NYSUT General Officers Memorabilia., 1973-2006
Collection Number: 6174/017 MB
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
NYSUT General Officers Memorabilia, 1973-2006
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Collection Number:
6174/017 MB
Creator:
New York State United Teachers (NYSUT)
National Education Association (NEA)
American Federation of Teachers (AFT)
Quanitities:
0.33 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.
Certificates, 1973-2006
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INFORMATION FOR USERS
NYSUT General Officers Memorabilia. #6174/017 MB. Kheel Center for Labor-Management
Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library.
Related Collections: 6174/017: NYSUT General Officers Records 6174/017 AV: NYSUT General Officers Audio-Visual Materials 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
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Container
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Description
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Date
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| Box 1 |
Charters
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| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
National Education Association
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1975 |
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Scope and Contents
Charter Affiliated State Association This Certifies that the New York State United
Teachers, Inc...1975
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| Box 1 | Folder 2 |
Certificate of the Agreement and plan of unification between New York State United
Teachers and National Education Association of New York
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2006 |
| Box 1 | Folder 3 |
American Federation of Teachers -- Charter with New York State United Teachers, Inc.
-- 1973
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1973 |
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Scope and Contents
Also included in folder is a blank form
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