980; text of new salary schedule as an amendment to Civil
Service law in extraordinary session of the Senate-Assembly, November 1, 1979; PEF
Tentative Contract Agreement, April 1, 1970-March 31, 1982, with summary and cover
letter from PEF president Kraemer urging ratification; memo re Labor Department citation
of Horseheads Central School District for failure to pay minimum wage to its teachers
aides, July 16, 1981; confidential memo from Jim Conti re correspondence between State
Education Department and Batavia School for the Blind, concern over procedure for
addition of new staff, process for referral of PEF issues to NYSUT, September 1980;
letter from member to PEF president Kraemer, copied to Albert Shanker, expressing
concern over lack of legal assistance, with cover memo from Jim Conti, June-September
1980; letters to PEF Executive Board and president Kraemer from member requesting
legal representation, complaining of lack of response, December 1979-July 1980; PEF
proposed salary schedule for Rome-Batavia schools, March 11, 1980; outline of organizing
training materials for PEF field representatives; correspondence re other training
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| Box 35 | Folder 5 |
PEF Correspondence: John O'Leary
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1979 |
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Scope and Contents
Correspondence re legal representation for Beverly Paigen, cancer research scientist
at Roswell Park Memorial Institute in Buffalo, who exposed deficiencies in the Department
of Health's report on hazards to residents from the Love Canal chemical waste site,
and was apparently being professionally harassed by Commissioner of Health David Axelrod,
December 1979; monthly reports; letter from O'Leary resigning his position as PEF
staff director, as planned, December 18, 1979; memos re PEF agency fee refund, November
7, and PEF tentative agreement re salary, November 19; document, "PEF Sold Correctional
Personnel Down the River," by Rand Condell, October 4; memos from O'Leary to Jim Conti
re discipline and arbitration cases, August; thank-you letters to various NYSUT staff
for assistance, August; Improper Practice Charge by PEF against state Office of Employee
Relations, July; memos from O'Leary to NYSUT Executive Director Vito De Leonardis
re increase in requests for legal assistance, difficulty in obtaining a quick response
from staff attorneys to even the simplest question, need for dedicated attorney for
PEF, July 9; status of contract arbitrations, July 9; memos re office expenses, space
needs, May 11 and June 22; memo to PEF staff re non-contract grievances, May 7; memo
from O'Leary to PEF representatives re strike at Department of Corrections, procedures
for proving an employee was not on strike, May 4; memo re dues increase, April 24;
memo re steward training, April 17; memos discussing procedures for handling different
types of grievances, April; memo reporting on meeting re grievances with the state
Office of Employee Relations, April 9; memo to PEF staff re litigation with CSEA over
PERB's certification of PEF, February 14
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| Box 35 | Folder 6 |
PEF Press Releases, Newsletters and Articles
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1979 |
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Scope and Contents
Newsletter, New York State Employees Federation Communicator, May, June, August, September,
and October 1979; newspaper clippings
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| Box 35 | Folder 7 |
PEF
|
1978 |
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Scope and Contents
Agenda for PEF meeting, September 27, 1978; list of members of Wage & Policy Committee;
proposed interim executive board; Agreement and Declaration of Trust Establishing
the Public Employees Federation Group Benefits Program, September 26, 1978; memo from
Jim Conti to John Kraemer and Vito De Leonardis re agency fee rebate program, August
15; hand-delivered letter from NYSUT general counsel to NYS Comptroller Arthur Levitt
re deduction of dues and agency fees on behalf of Public Employees Federation, September
25; hand-delivered letter from NYSUT general counsel to state Office of Employee Relations,
re PEF position on several issues, requesting meeting for orderly transition from
CSEA to PEF representation of public employees, September 25; resolutions passed at
the NYS Public Employees Federation Steering Committee meeting, September 21; balance
sheet for November 1977 through August 1978; financial statement by certified public
accountants (with disclaimer) for November 1977 through August 1978; proposed PEF
budget; job group breakout sheet; list of Number of Persons in each Federal Occupational
Category by State Agency, July 20, 1978; map of NYS Department of Health regional
offices; memo from PEF president John Kraemer to PEF Steering Committee, re "To Do
Immediately upon Certification," September 20; PERB decision in the matter of State
of New York (Office of Employee Relations), employer, and Public Employees Federation,
AFL-CIO, petitioner, and Civil Service Employees Association, Inc., intervenor, overruling
objections filed by CSEA and letting stand election won by PEF, July 20, 1978; PERB
Certification of Representative and Order to Negotiate, certifying PEF as exclusive
bargaining agent, September 27, 1978; related legal briefs; announcement from John
Kraemer, PEF Certified by PERB, September 28; memo to PEF staff re steward training,
grievance response, September 29; memo to Jim Conti comparing dues and per capita
charges of NYSUT and SEIU, calculation of PEF proposed dues/per capitas, March 8,
1979; related drafts of PEF by-laws re per capitas; minutes of Interim Grievance Committee,
September 28; materials re life and health insurance, October; tentative list, Interim
Executive Board, August 10, 1978; Report of Vice President Solomon Bendet to CSEA
Board of Directors, January 11, 1979, re infiltration of CSEA by AFSCME, danger of
takeover and dissolution
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| Box 35 | Folder 8 |
PEF Executive Board Meetings (Jim Conti)
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1981 |
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Scope and Contents
October, 1981. Minutes of July 31, 1981, meeting; political action report; Mental
Hygiene Task Force report; steward update; memo to PEF president Kraemer from counsel
re teacher reclassification, October 5, 1989; newspaper clippings
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| Box 35 | Folder 9 |
PEF Executive Board Meetings (Jim Conti)
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1981 |
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Scope and Contents
July, 1981. Minutes of May 15 and July 31, 1981, meetings; testimony presented at
the Assembly Committee hearing on toxic substances, July 14, 1981; Bylaws Committee
report; report on 1982 contract negotiations; secretary-treasurer's report; Nominations
& Elections Committee report; report by Mental Hygiene Task Force; memo re Research
Department operations; update on membership benefits program; Field Services status
report; newspaper clippings
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| Box 35 | Folder 10 |
PEF Executive Board Meetings (Jim Conti)
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1981 |
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Scope and Contents
March 25, 1981. Minutes of March 25, 1981, meeting; memos re performance advance payments
for PS&T PEF members and trainees; related materials
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| Box 35 | Folder 11 |
PEF Executive Board Meetings (Jim Conti)
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1981 |
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Scope and Contents
February, 1981. Minutes of February 8-9, 1981 [mismarked 1980], meeting; minutes of
PEF special Executive Board meeting, December 11, 1980; committee reports (Ethics
& Responsibility, Public Relations); SEIU Steward's Manual; brochures, "The Real Tax
Crisis and What You Can Do About It: SEIU Guide to State and Local Tax Reform," "Senior
Membersand your local union," and "Your Uniona two-pronged drive for Equality, Security,
and Justice"; brochure re apprenticeship training program; brochure and poster from
the National Conference of Christians and Jews for Brotherhood Week
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| Box 35 | Folder 12 |
PEF Executive Board Meetings (Jim Conti)
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1979 |
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Scope and Contents
August 29, 1979. Agenda; minutes of April 4, 1979, meeting; printed Memorandum of
Understanding Relating to Evaluation and Promotion Systems for Professional Employees
in the State University of New York, United University Professions, April 1977; convention
report; description of composition of Executive Board; legislative report; proposed
PEF budget; PEF's key bargaining demands; audited statement of cash receipts and disbursements
for initial period ended July 31, 1979; PEF constitution, August 27, 1979; American
Arbitration Association and Public Employees Federation Official Tally Sheet, with
results filled in (original)
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| Box 35 | Folder 13 |
PEF Executive Board Meetings (Jim Conti)
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1978 |
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Scope and Contents
December 7, 1979. Agenda; proposed PEF by-laws; NYSUT Executive Committee meeting
agenda, December 8, 1978; Agreement of Permanent Continuation of Public Employees
Federation (PEF) between SEIU and AFT; suggested presentation approach with rationale
for maintaining NYSUT connection; PEF proposed 90-day budget; newspaper clippings;
handwritten notes
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| Box 35 | Folder 14 |
Coordinator's Reports
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1978 |
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Scope and Contents
December, 1978. Reports to NYSUT executive director Vito DeLeonardis: from Ron Uba
(Western New York Regional Office) re organizing, negotiations, other issues, December
15, 1978; from Tony Ficcio re close NYU election, vicious anti-union material, December
13, 1978; from Ray Samson re organizing, locals at impasse, December 14; from Evelyn
L. Hartman, executive director of United University Professions, re UUP election,
December 15; from Vinnie Grove (Utica Regional Office) re negotiations, organizing,
other issues, December 15; from Frank Squillace (Syracuse Service Center) re collective
bargaining, workshops and conferences, political action, organizing, NYEA activity,
UUP campaign, December 15; Chuck Rogers (Southern Tier Regional Office), re Ithaca
College election, Improper Practice Charges against Elmira and Horseheads Teachers
Associations, bargaining, workshops, organizing, December 14; from Leon Lieberman
re negotiations, December 14; from Stan Kern, Mid-Hudson, personal and confidential,
December 11; from Robert Klein, Elmsford, re negotiations, December 5; Robert J. Allen,
North Country, re NYEA situation at college campuses, December 14
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| Box 35 | Folder 15 |
Coordinator's Reports VDL file
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1978 |
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Scope and Contents
November, 1978. Reports from Ron Uba (Buffalo Regional Office); Leon Lieberman (Albany);
John O'Leary (Nassau) re organizing, negotiations, Ray Samson (Rochester) re locals
at impasse, organizing; Stan Kern (Mid-Hudson); Frank Squillace (Syracuse) re collective
bargaining, political action (congressional election), organizing, NYEA activity,
UUP campaign; memo from Squillace re Fayetteville-Manlius Custodial and Maintenance
Association disaffiliation, apparently after goal of negotiating a contract was met,
noting no interference from NYEA, with attached annotated correspondence, November
14; report from John DeGregorio (Suffolk), Evelyn Hartman re UUP campaign; Vincent
Grove (Utica), re negotiations, strike by Westmoreland Non- Instructional Employees
Service Organization; Robert G. Klein (Elmsford) re negotiations; Chuck Rogers (Southern
Tier Regional Office) re Ithaca College representation election, won by NYSUT, with
attached newsletter Southern Tier Regional Briefs
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Vito De Leonardis Coordinator's Reports
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1978 |
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Scope and Contents
October, 1978. Reports to NYSUT executive director Vito DeLeonardis: from Ron Uba
(Western New York Regional Office) re organizing, negotiations, other issues, October
17, 1978; UUP report from executive director Evelyn Hartman, October 20; document
by the New York Educators Association (NYEA)/National Education Association (NEA)-SUNY
Organizing Committee, "Comparisons: A Guide to the Organizations and the Issues in
the Forthcoming Election for the Right to Represent the SUNY Faculty and Staff in
Collective Bargaining"; report from Vinnie Grove (Utica Regional Office) re negotiations,
organizing, NYEA activity, other issues, October 19; VOTE/COPE contribution totals
statewide; reports from Mid-Hudson, Suffolk, | |||