NYSUT General Officers Audio-Visual Materials, 1972-1999
Collection Number: 6174/017 AV
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
NYSUT General Officers Audio-Visual Materials, 1972-1999
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Collection Number:
6174/017 AV
Creator:
New York State United Teachers (NYSUT)
Quanitities:
0.94 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.
Training tapes and newsclips on topics such as shared decision making and social promotion;
speeches by Al Shanker and Tom Hobart, and excerpts from NYSTA House of Delegates
conferences (1972) and later events to 1999. Includes open-reel audio tapes, audio
cassettes, and VHS.
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archivist for access to these materials.
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Procedures for Document Use.
INFORMATION FOR USERS
NYSUT General Officers Audio-Visual Materials #6174/017 AV. Kheel Center for Labor-Management
Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library.
Related Collections: 6174/017: NYSUT General Officers Records 6174/017 MB: NYSUT General Officers Memorabilia. 6174/017 P: NYSUT General Officers Photographs All other 6174 collections
Names:
New York State United Teachers
New York State United Teachers. Archives
Subjects:
Teachers' union, New York (State)
CONTAINER LIST
Container
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Description
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Date
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Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Effective Classroom Management
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Scope and Contents
VHS Tape
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Box 1 | Folder 2 |
Shared Decision Making Workshop Educational Conference
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1988 |
Scope and Contents
VHS Tape. May 11, 1988
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Box 1 | Folder 3 |
Social Promotion WTEN News Ten Albany, NY, Newscast
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1999 |
Scope and Contents
VHS Tape. January 20, 1999
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Box 1 | Folder 4 |
An Overview of the Task Force on the Teaching Profession: The New York Report: A Blueprint
for Learning and Teaching,
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1988 |
Scope and Contents
VHS Tape. March 1988
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Box 1 | Folder 5 |
NYSUT School Restructuring Project Prototype
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1992 |
Scope and Contents
VHS Tape. September 18, 1992
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Box 1 | Folder 6 |
First Things First: Lessons for Life
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Scope and Contents
VHS Tape
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Box 1 | Folder 7 |
AFT Convention 1994 Leadership Development Task Force Presentation
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1994 |
Scope and Contents
VHS Tape
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Box 1 | Folder 8 |
NYSUT Standard
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1997 |
Scope and Contents
VHS Tape. April 20, 1997
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Box 1 | Folder 9 |
The Struggle for Teachers Rights, Greenburgh Eleven Federation of Teachers, Childrens
Village
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Scope and Contents
VHS Tape
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Box 1 | Folder 10 |
Do We Still Need School Boards? Albert Shanker
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1992 |
Scope and Contents
Audio Cassette
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Box 1 | Folder 11 |
House of Delegates
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1972 |
Scope and Contents
Audio Cassette. June 17, 1972
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Box 1 | Folder 12 |
NYSTA Delegation Meeting
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1972 |
Scope and Contents
Audio Cassette. June 27, 1972
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Box 1 | Folder 13 |
Third Business Meeting
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1972 |
Scope and Contents
Audio Cassette. June 29, 1972
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Box 1 | Folder 14 |
Hobart Address 1975 RA
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1975 |
Scope and Contents
7" open reel audio tape. March 21, 1975
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Box 1 | Folder 15 |
Al Shanker 1975 RA
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1975 |
Scope and Contents
7" open reel audio tape.
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