Tompkins Cortland Labor Coalition Records, 1970-2003
Collection Number: 6185

Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Cornell University Library


DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Tompkins Cortland Labor Coalition Records, 1970-2003
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Collection Number:
6185
Creator:
Tompkins Cortland Labor Coalition
Quanitities:
15 cubic feet
Language:
Collection material in English, Spanish
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Preferred Citation

Tompkins Cortland Labor Coalition Records #6185. Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library.

Related Materials

Related Collections: 6185 P: Tompkins Cortland Labor Coalition Photographs 6185 PUBS: Tompkins Cortland Labor Coalition Publications 6185/001: Tompkins County Labor Coalition Health and Safety Topical Files

SUBJECTS

Names:
Tompkins-Cortland Labor Coalition
American Postal Workers Union. Local 1151 (Ithaca, N.Y.) -- Archives
Ben & Jerry's (Firm) -- Archives
Brewer-Titchener Corporation, Cortland, N.Y. -- Archives
Cargill, Inc. -- Archives
Central Labor Council (Ithaca, N.Y.) -- Archives
Cornell University -- Employees -- Archives
Imperial Food Products. Plant (Hamlet, N.C.) -- Fire, 1991 -- Archives
Ithaca City School District (Ithaca, N.Y.) -- Archives
Ithaca Post Office (Ithaca, N.Y.) -- Archives
Lakeside Nursing Home -- Archives
Midstate Central Labor Council -- Archives
New York (State) Dept. of Labor -- Archives
New York (State) Public Employment Relations Board -- Archives
Smith-Corona Inc. -- Archives
Tompkins-Cortland Labor Coalition --Archives
Subjects:
Work environment
Work environment -- New York (State) -- Tompkins County
Work environment -- New York (State) -- Cortland County
Industrial hygiene
Industrial hygiene -- New York (State)
Industrial hygiene -- New York (State) -- Cortland County
Industrial hygiene -- New York (State) -- Tompkins County
Industrial hygiene -- Salt mines and mining -- New York (State)
Industrial hygiene -- New York (State) -- Tompkins County
Industrial hygiene -- Employment -- Law and legislation -- New York (State) -- Tompkins County
Environmental responsibility -- New York (State) -- Tompkins County
Environmental responsibility -- New York (State) -- Cortland County
Environmental responsibility -- New York (State) -- Tompkins County
Industrial safety -- New York (State) -- Cortland County
Plant shutdowns -- Economic aspects -- New York (State) -- Tompkins County
Plant shutdowns -- Economic aspects -- New York (State) -- Cortland County
Unfair labor practices -- New York (State) -- Tompkins County
Unfair labor practices -- New York (State) -- Cortland County
Working class
Workers' compensation -- New York (State) -- Tompkins County
Workers' compensation -- New York (State) -- Cortland County
Workers' compensation -- New York (State) -- Tompkins County
Workers' compensation -- New York (State) -- Tompkins County
Strikes and lockouts -- New York (State) -- Tompkins County
Strikes and lockouts -- New York (State) -- Cortland County
Tompkins County -- Officials and employees
Cortland County -- Officials and employees

CONTAINER LIST
Container
Description
Date
Box 1 Folder 1
2003 meetings
2003
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, meeting agendas, copies of "Union City News"
Box 1 Folder 2
2002 MCLC meetings
2002
Scope and Contents
Meeting minutes, correspondence, meeting agendas
Box 1 Folder 3
2001 MCLC meetings
2001
Scope and Contents
Meeting minutes, correspondence, meeting agendas
Box 1 Folder 4
AFL-CIO Affiliation Material
1992-1994
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, constitution, charter application, memoranda, news clippings, and pamphlet concerning the affiliation of the Mid-State Central Labor Council (Labor Coalition) with the New York State AFL-CIO.
Box 1 Folder 5
AFL-CIO Organizing Institute
1993
Scope and Contents
Literature, information on Apprenticeship Program, Training Schedule, Application to the Institute.
Box 1 Folder 6
Ames Department Store Layoffs
1990
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and news clippings concerning department store layoffs.
Box 1 Folder 7
1996 Annual Meeting
1996-2000
Scope and Contents
Photographs, financial report, correspondence, news clippings, newsletters, press releases, grant proposal, resolution, meeting agendas and minutes, and notes from annual meetings
Box 1 Folder 8
Annual Meeting
1991-1992
Scope and Contents
City of Ithaca proclamation, annual reports, financial report, tax forms, handouts, news clippings presented at the 1991 annual meeting of the Tompkins/Cortland Labor Coalition (TCLC)
Box 1 Folder 9
Annual report
1991-1992
Scope and Contents
Constitution and by-laws, phone and address directory, Steering Committee nomination list, attendance list, financial statements, annual reports for 1991 & 1992
Box 1 Folder 10
Annual report
1990
Scope and Contents
Annual report, tax forms, financial report, correspondence, yearly dues report, annual membership meeting announcement.
Box 1 Folder 11
Annual report
1989-1992
Box 1 Folder 12
Association for Union Democracy
1999
Scope and Contents
Correspondence
Box 1 Folder 13
Behavior Based Training
1998-2002
Scope and Contents
Literature, training material, booklet - "Warning! Behavior Based Safety Can Be Hazardous to Your Health and Safety Program!"
Box 1 Folder 14
Ben and Jerry's Foundation
1986-1996
Scope and Contents
Grant proposals, correspondence, newspaper clippings.
Box 1 Folder 15
Brown Lung Association
1982
Scope and Contents
Newspaper clippings
Box 1 Folder 16
Building Codes
1991-1993
Scope and Contents
Book "New York State Energy Conservation Construction Code", copy of "Official Compilation of Codes Rules & Regulations", other documentation.
Box 1 Folder 17
Building Trades Project
1993
Scope and Contents
Maps, City of Oswego - Motions, resolutions and notices, newspaper clippings, flyers, correspondence.
Box 1 Folder 18
Buttons
1999
Scope and Contents
Correspondence about buttons.
Box 1 Folder 19
Cargill Strike Support
1986
Scope and Contents
Newspaper clippings, petitions, rally permits, correspondence, telephone lists, meeting minutes, flyers.
Box 1 Folder 20
Cartoons
Scope and Contents
Labor cartoons.
Box 1 Folder 21
Central New York Labor Federation, AFL-CIO Board
2001-2002
Scope and Contents
Meeting agendas, minutes and correspondence.
Box 2 Folder 1
Child Care - Cortland County
1997-1999
Scope and Contents
Flyer and correspondence.
Box 2 Folder 2
Chuck Wymms
1995-1996
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, notes, research articles. Labor cartoon, copy of Local 97 Reporter, computer disk included with some documentation about the Lakeside settlement.
Box 2 Folder 3
City Funding History
1985-1988
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, proposals, flyers, legislation, Ad-Hoc Committee reports.
Box 2 Folder 4
City of Ithaca - Funded Position.
1985-1989
Scope and Contents
Employment Maintenance Legislation, correspondence, job evaluation, criteria for funding of positions, news clippings on layoffs & shutdowns, Proposals for funding for new Labor Position.
Box 2 Folder 5
City of Ithaca - Grant. report, funding requests.
2001-2002
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, e-mails, Service Agreements, Guidelines & Criteria for Funding, cash flow report, funding requests.
Box 2 Folder 6
City of Ithaca - Grant.
2000-2001
Scope and Contents
Correspondence,funding requests, recommendations.
Box 2 Folder 7
City of Ithaca - Grant
1999
Scope and Contents
Guidelines & Criteria, Service Agreement, funding proposal, correspondence, approval of funding.
Box 2 Folder 8
City of Ithaca
1996-1998
Scope and Contents
1997-1998 budget, Guidelines & Criteria, correspondence, service funding proposal, Service Agreement, contract for services report, accomplishments of 1996, Common Council review of budget request, flyers.
Box 2 Folder 9
City of Ithaca - Grant.
1992-1994
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, grant information sheet, service agreement, resolution of funding.
Box 2 Folder 10
City of Ithaca - Grant
1989-1991
Scope and Contents
Survey , flyers, funding proposal, copy of FYI newspaper, copy of The Working Press, newspaper clippings on Smith Corona, newspaper clippings on death of Suit-Kote worker, grant approval correspondence, meeting notes from Human Services Committee, funding requests, addendum to the grant proposal, Service Contract, 1990-1991 projected budget.
Box 2 Folder 11
CLC [Central Labor Council]--Surveys (pt.1)
1996
Scope and Contents
Explanation of how survey is done. Copies of survey answers and correspondence.
Box 2 Folder 12
CLC [Central Labor Council]--Surveys (pt.2)
1996
Scope and Contents
Copies of survey answers and correspondence.
Box 2 Folder 13
Collective Bargaining
1984
Scope and Contents
Collective Bargaining.Collective bargaining report - Standing Committee on Labor
Box 2 Folder 14
Common Sense Economics
1997-1999
Scope and Contents
Books dealing with economics, "Common Sense Economics", "Wage Gap : Organizing Kit", "Tax Fairness : Organizing Kit"
Box 2 Folder 15
Community Loan Fund
1985-1990
Scope and Contents
Newspaper clipplings, correspondence
Box 2 Folder 16
Concerned University Employees (C.U.E.)
1991
Scope and Contents
Parking poll, C.U.E. tips newspaper, news clippings about the new parking fees at Cornell University.
Box 2 Folder 17
Constitution and By-Laws (changes)
1990-1993
Scope and Contents
Preamble, revised constitution and by-laws, Coordinator's report on by-law changes.
Box 2 Folder 18
Constitution
Scope and Contents
Master copy of the Constitution of the Mid-State Central Labor Coalition, AFL-CIO.
Box 2 Folder 19
Consultation
1997
Scope and Contents
Booklet "Consultation Services for the Employer"
Box 2 Folder 20
Contract information
1991-1996
Scope and Contents
1991 Sylabus, 1996 Ithaca Teachers Association contract
Box 2 Folder 21
Coordinator
1991-2001
Scope and Contents
Annual retreat agenda, job announcements for Coordinator position, Labor Coalition survey results, Coordinator evaluation, correspondence, job descriptions of Coordinator and Office Manager.
Box 2 Folder 22
Correspondence - Cortland
1970-1990
Scope and Contents
Newspaper clippings about Cortland County businesses, correspondence, interview notes, meeting minutes, membership lists, booklet about "Brockway"
Box 2 Folder 23
Correspondence - Steering Committee
1988-1992
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, staff time allotment sheets, budget correspondence.
Box 2 Folder 24
Correspondence - TCLC
1986-1989
Box 2 Folder 25
Correspondence - TCLC
1990-1992
Box 2 Folder 26
Disability - (ADA) American With Disabilities Act
1990-2002
Scope and Contents
Literature, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, correspondence, Executive Summary of Compliance Manual Section 92 , copy of FYI issue dealing with ADA (Sept. 1992), resource information for Social Security Disability, several books : "The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990", "The Americans with Disabilities Act : Your Employment...", "The Americans with Disabilities Act : Questions and Answers", "The Americans with Disabilities Act : Your Responsibilities as an Employer", Ability You Can Bank On", "Fighting for the Right of Disabled Employees", several booklets published by Program on Employment and Disability, New York State School of Industrial and Labor Relations, Cornell Univ.
Box 2 Folder 27
Discrimination -- Employment
Scope and Contents
Pamphlets - "Education Discrimination", "Employment Discrimination, Information for the Private Sector and State and Local Governments"
Box 2 Folder 28
Drug Testing Information
1989-1990
Scope and Contents
Information booklet, correspondence, newspaper articles, copies of legislation, "Negotiating Contract Language"
Box 2 Folder 29
Dues -- 1996-1998
1996-1998
Scope and Contents
Due sheets for members
Box 2 Folder 30
Dues -- 1993
1993
Scope and Contents
Constitution and By-Laws (copy), due sheets noting member payment
Box 3 Folder 1
Dues -- 1988-1992
1988-1992
Scope and Contents
Due sheets from organizations and updated directory information on members, membership lists, correspondence
Box 3 Folder 2
Election Information
1997-1998
Scope and Contents
Election stickers, newspaper clippings, candidate information.
Box 3 Folder 3
Election Information - Barbara Lifton
2002
Scope and Contents
Barbara Lifton, Newspaper clippings, campaign flyers, campaign information, invitations, posters, e-mail, and biography information.
Box 3 Folder 4
Election Information - Candidates
2002
Scope and Contents
Candidates, Newspaper clippings, correspondence, campaign ads, candidate survey, campaign flyers.
Box 3 Folder 5
Election Information - General
2002
Scope and Contents
GeneralNewspaper clippings from before and after election day, e-mails, receipts, correspondence, election posters, candidate survey, campaign ads and flyers, bumper stickers.
Box 3 Folder 6
Election Information - General
2000-2001
Scope and Contents
Newspaper clippings, campaign ads, correspondence.
Box 3 Folder 7
Election Information - General
1999
Scope and Contents
GeneralCampaign ads, campaign stickers, newspaper clippings, correspondence.
Box 3 Folder 8
Environmental (Local)
1990-1995
Scope and Contents
Map of New York State with toxic dumps marked, pamphlet "Campaign for Cleaner Corporations", booklet "The Plain English Guide to the Clean Air Act", correspondence, Earth Day action checklist for local Unions and Labour Councils.
Box 3 Folder 9
Events -- TCLC
1984-1987
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, meeting announcements, meeting agendas, meeting minutes, newspaper clippings, copy of "Suggestion Constitution for the Tompkins County Central Labor Council"
Box 3 Folder 10
Family and Medical Leave
1993-1998
Scope and Contents
FYI issue from Sept. 1997, research articles, copy of "Your Rights Under the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993", newspaper clippings, fact sheets, FYI issue from Dec 1993, copy of FMLA Law
Box 3 Folder 11
Federation for Industrial Retention & Renewal (FIRR)
1988-1994
Scope and Contents
Policy, dues policy, organization structure documents, by-laws, member list, Directors report, copies of "News" (their newsletter).
Box 3 Folder 12
Fingerlakes Independence Center (FLIC)
Scope and Contents
Pamphlets and correspondence.
Box 3 Folder 13
Fiscal Policy Institute
1985-1992
Scope and Contents
Tax Equity Training agenda and information, newspaper clippings, business card for a Fiscal Policy Analyst from the Institute, booklets : "The Fair Tax Guide for New York", "Special Revenue Report I & II", "Too Much for Too Few", "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?"
Box 3 Folder 14
"Freedom of Information Government Law", "Your Right to Federal Records", misc.
1981-2000
Scope and Contents
Freedom of Information"Using the Freedom of Information Act", "Your Right to Know : New York State's Open Government Law", "Your Right to Federal Records", newspaper clippings
Box 3 Folder 15
General Mailing List Guidelines (TCLC)
1989
Scope and Contents
Document approved by the Steering Committee
Box 3 Folder 16
Graduate Advocacy Organization (GAO)
1991
Scope and Contents
Copy of "The Grad Grind" newsletter
Box 3 Folder 17
Graphics & Cartoons
Scope and Contents
Examples of worker safety cartoons and graphic examples for handouts and flyers.
Box 3 Folder 18
Grants
1999-2000
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and grant applications
Box 3 Folder 19
Hamlet Fire
1991-1994
Scope and Contents
Information on the plant fire in Hamlet, NC, at the Imperial Food Products, pamphlet "The Impact of the Imperial Food Products Fire : One Year Later", notes, newspaper clippings, papers written by Carl Feuer and Robin Whittlesey (of TCLC), about "Racism in the Workplace" and "The New Slavery", flyers
Box 3 Folder 20
Health and Safety Workshops for Asian Workforce at Cornell
Scope and Contents
Handouts and correspondence pertaining to the the workshop
Box 3 Folder 21
Health Care information
Scope and Contents
Material comparing American health care with Canadian health care programs.
Box 3 Folder 22
Health Insurance - TCLC
1990-2003
Scope and Contents
Privacy Notice, health care change pamphlets, provider lists, consumer guide to NY HMO's, Service Employee Benefit Fund - plan summary, correspondence, insurance forms, dental coverage information, newspaper clippings.
Box 3 Folder 23
Health Insurance information
1996-1997
Scope and Contents
Newspaper "Consumers' Guide to New York's Managed Care Bill of Rights".Copy of "Q&A, Recent Changes in Health Care Law", put out by Dept. of Labor, "Health Benefits Under the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA)" by US Dept. of Labor.
Box 3 Folder 24
Hiring -- Coordinator
1988-1991
Scope and Contents
Job descriptions, application letters, hiring announcement, funding allocation, correspondence.
Box 3 Folder 25
Hiring -- Health & Safety Trainer
1989-1994
Scope and Contents
Applications, reference letters, job postings, resumes.
Box 3 Folder 26
Hiring -- Health & Safety Trainer letter
1998-2002
Scope and Contents
Resumes, job description, interview training material, correspondence, job offer letter.
Box 3 Folder 27
Information & Referral
1991-1992
Scope and Contents
Personal information and referral information about people asking TCLC for help with job related problems, phone conversation notes, correspondence.
Box 3 Folder 28
Institute for Local Self-Reliance
1995-1996
Scope and Contents
Publications by the Insitute
Box 3 Folder 29
Ithaca College -- Joint All College Health and Safety Committee
1989-1991
Scope and Contents
Joint All College Health and Safety Committee Meeting minutes, organization notes, and correspondence
Box 3 Folder 30
Ithaca Gun Displacement Information
1982-1988
Scope and Contents
Employee list, survey drafts, survey final copy, survey answers, financial reports, newspaper clipping, Union agreement.
Box 4 Folder 1
Ithaca Gun Displacement Survey
1987
Scope and Contents
Survey Completed survey sheets
Box 4 Folder 2
Ithaca Gun Social Cost Analysis
1989
Scope and Contents
Cost analysis, corrrespondence, statistics reports, computer disk (5-1/4") [unlabelled], St. Paul Jobs Impact Statement and correspondence.
Box 4 Folder 3
Jobs with Justice
1994
Scope and Contents
Cleveland Jobs with Justice, Coalition by-laws, sample letters calling meetings, sample Steering Committee agenda, sample minutes, miscellaneous
Box 4 Folder 4
Labor & Environment Conference
Scope and Contents
Newspaper clippings, conference materials, correspondence
Box 4 Folder 5
Labor Alerts
Scope and Contents
Information flyers printed to "Alert" local unions of labor related issues.
Box 4 Folder 6
Labor-Corporate Research
1999
Scope and Contents
Public company information sites - listing for corporate researchers
Box 4 Folder 7
Labor Day Picnic
2002
Scope and Contents
Organizing notes, flyers, financial information, correspondence, "Friend of Labor Award" information, Labor Day 2002 toolkit, worship resource book, newspaper clippings.
Box 4 Folder 8
Labor Day Picnic
2000-2001
Scope and Contents
"Friend of Labor Award" information, correspondence, flyers for 2000 Labor Day celebration.
Box 4 Folder 9
Labor Day Picnic
1997-1999
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, flyers, award information (Friend of Labor, Mother Jones, Goat of Labor, Joe Hill), planning information, newspaper clippings, receipts.
Box 4 Folder 10
Labor Day Picnic
1994-1996
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, flyers, newspaper clippings, award information (Friend of Labor, Mother Jones, Goat of Labor, Joe Hill)
Box 4 Folder 11
Labor Day Picnic
1988-1992
Scope and Contents
Labor Day Picnic Flyers, correspondence, newspaper clippings, award information (Friend of Labor, Mother Jones, Goat of Labor, Joe Hill), picnic preparation correspondence, agenda, prize winner information, music information, photos, labor song sheets (words and music).
Box 4 Folder 12
Labor Education Committee
1991
Scope and Contents
Correspondence
Box 4 Folder 13
Labor - Environment
1994-1998
Scope and Contents
Newspaper and magazine articles, "NYS Labor & Environment Network : 1994 Plan of Action", "Jobs and the Environment", published by Public Health Institute and the Labor Institute, copy of resolution dealing with hazardous exposures and the creation of Neighborhood Hazard Prevention Committee, in Passic County, New Jersey.
Box 4 Folder 14
Labor history - New York
1984
Scope and Contents
Issue of Public Employee Press celebrating 40th Anniversary of District Council 37 - the largest public employee union in any city of the nation.
Box 4 Folder 15
Labor issues
1980-1990
Scope and Contents
Newspaper clippings, newspaper & magazine articles
Box 4 Folder 16
Labor - Local
1985-1991
Scope and Contents
Labor Alert newsletter, notes, correspondence, newspaper clippings, letters to the editor.
Box 4 Folder 17
Labor news for working families
1987-1998
Scope and Contents
Flyers, newspaper clippings, correspondence with important labor news.
Box 4 Folder 18
Labor notes, Information/Miscellaneous
1994
Scope and Contents
Copy of "Labor Notes" publication, correspondence about its creation, correspondence on Multi-Union Coalitions.
Box 4 Folder 19
Labor Party
1997
Scope and Contents
Certification forms, correspondence.
Box 4 Folder 20
Lawyers
1998
Scope and Contents
Handwritten references to lawyers names and addresses, correspondence.
Box 4 Folder 21
Leaflets
Scope and Contents
Examples of leaflets used in worker safety and information for new leaflets.
Box 4 Folder 22
Legislation -- Local
Scope and Contents
"Draft"of Labor Policies for the City of Ithaca, "Local Policy Options Benefiting Labor".
Box 4 Folder 23
Lesbian & Gay workers
Scope and Contents
workers Pamphlets on worker rights
Box 4 Folder 24
Letter to the Editor
1991
Scope and Contents
Correspondence about letters, copies of letters, and newsclippings of letters.
Box 4 Folder 25
Maps
1995-2003
Scope and Contents
Miscellaneous maps giving directions to labor events,many are undated for Cortland and Ithaca area.
Box 4 Folder 26
Media Lists
1990-1992
Scope and Contents
Lists of television, radio and newspaper names, addresses & phone numbers.Addresses for letters to editors for local and regional newspapers.
Box 4 Folder 27
Meetings
1993-1994
Scope and Contents
Attendence sheet for year, correspondence about meetings, Labor Coalition - Schuyler County Membership List.
Box 4 Folder 28
Meetings
1991-1992
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and meeting minutes for various meetings for the year, 1992 proposed budget, sign in sheets for members, meeting agendas.
Box 4 Folder 29
Meetings
1988-1990
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, meeting minutes, role call sheets, meeting agendas, 1989 schedule of meetings for the year.
Box 4 Folder 30
Membership Committee
1989-1991
Scope and Contents
Committee Correspondence between TCLC and possible new members.
Box 4 Folder 31
Membership Lists
Scope and Contents
Lists of Unions and individuals names, addresses, and phone numbers.
Box 4 Folder 32
Membership survey report
1994
Scope and Contents
Survey questions, survey result report.
Box 4 Folder 33
Memos - Housing Issues
1989
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, meeting notes, proposals for housing solutions, meeting invitations.
Box 4 Folder 34
NAFTA
1992-2002
Scope and Contents
Union pamphlets, Union ads, petitions to Congressman Walsh, "Fast Track" flyers, UAW Administrative Letter, letters from Congressman Boehlert, Walsh, political cartoons, newspaper clippings, correspondence
Box 5 Folder 1
NAFTA - Anti -- Plant Closing Worksheets
1993
Scope and Contents
Newspaper clippings about Triangle Steel, demonstration flyers, information sheets, "Anti-NAFTA Phoners Rap Sheet", correspondence, Legislator list
Box 5 Folder 2
National Immigration Law Center
1997
Scope and Contents
"Emma Lazarus Fund Grantees" memo, correspondence, booklets onhiring and job discrimination.
Box 5 Folder 3
Negotiations -- Tompkins-Seneca-Tioga BOCES
1990
Scope and Contents
Negotiation notebook, training schedule & agenda, negotiation training information, information on the Taylor Law
Box 5 Folder 4
Negotiations -- UAW Local 1774
1989
Scope and Contents
1989 Brewer Tichener Negotiation notebook, Union contract campaign plan, copy of Collective Bargaining Law, ILR Career Services information on WISP
Box 5 Folder 5
New Alliance
2000-2002
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, flyers - information on forming New York Alliance
Box 5 Folder 6
New Alliance
1999-2000
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, flyers - information on forming New York Alliance
Box 5 Folder 7
New Alliance -- CA tour
2002-2003
Scope and Contents
Notes and memos on CA tour. Correspondence and workshop information.
Box 5 Folder 8
New York Healthy Schools Network
Scope and Contents
Newsletter and correspondence
Box 5 Folder 9
New York Labor Policy -- History
1984
Scope and Contents
Newspaper clippings
Box 5 Folder 10
New York State Dept. of Labor -- Grants
1990-1993
Scope and Contents
Local Initiative grant paperwork, correspondence, Building Trades Proposal paperwork, Contract Signature sheets
Box 5 Folder 11
New York State Dept. of Labor -- Hazard Abatement Board
1997-1998
Scope and Contents
Abatement Board Correspondence, information sheets. Flyers and sign-up sheets for safety training.
Box 5 Folder 12
New York State Dept. of Labor -- Hazard Abatement Board
1996
Scope and Contents
Newspaper articles, information sheets.
Box 5 Folder 13
New York State Dept. of Labor -- Health and Safety Grant
1998
Scope and Contents
Correspondence , applications and newspaper articles. Meeting agendas and notes, and training material.
Box 5 Folder 14
New York State Dept. of Labor -- Health and Safety Grant
1989-1993
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and contract signature sheet from 1988-1991.
Box 5 Folder 15
New York State Dept. of Labor -- Local Initiatives
1989-1992
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and "Detail Reimbursement Request" forms.
Box 5 Folder 16
New York State Dept. of Labor -- Quarterly Reports
1995
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, reports, paperwork, budget papers.
Box 5 Folder 17
New York State Dept. of Labor -- Quarterly Reports
1994
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, reports, paperwork, budget papers.
Box 5 Folder 18
New York State Dept. of Labor -- Quarterly Reports
1992-1993
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, reports, paperwork, budget papers.
Box 5 Folder 19
New York State Dept. of Labor -- Quarterly Reports
1991-1992
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, reports, paperwork, budget papers.
Box 5 Folder 20
New York State Dept. of Labor -- Quarterly Reports
1990-1991
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, reports, paperwork, budget papers.
Box 5 Folder 21
New York State Dept. of Labor -- Quarterly Reports
1989-1990
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, reports, paperwork, budget papers.
Box 5 Folder 22
New York State Employment Relations Board (NYSERB)
1994-1996
Scope and Contents
Booklet about NYSERB, petition for investigation and certification of representatives pursuant to Section 705, correspondence, copy of New York State Employment Relations Act.
Box 5 Folder 23
New York State United Teachers
Scope and Contents
Copies of newsletter "For Your Health/Safety"
Box 6 Folder 1
News Clippings
1980-2000
Scope and Contents
Photos, newspaper clippings of union and labor topics that made local headlines and impacted local unions in the 1980's and 1990's
Box 6 Folder 2
News Releases and Press Conferences -- TCLC
1986-1994
Scope and Contents
Press releases, correspondence
Box 6 Folder 3
Newsletter, Newspaper Training
1991
Scope and Contents
Leaflets That Work-- training pamphlet for writing newspaper ads/articles, union newspapers and leaflets (a seminar pamphlet from NYS School of Industrial and Labor Relations, Extension Division)
Box 6 Folder 4
Nursing Home Grant
2003
Scope and Contents
Copy of the grant proposal & correspondence
Box 6 Folder 5
OSHTEP (Occupational Safety and Health Training Education Program) -- Miscellaneous
1995-1996
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, meeting notes, membership lists, and meeting agendas, and newspaper articles.
Box 6 Folder 6
Organizing Information and Leads
1977-1989
Scope and Contents
"Dynamics of Organizing" by Shel Trapp, Direct Action Organizing papers, labor organizing information
Box 6 Folder 7
Participatory OSH Education
1989-1996
Scope and Contents
Newspaper articles, several papers and articles written about Occupational Health & Safety training, workshop folder from "Participatory Occupational Health Education from Hunter Center for Occupational & Environmental Health.
Box 6 Folder 8
Pension
1991-1997
Scope and Contents
Several pamphlets offering information on pensions.
Box 6 Folder 9
PERB/Taylor Law
1989-1997
Scope and Contents
List/price list of publications by PERB (Public Employment Relations Board), notes, correspondence, 2 PERB publications -- "The Taylor Law : 1989-1990" and "What is the Taylor Law"
Box 6 Folder 10
PESH (NYS Public Employee Safety and Health)
1984-2000
Scope and Contents
Pamphlets by PESH - "Consultation Assistance Available to Public Employees", "Inspection of Places of Public Employment", "Recording and Reporting Public Employees' Occupational", "Public Employee Safety and Health Act", "Voices of the Rank and File PESH Inspectors", copy of NYS Dept of Labor Safety Hazard report sheet, correspondence.
Box 6 Folder 11
Plant Closings
1984-1994
Scope and Contents
Newspaper clippings, correspondence, NCR Corporation 1987 Annual report, papers written on "Early Warning" for plant closings - Books include --"He's Staying the Course", "County Business Patters", "Early Warning Manual Against Plant Closings", "West Side Jobs Retention Network", "What's Happening to Your Job?"
Box 6 Folder 12
Plant Closings -- Legislation
1988-1989
Scope and Contents
Information on "The Warn Act", "Your Right to be Warned" (an UAW manual), Highlights of the 1988 Plant Closing Law, correspondence
Box 6 Folder 13
Plant Closings Publications
1986-1988
Scope and Contents
Various books and manuals published dealing with plant closing,articles, Social Cost Analysis of (Chrysler Auto Assembly Plant, Kenosha, Wisconsin), (Trico Plants in Buffalo, NY), Bethlehem Steel Impact Study, Midwest Center for Labor Research, 1987-1988 Annual report
Box 6 Folder 14
Plant Closings Publications
Box 6 Folder 15
Playground safety
Scope and Contents
Articles and news clippings
Box 6 Folder 16
Policy/Legislation
1987-1990
Scope and Contents
Paper by OCAW (Oil, Chemical, and Atomic Workers International Union), publications of the US General Accounting Office, "Occupational Safety & Health : Options for Improving Safety...
Box 6 Folder 17
Public Employee Relations Law -- Taylor Law --
1989-1990
Scope and Contents
NYSTaylor Law booklet, Rules of Procedure, "What is the Taylor Law", select publications by Public Employee Relations Board (PERB)
Box 6 Folder 18
Public Sector
1992
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, advertisements for rallys
Box 6 Folder 19
A. Philip Randolph -- Exhibit
1994
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and pamphlets with information about A. Philip Randolph and the exhibit.Newspaper articles.
Box 6 Folder 20
Resolutions
1988-1994
Scope and Contents
Correspondence on local resolutions that TCLC had a role in."Labor Coalition Statement on Development and the Proposed Moratorium"
Box 6 Folder 21
Resource lists
Scope and Contents
List of resources to contact for Occupational Safety and Health Issues
Box 6 Folder 22
Resources
1984-2001
Scope and Contents
Publication and video catalogs from The Labor Insitute ; California Working Group, Inc. ; Cornell University, Chemical Hazard Information Program ; Labor Occupational Health Program ; OSHA
Box 6 Folder 23
R.E.S.P.E.C.T. for Injured Workers
Scope and Contents
Information sheets and correspondence.
Box 6 Folder 24
Right to know
1981-1993
Scope and Contents
Workshop folder from " The Right to Know Law : What You Should Know About Toxic Substances", "The Trainer's Guide to New Jersey's Right to Know Law", articles and pamphlets about the Right to Know Law.
Box 7 Folder 1
Saulsbury Fire Apparatus -- Organizing Committee
1989-1990
Scope and Contents
Safety information, organizing information, meeting announcements, correspondence, Employee Handbook.
Box 7 Folder 2
Scholarship Committee
1992-1994
Scope and Contents
TCLC Worker's Compensation Program Course & Scholarship Applications, correspondence, Pre-Registration & Course Scholarship results
Box 7 Folder 3
Schools
Scope and Contents
Schools Environmental safety information
Box 7 Folder 4
Small Business
2000-2001
Scope and Contents
Pamphlets & booklets on Occupational Health & Safety for Small Businesses.
Box 7 Folder 5
Smith Corona Machine (SCM) Layoffs
1983-1992
Scope and Contents
Layoffs Executive Summary done by TCLC, photos, newspaper clippings, survey and survey answers of SCM employees, legal papers for employees who sued SCM, correspondence to employees, SCM, TCLC, newspapers
Box 7 Folder 6
Smith Corona Machine (SCM) Layoffs/Plant shutdown
1990-2000
Scope and Contents
Newspaper clippings
Box 7 Folder 7
Social Security - Disability
1989-1995
Scope and Contents
Pamphlets, newspaper clippings
Box 7 Folder 8
Solidarity Committee
1992
Scope and Contents
Solidarity Committee "Solidarity Notes" official publication of the Solidarity Committee, draft of the by-laws, correspondence.
Box 7 Folder 9
Songs -- Music -- Chants
Scope and Contents
UAW song booklet, song sheets, music sheets, labor chants, slogan sheets.
Box 7 Folder 10
Spanish materials
Scope and Contents
Copies of "NCOSH" in Spanish, handbooks and information sheets
Box 7 Folder 11
Staff Reports -- TCLC
1988-1989
Scope and Contents
Reports to the Labor Coalition from each Committee about their work from month to month. (Coalition, City Funding, Health and Safety Funding) -- Summary of history of TCLC.
Box 7 Folder 12
Supporter lists, phone sheets
Scope and Contents
Mail label lists, blank mailing forms, phone caller "rap" sheet
Box 7 Folder 13
Sweden
Scope and Contents
Articles and booklets on Sweden's Occupational Health & Safety
Box 7 Folder 14
TCLC -- Health and Safety Advisory Committee
1992-1993
Scope and Contents
Notes and correspondence.
Box 7 Folder 15
Tenants/Rights Housing Laws
1989-1991
Scope and Contents
Handbooks for mobile home tenants rights and for renters rights, guide to NYS Fair Housing Laws against housing discrimination.
Box 7 Folder 16
Tompkins County Public Library -- Support Staff Association
1997
Scope and Contents
Correspondence about mediation regarding wages at the library.
Box 7 Folder 17
Tompkins County Residents Job Policy
1988-1991
Scope and Contents
Copy of Jobs Policy, correspondence to various Unions and representatives to encourage their support of the Jobs Policy.
Box 7 Folder 18
Trade Union Women's Conference
1994
Scope and Contents
Trade Union Women's Conference Conference packet.
Box 7 Folder 19
Treasurers Information -- Monthly
1984-1991
Scope and Contents
Financial statements, copies of budget figures
Box 7 Folder 20
Union Neighborhood Assistance Corp. (UNAC)
1988-1989
Scope and Contents
Newspaper and magazine articles, job descriptions, budget information.Explanation of who UNAC is and what they do.
Box 7 Folder 21
Whistleblower
1991-1998
Scope and Contents
Pamphlets, articles, newspaper clippings about Whistleblowers, zeroxes of law, copy of "The Patient Safety and Health Care Whistleblower Protection Act".
Box 7 Folder 22
Women & OSH
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and articles about women's health and safety.
Box 7 Folder 23
Women Employees
Scope and Contents
Pamphlets, memos and educational material on women in the workforce.
Box 7 Folder 24
Womens Committee
1991-1995
Scope and Contents
Photos, pamphlets, phone list for attendees, evaluation form, sign up sheet for events, attendance sheets, mailing label sheets, registration list.
Box 7 Folder 25
Womens Conference
1991-1993
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and notes, roster list, agendas, handouts.
Box 7 Folder 26
Women's Day
1990-1991
Scope and Contents
Central New York Women's Institute for Leadership Development - Pre- Conference Survey - (names/addresses etc.), Conference packet, programs for 1990 & 1991 Int'l. Women's Day Program, pamphlets, correspondence, button.
Box 7 Folder 27
Women's Leadership Development Conference
1993-1994
Scope and Contents
Women's Leadership Development ConferenceCorrespondence, Labor Coalition Women's Committee Contact List, invitation, reservations, packet for conference.
Box 7 Folder 28
Workers Compensation -- Research and Background
Scope and Contents
Pamphlets, booklets, newspaper articles and correspondence about workers compensation cases.
Box 8 Folder 1
Workers Compensation -- Research and Background
1994
Scope and Contents
Pamphlets, booklets, newspaper articles about workers compensation cases.
Box 8 Folder 2
Workers Compensation Material
1997-1999
Scope and Contents
Newspaper clippings, flyers, correspondence, copies of "Workers' Comp : Myths & Realities", pamphlets, copies of "CWIP (The Center on Worker Injury Policy, Inc.)
Box 8 Folder 3
Workers Compensation Material
1994-1996
Scope and Contents
Newspaper clippings, flyers, correspondence, copies of "Workers' Comp : Myths & Realities", pamphlets, copies of "CWIP (The Center on Worker Injury Policy, Inc.)
Box 8 Folder 4
Workers Compensation Material
1988-1993
Scope and Contents
Newspaper clippings, flyers, correspondence, handouts
Box 8 Folder 5
Workers Compensation Material
Scope and Contents
Undated material, flyers, booklets, newspaper clippings, forms
Box 8 Folder 6
Workers' Compensation Workshops
1991-1994
Scope and Contents
New York State Workers' Compensation Handbook, Application for License to appear on behalf of claimants, reservation stubs, rules and procedures of New York State Workers' Compensation Board, proposed syllabus, correspondence, workshop announcements, sign-in sheets, infromation sheets, forrms, etc.
Box 8 Folder 7
Workers Memorial Day
1998-2002
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, occupational fatality reports, activity flyers, announcements, organizational material, newspaper clippings, Massachusetts workplace report on fatalities.
Box 8 Folder 8
Workers Memorial Day
1996-1998
Scope and Contents
Booklet, flyers, Occupational Health & Safety newsletter, correspondence, UAW Represented Workplaces, fatalities list, AFL-CIO fact sheet.
Box 8 Folder 9
Workers Memorial Day
1994-1995
Scope and Contents
Photos, newspaper clippings, flyers, correspondence, agenda, pamphlets, posters
Box 8 Folder 10
Workers Memorial Day
1992-1993
Scope and Contents
Photos, newspaper clippings, flyers, correspondence, Workers Memorial Day kit, copy of Proclamation, press releases.
Box 8 Folder 11
Workers Memorial Day
1990-1991
Scope and Contents
Flyers, information sheets, copy of Proclamation, newspaper clippings, posters, correspondence, labor songs, agendas, photos & negatives, "Labor Alert", press releases.
Box 8 Folder 12
Working Poor "The Working Poor" by David Gordon. News articles and information items on current workforces.
1988-1991
Scope and Contents
"The Working Poor" by David Gordon. News articles and information items on current workforces.
Box 8 Folder 13
Working Press Articles
Scope and Contents
Newspaper clippings, magazine articles, correspondence, ideas for future/past articles
Box 8 Folder 14
Working Press -- Miscellaneous
1995-1996
Scope and Contents
Copies of ideas for articles. Correspondence and copies of articles.
Box 8 Folder 15
Working Press -- Solidarity Issue --
1995
Scope and Contents
Labor Day 1995. Working Press -- Solidarity Issue -- Labor Day 1995Correspondence and article ideas, also copies of finished articles.
Box 9 Folder 1
Workshop -- Air Quality
1989-1998
Scope and Contents
Workshop -- Air Quality Handouts, correspondence, conference material
Box 9 Folder 2
Workshop -- Air Quality
1989
Scope and Contents
Workshop -- Air Quality pamphlets and booklets from the conferences
Box 9 Folder 3
Workshop -- Asbestos
1984-1989
Scope and Contents
Informational material and handouts
Box 9 Folder 4
Workshop -- Asbestos
1988-1990
Scope and Contents
Booklets from workshops
Box 9 Folder 5
Workshop -- Back clinics
1991-1993
Scope and Contents
Information on back injuries and on clinics offered
Box 9 Folder 6
Workshop -- Confined Space training
1993
Scope and Contents
Space training Handouts, correspondence
Box 9 Folder 7
Workshop -- Evaluation sheets
1994
Scope and Contents
Examples of evaluation sheets used, and instructions on how to create new ones
Box 9 Folder 8
Workshop -- Family & Medical Leave Act
Scope and Contents
Newspaper articles, information material, correspondence
Box 9 Folder 9
Workshop -- Hazard Materials Communication
1994-1995
Scope and Contents
Handouts, correspondence
Box 9 Folder 10
Workshop -- Infection control
1999
Scope and Contents
Workshop folder with all the workshop materials and handouts
Box 9 Folder 11
Workshop -- Lead
1991-1993
Scope and Contents
Handouts, pamphlets, correspondence
Box 9 Folder 12
Workshop -- Machining Fluid Hazards
1993-2003
Scope and Contents
Handouts, information sheets, correspondence
Box 9 Folder 13
Workshop -- Office Space Hazards
1988-1989
Scope and Contents
Handouts, infromation sheets, correspondence
Box 9 Folder 14
Workshop -- Repetitive Injury
1996-1999
Scope and Contents
Handouts, correspondence, workshop information
Box 9 Folder 15
Workshop -- Reproductive Health
1993
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, information sheets, workshop sheets
Box 9 Folder 16
Workshop -- SEIU Health & Safety
1993-1998
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and handouts
Box 9 Folder 17
Workshop -- Womens Health & Safety
Scope and Contents
Conference booklet & handouts
Box 9 Folder 18
Workshop -- Workmens' Compensation
1991-2003
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, training material , handouts
Box 9 Folder 19
Workshop -- Workplace Safety
1989-1992
Scope and Contents
Workplace Safety handouts, correspondence
Box 9 Folder 20
Newsletter - FYI - Health Care Workers
1998-2000
Scope and Contents
Copies of newsletters published.
Box 9 Folder 21
Newsletter - FYI -- Health Care Workers
1999
Scope and Contents
Current research notes for newsletter.
Box 9 Folder 22
Newsletter - FYI -- Health Care Workers-
2000
Scope and Contents
Copy of newsletter, research articles, notes, correspondence, and newspaper clippings
Box 9 Folder 23
Newsletter -- FYI -- Index
1990-1994
Scope and Contents
Index for newsletter, list of videos in Labor Coalition Resource Center.
Box 9 Folder 24
Newsletter - FYI - Office Workers - Issues
1990-2001
Scope and Contents
Copies of newsletters pubilshed (not complete)
Box 9 Folder 25
Newsletter -- FYI - Office Workers - Issues - Current
1996-2001
Scope and Contents
Newspaper clippings about workplace issues, correspondence, copies of FYI, Int'l. Federation for Journalists, Communique, The Source : Indoor Air Quality and Your Schools, Canary News, many articles from other publications relating to workplace issues and injuries used as research for the newsletter.
Box 10 Folder 1
Newsletter - FYI - Office Workers - Spring 2001
2001
Scope and Contents
Copy of newsletter, research articles, correspondence and newspaper clippings.
Box 10 Folder 2
Newsletter - FYI - Office Workers - Spring 2000
2000
Scope and Contents
Copy of newsletter, research articles, notes, correspondence and newspaper clippings.
Box 10 Folder 3
Newsletter - FYI - Office Workers - Summer 2000
2000
Scope and Contents
Copy of newsletter, research articles, notes, correspondence, and newspaper clippings.
Box 10 Folder 4
Newsletter - FYI - Office Workers - Fall 2000
2000
Scope and Contents
Copy of newsletter, research articles, notes and correspondence.
Box 10 Folder 5
Newsletter - FYI - Office Workers - Winter 1999
1999
Scope and Contents
Copy of newsletter, research articles, notes, correspondence, and newspaper clippings.
Box 10 Folder 6
Newsletter - FYI - Office Workers - Fall 1999
1999
Scope and Contents
Copy of newsletter, research correspondence, notes and newspaper clippings.
Box 10 Folder 7
Newsletter - FYI - Office Workers - March 1999
1999
Scope and Contents
Copy of newsletter, research articles, notes, correspondence, and newspaper clippings.
Box 10 Folder 8
Newsletter - FYI - Office Workers - May 1999
1999
Scope and Contents
Copies of newsletter, research correspondence and notes, newspaper clippings.
Box 10 Folder 9
Newsletter - FYI - Office Workers - June 1999
1999
Scope and Contents
Copy of newsletter, research articles, notes, correspondence, and newspaper clippings.
Box 10 Folder 10
Newsletter - FYI - Office Workers - March 1998
1998
Scope and Contents
Copy of newsletter, newspaper clippings and research notes.
Box 10 Folder 11
Newsletter - FYI - Office Workers - June 1998
1998
Scope and Contents
Copy of newsletter, research notes and correspondence.
Box 10 Folder 12
Newsletter - FYI - Office Workers - September 1998
1998
Scope and Contents
Copy of newsletter, mailing list, newspaper clippings, research notes and articles.
Box 10 Folder 13
Newsletter - FYI - Office Workers - November 1998
1998
Scope and Contents
Copy of newsletter, research correspondence and notes. "Double Jeaopardy : Caseworkers at Risk : Helping at Risk Kids".
Box 10 Folder 14
Newsletter - FYI - Office Workers - September 1997
1997
Scope and Contents
Copy of newsletter, notes and articles for research.
Box 10 Folder 15
Newsletter - FYI - Office Workers - December 1997
1997
Scope and Contents
Copy of newsletter, correspondence, newspaper clippings, research notes.
Box 10 Folder 16
Newsletter - FYI - Office Workers - March 1996
1996
Scope and Contents
Copy of newsletter, notes, newspaper clippings, Women in Public Service newsletter, research notes.
Box 10 Folder 17
Newsletter - FYI - Office Workers - June 1996
1996
Scope and Contents
Copy of newsletter, articles, notes and research information.
Box 10 Folder 18
Newsletter - FYI - Office Workers - December 1996
1996
Scope and Contents
Copy of newsletter, articles and notes used for research of this issue.
Box 10 Folder 19
Newsletter - FYI - Office Workers - June 1995
1995
Scope and Contents
Copy of newsletter, correspondence and articles, notes on workers' comp., workplace violence, and indoor air quality, used for research.
Box 10 Folder 20
Newsletter - FYI - School Employees - Issues
1994-1999
Scope and Contents
Copies of issues of newsletter (not complete)
Box 10 Folder 21
Newsletter - FYI - School Employees - Current
1989-1994
Scope and Contents
Articles and correspondence about dagers in and around school buildings, information used for research on latest newsletter.
Box 10 Folder 22
Newsletter - FYI - School Employees - March 1999
1999
Scope and Contents
Copy of newsletter, research correspondence and literature, "Worker vs. Worker", newspaper clippings.
Box 10 Folder 23
Newsletter - FYI - School Employees - February 1998
1998
Scope and Contents
Copy of newsletter, correspondence, newspaper clippings, research articles.
Box 10 Folder 24
Newsletter - FYI - School Employees - May 1998
1998
Scope and Contents
Research notes, "Mortality by Occupation, Industry, and Cause of Death", used for research.
Box 10 Folder 25
Newsletter - FYI - School Employees - November 1997
1997
Scope and Contents
Copy of newsletter, articles, newspaper clippings, notes and correspondence.
Box 10 Folder 26
Newsletter - FYI - School Employees - April 1996
1996
Scope and Contents
Copy of newsletter, articles, notes used to research topics in this issue.
Box 10 Folder 27
Newsletter - FYI - School Employees - September 1996
1996
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, articles, research notes, newspaper clippings used for researching this issue. Copy of newsletter.
Box 10 Folder 28
Newsletter - FYI - School Employees - February 1995
1995
Scope and Contents
Copy of newsletter, "Teachers Are Too Often Victims", articles used for research.
Box 10 Folder 29
Newsletter - FYI - School Employees - May 1995
1995
Scope and Contents
"Indoor Air Quality : A Local Case Study", correspondence and articles used in researching this issue.
Box 10 Folder 30
Newsletter - FYI - School Employees - October 1995
1995
Scope and Contents
Copy of newsletter, newspaper clippings, research notes.
Box 10 Folder 31
Newsletter - FYI - Sexual Harassment
1993
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and articles used for researching this topic.
Box 10 Folder 32
Newsletter - FYI - Support Letters
1998
Scope and Contents
E-mails and correspondence in support of the publishing of this newsletter, copy of FYI readers survey.
Box 10 Folder 33
Newsletter - FYI - VDT Dangers
1993
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and articles used to research this topic, and the topics of Carpal Tunnel, Electro-Magnetic Exposure and Vision problems.
Box 10 Folder 34
Health & Safety -- Activist List
Scope and Contents
Names and addresses of health & safety activists.
Box 10 Folder 35
Health & Safety -- Bulletin
Scope and Contents
Copies of TCLC "Health & Safety Bulletin", correspondence and memo on Right to Know Training.
Box 10 Folder 36
Health & Safety -- Committees -- Contract Languages
1983-2001
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, articles, newsletters, sample of contract language mostly dealing with collective bargaining language for contracts - contract language for health and safety issues, VDT use, pamphlets on health and safety programs.
Box 10 Folder 37
Health & Safety -- Committees -- Controlling Hazards
1991-1995
Scope and Contents
Copy of The Safety Link, news articles and information collected on chemical hazards in the workplace.
Box 10 Folder 38
Health & Safety -- Committees -- Educating the membership
1987-1993
Scope and Contents
Memos, news items on safety issues, newspaper clippings.
Box 10 Folder 39
Health & Safety -- Committees -- Getting help
1985-1997
Scope and Contents
Magazine articles, memos, UAW information sheets, correspondence, sample correspondence, copy of "Right to Know Complaint Form".Booklets - "It Takes More Than Housecalls", by Kate Bronfenbrenner (Director of Labor Education Research, NYSSI&LR), "Numbers That Count", by AFL-CIO, "Steward Manual", by CSEA, "Health and Safety for Inside Strategies", Organizing for Health and Safety" by Int'l. Chemical Workers Union, "How to Make Your Job Healthier" by NJ Dept. of Health, "Playing Industrial Hygiene to Win".
Box 10 Folder 40
Health & Safety -- Committees -- Getting help
Box 10 Folder 41
Health & Safety -- Committees -- Getting help - Physicians
1986
Scope and Contents
Tip sheet from Central New York Council on Occupational Safety & Health (CNYCOSH), for maintaining a daily health log. Tip sheet on what to tell your doctor, pamphlets "Workplace Health Programs" and "Occupational Health Hazards".
Box 10 Folder 42
Health & Safety -- Committees -- General information
1984-1999
Scope and Contents
Newspaper clippings, magazine articles, memos, handwritten notes all used in gathering information on health and safety in the workplace."UNMET NEEDS", a paper put out by the National Safety Workplace Institute, "Building Solidarity in the Local Union" by Cornell University, NYS School of Industrial & Labor Relations, Extension Division.
Box 10 Folder 43
Health & Safety -- Committees -- Getting information
1983-1991
Scope and Contents
Getting information Surveys, articles, memos, booklets, UAW Training materials about chemical hazards, training memos on industrial hygiene, daily health logs, tracking hazards, reporting hazards, examples of employee forms, "How to Look at Your Plant", "Understanding Toxic Substances", "A Brief Guide to Record - Keeping Requirments for Occupational Injuries and Illnesses".
Box 11 Folder 1
Health & Safety -- Committees -- work related subjects
1984-1989
Scope and Contents
Chemicals Magazine articles, research paper (draft) on workplace evaluation for occupational disease, pamphlets, memos, handwritten notes on various health and work related subjects. Booklet on toxic hazards.
Box 11 Folder 2
Health & Safety -- Committees -- Getting information
1986-1989
Scope and Contents
Management Copy of "Health & Safety Fact Sheet" (newsletter from AFL-CIO), example of US Dept. of Labor's "Log and Summary of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses", copy of OSHA 200 Log Case Study", magazine articles, memos, pamphlets, booklets, copy of "Worker's Guide to Recordkeeping Requirements Under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970"
Box 11 Folder 3
Health & Safety -- Committees -- Inspectors
1984-2000
Scope and Contents
Inspectors/Testing/Surveys. UAW Industrial Hygiene Surveys, Indoor Air Quality Employee Questionnaire, Hazard information sheets and questionnaires, VDT Workstation Checklist, magazine articles, different work related surveys used to determine health hazards, OSHA inspection form and information, newspaper clipping.Books - "Job Hazard Analysis" by US Dept. of Labor, and "Talking Union 1-On-1".
Box 11 Folder 4
Health & Safety -- Committees -- Accidents
1984
Scope and Contents
Investigating accidents. Articles, memos, forms, booklet "A Union Representatives Guide to Accident Investigation" by Jim Howe, Assistant Director, UAW Health and Safety Dept.
Box 11 Folder 5
Health & Safety -- Committees -- Labor Management Commission
1986-1996
Scope and Contents
Labor Management Commission. E-mails, correspondence, memos, handwritten notes, magazine articles on occupational safety and health.Books - "Occupational Safety and Health : Worksite Safety and Health Programs Show Promise" and "Occupational Safety & Health Programs Show Promise" by US General Accounting Office. "The Role of Labor-Management Committees in Safeguarding Worker Safety and Health" by US Dept. of Labor."Check-list and Guidelines for Joint Occupational Health and Safety Committees" by Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety. "Guide to Effective Joint Labor/Management Safety & Health Committees" by Public Employees Occupational Safety and Health Program.
Box 11 Folder 6
Health & Safety -- Committees -- Medical Surveillance
1990
Scope and Contents
Magazine article about medical screenings and medical surveillance -- checklist
Box 11 Folder 7
Health & Safety -- Committees -- Meetings
1991-1995
Scope and Contents
Correspondence regarding upcoming conferences and meegtings.
Box 11 Folder 8
Health & Safety -- Committees -- Refusing Unsafe Work
1973-1991
Scope and Contents
Magazine articles, memos, fact sheets, training memos, "Arbitral Value Judgments in Health and Safety Disputes" by James Gross from the Buffalo Law Review, v.54, zerox copies of cases from the Supreme Court Reporter.
Box 11 Folder 9
Health & Safety -- Committees -- Sample letters
Scope and Contents
Sample request letters for : worker to obtain his/her exposure records, request for employers written plan, worker to obtain his/her medical records, release employee medical records to a union representative, employee or the union to obtain information on chemical exposures, employee to obtain the OSHA 200 Log of Inquiries and Illnesses.
Box 11 Folder 10
Health & Safety -- Committees -- Schools
1990
Scope and Contents
Several papers on work environment at the University of Lowell of Lowell, Mass., newspaper clippings.
Box 11 Folder 11
Health & Safety -- Committees -- Training
1995-1996
Scope and Contents
Newspaper clippings, training memos on health & safety, union memos, handwritten notes on training outlines, book "Health and Safety for Inside Strategies".
Box 11 Folder 12
Health & Safety -- Committees -- Training Case Study Sheets
1984
Scope and Contents
Case Study SheetsCopies of Stewards Health and Safety training - cases, a "Factsheet" from London Hazards Centre, survey sheets, handwritten notes on how to conduct training and surveys.
Box 11 Folder 13
Health & Safety -- Committees -- Training Course Brochures
1991-1997
Scope and Contents
Training Course Brochures Flyers, pamphlets, information sheets for training in occupational safety.
Box 11 Folder 14
Health & Safety -- Committees - Workers Comp.
Scope and Contents
United Steelworkers of America - compensation booklet.
Box 11 Folder 15
Health & Safety -- Committees - Writing for the Reader
1992
Scope and Contents
Workshop paperwork, memos that give tips and guidelines to improve writing skills for individuals who design written materials for their organizations.
Box 11 Folder 16
Health & Safety -- Correspondence
1989-1994
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and letters to the editor related to health & safety issues.
Box 11 Folder 17
Health & Safety -- NYS Nursing Home Workers
2003
Scope and Contents
Susan Harwood Training Grant Program, Ergo-Awareness, Program Review/Needs Assessment, Basics of Health & Safety, Control of hazardous Energy, Chemical Safety in Laboratories, Avoiding Obstacles.
Box 11 Folder 18
Health & Safety -- NYS Nursing Home Workers
2003
Scope and Contents
Workshop Eval. Evaluations for the following workshops : Health & Safety Committees, Ergonomics/Hazards, Getting Information on Hazards, OSHA Rights, Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
Box 11 Folder 19
Health & Safety -- Cornell - Back belts
1991-2001
Scope and Contents
Corespondence, magazine articles, booklet "Workplace Use of Back Belts" by US Dept. of Health and Human Services, newspaper clippings, memos.
Box 11 Folder 20
Health & Safety -- Cornell - Back Injuries
1991-1994
Scope and Contents
Surveys and survey results showing the number of back injuries and causes for custodians at Cornell.Correspondence, and educational articles on preventing back injuries.
Box 11 Folder 21
Health & Safety -- Cornell - Boyce Thomsen Ventilation
1989
Scope and Contents
Correspondence about poor ventilation and concerns about mold at Boyce Thomsen.
Box 11 Folder 22
Health & Safety -- Cornell - Cashiers
1994
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and notes about concerns of working conditions for cashiers on campus.
Box 12 Folder 1
Health & Safety -- Cornell - Confined Space
1993-1995
Scope and Contents
Correspondence about concerns of employees who have to deal with confined spaces. Correspondence about setting up training sessions, training material, session roster list, reports on possible safety violations. Copy of "Cornell University Confined Space Entry Program and Permit Entry Procedures"
Box 12 Folder 2
Health & Safety -- Cornell - Contract language
Scope and Contents
Memo stating access to information on health & safety issues.
Box 12 Folder 3
Health & Safety -- Cornell - Dining
1993-2000
Scope and Contents
Ergonomics recommedations, correspondence discussing problems and solutions for job related injuries, surveys, statistics with recommendations for best and worst places to work. Written results of a Health & Safety walk thru of facilities with concerns and recommendations, employee survey, phone list for employees surveyed."Application of Occupational Ergonomics to Univ. Cafeteria Food Preparation and Service" submitted to Faculty/Staff Health program by Cornell.
Box 12 Folder 4
Health & Safety -- Cornell - Engineering Library
1991
Scope and Contents
Correspondence about the indoor air quality concerns at the Engineering Library.
Box 12 Folder 5
Health & Safety -- Cornell - Ergonomics Committee
1994-1996
Scope and Contents
Handwritten notes, committee meeting minutes, correspondence, copy of ergonomics recommendations for dining (Punnett Report).Risk factor exercise report for food service workers, and Ergonomics Committee : Punnett Report - meeting minutes.
Box 12 Folder 6
Health & Safety -- Cornell - Gannett Health Center
1994
Scope and Contents
Correspondence about OSHA violations made at Gannett Health Center.Also correspondence on the resolution.
Box 12 Folder 7
Health & Safety -- Cornell - Garage (CU Transit)
1992
Scope and Contents
Correspondence about OSHA violations and copy of "Notice of Contest and Request for Informal Conference"
Box 12 Folder 8
Health & Safety -- Cornell - General information
1986-1996
Scope and Contents
Copy of Cornell University's Health and Safety document (Policy #2.4), copy of a Cornell University "Facts 1990-91" booklet. Copy of Personnel Manual - Resolving Employee Concerns". Correspondence, memos, and newspaper clippings. book by UAW Local 2300 - "Cornell Wages and Poverty : A Comparative Study of Service and Maintenance Employees' Wages"
Box 12 Folder 9
Health & Safety -- Cornell - General Stores
1991-1993
Scope and Contents
Correspondence sighting violations found during a walk thru.Correpsondence regarding employee concerns of violations, roster for training. Back clinic evaluation sheets.
Box 12 Folder 10
Health & Safety -- Cornell - Grounds
1993
Scope and Contents
Handwritten notes and correspondence about confined space training for the Grounds Dept.
Box 12 Folder 11
Health & Safety -- Cornell - Injuries
2000-2001
Scope and Contents
E-mails and memos concerning injuries of custodians and food service workers. Notes give numbers, location and type of injury. Correspondence and written documentation of injuries at Cornell Univ., lists of contact names and numbers at Cornell.Copy of "Musculoskeletal Injury Prevention Program" by Cornell Univ. Information on training, warning signs and walk thru assessments of Cornell Dining.Copy of "Repetitive Strain Injury : A Handbook fo Dining Workers at Cornell University" by UAW2300.
Box 12 Folder 12
Health & Safety -- Cornell - Injury & Illness - UA
1996-2001
Scope and Contents
Correspondence requesting statistics of injuries at Cornell. Stats of injuries and illnesses, days of work lost
Box 12 Folder 13
Health & Safety -- Cornell - Plant Science
1990
Scope and Contents
Correpondence and report follow-up to a complaint about air-quality. Handwritten notes about conversations held regarding these issues.
Box 12 Folder 14
Health & Safety -- Cornell - Policy
2001
Scope and Contents
Copy of Cornell University's Health & Safety Policy.
Box 12 Folder 15
Health & Safety -- Cornell - Press
1993
Scope and Contents
Correspondence from US Dept. of Labor citing violations of OSHA that were found during site inspection.
Box 12 Folder 16
Health & Safety -- Cornell - Print Shop
1992-1993
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and notes with recommendations for correcting problems found when inspecting the Print Shop (ventilation, humidity, etc). Correspondence about ventilation and other problems at Martha Van Print Shop.Questionnaire given to Martha Van employees about ventilation. Handwritten notes on problems and contact numbers.
Box 12 Folder 17
Health & Safety -- Cornell - Punnett Report
1994
Scope and Contents
"Summary of Ergonomic Recommendations for Dining", conclusions of Punnett Report, and ergonomic assessment of selected jobs at Cornell Univ. Dining Facilities. Copy of report.
Box 12 Folder 18
Health & Safety -- Cornell - Repetitive Stress Injury Clinic
1995-1998
Scope and Contents
Flyers, correspondence and surveys about RSI screening. Repetitive Stress information packet handed out at the free screening done on campus.
Box 12 Folder 19
Health & Safety -- Cornell - Handbook
1995
Scope and Contents
Photos, correspondence, cartoons, copy of handbook.
Box 12 Folder 20
Health & Safety -- Cornell - Residents Life
1992-1994
Scope and Contents
Correspondence discussing the use and the dangers of chemicals by Residents Life employees.
Box 12 Folder 21
Health & Safety -- Cornell - RPU (Robert Purcell Union)
1990
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and notes about a safety walk thru on Oct. 30, 1990.
Box 12 Folder 22
Health & Safety -- Cornell - Surveys
2001
Scope and Contents
Survey results from employees on campus with health and safety concerns/problems.
Box 12 Folder 23
Health & Safety -- Cornell - Training Material
1999-2001
Scope and Contents
Traning materials used in seminars, correspondence, handwritten notes from investigations, articles of interest. Inspection checklist, evaluation of training.
Box 12 Folder 24
Health & Safety -- Cornell - Uris Hall IAQ (Indoor Air Quality)
1991-1992
Scope and Contents
Correspondence concerning the indoor air quality in Uris Hall. Questionnaires received from Uris employees explaining symptoms and complaints.
Box 12 Folder 25
Health & Safety -- Cornell - Vet School
1990-1994
Scope and Contents
Staff survey about worker concerns, correspondence and memos discussing environmental issues.Correspondence explaining concerns, investigation of concerns and possible remedies. Newspaper clippings. "Veterinary Research Tower Indoor Air Quality Summary Report"Correspondence about inspection of the barn area of the Vet School and violations that were found.
Box 12 Folder 26
Health & Safety -- Cornell - Warren Hall (Print Shop)
1989-1991
Scope and Contents
Health & Safety - - Cornell - Warren Hall (Print Shop) "Health Hazard Evaluation Report" by NIOSH Investigator - Edward A. Kaiser for Cornell Univ.Correspondence about air quality concerns, sight inspections and possible remedies for the Warren Hall Print Shop.
Box 12 Folder 27
Health & Safety -- Cornell - Water contamination
1989
Scope and Contents
(8/1989). Reports and correspondence about "Drewgard 187", accidently getting into the potable water in the Ag Quad and how the situation was handled.
Box 12 Folder 28
Health & Safety -- Cornell - West Campus Dumpsters
Scope and Contents
Health & Safety -- Cornell - West Campus Dumpsters Handwritten notes from interviews with employees with complaints about using the dumpsters on West Campus.
Box 12 Folder 29
Health & Safety -- Cornell - Willard Straight Dining
1990
Scope and Contents
Survey, correspondence concerning noise levels for employees working mainly in a pantry area of Williard Straight Dining.
Box 12 Folder 30
Health & Safety -- Local cases -- AFCU (Alternatives Federal Credit Union)
1991
Scope and Contents
Correspondence about copier fumes.
Box 12 Folder 31
Health & Safety -- Local cases - AFGW Local 1013 (American Flint Glass Workers Union)
1996-1998
Scope and Contents
Discomfort and injury survey results, ergonomic report. Newspaper clippings.Philips Lighting brochure.Correspondence, statistics & surveys dealing with health and safety hazards at Philips and how they should be corrected.Training and general information material.
Box 12 Folder 32
Health & Safety -- Local cases -- Bath Village Workers
1991
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and articles about women's health and safety.
Box 13 Folder 1
Health & Safety -- Local cases - Beverly J. Martin -- Information
1997-1998
Scope and Contents
Information Newspaper clippings, handwritten notes from interviews about Indoor Air Quality. Copy of staff directory at Beverly J. Martin.Correspondence both internal and external discussing concerns of Indoor Air Quality.
Box 13 Folder 2
Health & Safety -- Local cases - Beverly J. Martin -- Renovation
1998-1999
Scope and Contents
Renovation Map of school, handwritten notes of problems and concerns, room by room.Memo on walk-thru in May 1998.Memos from Site Based Committee on repairs need at BJM.Corresopondence about concerns within BJM.
Box 13 Folder 3
Health & Safety -- Local cases -- Biggs Bldg
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, notes, news articles, letters to editor, info on Biggs Bldg.
Box 13 Folder 4
Health & Safety -- Local cases - Boynton/Dewitt
1989-1995
Scope and Contents
Correspondence about indoor air quality problems. Health Questionnaire summary and air sample summary from 1993.Indoor Air Quality Investigation, Executive Summary for Dewitt Middle School & Belle Sherman Annex.
Box 13 Folder 5
Health & Safety -- Local cases - Brewer Tichener/UAW 1774 (Cooper)
1986-1992
Scope and Contents
Correspondence discussing health & safety issues in the Brewer Tichener (Cooper) plant in Cortland. Training information, and articles showing ways to correct or improve working conditions.Workplace surveys about health & safety issues.
Box 13 Folder 6
Health & Safety -- Local cases - Buckbee-Mears Company (BMC)
2003
Scope and Contents
Handwritten notes and training roster for training on understanding OSH resources.
Box 13 Folder 7
Health & Safety -- Local cases - Corning Hospital/Founders Pavilion
1997
Scope and Contents
Correspondence with Union Local 200A requesting a walk-thru of Corning Hospital and setting up arrangements.Related articles and information sheets.Correspondence and statistics about Corning Hospital's health & safety record.Training opportunities for the staff.Copies of minutes from the hospitals Safety Committee meetings.Copies of the Collective Bargaining Agreement between the Union and the RNs, LPNs, Service and Maintenance Workers for 1996/97 and 2000/2001.
Box 13 Folder 8
Health & Safety -- Local cases - Corning Teachers Assoc.
Scope and Contents
Handwritten notes of health & safety concerns expressed by Teachers Assoc. President.
Box 13 Folder 9
Health & Safety -- Local cases - Cortland Area Schools
1998-2002
Scope and Contents
OSHA information sheets for both teachers and students listing worker rights. List of general sources of information and assistance with workplace issues.Training material notes, newspaper articles.
Box 13 Folder 10
Health & Safety -- Local cases -- Cortland Corset
Scope and Contents
Referral form and notes
Box 13 Folder 11
Health & Safety -- Local cases - Cortland County
1991-1994
Scope and Contents
CSEA 812 list of DOT workers, workplace survey given to Cortland area workers to check on workplace hazards.Copy of paperwork discussing workplace investigations of hazards.Related magazine articles, correspondence about various violations or concerns.Newspaper clippings, investigation narratives.
Box 13 Folder 12
Health & Safety -- Local cases - Cortland County Personnel
2002-2003
Scope and Contents
Correspondence trying to set up training sessions for Cortland County employees.
Box 13 Folder 13
Health & Safety -- Local cases - Cortland Works Career Center
2002-2003
Scope and Contents
Career Center Paperwork and course material from NYS Dept. of Labor for training on workplace health & safety.
Box 13 Folder 14
Health & Safety -- Local cases - CSEA 561
1994
Scope and Contents
Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) with hazard information about Corcraft Floor Wax Remover (floor stripper).Correspondence reporting possible health hazards.
Box 13 Folder 15
Health & Safety -- Local cases - CSEA 605 (SUNY Cortland)
1989-1995
Scope and Contents
Represents office, custodial, maintenance, grounds, boiler plant and general stores employees.Paperwork about health and safety training.Correspondence on specific concerns on campus.Questionnaires on hand/wrist cumulative trauma. Map of campus.
Box 13 Folder 16
Health & Safety -- Local cases - CSEA 849 (Schuyler County Highway Dept.)
1993
Scope and Contents
Correspondence about work related injuries and concerns. Correspondence on follow up to training session on how to help or prevent the hazards in question (back, VDT use, etc.)
Box 13 Folder 17
Health & Safety -- Local cases - CSEA 855 (Tompkins County Dept. of Public Works)
Scope and Contents
Copy of Safety Council By-Laws.
Box 13 Folder 18
Health & Safety -- Local cases - Dewitt Middle School
1995
Scope and Contents
Indoor Air Quality survey given to Dewit Middle School employees. Correspondence about the survey.
Box 13 Folder 19
Health & Safety -- Local cases - Econolodge
1993
Scope and Contents
Paperwork sighting alleged safety or health hazards at the Econolodge on Triphammer Rd., Ithaca.
Box 13 Folder 20
Health & Safety -- Local cases - Emerson Power Transmission/Borg Warner
1990-1994
Scope and Contents
Injury and illnesses tally sheets. Executive Board Address list.Correspondence on health & safety training, survey, and questionnaire.Correspondence about IAM 1607 withdrawing from TCLC.
Box 13 Folder 21
Health & Safety -- Local cases - Fingerlakes Library
1995-1996
Scope and Contents
Handwritten notes and correspondence concerning indoor air quality at the Fingerlakes Library.Surveys filled out by employees stating specific concerns.Articles of interest.
Box 13 Folder 22
Health & Safety -- Local cases - Fire Fighters, Ithaca
1992
Scope and Contents
Correspondence about concern of back injuries and solutions - setting up back clinic. Correspondence on result of a health & safety walk-thru.
Box 13 Folder 23
Health & Safety -- Local cases - George & Junior Republic
1992
Scope and Contents
Handwritten notes taken about concerns at George & Junior Republic.Correspondence about some reading material and possible training exercises.
Box 13 Folder 24
Health & Safety -- Local cases - Holiday Inn
Scope and Contents
"Material Safety Data Sheet", stating hazards of cleaners being used. Memo regarding safety violations.
Box 13 Folder 25
Health & Safety -- Local cases - Human Services Coalition Review Committee
1998-2000
Scope and Contents
Committee's handwritten notes on finances. Grant funding request for 2000.
Box 13 Folder 26
Health & Safety -- Local cases - Ithaca City School District
1992-2000
Scope and Contents
Press releases about indoor air quality at several Ithaca Schools.Correspondence about indoor air quality. Journal of a custodian bothered, healthwise by indoor air quality.Report from SUNY Health Science Center, Syracuse on Indoor Air Quality for Ithaca City Schools, Boynton & Dewitt. Newspaper clippings.
Box 13 Folder 27
Health & Safety -- Local cases - Ithaca Housing
1995
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and information sheets on workplace hazards.
Box 13 Folder 28
Health & Safety -- Local cases - Ithaca Post Office - APWU Local 1151
1984-1998
Scope and Contents
Human Resources Accident Logs, Ergonomic Hazards Report for 1998, safety reports stating hazards, and correspondence.
Box 13 Folder 29
Health & Safety -- Local cases - Ithaca School District - History
1988-1997
Scope and Contents
History Correspondence about indoor air quality at a number of the schools, correspondence about repairing fire damage to Central Elementary.
Box 13 Folder 30
Health & Safety -- Local cases - Ithaca Teachers Assoc. - Training
1994-1998
Scope and Contents
Information on training opportunities dealing with hazards found in their work area.Pamphlets, information sheets on occupational health & safety issues.IAQ Hazard Speak Out Sheets with comments.Newspaper clippings."An Office Building Occupant's Guide to Indoor Air Quality" by US Environmental Protection Agency, and "Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) in the Modern Office" by the Labor Institute, NYC. "Workplace Violance" by AFSCME, "Asbestos in Schools", by NYCOSH, and "What You Should Know About Indoor Air Quality" by Paraprofessionals and School-Related Personnel, AFT.Right to know/Hazcom, Seminar papers.
Box 13 Folder 31
Health & Safety -- Local cases - Ithaca Transit
1996
Scope and Contents
Correspondence about Diesel Exhaust - Chemical Hazard Training.Copies of the bus driver ergonomics survey.
Box 14 Folder 1
Health & Safety -- Local cases - Lakeside
1990-2002
Scope and Contents
Correspondence about workers picketing. Newspaper clippings.Correspondence about issues of concern and meeting to address them, several copies of "Inside Lakeside : A Newsletter of the Service Employees Int'l Union Local 200A". Copies of Injury/Illness Report and correspondence about training opportunities.
Box 14 Folder 2
Health & Safety -- Local cases - Library SSA, Contract
Scope and Contents
Contract Examples Copies of contracts for several libraries in NY State.
Box 14 Folder 3
Health & Safety -- Local cases - LSDE A - City Schools
1991
Scope and Contents
Handwritten notes and correspondence on a Back Clinic given to employees of Ithaca City Schools.
Box 14 Folder 4
Health & Safety -- Local cases - Marathon Schools
2002-2003
Scope and Contents
Handwritten notes about concerns of fumes when Applebee Elementary was being removed.Correspondence and information on mold in the school and the health hazards in poses.
Box 14 Folder 5
Health & Safety -- Local cases - Marietta
Scope and Contents
Copy of safety and health hazards paperwork, and training material.
Box 14 Folder 6
Health & Safety -- Local cases - Monarch - UAW 802
1988-1996
Scope and Contents
Health & safety hazards list, correspondence detailing some of the list and correspondence on training to deal with the hazards.Contract information.Injury/Illness report, Industrial Hygiene Report for Monarch.Copy of health survey.TCLC's suggestions for Health and Safety Contract language.
Box 14 Folder 7
Health & Safety -- Local cases - NCC Industries, Inc. - UNITE
Scope and Contents
Handwritten notes and news clippings about contract negotiations and lay offs at NCC.
Box 14 Folder 8
Health & Safety -- Local cases - Negatives
Scope and Contents
Picture negatives
Box 14 Folder 9
Health & Safety -- Local cases - OCC
Box 14 Folder 10
Health & Safety -- Local cases - Office Work - Air Cleaners
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, pamphlets with info on air cleaners.
Box 14 Folder 11
Health & Safety -- Local cases - Office Work - Air Quality/Correspondence
1992-2002
Scope and Contents
Correspondence Newspaper clippings, articles and correspondence requesting and relaying information on IAQ.
Box 14 Folder 12
Health & Safety -- Local cases - Office Work - Air Quality Information (pt.1)
1987-2000
Scope and Contents
Pamphlets, memos and training material dealing with IAQ.
Box 14 Folder 13
Health & Safety -- Local cases - Office Work - Air Quality information (pt.2)
Scope and Contents
Pamphlets, memos and training material dealing with IAQ.
Box 14 Folder 14
Health & Safety -- Local cases - Office Work - Asbestos
1990-1991
Scope and Contents
Newspaper and magazine articles about asbestos in the workplace.
Box 14 Folder 15
Health & Safety -- Local cases - Office Work - Back injuries
1990-1998
Scope and Contents
Newspaper and magazine articles.Pamplets and informational memos relating information on back injuries and ergonomics.
Box 14 Folder 16
Health & Safety -- Local cases - Office Work - Bioaerosois (Mold, Fungus)
1994-2001
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, articles, pamphlets, newspaper and magazine clippings - discussing kinds of molds & fungus -- ways to detect it and ways to get rid of it.
Box 14 Folder 17
Health & Safety -- Local cases - Office Work - Bioaerosois (Other)
1992-1997
Scope and Contents
Articles about various bioaerosois.
Box 14 Folder 18
Health & Safety -- Local cases - Office Work - Carbonless Copy Paper
1997-2000
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and articles with information about Carbonless Copy Paper and hazards it causes. "NIOSH Hazard Review : Carbonless Copy Paper" by US Dept. of Health and Human Services.
Box 14 Folder 19
Health & Safety -- Local cases - Office Work - Carpeting
1989-2000
Scope and Contents
Newspaper clippings, articles and correspondence giving information on the dangers of new carpeting and health problems.
Box 14 Folder 20
Health & Safety -- Local cases - Office Work - Copiers & Printers
1992-1999
Scope and Contents
Articles and correspondence discussing health risks related to copiers and printers.
Box 14 Folder 21
Health & Safety -- Local cases - Office Work - IAQ (Indoor Air Quality)
1993-1999
Scope and Contents
Articles and correspondence discussing possible health issues connected to IAQ.
Box 14 Folder 22
Health & Safety -- Local cases - OSHA forms
Scope and Contents
Copies of blank "Notice of Alleged Safety or Health Hazards" forms.
Box 14 Folder 23
Health & Safety -- Local cases - Page - Comparative
Scope and Contents
Job descriptions, survey, wage scales from different areas used to compare the position of a Page in the library.
Box 14 Folder 24
Health & Safety -- Local cases - Planned Parenthood
1994
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and paperwork about possible health & safety concerns and training to help.Copy of results of a walk-thru.
Box 14 Folder 25
Health & Safety -- Local cases - Presentations
1990-1991
Scope and Contents
Notes used to put together health & safety training sessions
Box 14 Folder 26
Health & Safety -- Local cases - Reconstruction Home (IAM 1608)
1991-1992
Scope and Contents
Notes and correspondence about a back clinic planned by TCLC for the staff at the Reconstruction Home.
Box 14 Folder 27
Health & Safety -- Local cases - Red Cross
1996-1998
Scope and Contents
Paperwork submitted to OSHA about health and safety concersn. Correspondence about possible concerns at the Red Cross. Copy of the agreement between Tompkins County Chapter and UAW Local 2300, newspaper clippings.
Box 15 Folder 1
Health & Safety -- Local cases - Red Cross - Exposure control
1995-1997
Scope and Contents
Correspondence on concerns and information on training for exposure to diseases. Memos and articles with information on the kinds of exposures and ways to reduce occurances.
Box 15 Folder 2
Health & Safety -- Local cases - Right-to-know
1991-1993
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and notes about individuals rights when it comes to workplace hazards and accidents.
Box 15 Folder 3
Health & Safety -- Local cases - Karen Schlanger
1994-1996
Scope and Contents
Copies of resume & correspondence about her working with TCLC.
Box 15 Folder 4
Health & Safety -- Local cases - Social Security Disabilities Benefits
Scope and Contents
Several pamphlets explaining disability benefits in NYS.
Box 15 Folder 5
Health & Safety -- Local cases - South Seneca Schools
1996
Scope and Contents
Notes and correspondence on some health problems being caused by construction at South Seneca Jr/Sr High School.
Box 15 Folder 6
Health & Safety -- Local cases -- Suit Kote
1991
Scope and Contents
Notes, memos, correspondence, news articles about Charles Streeter's death on Rt. 81 when a front end loader flipped.
Box 15 Folder 7
Health & Safety -- Local cases - TCLC training in Tompkins County
1994-2000
Scope and Contents
Memos and correspondence outlining training offered at different businesses in Tompkins County. Copy of the Tompkins County Board of REpresentatives Vision Statement.
Box 15 Folder 8
Health & Safety -- Local cases - Teamster Local #65 (Chauffeurs, Teamsters, Warehousemen & Helpers)
1983- 1993
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and articles discussing health and safety concerns for the dairy industry and UPS workers.Injury reports from Crowley Farms, Polly-O and Steuben Foods. Correspondence and violation notifications.
Box 15 Folder 9
Health & Safety -- Local cases - Therm/Spill - Varsol
1993
Scope and Contents
Newspaper articles, correspondence about what Therm produces and for whom.Correspondence and articles about a chemical spill of Varsol.
Box 15 Folder 10
Health & Safety -- Local cases - Tompkins County Mental Health Building
1995
Scope and Contents
Health & Safety -- Local cases - Tompkins County Mental Health BuildingInformation sheets, correspondence, and finished assessment report on the indoor air quality at the Mental Health Bldg.
Box 15 Folder 11
Health & Safety -- Local cases -- Trumansburg Head Start
1996
Scope and Contents
Newspaper clippings and memos/correspondence about the abrupt closing of the Head Start in Trumansburg and possible health hazards due to air quality.Memo and notes detailing actual inspection and findings. Correspondence to parents.
Box 15 Folder 12
Health & Safety -- Local cases - UAW Articles, Information, etc.
1989-1996
Scope and Contents
Several copies of "Local 1326 Health and Safety News".Correspondence, articles and memos on health & safety concerns, action to be taken and training opportunities. Photo negatives of a few pictures taken for "Bear Facts" articles. Copies of articles from "Bear Facts".
Box 15 Folder 13
Health & Safety -- Local cases -- Video Ithaca
1995-1996
Scope and Contents
Correspondence about concerns of using Ecco 1500, film cleaner. Copy of MSDS for Ecco 1500.
Box 15 Folder 14
Health & Safety -- Local cases -- Watkins Glen killings
1992
Scope and Contents
Newspaper clippings about the shooting of 4 Social Service Workers in Watkins Glen.