NYSUT. Alan Lubin. Files., 2002-2008
Collection Number: 6174/014
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
NYSUT. Alan Lubin. Files, 2002-2008
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Collection Number:
6174/014
Creator:
Alan Lubin
New York State United Teachers
Quanitities:
2 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.
Alan Lubin was elected executive vice-president of NYSUT in September 1993. This was
after having been an officer in the United Federation of Teachers for 26 years. Lubin
has been on NYSUT's Board of Directors since 1973 and a vice-president of the American
Federation of Teachers since 1993.
As a NYSUT VP Lubin oversaw legislative and political action programs and was the
secretary-treasurer of NYSUT's political action fund, VOTE-COPE. Other programs he
was instrumental in were the permanent cost-of-living adjustment for public retirees
(COLA), Schools Against Violence in Education (SAVE), and the New York State legal
mandate that all schools have defibrillators.
In 2006 Lubin was a co- founder, with Bruce Ventimiglia, of the Business and Labor
Coalition of New York (BALCONY). The coalition was formed to foster cooperation and
consensus between business and labor communities on public policy. As of 2012, Lubin
and Ventimiglia are still co-chairs of the coalition.
Over the years Alan Luben has received numerous awards: In 2008 Lubin received an
award as an outstanding partner in the Capital District (Albany, NY) AIDS Walk. In
2004 he was the recipient of the Carolyn Holmes Humanitarian Award from the Coalition
of Black Trade Unionists, the Champion of Labor Award from the New York state Democratic
Party, and the "Advocate" Award from the New York state Chapter of the AFT Black Caucus.
In 1999 he was awarded the UFT Charles Cogen Teacher Union Award. He won the Congressional
Friends of Ellis Island Award in 1998.
Alan Lubin retired from NYSUT in January 2010.
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NYSUT. Alan Lubin. Files. #6174/014. Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation
and Archives, Cornell University Library.
CONTAINER LIST
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Container
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Description
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Date
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Series I: Correspondence
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| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Lubin Chron File 2002 [Folder 1 of 3]
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2002 |
| Box 1 | Folder 2 |
Lubin Chron File 2002 [Folder 2 of 3]
|
2002 |
| Box 1 | Folder 3 |
Lubin Chron File 2002 [Folder 3 of 3]
|
2002 |
| Box 1 | Folder 4 |
Lubin Chron File 2003 [Folder 1 of 3]
|
2003 |
| Box 1 | Folder 5 |
Lubin Chron File 2003 [Folder 2 of 3]
|
2003 |
| Box 1 | Folder 6 |
Lubin Chron File 2003 [Folder 3 of 3]
|
2003 |
| Box 1 | Folder 7 |
Lubin Chron File 2004 [Folder 1 of 3]
|
2004 |
| Box 1 | Folder 8 |
Lubin Chron File 2004 [Folder 2 of 3]
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2004 |
| Box 1 | Folder 9 |
Lubin Chron File 2004 [Folder 3 of 3]
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2004 |
| Box 1 | Folder 10 |
Lubin Chron File 2005 [Folder 1 of 2]
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2005 |
| Box 1 | Folder 11 |
Lubin Chron File 2005 [Folder 2 of 2]
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2005 |
| Box 1 | Folder 12 |
Lubin Chron File 2006 [Folder 1 of 3]
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2006 |
| Box 1 | Folder 13 |
Lubin Chron File 2006 [Folder 2 of 3]
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2006 |
| Box 1 | Folder 14 |
Lubin Chron File 2006 [Folder 3 of 3]
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2006 |
| Box 1 | Folder 15 |
Lubin Chron File 2007 [Folder 1 of 3]
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2007 |
| Box 1 | Folder 16 |
Lubin Chron File 2007 [Folder 2 of 3]
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2007 |
| Box 1 | Folder 17 |
Lubin Chron File 2007 [Folder 3 of 3]
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2007 |
| Box 1 | Folder 18 |
Lubin Chron File 2008 [Folder 1 of 4]
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2008 |
| Box 2 | Folder 1 |
Lubin Chron File 2008 [Folder 2 of 4]
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2008 |
| Box 2 | Folder 2 |
Lubin Chron File 2008 [Folder 3 of 4]
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2008 |
| Box 2 | Folder 3 |
Lubin Chron File 2008 [Folder 4 of 4]
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2008 |
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Series II: Speeches
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| Box 2 | Folder 4 |
Lubin, Alan. Speeches
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2003 |
| Box 2 | Folder 5 |
Lubin, Alan. Speeches
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2004 |
| Box 2 | Folder 6 |
Lubin, Alan. Speeches
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2005 |
| Box 2 | Folder 7 |
Lubin, Alan. Speeches
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2006 |
| Box 2 | Folder 8 |
Lubin, Alan. Speeches
|
2007 |
| Box 2 | Folder 9 |
Lubin, Alan. Speeches
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2008 |