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

Biographical / Historical

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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Preferred Citation

NYSUT General Officers Audio-Visual Materials #6174/017 AV. Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library.

Related Materials

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

SUBJECTS

Names:
New York State United Teachers
New York State United Teachers. Archives
Subjects:
Teachers' union, New York (State)

CONTAINER LIST
Container
Description
Date
Box 1 Folder 1
Effective Classroom Management
Scope and Contents
VHS Tape
Box 1 Folder 2
Shared Decision Making Workshop Educational Conference
1988
Scope and Contents
VHS Tape. May 11, 1988
Box 1 Folder 3
Social Promotion WTEN News Ten Albany, NY, Newscast
1999
Scope and Contents
VHS Tape. January 20, 1999
Box 1 Folder 4
An Overview of the Task Force on the Teaching Profession: The New York Report: A Blueprint for Learning and Teaching,
1988
Scope and Contents
VHS Tape. March 1988
Box 1 Folder 5
NYSUT School Restructuring Project Prototype
1992
Scope and Contents
VHS Tape. September 18, 1992
Box 1 Folder 6
First Things First: Lessons for Life
Scope and Contents
VHS Tape
Box 1 Folder 7
AFT Convention 1994 Leadership Development Task Force Presentation
1994
Scope and Contents
VHS Tape
Box 1 Folder 8
NYSUT Standard
1997
Scope and Contents
VHS Tape. April 20, 1997
Box 1 Folder 9
The Struggle for Teachers Rights, Greenburgh Eleven Federation of Teachers, Childrens Village
Scope and Contents
VHS Tape
Box 1 Folder 10
Do We Still Need School Boards? Albert Shanker
1992
Scope and Contents
Audio Cassette
Box 1 Folder 11
House of Delegates
1972
Scope and Contents
Audio Cassette. June 17, 1972
Box 1 Folder 12
NYSTA Delegation Meeting
1972
Scope and Contents
Audio Cassette. June 27, 1972
Box 1 Folder 13
Third Business Meeting
1972
Scope and Contents
Audio Cassette. June 29, 1972
Box 1 Folder 14
Hobart Address 1975 RA
1975
Scope and Contents
7" open reel audio tape. March 21, 1975
Box 1 Folder 15
Al Shanker 1975 RA
1975
Scope and Contents
7" open reel audio tape.