NYSUT Field Services Department Files.
Collection Number: 6174/004
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library
Title:
NYSUT Field Services Department Files, 1913-1999
Collection Number:
6174/004
Creator:
New York State United Teachers (NYSUT)
Quantity:
75 linear ft.
Forms of Material:
Articles, reports, pamphlets, correspondence.
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives,
Cornell University Library
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.
NYSUT's Field and Legal Services Division provides direct services for members and locals
through 16 regional offices, some 100 field representatives and a legal staff of 25 attorneys
supported by approximately 50 administrative staff. It provides help with contract negotiation,
enforcement of contract provisions by filing improper practice charges with the Public
Employment Relations Board (PERB) or court system, representing teachers in tenure challenges or
misconduct charges, providing strike assistance, and organizing new locals, including university
faculty and non-teaching personnel. Extensive training programs on leadership skills and public
relations were coordinated by the division. For many years, occupational safety and health was a
major focus of the field service, especially important as many schools were found to need
asbestos remediation. Internal accountability was tightly controlled; monthly activity reports
were provided from each regional office, and expenditures were scrutinized in detail by the
central office.
Initially, the field service function was organized around UniServ, which was set up by the
National Education Association (NEA) in 1970 to place one full-time field representative in a
region for each 1,200 NEA members. The NEA and its state affiliates funded UniServ. NEA local
associations participated in the hiring of the UniServ representatives, and determined the role
of the representatives in their regions.
After the merger with the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) in 1972, NYSUT reorganized its
structure, and the UniServ program was replaced by a negotiated block grant payment from the NEA
to NYSUT to pay for a portion of the costs of the field service program.
In 1972, Vito DeLeonardis became NYSUT's first Executive Director, and was responsible for
field and legal services. Ken Law was the Director of Field Services. Robert Allen was the
Assistant Director for Administration in Field Services and Daniel McKillip was Assistant
Director for Operations in Field Services.
In 1976, NYSUT voted to disaffiliate with the NEA, and lost some staff as a result. Dan
McKillip and Ken Law left. Jim Conti became Assistant Director for Operations and Ray Ratte was
Coordinator of Field Service Staff and Leadership Training. John O'Leary became Coordinator of
Organizing in 1979.
The next major change in Field Services came in 1988 when Vito DeLeonardis retired and James
Wood became the Executive Director. Robert Allen retired in 1998 and Pauline Kinsella replaced
him as Director of Field Services. Jim Wood retired in 2003 as Executive Director and was
replaced by Pauline Kinsella. In 2003, Mark Chaykin became Director of Field Operations.
Covers 1965-1999, with greatest focus in the 1970s and 1980s during Jim Conti's tenure as
director of field services. Includes correspondence of Conti and of individual regional offices,
activity reports and requests for legal assistance.
Names:
Allen, Robert
Chaykin, Mark
Conti, Jim
DeLeonardis, Vito
Kinsella, Pauline
Law, Ken
McKillip, Dan
O'Leary, John
Wood, James
New York State United Teachers, Field Services Department.
Archives
New York State United Teachers. Archives
New York State United Teachers.
Subjects:
Teachers' unions, New York (State)
Form and Genre Terms:
Records
Access Restrictions:
Access to the collections in the Kheel Center is restricted. Please contact a reference
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Restrictions on Use:
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Procedures for Document Use.
Cite As:
New York State United Teachers (NYSUT). Field Services Department. Files. #6174/004. Kheel
Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library.
Related Collections:
6174/004 AV: NYSUT Field Services Department Audio-Visual Material.
All other 6174 collections
6174/004 AV: NYSUT Field Services Department Audio-Visual Material.
All other 6174 collections
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Container
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Description
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Date
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| Box 1 | Folder 1 | 1986 | |
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Outgoing correspondence from director of field services. January 2-June 17, 1986
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| Box 1 | Folder 2 | 1986 | |
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Outgoing correspondence from director of field services. September 30-November 26, 1986
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| Box 1 | Folder 3 | 1986 | |
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Outgoing correspondence from director of field services. July 1-September 30, 1986
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| Box 1 | Folder 4 | 1985 | |
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Outgoing correspondence from director of field services. May 1-August 29, 1985
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| Box 1 | Folder 5 | 1985 | |
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Outgoing correspondence from director of field services. February 14-April 30, 1985
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| Box 1 | Folder 6 | 1985 | |
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Outgoing correspondence from director of field services. January 2-February 14, 1985
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| Box 1 | Folder 7 | 1985 | |
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Outgoing correspondence from director of field services. September 5-December 19, 1985
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| Box 1 | Folder 8 | 1984 | |
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Outgoing correspondence from director of field services. October 31-December 20, 1984
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| Box 1 | Folder 9 | 1979 | |
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Correspondence with the legal department re individual teachers; legal briefs; agreements;
fact-finder's report for Mohonasen Central School District; items for negotiation for
Broadalbin Teachers Association
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| Box 1 | Folder 10 | 1972 | |
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Correspondence with Leon Lieberman, regional field coordinator
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| Box 1 | Folder 11 | 1979 | |
| Box 1 | Folder 12 | 1979 | |
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Correspondence re East Ramapo Teachers Association referendum re affiliation with NEA or
AFT
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| Box 1 | Folder 13 | 1979 | |
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Correspondence re affiliation dispute of Nassau Community College Adjunct Faculty
Association; memo from John O'Leary, head of Jericho office, asking urgently for more field
representatives; other issues re Nassau Regional Office
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| Box 1 | Folder 14 | 1979 | |
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Public Employment Relations Board improper practice charges, brought by Red Hook Faculty
Association, Onteora Non-Teaching Employees Association; NYS Department of Labor decision in
unemployment case
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| Box 1 | Folder 15 | 1979 | |
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Memo re Federation of Catholic Teachers organizing campaign; correspondence re tensions
between FCT and NYSUT field representatives; preliminary report, "Prospects for Organizing the
Research Foundation of the State University of New York"; memo re results of affiliation
election at Albert Einstein College of Medicine
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| Box 1 | Folder 16 | 1979 | |
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Correspondence re Alexandria Bay vote to disaffiliate with NYSUT and affiliate with NYEA;
Public Employment Relations Board decision in Gouverneur Central School District case;
grievances re individual teachers
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| Box 2 | Folder 1 | 1979 | |
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Faculty representative handbook; materials re affiliation vote; Rochester Teachers
Association Executive Council meeting minutes; activity reports; newsletters by NYSUT and by
NYEA/NEA; Public Employment Relations Board improper practice charge; legal briefs
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| Box 2 | Folder 2 | 1979 | |
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Arbitration case re back pay, Candor Teachers Association and Candor Central School; Public
Employment Relations Board decision re Whitney Point Central School District and Whitney Point
Teachers Association; legal brief re Horseheads Central School District and Horseheads
Teachers Association; agreement between New Berlin Central School and New Berlin Faculty
Association; monthly reports; correspondence
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| Box 2 | Folder 3 | 1979 | |
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Correspondence
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| Box 2 | Folder 4 | 1979 | |
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Consent agreement for representation election between Teachers United of Sandy Creek and
Sandy Creek Teachers Association; memos to staff from Frank Squillace; 1978-79 operations
report; activities reports
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| Box 2 | Folder 5 | 1979 | |
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Arbitration brief re longevity increment grievance, Tully Teachers Association and Tully
Central School District; correspondence
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| Box 2 | Folder 6 | 1979 | |
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Public Employment Relations Board improper practice charges, brought by Westmoreland
Teachers Association; exceptions to Public Employment Relations Board decision by Whitesboro
Teachers Association; legal advice re self-insurance by school districts
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| Box 2 | Folder 7 | 1979 | |
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Statement of charges against individual tenured teacher by Board of Education of Lockport
City School District re misconduct, insubordination and incompetence; correspondence re
affiliation elections in Jamestown and Wellsville
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| Box 2 | Folder 8 | 1979 | |
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Outgoing correspondence from director of field services. January-April, 1979
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| Box 2 | Folder 9 | 1979 | |
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Outgoing correspondence from director of field services. May-September, 1979
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| Box 2 | Folder 10 | 1979 | |
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Outgoing correspondence from director of field services. October-December, 1979. Includes
date book
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| Box 3 | Folder 1 | 1979 | |
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November 15, 1979. Newsletters; BOCES conference program; Labor-Management Reporting and
Disclosure Act Interpretive Bulletin; agenda for Coordinators' Meeting; draft Report of
Coordinators Committee; list of locals in arrears as of October 9, 1979; Report on the 58th
Representative Assembly of the National Education Association, July 2-5, 1979, prepared for
officers and staff of the American Federation of Teachers by director of field communications;
transcript of Secretary-Treasurer Lane Kirkland's Press Conference, Executive Council meeting;
whit paper, The UAW Reaffiliation with the AFL-CIO; letter re sexual misconduct hearing of
individual teacher; supplement to the 1978 Policy Handbook
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| Box 3 | Folder 2 | 1979 | |
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December 7, 1979. Agenda; summary of actions taken at December 7-8, 1979, meeting; proposed
resolution on Board of Regents Recommendation on Corporal Punishment; interim policy statement
on State Education Department's proposal to redesign business education in New York State;
proposed position paper on registration of secondary schools; resolution for Public Employees
Federation affiliation and agreement; balance sheets; proposed regulations for children with
handicapping conditions; Regents recommendations on teaching as a profession and teacher
competence
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| Box 3 | Folder 3 | 1979 | |
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December 5, 1979, La Guardia Terminal. Agenda; Regents proposals; legal services invoice and
related correspondence re Nassau Community College Federation of Teachers strike; monthly
membership report
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| Box 3 | Folder 4 | 1979 | |
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May 24, 1979. Agenda; materials for performance appraisal interview workshop; articles and
newsletters
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| Box 3 | Folder 5 | 1979 | |
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August 29, 1979. Agenda; activity report; newsletters and articles
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| Box 3 | Folder 6 | 1979 | |
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PSA (Professional Staff Association) Strike News Update; confidential memos
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| Box 3 | Folder 7 | 1979 | |
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New York State Comparative Salary Data; "The Condition of Education, 1979 Edition,"
statistical report, National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Health,
Education, and Welfare; collective bargaining agreement, NYSUT and Communication Workers of
America, Local 1141
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| Box 3 | Folder 8 | 1979 | |
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October 17, 1979. Coordinators' meeting agenda; report of coordinators committee; recap of
impasses; newspaper clipping
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| Box 3 | Folder 9 | 1979 | |
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Guides for organizers re National Labor Relations Act, organizing and leading volunteers,
health manpower (types of health care workers); article reprints; newsletters and other
printed materials
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| Box 3 | Folder 10 | 1979 | |
| Box 3 | Folder 11 | ||
| Box 3 | Folder 12 | 1978-1979 | |
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Fact sheet Q&A by NYSUT; by-laws and extracts from articles of incorporation, New
York State Nurses Association; statistics re nurses salaries
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| Box 3 | Folder 13 | 1979 | |
| Box 3 | Folder 14 | 1978-1979 | |
| Box 3 | Folder 15 | 1979 | |
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Organizing materials
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| Box 3 | Folder 16 | 1979 | |
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Document, "Prospects for Organizing the Research Foundation of the State University of New
York"
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| Box 3 | Folder 17 | 1979 | |
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Results of Arden Hills Hospital vote
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| Box 3 | Folder 18 | 1979 | |
| Box 3 | Folder 19 | 1979 | |
| Box 3 | Folder 20 | 1979 | |
| Box 3 | Folder 21 | 1979 | |
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Activity reports and related correspondence re organizing activities
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| Box 3 | Folder 22 | 1979 | |
| Box 3 | Folder 23 | 1979 | |
| Box 3 | Folder 24 | 1973 | |
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Activity and planning reports
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| Box 3 | Folder 25 | 1967-1975 | |
| Box 3 | Folder 26 | 1978 | |
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Document, "Profiles of the Ithaca College Faculty Association Bargaining Election"; National
Labor Relations Board correspondence; President Whalen's Comments to the Faculty Meeting,
December 6, 1977; organizing leaflets and related materials; American Association of
University Professors (AAUP) brief to NLRB
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| Box 3 | Folder 27 | 1974 | |
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Information & Training Manual, Committee on Political Education of NYSUT, 1974;
Politics, 1980; COPE Manual: A Political Action Guide, 1981
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| Box 4 | Folder 1 | 1979 | |
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1979 United Teachers Legislative Program; NYSUT Major Legislative Gains, '74-'78; VOTE/COPE
contribution list as of July 31, 1979
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| Box 4 | Folder 2 | 1978-1980 | |
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Division of Research & Educational Services Local Presidents' Guide; Local Leaders'
Guide; Leaders' Handbook for Building an Effective Organization
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| Box 4 | Folder 3 | 1977-1980 | |
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NYSUT reports for local presidents to assist in persuading teachers to affiliate
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| Box 4 | Folder 4 | 1974 | |
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"Strategies and Methods of Presenting the Salary and Fringe Package"; "Use and Abuse of
Impasse Procedures"; text of Florida Public Employee Collective Bargaining Law
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| Box 4 | Folder 5 | 1974 | |
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Brochures and seminar outline by American Arbitration Association, National Center for
Dispute Settlement, and NYSUT
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| Box 4 | Folder 6 | 1979 | |
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Prepared for Department for Professional Employees, Authored By AFL-CIO
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| Box 4 | Folder 7 | 1970 | |
| Box 4 | Folder 8 | 1974 | |
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Meeting minutes; financial statement
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| Box 4 | Folder 9 | 1978 | |
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Document, "Maintaining Public Services: The NPELRA Strike Planning Manual," part 1
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| Box 4 | Folder 10 | 1978 | |
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"Legal Remedies Available to a Public Employer in the Event of an Illegal Strike"
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| Box 4 | Folder 11 | 1979 | |
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"A Survival Kit for Union Representatives Exploring the Mysterious Regions of the National
Labor Relations Board," a Policy & Practice publication by Center for Labor Research
and Education, Institute of Industrial Relations, University of California, Los Angeles
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| Box 4 | Folder 12 | 1965 | |
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Material collected from NEA chapters re how to employ an executive secretary, duties
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| Box 4 | Folder 13 | 1980 | |
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Proposal submitted to New York State Department of Labor by Office of Community Colleges,
SUNY
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| Box 4 | Folder 14 | 1978-1979 | |
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Data Relative to NYS Community Colleges under SUNY Jurisdiction, Budgeted Revenues and
Expenditures for 1978-79, September 1979; Revenues & Expenditures for 1977-78; 1977-78
Teacher Contract Analysis summary, September 1978
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| Box 4 | Folder 15 | 1980 | |
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"A Decade of Progress: 3,000 Victories 300,000 Workers," 1980 Convention Organizing Report;
"So Much to Be Done: George Hardy's Life in Organized Labor"
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| Box 4 | Folder 16 | 1970-1979 | |
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Public School Professional Personnel Report: New York State 1978-79, State Education
Department; 1970 New York State Teachers Association Annual Report of the Executive
Secretary
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| Box 4 | Folder 17 | 1981 | |
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Report of the Subcommittee on Per Diem Substitute Teachers, 1981; Minimum Requirements for
Schools in New York State, 1980
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| Box 4 | Folder 18 | 1980 | |
| Box 4 | Folder 19 | 1979 | |
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Proposals by United University Professors; proposals by State of New York
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| Box 4 | Folder 20 | 1974 | |
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Agreement between NYSUT and Local 1141 Communication Workers of America, AFL- CIO;
Professional Staff Association grievances over maternity leave, sick time
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| Box 4 | Folder 21 | 1975 | |
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Bound collection of nationwide news clippings re NYSUT, AFT, AAUP, and other organizations
considered unfriendly to or competing with the National Education Association, complied by NEA
and annotated to highlight negative items
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| Box 4 | Folder 22 | 1976 | |
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Membership Chairperson's Handbook; Public Relations Chairperson's Handbook; Year-End
Legislative Report and NEA Position Papers, August 1976; You Count, Schools Count, Legal
Defense Counts publicity brochures; related materials
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| Box 4 | Folder 23 | 1977 | |
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Letter from Public Employment Relations Board that petition for
certification/decertification had been filed by United Teachers of Buffalo and NYSUT; letter
from trial examiner John Crotty to NYEA attorney that Buffalo Teachers Federation might raise
allegations of fraud re United Teachers of Buffalo; preliminary list of objections
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| Box 4 | Folder 24 | 1970 | |
| Box 4 | Folder 25 | 1981 | |
| Box 4 | Folder 26 | 1979 | |
| Box 4 | Folder 27 | 1979 | |
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Reports by State Education Department
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| Box 4 | Folder 28 | 1977 | |
| Box 4 | Folder 29 | 1978 | |
| Box 5 | Folder 1 | 1979 | |
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Prepared by Office of Secretary-Treasurer
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| Box 5 | Folder 2 | 1970-1980 | |
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Schedule of NYSUT Employees and Other Personnel, 9/1/79 8/31/80; resume of Jim Conti; resume
of Diane Wagner; memo re expenditures during strike, December 8, 1972; legal opinion on
employer payment of employees' Social Security contributions, March 5, 1970; Judge Dillon'
Remarks TRO Hearing for Niagara-Orleans BOCES, November 6, 1975; program for joint Board of
Directors/managers meeting, "Education: The Next Decade: NYSUT Program for the 80s," August
24-26, 1979; NYSUT management financial report printout, July 1979; George Meany commemorative
first-day issue cancelled stamp; personal correspondence
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| Box 5 | Folder 3 | 1978 | |
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Membership lists; correspondence; constitution and bylaws; publicity materials
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| Box 5 | Folder 4 | 1978 | |
| Box 5 | Folder 5 | 1978 | |
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Harris survey, "A Follow-Up Study of the Attitudes of the SUNY Staff Toward Collective
Bargaining and UUP Representation," September 1978; original survey, conducted for NYSUT/UUP,
June 1978; memo from campaign coordinator Tony Anderson re guidelines for collective
bargaining assistance to chapters; correspondence re NEA activities, strategy
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| Box 5 | Folder 6 | 1982 | |
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Monthly summaries of Executive Director's Report, Legislative Report, Secretary-Treasurer's
Report, Research & Educational Services Report, President's Report, NYEA activities,
coordinators' reports from various regional districts, other matters
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| Box 5 | Folder 7 | 1981 | |
| Box 5 | Folder 8 | 1980 | |
| Box 5 | Folder 9 | 1979 | |
| Box 5 | Folder 10 | 1977-1978 | |
| Box 5 | Folder 11 | 1987 | |
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Incoming and outgoing correspondence from NYSUT Executive Director Vito DeLeonardis re
interviews for field representative, grievances, intern and field staff training, request for
additional secretarial support
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| Box 5 | Folder 12 | 1986 | |
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Incoming and outgoing correspondence from NYSUT Executive Director Vito DeLeonardis
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| Box 5 | Folder 13 | 1984-1985 | |
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Incoming and outgoing correspondence from NYSUT Executive Director Vito DeLeonardis
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| Box 5 | Folder 14 | 1984 | |
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Incoming and outgoing correspondence from NYSUT Executive Director Vito DeLeonardis
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| Box 5 | Folder 15 | 1983 | |
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Incoming and outgoing correspondence from NYSUT Executive Director Vito DeLeonardis. January
to May, 1983
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| Box 5 | Folder 16 | 1983 | |
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Incoming and outgoing correspondence from NYSUT Executive Director Vito DeLeonardis. June to
December, 1983
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| Box 5 | Folder 17 | 1982 | |
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Monthly summaries of Executive Director's Report, Legislative Report, Secretary-Treasurer's
Report, Research & Educational Services Report, President's Report, NYEA activities,
coordinators' reports from various regional districts, other matters. January to May, 1982
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| Box 5 | Folder 18 | 1982 | |
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Monthly summaries of Executive Director's Report, Legislative Report, Secretary-Treasurer's
Report, Research & Educational Services Report, President's Report, NYEA activities,
coordinators' reports from various regional districts, other matters. June to December,
1982
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| Box 5 | Folder 19 | 1981 | |
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Incoming and outgoing correspondence from NYSUT Executive Director Vito DeLeonardis
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| Box 6 | Folder 1 | 1980 | |
| Box 6 | Folder 2 | 1980 | |
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Correspondence discussing possible legal cases re individual teachers
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| Box 6 | Folder 3 | 1980 | |
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Correspondence discussing possible legal cases re individual teachers for potential
violations of rights from docking of pay for sick time to refusal to recite Pledge of
Allegiance
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| Box 6 | Folder 4 | 1980 | |
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Correspondence re individual teachers; legal brief, petition against Education Commission
Gordon Ambach by Organization to Assure Services for Exceptional Students, Inc., Herbert G.
Birch School, Inc., Stephen Gaynor School, Summit School
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| Box 6 | Folder 5 | 1980 | |
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Memo re status of individual cases
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| Box 6 | Folder 6 | 1980 | |
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Correspondence re individual teachers; legal briefs (arbitration award and related materials
re Wappingers Central School District, Wappingers Congress of Teachers, Wappingers Federation
of Transit, Custodial, and Maintenance Workers, Wappingers Federation of Workers)
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| Box 6 | Folder 7 | 1980 | |
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Correspondence re health insurance issues, tenure issues, military leave/seniority, possible
libel case over newspaper article
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| Box 6 | Folder 8 | 1980 | |
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Correspondence re denial of maternity leave; possible human rights violation/
constitutionally impermissible reason for dismissal of teacher for "lifestyle choice not
consistent with traditional conservative values" of South Seneca Central School district; plan
to abolish home-hospital tutor program in Rochester school district
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| Box 6 | Folder 9 | 1980 | |
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Request for legal opinion re layoff of 23 teachers in Elmira; miscellaneous issues
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| Box 6 | Folder 10 | 1980 | |
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Legal brief, stay of arbitration and responses, North Syracuse Central School District;
petition to vacate arbitration award re salary schedules in Marcellus Central School District,
responses, and related motions; tenure/ seniority issues; list of school districts
participating in the New York State School Boards Association Legal Assistance Fund
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| Box 6 | Folder 11 | 1980 | |
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Memo re child abuse case, Barneveld Elementary School, Holland Patent School District
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| Box 6 | Folder 12 | 1980 | |
| Box 6 | Folder 13 | 1980 | |
| Box 6 | Folder 14 | 1980 | |
| Box 6 | Folder 15 | 1980 | |
| Box 6 | Folder 16 | 1980 | |
| Box 6 | Folder 17 | 1980 | |
| Box 6 | Folder 18 | 1980 | |
| Box 6 | Folder 19 | 1980 | |
| Box 6 | Folder 20 | 1980 | |
| Box 6 | Folder 21 | 1980 | |
| Box 6 | Folder 22 | 1980 | |
| Box 6 | Folder 23 | 1980 | |
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Correspondence re state law re Cooper Union's tax exemption; text of law and pending
legislation; newspaper clipping . Eugene Tolchin, President
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| Box 6 | Folder 24 | 1977-1987 | |
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Correspondence re disaffiliation of Federation of Catholic Teachers from NYSUT/AFT
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| Box 6 | Folder 25 | 1980 | |
| Box 6 | Folder 26 | 1980 | |
| Box 6 | Folder 27 | 1980 | |
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Correspondence re boycott of Cotrel and Leonard caps and gowns in labor dispute with ILGWU;
coordinator's reports; request for legal opinions; report on NYEA meeting, with materials;
correspondence re possible legal cases
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| Box 6 | Folder 28 | 1980 | |
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Decision by Public Employment Relations Board in representation election at Garrison Union
Free School District; proposals for mainstreaming generated by Harrison bargaining team
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| Box 6 | Folder 29 | 1980 | |
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Decision by Public Employment Relations Board in charge of illegal strike against Yonkers
Federation of Teachers; materials re maternity leave policy
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| Box 7 | Folder 1 | 1979-1980 | |
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Correspondence; legal briefs
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| Box 7 | Folder 2 | 1980 | |
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Correspondence; legal briefs
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| Box 7 | Folder 3 | 1980 | |
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Correspondence and briefs re legal issues, including petition for writ of certiorari to U.S.
Supreme Court, Ithaca College Faculty Association, NYSUT-AFT, v. NLRB and Ithaca College;
coordinator's reports
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| Box 7 | Folder 4 | 1980 | |
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Memos re proposed changes in Regents regulations, updates on status of negotiations at
schools, legal issues
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| Box 7 | Folder 5 | 1980 | |
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Proposal by Blue Cross Blue Shield; Broome, Delaware, Tioga School Employees' Healthcare
Trust Manual of Procedures; document, "A Comprehensive Medical Plan by Healthcare
Administrative Services of New York, Inc."
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| Box 7 | Folder 6 | 1980 | |
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Improper Practice Charge documents; newsletters; newspaper clippings
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| Box 7 | Folder 7 | 1980 | |
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Coordinator's reports; correspondence
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| Box 7 | Folder 8 | 1980 | |
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Correspondence in legal case involving dismissal of probationary teacher Angela Ballucci;
correspondence re organizing campaign at St. Francis Hospital; re asbestos problem at
Coxsackie-Athens school district; status report from Jim Conti to Vito DeLeonardis re staffing
issues
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| Box 7 | Folder 9 | 1980 | |
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Arbitration opinion and award and other materials re C. W. Post settlement
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| Box 7 | Folder 10 | 1980 | |
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Correspondence re possible strike at NYU; legal brief before the U.S. Court of Appeals for
the Second Circuit, NLRB and Lay Faculty Association v. Bishop Ford Central High School
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| Box 7 | Folder 11 | 1978 | |
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Proposal for Affiliation, presented by the New York Educators Association and the National
Education Association; correspondence re campaign to urge affiliation with NYSUT
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| Box 7 | Folder 12 | 1978 | |
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Transcript of press conference by AFL-CIO Executive Council President George Meany during
Executive Council meeting
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| Box 7 | Folder 13 | 1976-1978 | |
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Correspondence; brochures, pins
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| Box 7 | Folder 14 | 1977 | |
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List of concerns re relations between teachers and non-teaching school personnel, discussed
at meeting; list of association members of committee; list of pending legislation opposed by
NYSUT for adversely affecting non-professional staff
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| Box 7 | Folder 15 | 1978 | |
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Court cases and related correspondence re right of unions to charge fees to non-members to
cover costs of collective bargaining unit contract negotiations
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| Box 7 | Folder 16 | 1976-1977 | |
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Letter from Niagara County Council on Alcoholism Employee Assistance Program Division, with
attached survey on labor union attitudes toward the need for alcoholism program; map of
Colonie/West Albany executive homes
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| Box 7 | Folder 17 | 1977 | |
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Arbitration award in the matter between Professional Staff Association and NYSUT
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| Box 7 | Folder 18 | 1978 | |
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Memo to Jim Conti listing two arbitrators who were felt to have charged too-high fees
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| Box 7 | Folder 19 | 1974-1978 | |
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Background report, "The Right to Strike in Public Employment," Antoine Aboud and Grace
Sterrett Aboud, New York State Industrial & Labor Relations (NYSSILR, Cornell
University), 1974; materials about teacher representation elections; occasional paper from the
Institute of Public Employment, New York State School of Industrial and Labor Relations,
Cornell University, "Productivity Bargaining in New York: What Went Wrong?" April 1975;
Collective Bargaining Quarterly, National Education Association (NEA), April 1976
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| Box 8 | Folder 1 | 1976-1978 | |
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Minutes; agendas; memos
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| Box 8 | Folder 2 | 1978 | |
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NYSUT Revised Proposed Policy Statement on Regents Competency Tests
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| Box 8 | Folder 3 | 1978 | |
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NYSUT Information Bulletin re BOCES and BOCES Finances 1978-79
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| Box 8 | Folder 4 | 1978-1979 | |
| Box 8 | Folder 5 | 1978 | |
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Memos re Nassau Service Center
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| Box 8 | Folder 6 | 1975-1976 | |
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Memo from State Education Department re Board of Education responsibility for contingency
budgets, May 1, 1976; cover letter, NYSUT austerity budget memo
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| Box 8 | Folder 7 | 1977-1978 | |
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Letter to local presidents re likelihood of cuts in state aid; list of legislators to be
contacted; report, Education in the 1977-78 Executive Budget
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| Box 8 | Folder 8 | 1976-1978 | |
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NYSUT Annual Budget, September 1, 1976 August 21, 1977; September 1, 1977 August 31, 1978 ;
financial statements
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| Box 8 | Folder 9 | 1978 | |
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Legal memoranda to Task Force on Equalizing Educational Opportunity re Levittown v. Nyquist;
Legislative and Administrative Response to the Hellerstein Decision Progress Towards Full
Value Assessment, by Kathlyn A. Gustafson, Division of Equalization and Assessment, November
10, 1978; article in Phi Delta Kappan, "Responsibility, Culpability, and the Cult of
Accountability in Education," June 1977; NYSUT Information Bulletin re Changes in Health
Insurance Options, November 1978
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| Box 8 | Folder 10 | 1978 | |
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CETA (Comprehensive Employment and Training Act) 1978 NYSUT Information Bulletin re CETA,
1978; NYS Manpower Services Council, Federal Register reprint, Comprehensive Employment and
Training Act: Compilation of Current Regulations for Titles I, II, and VI, 1977; text of Title
V, National Commission for Employment and Training Policy; newsletter, CETA News &
Views; glossary of terms; text of CETA reauthorization, Comprehensive Employment and Training
Amendments of 1978; New York State Manpower Services Council Annual Conference materials,
"CETA: Its Past, Present and Future," 1978; Suffolk County CETA Eligibility Guide; New York
State Manpower Services Council Reports from the People on CETA: Proceedings of its Conference
on CETA's Reenactment, n.d.; list of members of New York State Manpower Services Council;
NYSUT position statement on CETA, passed by NYSUT Board of Directors, March 18, 1978;
arbitration award, Voluntary Labor Arbitration Tribunal, in the matter of Onondaga Central
Non- Instructional Association and Onondaga Central School District
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| Box 8 | Folder 11 | 1975-1977 | |
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Commissioner's decisions in Tonawanda Board of Education, Board of Education of the City of
New York, and other cases; Court of Appeals cases; NYS Supreme Court cases; U.S. District
Court cases for the Northern District of New York
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| Box 8 | Folder 12 | 1977 | |
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Newspaper clippings from Civil Service Leader; cover memo to Jim Conti re Civil Service
Employees Association (CSEA)
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| Box 8 | Folder 13 | 1978 | |
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Memo to Jim Conti, "Attack Issues for Community Colleges and UUP Campaigns," re issues that
helped win Adirondack Community College affiliation campaign; NYSUT and NYEA/NEA flyers;
handwritten notes
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| Box 8 | Folder 14 | 1978 | |
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Correspondence re Monroe Community College; collective bargaining bulletin
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| Box 8 | Folder 15 | 1976-1978 | |
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NYSUT Information Bulletin re State University of New York Community Colleges Status Report,
November 29, 1978; re 1978 Supplemental Budget, October 1978; Data Relative to New York State
Community Colleges under SUNY Jurisdiction: Budgeted Revenues & Expenses for 1977-78,
November 1978, September 1978; data for May 1978; State Aid to Community Colleges under SUNY
Jurisdiction, 1977-78; NYPERB 1975-1976 Community College Report summarizing salaries and
fringe benefits; Compilation of Statistical Data Concerning the Community Colleges of the
State University of New York, Office of Community Colleges, State University of New York,
August 1977
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| Box 8 | Folder 16 | 1976 | |
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ewsletter
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| Box 8 | Folder 17 | 1977 | |
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NYSUT bulletin re Consumer Price Index, nationally and by region
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| Box 8 | Folder 18 | 1974 | |
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Article on HMOs
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| Box 8 | Folder 19 | 1976 | |
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Standard teacher contract provision with school district; agreements between NYSUT and
Communication Workers of America, AFL-CIO, Local 1141, effective May 5, 1976 to August 21,
1979 and September 1, 1974 to August 31, 1977; proposed NYSUT NYSUT Legal Staff Association
Collective Bargaining Agreement, effective April 1, 1976 to March 31, 1979, and April 8, 1976
to August 31, 1979; NYSUT PSA (Professional Staff Association) Collective Bargaining
Agreement, effective September 1, 1974 to August 31, 1979 as amended February 18, 1976;
effective September 1, 1974 to August 21, 1977; memo from Jim Conti to coordinators re
contract language re Social Security
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| Box 8 | Folder 20 | 1976-1978 | |
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Correspondence over a variety of issues, including NEA campaign materials found in central
New York, UUP campaign, tenure and seniority for different classifications of teaching and
non-teaching staff; NYPERB arbitration award between Hicksville Congress of Teachers and
Hicksville Free School District #17; NYPERB decision and order, Great Neck Union Free School
District (Respondent) and Education Association of Great Neck (NYEA/NEA) (Charging Party) and
Great Neck Teachers Association (Intervenor); urgent memo re NYEA appeal of Maryvale
decision
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| Box 8 | Folder 21 | 1976-1978 | |
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Meeting agenda, December 19, 1978; letter of resignation to NYSUT President Tom Hobart from
coordinator Robert McKensie, citing "havoc" forced upon locals by NYSUT, disaffiliation
problem interfering with personal and professional relationships, September 19, 1976; NEA-AFT
fact sheet re membership gains/losses, as of August 1, 1976; "Staff Line" newsletter by NEA
staff organization, highly critical of NEA; Teacher Representation Elections as reported to
the organizing office of the National Education Association, July 1975-June 1976; list of
disaffiliated locals, with membership totals
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| Box 8 | Folder 22 | 1978 | |
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Letter from Jim Conti to retiring Representative Assembly assistant
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| Box 8 | Folder 23 | 1975-1976 | |
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"East Irondequoit: A School District In Crisis: A Special Report prepared at the request of
the East Irondequoit Teachers Association," May 1975; list of NYSUT Teacher Defense
Activities: Local Assistance Strike & Crisis Situations, September 1, 1975 July 31,
1976
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| Box 8 | Folder 24 | 1976 | |
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Items of interest to unions in Bureau of National Affairs Current Developments, June 16 and
18, 1976; "Orienting the New Union Member: An SEIU Guide for Building a Strong, Informed Local
Union Membership," n.d., c. 1976
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| Box 8 | Folder 25 | 1976-1978 | |
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List of disaffiliated locals and numbers of members; memo updating Jim Conti on
disaffiliation status of several locals serviced by Albany regional office; memo discussing
reasons for vote to disaffiliate by Menands Teachers Association; memo re Vestal Service
Center locals; memos re organizing efforts / affiliation votes; confidential memo re Suffolk
organizing efforts/ affiliation votes; related memos
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| Box 8 | Folder 26 | 1977-1978 | |
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Minutes of Executive Committee meeting of October 9, October 25, and November 17, 1978;
financial statement as of October 31, 1978; field services activity report for June 1977- June
1978
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| Box 8 | Folder 27 | 1976-1977 | |
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Summary of events in Judkins v. Scio-Allentown Teachers Association and related
correspondence and materials, including complaint in NYS Supreme Court, demand for
arbitration., PERB Improper Practice Charge, verified answer; text of agreement, including
fair dismissal clause
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| Box 8 | Folder 28 | 1977-1978 | |
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Letter to Jim Conti detailing need to hire temporary secretarial assistance at NYSUT Western
NY Service Center, ensuing CWA (Communication Workers of America) grievance for
subcontracting, August 12, 1977; details of grievances filed against NYSUT by Professional
Staff Association re reimbursement for expenses, September 26, 1978
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| Box 9 | Folder 1 | 1973-1977 | |
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Guideline documents re car maintenance, county civil service regulations, IRS ruling re
leased cars, organized non-teaching personnel, picketing, and subpoenas in PERB
proceedings
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| Box 9 | Folder 2 | 1977-1978 | |
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NYSUT Information Bulletin re BOCES 1977-78 Estimated Per- Student Cost for Occupational and
Handicapped Programs, April 1978; bulletin re Specific Learning Disabilities (Final Federal
Regulations), January 1978; NYSUT Special Education Committee recommendations for updating
NYSUT Position Statement on Education for All Handicapped Children, January 30, 1978; text of
position statement, February 24, 1978; State Education Department Office for the Education of
Children with Handicapping Conditions Guidelines for Specific Learning Disabilities, November
1977; draft memo to NYSUT field representatives re Commissioner's Regulations Part 200,
Handicapped Children, March 3, 1978
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| Box 9 | Folder 3 | 1973-1975 | |
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ILR reprint series publication, Fact Finding in Public Employment Disputes: Promise or
Illusion? By Jean McKelvey, 1969; lists of districts at impasse; related memos
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| Box 9 | Folder 4 | 1976-1977 | |
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Monthly recaps of impasses at regional services centers, including number of locals at
impasse, stage of impasse (mediation, fact finding, etc.), and potential strike situations
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| Box 9 | Folder 5 | 1976-1977 | |
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List of status of grievances by service-center region
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| Box 9 | Folder 6 | 1976-1977 | |
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Memo from NYS Department of Labor re unemployment insurance for employees at educational
institutions, April 25, 1978; disability clause of life insurance policy, 1977
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| Box 9 | Folder 7 | 1976 | |
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Memo to coordinators re interest-free loans from credit unions during strikes
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| Box 9 | Folder 8 | 1976-1977 | |
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Return of Organization Exempt from Income Tax (Form 990); memos re Clarence Teachers
Association; ruling re leased cars
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| Box 9 | Folder 9 | 1976 | |
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Memo from NYSUT legal counsel re abolition of teaching positions and related issues of
seniority, tenure
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| Box 9 | Folder 10 | 1976-1978 | |
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Reprint from Industrial and Labor Relations Review (Cornell University), "Reinstatement
after Termination: Public School Teachers," 1978; NYS Assembly members voting records on key
bills affecting teachers, 1977-78; articles debating the need for a separate federal
Department of Education; lists of bills signed into law or awaiting action by governor; text
of emergency executive order by Gov. Carey and state energy office imposing restrictions on
nonessential use of natural gas; reports by State Education Department Office of the Counsel,
1976 and 1977 Summary of New Legislation Affecting Education
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| Box 9 | Folder 11 | 1977 | |
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Text of legislation in Senate-Assembly re municipal overburden aid (emergency financial aid
to certain cities), January 18, 1977; text of bills amending civil service law; opinion by NYS
Department of Audit and Control re employment of spouse of member of Board of Education
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| Box 9 | Folder 12 | 1976-1977 | |
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Monthly list of selected acquisitions by NYSUT Division of Research and Educational
Services
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| Box 9 | Folder 13 | 1976-1977 | |
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Checklist of questions in assessing a local's strengths and weaknesses; letter to Jamestown
local members urging vote to retain affiliation with NYSUT, May 4, 1976; lists of
disaffiliated locals; letter to members of locals that have voted to disaffiliate, urging them
to retain individual membership, May 4, 1976; list of locals in arrears; list of secondary
locals formed from disaffiliated locals
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| Box 9 | Folder 14 | 1976-1978 | |
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Articles from Harvard Business Review and Psychology Today re managers; NYSUT management
memos
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| Box 9 | Folder 15 | 1976 | |
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Education Daily bulletin on Title IX pregnancy disability rules; summary of court decision,
State Division of Human Rights v. Board of Education, Draper School District
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| Box 9 | Folder 16 | 1976 | |
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Computer printouts of locals and affiliation status of members; campaign posters
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| Box 9 | Folder 17 | 1977-1978 | |
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Actions of the NEA Board of Directors and Executive Committee; revisions to by-laws and
other actions taken by Representative Assembly; UniServe and Leadership Training Program
manual; confidential report on the 115th Annual Meeting/ 56th Representative Assembly of the
National Education Association, July 1-6, 1977, by Ned Hopkins, Assistant to the President,
NYSUT
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| Box 9 | Folder 18 | 1976-1978 | |
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New York Educators Association Notes to Financial Statement Major Variance Explanation,
noting budget for fiscal 1977-78 was based on projected membership growth patterns that did
not materialize; membership summary report; NYEA recruiting letters; NYSUT memos re NYEA
activities; letter of resignation to President Thomas Hobart from Ned Hopkins, citing total
control by Albert Shanker, belief that NYSUT does not represent the interest of teachers, May
8, 1978; organizational comparison between NEA and AFT; resume of Thomas Doig and related
correspondence
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| Box 9 | Folder 19 | 1977-1978 | |
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Recommendations of the Commissioner's Task Force on Teacher Education and Certification,
April 1, 1977; Interim NYSUT Policy Statement on the New York State Education Department's
Curriculum Mandate Study, 1977
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| Box 9 | Folder 20 | 1977 | |
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Correspondence re request by state Department of Labor for updated roster of NYSUT locals
and local presidents
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| Box 9 | Folder 21 | 1977 | |
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Training materials for contract negotiators
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| Box 9 | Folder 22 | 1977 | |
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Anti-NYSUT newsletter
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| Box 9 | Folder 23 | 1977 | |
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Anti-NYEA/NEA newsletter
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| Box 9 | Folder 24 | 1976-1979 | |
| Box 9 | Folder 25 | 1976-1978 | |
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Confidential memo to Conti re Ed Corcoran training session assignment, September 5, 1978;
replies to social invitations; workman's compensation claim memorandum on behalf of claimant,
Manley vs. BOCES Broome County and State Insurance Fund, April 25, 1977
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| Box 9 | Folder 26 | 1975-1976 | |
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Memo to management team re procedures for consideration of applications for affiliation
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| Box 9 | Folder 27 | 1970-1974 | |
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Booklet by American Arbitration Association, Dispute Settlement from the 60's into the 70's,
n.d., c. 1970; article reprint from the American Arbitration Association Arbitration Journal,
volume 17, no. 4, and volume 23, no. 4, "Arbitration of Job Evaluation Cases and Arbitration
of Wage Incentive Cases," by S. Herbert Unterberger; related AAA guides; excerpt from speech,
"Gamesmanship in Labor Arbitration," by Lewis M. Gill, "How to Alienate Arbitrators and Lose
Cases"; NYSUT memo to all field staff re arbitration assistance to locals, clarifying
reimbursement procedures, June 4, 1974
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| Box 9 | Folder 28 | 1976 | |
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Schedules for training sessions
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| Box 9 | Folder 29 | 1972-1975 | |
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Press release updates from the U.S. Department of labor re the Consumer Price Index;
newsletter updates by NYSUT on the Consumer Price Index
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| Box 9 | Folder 30 | 1976 | |
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List of disaffiliated locals; anti-NEA/NYEA flyers
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| Box 9 | Folder 31 | 1974 | |
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Confidential Fact-Finding Manual by the Pennsylvania State Education Association, n.d., c.
1974; excerpt from Monthly Labor Review, "Factfinding in Teacher Disputes: The Wisconsin
Experience," October 1974
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| Box 9 | Folder 32 | 1969-1974 | |
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Training materials by New York State Teachers Association (NYSTA/NEA)
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| Box 9 | Folder 33 | 1976 | |
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List of field service assignments in the Elmira service area; reprint from Chronicle of
Higher Education listing unionization status of 520 colleges
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| Box 9 | Folder 34 | 1978 | |
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Lists of independent and proprietary degree-granting institutions
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| Box 9 | Folder 35 | 1974-1975 | |
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Federal Register regulations by Department of Health, Education, and Welfare,
"Non-Discrimination on the Basis of Sex: Education Programs and Activities Receiving or
Benefiting from Federal Financial Assistance," June 4, 1975; NYSUT cover memo to regional
coordinators with attached Rules of Procedure from the state Division of Human Rights, October
2, 1974
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| Box 9 | Folder 36 | 1975 | |
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NYS Public Employment Relations Board Improper Practice Charge complaints by various teacher
associations against various school districts; related memos
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| Box 9 | Folder 37 | 1976-1977 | |
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Memos from NYSUT legal counsel re Commissioner's position on tenure in occupational subject
areas, replacement of nurse-teachers with RNs, need for NYSUT to "maintain the image of
protecting teachers of all varieties"
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| Box 9 | Folder 38 | 1977-1978 | |
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NYSUT report, Legislative Action through April 30, 1978; "NYSUT Supports" legislative
memoranda; NYSUT report, "City Schools in Fiscal Crisis: City School Districts and Their
Constitutional Tax Limits, 1977-78"
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| Box 9 | Folder 39 | 1976 | |
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Monthly list of selected acquisitions by NYSUT Division of Research and Educational
Services
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| Box 9 | Folder 40 | 1976-1977 | |
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Article in U.S. News & World Report on millions of dollars of wasted money by the
AFT and NEA in jurisdictional battle, April 5, 1976; NYEA/NEA and NYSUT/AFT recruiting
materials; reports on 1977 NEA convention by NYSUT operatives; report on 1977 NYSUT Delegate
Assembly by NEA operatives; memos re NYEA activities; Common Sense, special publication for
NEA delegates, "The New York Disaffiliation: A History of the Underlying Factors"
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| Box 10 | Folder 1 | 1976 | |
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Lists of assignments by service area
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| Box 10 | Folder 2 | 1976-1978 | |
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Issues of PERB News, newsletter of the New York State Public Employment Relations Board;
letter to Jim Conti from PERB chairman Harold R. Newman re North Warren Central School
District case
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| Box 10 | Folder 3 | 1976 | |
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Memos re personnel changes
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| Box 10 | Folder 4 | 1976 | |
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Press releases re strikes, affiliation decisions, Shanker debate with NYEA/NEA
representative
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| Box 10 | Folder 5 | 1978-1979 | |
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NYSUT Public Relations Project for 1979, with cover memo from president Tom Hobart to Board
of Directors; statements and reports adopted by the AFL-CIO Executive Council, October 31,
1978; memo from Al Shanker to AFT vice presidents, state federation presidents, and 50 largest
locals, urging non-participation in Department of Labor's "P.R. show" to elicit support for
voluntary wage controls, November 28, 1978; Labor Law Journal reprint, "Public Sector Union
Security: The Impact of Abood," November 1978
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| Box 10 | Folder 6 | 1975-1976 | |
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Teacher Salary Schedule Data: BOCES (Boards of Cooperative Educational Services), 1975-76;
Teacher Contract Analysis: BOCES, 1975-76; State Education Department memo re Board of
Education Responsibility for Contingency Budgets, May 1, 1975; memo to field staff from
Division of Research re increases in 1975-76 salary schedules
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| Box 10 | Folder 7 | 1976 | |
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Memo from Jim Conti re postponement of staff meeting
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| Box 10 | Folder 8 | 1978 | |
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Proposal and outline for school representatives course on organizing, grievances, local
governance, and legal rights; letter from Rhode Island Federation of Teachers, asking to be
kept apprised of training opportunities
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| Box 10 | Folder 9 | 1967-1976 | |
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Training materials re collective bargaining; related memos; handwritten notes
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| Box 10 | Folder 10 | 1978 | |
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Correspondence from Jim Conti, mostly internal memos with legal counsel. January-August,
1978
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| Box 10 | Folder 11 | 1978 | |
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Correspondence from Jim Conti, mostly internal memos with legal counsel. June- December,
1978
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| Box 10 | Folder 12 | 1978 | |
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Correspondence from Jim Conti, mostly internal memos with legal counsel. September-December,
1978
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| Box 10 | Folder 13 | 1981 | |
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Memos re staffing reassignment; outline for training program for field representatives;
leadership development conference
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| Box 10 | Folder 14 | 1980-1981 | |
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Arbitration award and opinion in Mohonasen Teachers Association and Rotterdam-Mohonasen
Central School District in science substitute teacher tenure case; memo to Jim Conti
discussing protections under the Federal Privacy Act of 1974 vis-avis the Freedom of
Information Act; memos re incorporation of locals, campaign expenses for school board
elections, transfer of Licensed Practical Nursing Program from Saratoga-Warren BOCES,
conflicting representation issues in seniority case at Niskayuna; NYPERB Improper Practice
Charge by Broadalbin Bus Drivers Association
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| Box 10 | Folder 15 | 1981 | |
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Memo requesting assignment of legal counsel to answer Canajoharie Central School District's
request to vacate arbitration award; memo requesting assignment of legal counsel to answer
Broadalbin Central School District's request to vacate arbitration award; memo re effort to
enforce advisory arbitration award in Mohonasen Teachers Association; request to begin
proceedings to confirm arbitrator's award in Schoharie Teacher's Association; regulations of
the Albany Board of Education relating to inspection and copying of records, with cover memo
re Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA); memos re layoffs of special education
teachers in Rensselaer-Columbia-Greene BOCES, layoff of adult education teacher in Albany
Public School District, overpayment case for school nurse teacher in
Schenectady-Albany-Schoharie BOCES
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| Box 10 | Folder 16 | 1987 | |
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Memo re bill in state Senate redefining maternity disability leave to conform with federal
statutes; letters re applications for organizing coordinator
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| Box 10 | Folder 17 | 1981 | |
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Memo compiling 3020-a statistics by case decision and specific charge, and impact of appeals
on tenure decisions; Westchester County Public Relations Board Rules of Procedure; memo re
Westchester County BOCES problem re hiring hourly non-union teachers and laying off union
teachers; grievance procedure for Greenwood Lake Union Free School District
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| Box 10 | Folder 18 | 1981 | |
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Confidential memo to Jim Conti from Howard Edelman re per diem substitute jobs for graduate
students at Hofstra; Investigating Committee Report on Nassau Community College Adjunct
Faculty Association; related memos; confidential memo to Jim Conti from Howard Edelman re
Services Committee, avoiding organizing small locals, increasing membership in current locals;
memo re data retrieval and field rep workload; NYEA/NEA materials used in Hicksville
organizing campaign, with cover note to Jim Conti from Howard Edelman; notes by Howard Edelman
re health care organizing, from meeting with reps from Federal Mediation and Conciliation
Services; request for emergency staff assistance to Jim Conti from Howard Edelman, review of
activities at Nassau Regional Office; Improper Practice Charges and related memos
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| Box 10 | Folder 19 | 1981 | |
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Letter to the Legal Review Committee requesting appeal of denial of tenure in Roosevelt
School District, with related correspondence indicating probationary teacher involved had no
case; memo re agency fee refund, Westbury Teachers Association; arbitration award in C. W.
Post case; Improper Practice Charges
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| Box 10 | Folder 20 | 1980 | |
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Correspondence re NYSUT transfer of jurisdiction of West Hempstead Custodial Association to
Local 144, Division 100, SEIU, AFL-CIO
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| Box 10 | Folder 21 | 1981 | |
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Memo to Jim Conti re Services Committee issues; legal memos re Improper Practice Charges and
other individual cases
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| Box 10 | Folder 22 | 1980-1981 | |
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Legal memos re proposed contracts, individual grievances
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| Box 10 | Folder 23 | 1981 | |
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April 9, 1981. Meeting agenda, handwritten notes; list of members of New York State Nurses
Advisory Committee; memo from Jim Conti to Thomas Hobart, Jr., suggesting establishing nurses
committee for purpose of organizing
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| Box 10 | Folder 24 | 1981 | |
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August 11-August 15, 1981. Text of Senate and Assembly bills re professional nursing; memo
re proposed legislation
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| Box 10 | Folder 25 | 1980-1981 | |
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Memo to Jim Conti re right to employee names and addresses while organizing; Review of PERB
Decisions Regarding Unit Definition and Criteria Used Therein; memo re PERB requirements when
organizing unrepresented employees; memos re community college organizing; memos re Statewide
Nurses Advisory Committee, legislative issues re nursing, proposed budget for potential
campaign among NYC municipal nurses; Bylaws and Extracts from Articles of Incorporation: The
New York State Nurses Association, December 1980; memo re interest among college coaches to
organize; memo re NYEA financial report and budget; memo re NYEA/NEA activity among
non-pedagogical employees; agenda for organizing staff meeting, memo re organizing
responsibilities; September 15, 1981; memo re NYSUT position on UAW strike at Cornell; memo re
Supreme Court Yeshiva decision re college faculty organizing
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| Box 10 | Folder 26 | 1981 | |
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Legal memos re grievances by individual teachers; memo re "very substantial loss leaders" in
North Country
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| Box 10 | Folder 27 | 1981 | |
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August 26-28, 1981. Letters of invitation from coordinator Ron Uba to chairman of NYS
Mediation Board Msgr. James Healy, Assistant Industrial Commissioner, NYS Department of Labor,
Louis Cambria, and other labor and community leaders; follow-up communication from Uba on
non-NYSUT letterhead
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| Box 10 | Folder 28 | 1980-1981 | |
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Summary of December 11, 1980, Services Committee meeting, outlining service program
responsibilities; confidential memo from Jim Conti discussing role of Services Committee in
assisting field representatives; details of services provided to locals, by regional
office
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| Box 11 | Folder 1 | 1981-1982 | |
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Representation Election Campaign Proposal for the Rochester Teachers Association (NYSUT);
confidential memo to Jim Conti re need to maintain high level of services in order to maintain
membership levels; memo re services that can provided other than bargaining and grievances;
memo re need to organize locals that yield 100 members or more; campaign flyers by NYSUT and
NYEA/NEA; activity report
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| Box 11 | Folder 2 | 1981 | |
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Activity reports; correspondence with legal counsel Bernard Ashe re individual teacher
cases; memos between Jim Conti and Ray Samson re possible NYEA challenges; ways to collect
dues in anticipation of PERB prohibition; staffing issues; Public Employment Relations Board
(PERB) rulings; Improper Practice Charges
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| Box 11 | Folder 3 | 1981 | |
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Memos from Jim Conti to legal counsel Bernard Ashe re individual teacher grievances (tenure,
layoffs, certification, insubordination), arbitration
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| Box 11 | Folder 4 | 1981 | |
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Memos between Jim Conti and Charles N. Rodgers re Improper Practice Charges, including Avoca
Central School District (Corning/Elmira), individual cases; health plan for George Jr.
Republic employees; PERB decision and order re Harpursville Central School District; legal
memos by NYSUT attorneys re tax-deferred annuity deduction at Unatago Central School
District
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| Box 11 | Folder 5 | 1981 | |
| Box 11 | Folder 6 | 1981 | |
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State Supreme Court documents in sexual abuse case, Haff et al. v. Peterson
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| Box 11 | Folder 7 | 1981 | |
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Memos between Jim Conti, Frank Squillace, and counsel Bernard Ashe re long-litigated
suspension case of Lorraine Gargiul (Liverpool Central School District); East Syracuse-Minoa
Retirement System decision; tenure decision re Milton Bieber, Onondaga Central School
District; seniority cases and procedure for breaking a tie; activity report re organizing
nurses from Community General Hospital
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| Box 11 | Folder 8 | 1981 | |
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Correspondence re 3020a charges (conduct unbecoming, insubordination), Onondaga-Madison
BOCES District, North Syracuse, and Auburn Enlarged City School District; failure to hold
election for retirement convention delegates; retirement, layoff, seniority cases
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| Box 11 | Folder 9 | 1978-1981 | |
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Letter to Commissioner Gordon Ambach, report to NYS Department of Social Services, and
related material re Parents' Concerns about the Onondaga-Madison BOCES Program for the Deaf,
Camillus Junior High School, 1979-1980; transcript of hearing in dismissal of bus mechanic,
Lafayette Central School District, 1980
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| Box 11 | Folder 10 | 1978-1981 | |
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List of field representatives and their locals, 1978; PERB decision in Improper Practice
Charge against Hampton Bays Teachers Association re agency fees, 1981; letter from NYS Public
Employees Federation, AFL-CIO, thanking AFT president Al Shanker for assignment of
negotiators, August 21, 1981; memos re individual teacher cases
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| Box 11 | Folder 11 | 1981 | |
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Improper Practice Charges against Mohawk Central School District and Mohawk Valley Community
College; newspaper clipping re federal court finding that NYS Teachers Retirement System
discriminated against female teachers, with cover memo from Jim Conti noting opportunity to
use issue in organizing retired teachers, October 6, 1981; memos re unemployment insurance
cases, state health insurance
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| Box 11 | Folder 12 | 1981 | |
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Legal memorandum by NYSUT counsel Bernard Ashe re U.S. Supreme Court decision re Northwest
Airlines v. TWU re union responsibility for contribution to back pay awarded to female
employees under Equal Pay Act, December 3, 1981; memo from Jim Conti to Bernard Ashe asking
whether Mohawk Valley Community College should be forced to comply with Freedom of Information
request; memos re disability and unemployment insurance claims
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| Box 11 | Folder 13 | 1981 | |
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Activity reports; regional office newsletter; memos to Jim Conti re ongoing organizing
efforts, NYEA activities
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| Box 11 | Folder 14 | 1981 | |
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State Education Department Notice of Substantial Question as to Moral Character in the
matter of the certificate held by John H. Swem, Peter Caesar Zeppeiro, Kenneth Snyder, and
Donald H. Poole to teach in the public schools of New York, with memos re legal rights,
question of whether NYSUT should defend in 3020a hearing; arbitration decision re salary
grievance in Elba Central School case, and related memos; Court of Appeals memorandum
upholding Tonawanda arbitration award re Central Square Teachers Association, memos re
petition for order to vacate award; PERB decision re Sweet Home Central School District and
Sweet Home Employees Association
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| Box 11 | Folder 15 | 1981 | |
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Appointment calendar
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| Box 11 | Folder 16 | 1981 | |
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Memos to all regional coordinators re State Education Department procedures for 3020a
hearings; booklet on the perils of self-funding health insurance, by the Blue Cross/Blue
Shield marketing department; updates on (Reagan administration) Federal Labor Relations
Authority decertification of air traffic controllers union (PATCO); memo re NEA contract
settlement in San Francisco; summary of state Occupational Health and Safety (OSHA) inspection
standards for school buildings; memos re organizing substitute teachers, including memo from
NYS School Boards Association; memo noting request from AFT for information re potential
strikes at locals and other organizing information; NYSUT legal department research noting
that equal disability benefits for pregnancy do not apply to public school districts; text of
NLRB decision re 4201 schools (New York Institute for the Blind) with memo; memo re
unemployment insurance appeal board decision
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| Box 11 | Folder 17 | 1981 | |
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Memos re Services Committee, self-funded health insurance meeting, strike report on NYC
Catholic schools, organizing substitute teachers, request for statistics on 3020a (usually
alleged sex abuse) cases, BOCES issues
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| Box 11 | Folder 18 | 1981 | |
| Box 11 | Folder 19 | 1981 | |
| Box 11 | Folder 20 | 1981 | |
| Box 11 | Folder 21 | 1981 | |
| Box 11 | Folder 22 | 1981 | |
| Box 11 | Folder 23 | 1981 | |
| Box 11 | Folder 24 | 1981 | |
| Box 12 | Folder 1 | 1981 | |
| Box 12 | Folder 2 | 1981 | |
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Letters re long-litigated suspension case of Lorraine Gargiul (Liverpool Central School
District), refusal of NYSUT attorneys to pursue the case further
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| Box 12 | Folder 3 | 1981-1982 | |
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Memos between Jim Conti and NYSUT legal counsel Bernard Ashe re withholding of Social
Security taxes while on sick leave
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| Box 12 | Folder 4 | 1978-1981 | |
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Correspondence re NYSUT refusal to provide legal representation for members of Chatham
Central School Teachers Association, October 9, 1981; related confidential memos; letter from
NYSUT field representative Kevin Berry to president of Chatham Teachers Association, agreeing
with interpretation of school district in parental leave of absence case, advising withdrawal
of grievance, February 5, 1980; letter from Barry informing Chatham president that NYSUT would
not provide legal assistance for fundraising activities, October 1980; confidential letter
from Jim Conti to regional coordinator Stan Kern, expressing disappointment at Chatham
Teachers Association vote to disaffiliate, directing closer scrutiny of service reports and
monitoring of relationships with locals, December 8, 1981
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| Box 12 | Folder 5 | 1981-1982 | |
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Commissioner's decision re abolition of teaching position held by Alessandro Carbone; cover
memo from Jim Conti asserting that there had been no basis for Carbone's appeal, 1982; letters
to NYSUT president Tom Hobart and directors from Carbone's private attorney, seeking legal
representation from NYSUT on behalf of his client, noting resistance from Jim Conti and staff,
requesting union charter with respect to obligations to assist members, August 1981; related
material
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| Box 12 | Folder 6 | 1981-1982 | |
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Letter from Jim Conti, stating that legal counsel determined that the merits of the case do
not warrant legal representation by NYSUT; background material
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| Box 12 | Folder 7 | 1984 | |
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Activity reports
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| Box 12 | Folder 8 | 1984 | |
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Activity reports
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| Box 12 | Folder 9 | 1983-1984 | |
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Activity reports, accounting for time each day
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| Box 12 | Folder 10 | 1982-1984 | |
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Activity reports
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| Box 12 | Folder 11 | 1983-1984 | |
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Activity reports
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| Box 12 | Folder 12 | 1983-1984 | |
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Activity reports
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| Box 12 | Folder 13 | 1983-1984 | |
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Activity reports
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| Box 12 | Folder 14 | 1983-1984 | |
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Activity reports
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| Box 12 | Folder 15 | 1983-1984 | |
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Activity reports
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| Box 12 | Folder 16 | 1983-1984 | |
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Activity reports
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| Box 12 | Folder 17 | 1983-1984 | |
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Activity reports
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| Box 12 | Folder 18 | 1983-1984 | |
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Activity reports
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| Box 12 | Folder 19 | 1984 | |
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Activity reports
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| Box 12 | Folder 20 | 1983-1984 | |
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Activity reports
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| Box 12 | Folder 21 | 1983-1984 | |
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Activity reports
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| Box 12 | Folder 22 | 1983-1984 | |
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Activity reports
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| Box 12 | Folder 23 | 1983-1984 | |
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Activity reports
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| Box 12 | Folder 24 | 1983-1984 | |
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Activity reports
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| Box 12 | Folder 25 | 1983-1984 | |
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Activity reports
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| Box 12 | Folder 26 | 1983-1984 | |
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Activity reports
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| Box 12 | Folder 27 | 1983-1984 | |
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Activity reports
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| Box 12 | Folder 28 | 1983-1984 | |
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Activity reports
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| Box 12 | Folder 29 | 1983-1984 | |
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Activity reports
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| Box 12 | Folder 30 | 1983-1984 | |
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Activity reports
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| Box 12 | Folder 31 | 1983-1984 | |
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Activity reports
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| Box 12 | Folder 32 | 1983-1984 | |
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Activity reports
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| Box 12 | Folder 33 | 1982-1984 | |
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Activity reports
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| Box 12 | Folder 34 | 1983-1984 | |
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Activity reports
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| Box 12 | Folder 35 | 1983-1984 | |
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Activity reports
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| Box 12 | Folder 36 | 1983-1984 | |
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Activity reports
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| Box 13 | Folder 1 | 1983-1984 | |
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Activity reports
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| Box 13 | Folder 2 | 1983-1984 | |
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Activity reports
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| Box 13 | Folder 3 | 1982 | |
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Activity reports
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| Box 13 | Folder 4 | 1980-1981 | |
| Box 13 | Folder 5 | 1981-1982 | |
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Memos from or about locals complaining of inadequate service; confidential memo asserting
that smaller locals do not generate enough dues income to warrant more than minimal service;
memo from NYSUT president Tom Hobart asserting that smaller locals do not receive visits from
field representatives often enough
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| Box 13 | Folder 6 | 1983-1984 | |
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Activity reports
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| Box 13 | Folder 7 | 1984 | |
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Activity reports
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| Box 13 | Folder 8 | 1984 | |
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Activity reports
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| Box 13 | Folder 9 | 1983-1984 | |
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Activity reports
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| Box 13 | Folder 10 | 1983-1984 | |
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Activity reports
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| Box 13 | Folder 11 | 1983-1984 | |
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Activity reports
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| Box 13 | Folder 12 | 1973-1979 | |
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Letters re work performance, including reprimand and charge for damage to vehicle; letter
from Professional Staff Association in defense of Hogan
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| Box 13 | Folder 13 | 1983-1984 | |
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Activity reports
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| Box 13 | Folder 14 | 1983-1984 | |
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Activity reports
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| Box 13 | Folder 15 | 1983-1984 | |
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Activity reports
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| Box 13 | Folder 16 | 1983-1984 | |
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Activity reports
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| Box 13 | Folder 17 | 1984 | |
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Activity reports
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| Box 13 | Folder 18 | 1983-1984 | |
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Activity reports
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| Box 13 | Folder 19 | 1984 | |
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Activity reports
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| Box 13 | Folder 20 | 1984 | |
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Activity reports
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| Box 13 | Folder 21 | 1984 | |
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Activity reports
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| Box 13 | Folder 22 | 1983-1984 | |
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Activity reports
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| Box 13 | Folder 23 | 1983 | |
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Activity reports
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| Box 13 | Folder 24 | 1983-1984 | |
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Activity reports
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| Box 13 | Folder 25 | 1983-1984 | |
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Activity reports
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| Box 13 | Folder 26 | 1983-1984 | |
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Activity reports
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| Box 13 | Folder 27 | 1983-1984 | |
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Activity reports
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| Box 13 | Folder 28 | 1983-1984 | |
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Activity reports
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| Box 13 | Folder 29 | 1984 | |
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Activity reports
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| Box 13 | Folder 30 | 1979 | |
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Correspondence re resignation
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| Box 13 | Folder 31 | 1983-1984 | |
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Activity reports
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| Box 13 | Folder 32 | 1983-1984 | |
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Activity reports
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| Box 13 | Folder 33 | 1983-1984 | |
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Activity reports
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| Box 13 | Folder 34 | 1983-1984 | |
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Activity reports
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| Box 14 | Folder 1 | 1987 | |
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November 2nd, 1987. Facilitative paperwork (travel-lodging request for Jim Conti)
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| Box 14 | Folder 2 | 1981 | |
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Concord Hotel, October 13-14th, Kiamesha Lake, NY. Transcript of proceedings
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| Box 14 | Folder 3 | 1983 | |
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Newspaper clippings, transcript of press conference, arbitration award, and notes re former
president of Public Employees Federation John J. Kraemer, who allegedly was on state Labor
Department payroll for no-show job for ten years and controlled large, secret union slush
fund
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| Box 14 | Folder 4 | 1987 | |
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Descriptions of staff training programs on fact-finding, negotiations; notes from Training
Committee meeting
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| Box 14 | Folder 5 | 1987 | |
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Staff training schedule; monthly training director's reports; notes of subcommittee on
meetings
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| Box 14 | Folder 6 | 1987 | |
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Monthly Regional Staff Director reports re school district consolidation, negotiations,
organizing
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| Box 14 | Folder 7 | 1987 | |
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Text of booklet, "Questions and Answers on Tenure," with cover letter from Jim Conti to
NYSUT legal counsel Bernard Ashe asking for review for possible update; correspondence re
workshops, substitute teachers
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| Box 14 | Folder 8 | 1987 | |
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Monthly Regional Staff Director reports re negotiation, training, organizing
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| Box 14 | Folder 9 | 1987 | |
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Correspondence and related material re BOCES election campaign; correspondence re
termination of part-time teacher at Batavia High School; miscellaneous correspondence
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| Box 14 | Folder 10 | 1987 | |
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Letter to Jim Conti re mediator's requested fee, refusal by both parties to pay above PERB
stipend; correspondence re attempt to reclassify teacher's aide positions to teacher's
assistants by Rockland County BOCES Board; re unemployment case in Hastings Unified Free
School District; membership projections by local for 1987-88; letter re arbitrator's fee in
Middletown Teachers Association agency fee case, dissatisfaction with outcome, recommendation
to avoid using the arbitrator in future cases; letter from the office of state comptroller
Regan re payment of health insurance premiums for retirees by Greenburgh Central School
District 7, Westchester County; notice of strike authorization by Organization of Pius XII
Employees against Pius XII Youth & Family Services; correspondence re Rockland
Community College re agency fee; outline of address by Jim Conti re improper practice
procedures as part of Taylor Law; memo re child molestation matters in Yorktown and Valhalla
specifically, procedures in all cases generally, and related newspaper clippings; order on
appeal of the People v. Gary Ranum; memo advising against local input into assignment of field
representatives, and letter to Lakeland Federation of Teachers president re reassignment of
representative, January 28, 1987
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| Box 14 | Folder 11 | 1987 | |
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Monthly Regional Staff Director reports
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| Box 14 | Folder 12 | 1986-1987 | |
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Correspondence updating on events and strategies
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| Box 14 | Folder 13 | 1987 | |
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Chautauqua County School District Plan Documents; correspondence re grievance over firing of
custodian after returning from worker's compensation leave at Little Valley Central School; re
Jamestown General Hospital arbitration award; tentative agreement between Jamestown Teachers
Association and Jamestown Public Schools, related memos re agency fee; letters to teachers re
"fair share" deduction (agency fee); Southwestern Regional Office News newsletters; selected
data from 1986-87 salary schedules by school district for teachers with bachelor's and
master's degrees
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| Box 14 | Folder 14 | 1987 | |
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Monthly Regional Staff Director reports
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| Box 14 | Folder 15 | 1987 | |
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Crisis Management Information forms, filled out for various locals; document, "The MHRO
[Mid-Hudson Regional Office] at a Glance," September 1987; update on Poughkeepsie schools,
from Commissioner Gordon Ambach, and related legislation re local taxing authority; profile of
Dutchess Community College (Dutchess United Educators) and related correspondence; newsletters
of NYSUT Mid- Hudson office, Mid-Hudson School Bell
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| Box 14 | Folder 16 | 1987 | |
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Monthly Regional Staff Director reports re negotiations, organizing, and other
activities
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| Box 14 | Folder 17 | 1987 | |
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Nassau Community College Health & Safety Committee proposals for meeting with NYSUT
representative re concerns about new building; letter to NYS Attorney General Robert Abrams re
physical illnesses suffered by technical assistant at biology department at Nassau Community
College, request for inquiry; Improper Practice charge; correspondence re termination of
Edward Burke from Dowling College; correspondence re dissatisfaction by members of Woodward
Faculty Association with NYSUT field representatives
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| Box 14 | Folder 18 | 1987 | |
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Monthly Regional Staff Director reports
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| Box 15 | Folder 1 | 1984-1987 | |
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Draft, Engineering Report, Nassau Community College: Investigation of Ventilation Problems
in Chemistry Laboratories, County of Nassau Department of Public Works; NIOSH (National
Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Department of Health and Human Services)
investigative reports; correspondence
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| Box 15 | Folder 2 | 1987 | |
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Engineering Report, Nassau Community College: Investigation of Ventilation Problems in
Chemistry Laboratories, County of Nassau Department of Public Works
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| Box 15 | Folder 3 | 1987 | |
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Memo from Jim Conti to NYSUT legal counsel Bernard Ashe re developmental kindergarten, with
attached materials including a legal petition to the Commissioner of Education against the
Norwood-Norfolk Central School for establishing such a kindergarten; confidential memos re
difficult client in 3020a case involving Malone teacher Andy Simay (Potsdam, Plattsburgh,
Watertown)
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| Box 15 | Folder 4 | 1987 | |
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List of locals served by two field representatives and memos re their activities; extensive
memo re North Country (Plattsburgh) operations, results of survey of locals
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| Box 15 | Folder 5 | 1987 | |
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Agreement between City School District of the City of New York and United Federation of
Teachers; letter from UFT president Sandra Feldman excoriating Louis Grument, executive
director of NYS School Boards Association, for misquoting her in advertisement in Legislative
Gazette, May 29; NYS School Boards Association Legislative Bulletin, headlining "Regents to
Address Home Instruction"; proposed safety and health regulations by Cornell University
Adjunct Faculty Federation
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| Box 15 | Folder 6 | 1987 | |
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Activity reports re negotiations and organizing
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| Box 15 | Folder 7 | 1987 | |
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Operational overview and recommendations, by Ray Samson; summary of staff meeting;
instruction from Ray Samson to field representatives on how to write Service and Assessment
(SAR) reports; PERB decision in East Irondequoit Teachers Association, NYSUT v. East
Irondequoit Central School District and Board of Cooperative Educational Services for the
First Supervisory District of Monroe County; City of Rochester Mayor Thomas P. Ryan memo to
all city employees re executive policy re alcohol and controlled substances testing; memos re
marital status discrimination resolution by Webster Teachers Association; letters re long-term
NYSUT member's inability to join Phelps-Clifton Springs Faculty Association because of
political discrimination and harassment; memo from PERB and Jim Conti re establishment of
labor-management committees
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| Box 15 | Folder 8 | 1987 | |
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Activity reports
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| Box 15 | Folder 9 | 1987 | |
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Transcript of a meeting between NYSUT representatives and representative of school
superintendent re allegations of marijuana and cocaine use by three teachers, December 12,
1987; list of locals that settled their EIT (Excellence in Teaching) negotiations for 1987-88;
PERB decision re Elmira Teachers Association, Local 2638 NYSUT v. Elmira City School District
re EIT funds, intended for teacher salary improvements; related materials re distribution of
funds; proposed policy regarding AIDS and other infectious or contagious diseases, developed
by Chenango Forks school district, with cover letters questioning constitutionality, November
1987; telelearning guidebook and related memos re Delaware-Chenango BOCES; material re tenure
issue at Windsor School District
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| Box 15 | Folder 10 | 1987 | |
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Memos re possible friend-of-the-court brief by NYSUT in Tennessee home-school court case,
with newspaper clipping; NYSUT field staff newsletter, Southern Tier Briefs
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| Box 15 | Folder 11 | 1987 | |
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Regional Staff Director (RSD) monthly reports
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| Box 15 | Folder 12 | 1987 | |
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Regional activity reports
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| Box 15 | Folder 13 | 1987 | |
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State Court of Appeals opinion in the matter of Patchogue-Medford Congress of Teachers v.
Board of Education of the Patchogue-Medford Union Free School District, and related materials;
material re science complex ventilation problems at Sayville Junior High School, January 1987;
letters of praise for NYSUT field representatives; letter to Jim Conti and other NYSUT
officers indicating dissatisfaction with fees for service charged by arbitrator Marty
Scheinman in Port Jefferson case, September 22, 1987
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| Box 15 | Folder 14 | 1987 | |
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Activity reports
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| Box 15 | Folder 15 | 1987 | |
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Correspondence re Benjamin Rush Employees Union strike fund; State Education Department memo
re sweetened foods in schools, for sale or use in fundraising; newspaper clippings re asbestos
removal
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| Box 15 | Folder 16 | 1987 | |
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Correspondence re Cortland-Onondaga-Madison Bargaining Organization (COMBO) BOCES
settlement; agreement between Auburn Enlarged City School District and Auburn Teachers
Association 1985-1988; memo re organizing NEA locals in central New York; legal memo from
NYSUT general counsel's office re whether pregnancy resulting from artificial insemination can
be construed as immoral behavior on the part of an unwed teacher, April 24, 1987; list of
NYSUT teachers' starting salaries in Syracuse Regional Office area, 1986-1987; PERB
fact-finder's report and recommendation re Mexico Academy and Central School District;
newspaper clippings
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| Box 15 | Folder 17 | 1987 | |
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PERB fact-finder's report and recommendations re Hannibal Central School District; memos re
proposed sexual harassment policy in Liverpool Central School District; material re Onondaga
Community College's bargaining crisis; memos to staff re writing and rewriting improper
practice charges
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| Box 15 | Folder 18 | 1987 | |
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PERB decision re Herkimer County BOCES, with cover memo from Vinnie Grove to Ray Ratte; memo
from Vinnie Grove to Jim Conti re responsibility of field staff to Teacher Centers; memo from
Vinnie Grove re updating voter registration information on membership lists; memo from Vinnie
Grove re events at NYS Teachers Retirement System Convention; memo re Excellence in Teaching
Award program of Oriskany EIT agreement; Appellate Division decision re NYSUT v. NYS Teachers
Retirement System; memo re seniority rights question in Mohawk Central School District; memo
re establishment of labor-management committees in the public sector
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| Box 15 | Folder 19 | 1987 | |
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Regional Staff Director (RSD) reports re negotiations, other activities
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| Box 15 | Folder 20 | 1987 | |
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Arbitration award and PERB decision re agency fees
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| Box 15 | Folder 21 | 1987 | |
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Activity reports
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| Box 15 | Folder 22 | 1987 | |
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September 3rd, 1987. Notes from applicant interviews
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| Box 16 | Folder 1 | 1987 | |
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Documents, "NYSUT Program for Pension Equity," "Health Maintenance Organization Selection: A
Sourcebook for Employers and Unions," "Winning Practical, Fair and Effective Health Care Cost
Containment: A Handbook for AFT Negotiators and Local Leaders produced by the Federation of
Nurses and Health Professionals, AFT, AFL-CIO," legal memo to NYSUT counsel Bernard Ashe re
California Federal Savings & Loan Association et al., petitioners, v. Mark Guerra,
Director, Department of Fair Employment & Housing, et al., 107 S. Ct. 683
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| Box 16 | Folder 2 | 1987 | |
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State Education Department documents, "Substance-Free Schools in New York State: Planning
and Policy Guidelines" and "Guidelines for twelve-month programs for eligible students with
handicapping conditions"; PERB decision of administrative law judge in the matter of State of
New York (Division of State Police), respondent, and Police Benevolent Association of the New
York State Troopers, Inc., charging party; Insider's Report: A Special Bulletin for Leaders of
Concerned Educators against Forced Unionism, with cover memo from Jim Conti to regional staff
directors, asking if organization was active in their areas
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| Box 16 | Folder 3 | 1987 | |
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Outline of purposes of Regional Staff Director meetings, adopted by consensus; text of
smoking regulations promulgated by the NYS Department of Health, with cover memo from Jim
Conti, noting consultation with legal counsel Bernard Ashe; memo re delegate selection for the
Democratic National Convention, related legal opinion; letter from president of Genesee
Educational Association (NEA), inviting faculty to meeting, with cover letter from Jim Conti
asking regional directors to check whether the letter had been received by any community
colleges in their area or whether they knew of anyone who attended the meeting; salary
schedule increase for 1985-86 and 1986-87; U.S. Department of Labor reinterpretation of
"reasonable assurance" of continued employment under unemployment provisions; PERB
administrative law judge decision in Elmira City School District, respondent, and Elmira
Teachers Association, charging party, declaring Excellence in Teaching funds a mandatory
subject of bargaining; Court of Appeals decision re liability of employer or employee
associations for injuries caused by drunk driving of off-duty employees
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| Box 16 | Folder 4 | 1987 | |
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NYSUT Local Leaders' Guide to Research and Educational Services; memo re procedures for
creation of badges using file maker software; memo from Jim Conti re junk food law, and
potential for removal of soda vending machines from teachers' lounges as unilateral change in
condition of employment, required issue for negotiation; memo re AFL-CIO modification of
policy on affiliation of independent units; memo from NYSUT president Tom Hobart re state
Right-to-Know law re hazardous substances in the workplace; PERB decisions re agency fees,
appropriateness of an improper practice charge in the absence of a grievance, and Freedom of
Information Act request
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| Box 16 | Folder 5 | 1988 | |
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September 30th, 1988. Memos re Lockport organization efforts, difficulty with Anne
Goldman
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| Box 16 | Folder 6 | 1988 | |
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October 20th, 1988. Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals (division of NYSUT)
recruiting brochures, letters, and flyers; NLRB bargaining unit rulemaking
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| Box 16 | Folder 7 | 1988 | |
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Analysis of Brookhaven Hospital campaign and election; NLRB decision; letter to NYSUT
president Tom Hobart complaining of raiding of Lutheran Medical Center; related
correspondence
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| Box 16 | Folder 8 | 1985-1988 | |
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Draft of NYSUT "Organizing: Contact to Contract: A Handbook for Organizers," 1984; AFT brief
to NLRB on Health Care Unit Rule Making, 1988; reports on organizing activity, 1985-88; memo
to organizers re NYSUT policy of not organizing units of less than 25 members, April 18, 1988;
memos re organizing day care centers; article reprints re organizing
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| Box 16 | Folder 9 | 1988 | |
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Memo re organizing at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital; handbook by John O'Leary re organizing
procedures, with summary of 1984 survey by AFL-CIO and analysis of techniques, and attitude
survey of white collar professionals, by Meany Center and ILGWU
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| Box 16 | Folder 10 | 1988 | |
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Organizing Bulletin newsletters, by John O'Leary
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| Box 16 | Folder 11 | 1988 | |
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PERB decision re Southern Adirondack Substitute Teacher Alliance, petitioner, and Lake
George Central School District, employer; invitation and description of workshops at Capital
District Annual Leadership Conference; Health and Safety Needs Assessment, South Colonie
School District, conducted by New York Committee for Occupational Safety and Health (NYCOSH),
funded by a grant to NYSUT from NYS Department of Labor Hazard Abatement Board; letter from
South Colonie Teachers Association to NYS Deputy Commissioner of Health re cluster of cancer
cases in school district, especially at Shaker Road Elementary School, desire for further
testing; negative reply from deputy commissioner; related inspection reports; asbestos fact
sheets; Education Week clipping re school air quality as emerging issue; description of
asbestos abatement training courses at Albany-Schoharie-Schenectady BOCES; memo re duplicate
coverage of health insurance for teaching couples, related Connecticut Commission on Human
Rights and Opportunities case; master contract between Buffalo Teachers Association and
Buffalo Board of Education, July 1, 1987; Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
determination that Albion School District did not discriminate against Kadry A. El-Araby,
request by El-Kadry for legal representation by NYSUT in federal action under Title 7
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| Box 16 | Folder 12 | 1987-1988 | |
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PERB certification of representative and order to negotiate, Civil Service Employees
Association, AFSCME, Local 1000, petitioner, and Orleans-Niagara Board of Cooperative
Educational Services, employer, and Orleans-Niagara Board of Cooperative Educational Services
Teacher Aide Association; and Civil Service Employees Association, AFSCME, Local 1000,
petitioner, and Royalton-Hartland Central School District, employer, and Royalton-Hartland
Association of Educational Secretaries; proposals for annual staff workshops and related
financial paperwork; memo re 3020a charges against teacher in Batavia
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| Box 16 | Folder 13 | 1988 | |
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Descriptive brochure, "The Employee Assistance Program (EAP): A Primer," Western New York
United Against Drug Alcohol Abuse; NYSUT Western Regional Office newsletters, Taking the Lead,
c. 1988
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| Box 16 | Folder 14 | 1988 | |
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Complaint by Eastchester Teachers Association about NYSUT counsel Sandler (Sandner?)
representation in dispute with returning suspended principal of Eastchester High School;
letter from law firm Finger & Finger, offering to represent union members in Workers'
Compensation cases; letter from members of United Staff Association of Putnam/North
Westchester BOCES Local 3072, complaining about violations of bylaws and rules of order by
NYSUT field representative and president of staff association; memo re automatic debit system;
memo and related materials re Pledge of Allegiance in classrooms; letter from teacher and
reply re meager wages for special education teachers; analysis of federal Medicare legislation
re catastrophic costs, impact on retirees' state Empire Plan benefits; memo re changes in
Empire Plan; flyers in contract dispute by United Staff Association of Putnam/Northern
Westchester BOCES; letters re United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) organizing efforts at
Price Chopper in Newburgh, strained relations between labor affiliates; letter to NYSUT
executive director Jim Wood from regional staff director Robert Klein urgently requesting
additional staff in absence of field representatives on disability or limited work assignment,
March 11
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| Box 16 | Folder 15 | 1988 | |
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Memos re Jamestown General Hospital Nurses Association, request by management for contract
concessions, possible merger with another health care facility; report by the Citizens'
Hospital Committee, "A Study of Health Care Facilities and Services in the Jamestown Area";
text of regulations from state health department re acquisition of a hospital; memorandum from
mayor of Jamestown to City Council re asset purchase agreement for Jamestown General Hospital,
June 17; statement to the City of Jamestown and the City Council by the Coalition to Save
Jamestown General Hospital, June 20; NYSUT draft copy, "Good Faith Negotiations: A Report
which Reviews PERB Case Law with Regard to the Definition and Process of Negotiating under the
Taylor Law"; health and safety training materials
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| Box 16 | Folder 16 | 1988 | |
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Several issues of newsletter, Southwestern Regional Office News
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| Box 16 | Folder 17 | 1988 | |
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Schedule of interviews; resumes; rejection letters
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| Box 17 | Folder 1 | 1988 | |
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Letter to NYSUT president Hobart from Webutuck Teachers Association, complaining of poor
representation by field representative as chief negotiator for contract with school district;
drafts of response; comparison of Dutchess Health Insurance Consortium and Empire Plan; memo
re PERB impasse procedures; letter to field representative from NYCOSH asbestos program
coordinator, advising on the right of a custodian to request a positive-pressure air purifying
respirator; report, Red Hook School Asbestos Inspections A.H.E.R.A. 10/12/88; Excellence in
Teaching agreement negotiated between New Paltz United Teachers and New Paltz Central School
District; correspondence re grievance by Monticello teacher Joseph Leogrande, April -
October
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| Box 17 | Folder 2 | 1988 | |
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Draft confidential Request for Proposals: Employee Health Benefits Plan, Dutchess County
BOCES and Participating Districts, March 1988; Health Insurance Pooling Feasibility Analysis:
All Groups, prepared for the Dutchess County BOCES Health Insurance Committee, January 1988;
memo re unsatisfactory mediators provided by PERB; State Education Department Public School
Fire Safety Report; memo re organizing Denver Federation of Paraprofessionals
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| Box 17 | Folder 3 | 1988 | |
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Several issues of newsletter, Mid-Hudson School Bell, featuring articles re asbestos in
schools, boycott information, regional calendar of events; PERB newsletter
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| Box 17 | Folder 4 | 1987-1988 | |
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Memo and itemized reimbursement request for strike preparation expenses at Nassau Community
College; report, Health and Safety Needs Assessment, Merrick School District, July 11, 1988,
by New York Committee for Occupational Safety and Health (NYCOSH), funded by a grant to NYSUT
from the NYS Department of Labor Hazard Abatement Board Occupational Safety and Health
Training Program, with cover letter from Jim Conti; memos re new Excellence in Teaching
regulations; correspondence re request by teachers association for sharing expense for air
quality monitoring study at Nassau Community College; related memos re asbestos study for
Great Neck Teachers Association, discussing NYSUT policy on health and safety monitoring
issues, responsibility of employer; confidential request by Regional Staff Director for
promotions for several secretaries in regional office, reflecting increased workload and
responsibilities; memo re possible retiree health insurance problem; handwritten notes from
Nassau staff meeting
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| Box 17 | Folder 5 | 1988 | |
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C.B. Bulletin
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| Box 17 | Folder 6 | 1988 | |
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Newsletters, press release, and related materials re strike at New York University by United
Staff Association of NYU (clerical employees); agreement; letter from UFT president Sandra
Feldman to NYU president John Brademas; list of members of NYU Board of Trustees; memos re
providing additional staff for organizing
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| Box 17 | Folder 7 | 1988 | |
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Poem written by staff member implying overwork in OSHA training, "My Gosh: NICOSH!" and
cover memo to and from Jim Conti; memo re developmental kindergarten; memos re potential ADEA
case against local and school district in AuSable Valley re retirement benefit
compensation
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| Box 17 | Folder 8 | 1988 | |
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NYS Public Employment Relations Board (PERB) decision and order in the matter of Joseph
Werner, charging party, and Middle County Teachers Association re agency shop fee; NYSUT
report, "The Effectiveness of Safety and Health Committees"; Rochester City School District
Career in Teaching Plan: Joint Statement of Intent and Agreement, May 11, 1988; PERB decision
and order re Rush-Henrietta smoking policy; materials re inspecting for asbestos and other
health hazards in buildings; materials re Monroe BOCES representation election; materials re
disputed Lyons school district Excellence in Teaching proposal; NEA analysis of Rochester and
NYC agreements, with cover letter to Tom Hobart and Jim Conti; counseling memo to an art
teacher in Pittsford Central School, with memo from Jim Conti directing legal staff to file an
Improper Practice charge; memos re Erie BOCES developing school board policies re AIDS testing
and other issues and selling them to districts around the state; critical memo from NEA/NY re
AFT settlements, sent to local NEA presidents and regional directors
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| Box 17 | Folder 9 | 1987-1988 | |
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Memo to field staff re Rochester Education Reform Programs, reports, Guideline for
School-Based Planning, 1988-1989, City School District, Rochester, NY, presented to the Board
of Education, September 1, 1988; "A Region Prepared: A Response by Rochester Area Educators to
the Center for Educational Development and the Rochester Urban League Report: A Call to
Action," November 1987; "RCSD Mentor Program Evaluations: The Policy Implications," January
1988, for presentation at the annual meeting of the American Association of Colleges for
Teachers Education, February 1988; Rochester City School District Career in Teaching Plan:
Joint Statement of Intent and Agreement, May 11, 1988
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| Box 17 | Folder 10 | 1988 | |
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Newsletter, the Rochester Teacher Bulletin
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| Box 17 | Folder 11 | 1988 | |
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Letter from office of NYS Attorney General Robert Abrams to NYS Department of Labor re
complaint by NYSUT alleging improper clean up of asbestos insulation by Delaware Valley School
District, continuing exposure by custodial staff, requesting inspection; letter from Abrams
office to NYS Department of Environmental Conservation, requesting inspection; preliminary
Asbestos Inspection Report and Management Plan for Delaware Valley Central School, by
Hart-Kimbrell Environmental Management; related correspondence; memo to Charles Santelli re
status of special areas of instruction (art, music, physical education) in several school
districts; respondent's memorandum of law in PERB case, Substitutes United in Broome,
petitioners, vs. Binghamton City School District, respondent; memo re layoffs by Watkins Glen
Board of Education, with attached meeting agenda and minutes; memos re status of Excellence in
Teaching (EIT) negotiations at various districts; miscellaneous correspondence
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| Box 17 | Folder 12 | 1988 | |
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Memos re analysis of proposed health insurance plan at Suffolk County Community College;
details of Bay Shore settlement; Excellence in Teaching agreement between Connetquot Teachers
Association and Connetquot Public School District; water sample test results for A. T. Morrow
School in Central Islip, showing lead levels exceeding EPA Maximum Contaminant Level at
several locations; Health and Safety Needs Assessment, Shoreham-Wading River School District,
conducted by New York Committee for Occupational Safety and Health (NYCOSH), funded by a grant
to NYSUT from the NYS Department of Labor Hazard Abatement Board; correspondence re argument
over field trip at Islip public schools involving five fifth-grade teachers, a school board
member, the superintendent of schools, and the NYSUT legal office and field representative;
correspondence re Central Islip Teachers Association complaint re OSHA Hazard Communication
Standard under Right to Know law; correspondence from NYCOSH and others re Sayville Junior
High School science lab ventilation problem, simple recommendations for remediation; memo from
Jim Conti to Lindenhurst teachers association re legal definition of "absence"; related case
law re attendance policy; memo from NYSUT Regional Staff Director John DeGregorio re proposal
for Suffolk County Task Force on Education and the Economy; memo from DeGregorio advocating
for promotions for staff secretaries, noting he had held back on request based on policy
guidelines from NYSUT officials that had not been equitably applied; confidential memo re
recognition of North Babylon Teachers Organization; letter from president of Elwood
Secretarial Association to NYSUT field representative Sy Horowitz, expressing concern over
inequity between secretarial and custodial salaries, noting plans to undertake job evaluation
study; teacher salary schedule for each school, based on step level, degree, and years
experience
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| Box 17 | Folder 13 | 1988 | |
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Report on Occupational Safety and Health Problems and Treatment in CNY School Districts, re
asbestos; newspaper clipping from Syracuse Post-Standard noting large percentage of firms
doing asbestos testing in schools failed state proficiency test and were decertified;
correspondence and newspaper clipping re deadlock in West Genesee School District
negotiations; memo to Jim Conti suggesting that each regional office hire on retainer an
industrial hygienist to assist with growing occupational health and safety issues; reply that
responsibility for healthy workplace is primarily the school district's, not the union's; memo
re proposed relocation sites for regional office; memos re starting salaries in Syracuse area,
need to be competitive with other bachelor's-degree fields; letters to state legislators
urging increases in unemployment insurance benefits, workers' compensation, and minimum wage;
Excellence in Teaching negotiations report, by district/local; organization and representation
status of school-related (non-teaching) personnel by district; activity report; confidential
memo re finding of overage by audit in 1986-87 fiscal year budget report
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| Box 17 | Folder 14 | 1988 | |
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Memos re suggestions for logistical and substantive changes, topics
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| Box 17 | Folder 15 | 1988 | |
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Memorandum of Understanding between the State of New York and the United University
Professions, 1988-1991; tentative agreement between United University Professionals and the
State of New York, 1988-1991; summary of agreement; memo re potential organizing contact at
Cornell University; PERB legal briefs, Thomas C. Barry, charging party, and United University
Professions, respondent: Brief in Support of Exceptions to Findings of Fact and/or Conclusions
of Law on Behalf of Respondent United University Professions; Exceptions to Finds of Fact
and/or Conclusions of Law
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| Box 17 | Folder 16 | 1988 | |
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Memo re impact of Commissioner's change in BOCES regions for distribution of Excellence in
Teaching (EIT) money; arbitration opinion and award in Rome City School District and Rome
Teachers Association (roofing grievance); confidential memo re finding of overage by audit in
1986-87 fiscal year budget report
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| Box 18 | Folder 1 | 1984 | |
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Memos re repeated violations by South Colonie Central School District of contract clause re
preparation time, tense relationship of NYSUT with local; legal memorandum re recall from
preferred eligibility list at Shenendehowa school district; request for legal assistance for
Averill Park teacher Thelma Tomlinson in 3020a (conduct unbecoming of a teacher) hearing, with
attached details of charges, including physical and mental abuse, January 13; requests for
similar cases in other districts; request for legal assistance for Gloversville teacher over
certification issue that lead to her being barred from teaching; request for legal opinion on
agency fee question for Hudson Falls Teachers Association; legal memos re status of driver's
education instructor and art teacher in Warren-Washington-Hamilton-Essex BOCES; request for
enforcement assistance in arbitration award re marital status discrimination case in Greater
Johnstown City School District; notice of appeal of decision by Unemployment Insurance Appeal
Board, in state Supreme Court Appellate Division for teacher Eleanor F. Moore, Shenendehowa
Central School and Schenectady City School District, related correspondence; request for legal
assistance in representing the Rensselaer-Columbia-Greene BOCES Teachers Association in Human
Rights Division complaint re use of sick leave for pregnancy disability; memos re Freedom of
Information request denial in Rensselaer City School District; request from Shenendehowa
Teachers Association for interpretation from NYSUT legal division re school district's ability
to increase class size under contingency budget; legal memoranda re tenure status of member of
Schenectady Federation of Teachers; request for appeal in "egregious" harassment case in North
Colonie in which a tenured teacher was pressured to retire
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| Box 18 | Folder 2 | 1984 | |
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Request for help in expediting request to state Civil Service Commission in continuing the
employment of a 70-year-old food service worker in New Rochelle despite mandatory retirement
rule; request for legal help for a long-term teacher at Spring Valley Senior High School
(member of East Ramapo United Teachers Association), whose ongoing illnesses and lack of
access to the sick bank resulted in loss of income, seniority, and retirement credit; petition
to the Commissioner in the matter of appeal of Irene Alves, petitioner, from the actions of
the Board of Education of the Greenburgh Central School District Number 7 and Judith
Pennyfeather, respondents, re tenure dispute; materials on 3020a (conduct unbecoming of a
teacher) cases; Improper Practice Charges
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| Box 18 | Folder 3 | 1983-1984 | |
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Material re lawsuit by attorney for Peekskill City School District against NYSUT for
defamation; PERB decisions
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| Box 18 | Folder 4 | 1984 | |
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List of settled litigation cases; 3020a case material; correspondence re dual family health
insurance enrollment under Civil Service regulations
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| Box 18 | Folder 5 | 1984 | |
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Memos re efforts by Long Beach City School District, with the support of the local, to rid
itself of having to maintain a public library because it was too big a drain on the city's
limited taxing authority; determination by state Department of Labor that teacher in Baldwin
Central School District was discriminated against in retaliation for asserting rights under
Right to Know law, referral of matter to Attorney General; letter requesting legal assistance
from union for retirees of Elmont School District, whose terms of health insurance premium
payments were being changed; correspondence re dispute between teacher with epilepsy and
Uniondale Public Schools/Union Free School District; request for legal assistance in
harassment case against Hempstead teacher alleging anti-semitism and racism; timeline, memo,
and related documents re part-time teacher seeking full-time status; memo re past president of
Uniondale Teachers Association, accused of embezzling union funds, who sent out an appeal for
his defense fund to teachers he was supervising, question of legality of solicitation; tenure
question in Oyster Bay; memos re termination of a probationary physics teacher for academic
weakness; memos by Uniondale school administrators re probationary teacher who was dismissed,
indicating that satisfactory performance evaluations would need to be revised to support
dismissal; memo re East Meadow tenured teacher who was ordered to take a psychological test or
face insubordination (3020a) charges; memo re Manhasset contract, changing unlimited paid sick
leave provision to unlimited paid sick leave only for short-term illnesses (less than 180
days), question of guaranteed employment after recovery from long-term illness; PERB ruling on
certification or decertification at Nassau Community College; memos re other individual
grievances
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| Box 18 | Folder 6 | 1984 | |
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Letter from attorney re question of tenure at Westport Central School; requests for
arbitration of grievances at St. Regis Falls; memos re "temporary" physical education position
at Indian River, question of subterfuge to avoid creating probationary job; memo re improper
practice charge at Franklin-Essex-Hamilton BOCES re teacher credits; memo re political problem
at Indian River involving influential elementary school teacher adversely affected by change
in schedule, communication to school board outside the negotiating process; request for
assistance for custodian dismissed for stealing a gym bag at Beekmantown Central School
despite hung jury in criminal trial; material re denial of tenure for teacher Katherine
Duesberg at Saranac Central School District, including arbitration award; memo requesting
legal review of revised rules for field trips and chaperones at Malone school district
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| Box 18 | Folder 7 | 1984 | |
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Request for legal opinion on back pay for teacher at east Meadow High School; memos re
litigation over dual family coverage prohibition in statewide health insurance plan; request
by special education teacher alleging harassment by Bronx Regional Administrators because of
short stature
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| Box 18 | Folder 8 | 1984 | |
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Memos re reduction in hours; memo re Appeal Board's overturning of Administrative Law
judge's overturning of local unemployment insurance office (Hilton, NY) denial of payment,
question of requirement of claimants to repay; memo re dispute over whether East Irondequoit
teacher was entitled to both a $688 Worker's Compensation award and a $750 Facial
Disfigurement award, which the school district was paid; memos re 3020a charges (conduct
unbecoming of a teacher); memo re part-time seniority and tenure questions in Pittsford;
Improper Practice Charges by Brighton Transportation Association, Greece United Substitute
Teachers Organization, Greece Support Services Employees Association, Honeoye Falls-Lima
Building and Grounds Association, Dansville Teachers Association, and Spencerport Teachers
Association
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| Box 18 | Folder 9 | 1984 | |
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Materials re apparent attempt by Deposit school district to use a split assignment for the
purpose of designating a teacher part-time; materials re 3020a charges; memos re health
insurance arrangement in Vestal region; memos re self-funded health plans; memos re retiree
benefits in Newfield; layoff of librarian in Chenango Valley; challenge to arbitration award
re change in retiree health insurance in New Berlin school district; memo to NYSUT senior
counsel recommending appeal of Supreme Court decision in tenure/reinstatement case in Chenango
Forks; Improper Practice Charges and factfinding brief for Haverling Central School re bad
faith bargaining over health insurance; Improper Practice Charge re starting salary at Newark
Valley; Improper Practice Charge re unilateral change in health coverage at Whitney Point;
miscellaneous Improper Practice Charges
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| Box 18 | Folder 10 | 1984 | |
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Memo re meeting with teacher from West Babylon in dispute with district over absences
related to an on-the-job accident, eligibility for sick leave, Worker's Compensation, threat
of dismissal; memo re retirement incentive at Elwood school district; memo re attempt by
Elwood school district to discontinue contract clause for retired teachers because of
unwillingness of health insurance carrier to continue to cover the plan without addition of
expensive dental insurance; memo re decision by insurance carrier to drop Elwood retirees
altogether; memo re meeting with teacher at Bayport/Blue Point, under observation for poor
classroom performance; memo re tenure and seniority issues at Brentwood school district,
including hybrid subject-area assignments; memo re teacher injured in assault by parent at
Sayville school district, declared permanently disabled, pressure by school district to apply
for disability retirement; request for legal representation by Elwood teacher claiming sex
discrimination because the district did not rehire her; memo re challenge to termination of
non-tenured teacher at North Babylon; memos re seniority cases; list of teachers adversely
affected by dual family health coverage prohibition, bringing class-action lawsuit; Improper
Practice Charges
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| Box 18 | Folder 11 | 1984 | |
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Memos re 3020a charges; memos re hiring of an uncertified person with a temporary coaching
license, instead of a physical education teacher and freshman basketball coach who applied for
the position, as a varsity basketball coach at Auburn Enlarged City School District; memos re
case against Liverpool Central School District re creation of middle school tenure area,
excessing of teacher due to declining enrollment; Freedom of Information Law request to
Onondaga Community College re negotiator's contract; memos re investigation of assignment of
teacher at Hamilton Central School District, poor performance review; memo re effort to
reinstate Onondaga-Madison BOCES custodian, forced to resign for stealing soda; memo re
assignment history of teacher seeking tenure at Port Byron Central School District; question
of whether use of teacher aides is legal for study hall supervision, "outbreak" of practice in
Madison County; request for legal review of use of teaching assistants to substitute for
teachers at Onondaga-Madison BOCES; full-time appointment of adult education teachers at same,
without probationary status, contractual benefits, or Social Security payments; Improper
Practice Charges
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| Box 18 | Folder 12 | 1984 | |
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Request for legal assistance for special education teacher at Herkimer BOCES re tenure;
letter from Mohawk Valley Community College Professional Association president to NYSUT
president Tom Hobart, expressing dissatisfaction with NYSUT general counsel Bernard Ashe for
declining to take appeal of case; memo re appeal to Commissioner re abolition of full-time
dental hygienist positions in Utica City School District; state Supreme Court order denying
grievance by music teacher against (Herkimer) Poland Central School District over part-time
status, shift assignments; 3020a case in Richfield Springs; case of unsuccessful 3020a charges
in Oriskany School District, reassignment of teacher to study hall from physical education
"for safety of students," according to district, question of whether assignment was in effect
disciplinary; request by the Mohawk Valley Community College Professional Association for
legal assistance in pursuing Freedom of Information request re school district's finances for
1981-83; material re teacher at Auburn High School who swore at former school board president,
was reprimanded, then sued school board members and superintendent; memo re improper denial of
tenure in Oriskany Falls district; material re promotion dispute at Herkimer County Community
College; Improper Practice charges
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| Box 18 | Folder 13 | 1984 | |
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Memo re Improper Practice Charge in Tonawanda re replacement of two practical nurse-teachers
with registered nurses; memo re improper suspension of Tonawanda teacher; other Improper
Practice Charges; request for legal assistance in requesting binding arbitration over
grievance at Erie BOCES re replacement of seven tenured health occupation positions with staff
outside the bargaining unit at hourly wage; memo re 3020a case (conduct unbecoming:
unreasonable corporal punishment) at Starpoint Central School District; material re 3020a case
in Pine Valley (inappropriate physical contact); other 3020a cases; memo re retirement
incentive program at Cheektowaga-Maryvale Union Free School District; legal memo in layoff and
tenure case in Niagara Falls; memo re removal of disciplinary letter for custodian in Randolf
Central School District; memo re anticipated strike by Niagara Association for Retarded
Citizens
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| Box 18 | Folder 14 | 1984 | |
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Memo re unemployment insurance appeal for denial of benefits during extended recess period
(Linda Gottstein); materials re coerced waiver of tenure in East Greenbush (Paula Quenelle);
PERB decision in Queensbury Union Free School District and Mildred Campp et al. and Queensbury
Non-Teaching Employees Association, NYSUT, re decertification petition; legal brief prepared
by NYSUT in Queensbury case; Adirondack Community College record of staff appearances since
June 1984, contact and service reports, with attached memo to Jim Conti noting constant
contact by field representative; memos re Whitehall district teachers, expanded workload in
violation of contract, request for injunctive relief; memo re 3020a case (alcohol consumption)
in Wells, with newspaper clipping; memos re East Greenbush retirement incentive program; local
assistance agreement between NYSUT and Greenwich Teachers Association
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| Box 18 | Folder 15 | 1985 | |
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Arbitration award; memo from NYSUT legal counsel noting error in mailing brief to wrong
address, recommending court action
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| Box 18 | Folder 16 | 1985 | |
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Correspondence re litigation against the Greenwich Central School District to affirm credit
for years of service of two teachers
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| Box 18 | Folder 17 | 1985 | |
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Letter to NYSUT president Tom Hobart from music teacher at Tappan Zee High School re
grievance over removal from position as band director, related correspondence; memo re
dismissed EEOC charges against NYSUT by teacher in Spring Valley; request for legal help from
a long-term teacher at Spring Valley Senior High School (member of East Ramapo United Teachers
Association), re lack of access to the sick bank, previous illnesses, with memo from Jim Conti
advising against providing assistance; memos re Port Jervis strike; memo re Blind Brook
teacher planning to return to work following surgery, using artificial voice box, possible
issues with superintendent
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| Box 18 | Folder 18 | 1985 | |
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Materials re 3020a charges against teacher at Red Hook Central School District (misconduct,
inappropriate physical contact), teacher at Onteora Central School District (misconduct,
alcohol), teacher at Windham-Ashland-Jewett Central School (misconduct, marihuana), teacher at
Wappingers Central School District (incompetency, neglect of duty, conduct unbecoming),
teacher at Hyde Park (conduct unbecoming, disclosing test question), two teachers at Pine
Plains (conduct unbecoming, molestation), teacher at Rhinebeck (repeated drunkenness), teacher
at Dover-Wingdale (shoplifting), teacher at Millbrook (conduct unbecoming, physical and verbal
abuse); memos re legal action to compel Arlington school district to assign full-time teaching
position to tenured teacher in seniority case; memo re commencing legal action to have letter
of reprimand removed from Ulster BOCES teacher's file; correspondence re grievance re denial
of usage of sick bank days at Monticello; question of tenure at Livingston Manor; unemployment
benefits decision at Wappingers; correspondence, briefs, arbitrator's award, and related
materials re suspended bus driver (Paul Martin) at Wappingers; material re revocation of
teaching certificate for teacher (Angela Batorsky) at Cairo-Durham, denial of second year of
maternity leave, question of retaliation by school district
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| Box 18 | Folder 19 | 1985 | |
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Memos for cases re NYS retirement incentive program; maternity leave and tenure; concern by
unmarried school monitor over possible dismissal by Port Washington school district upon
discovery of her pregnancy, NYSUT intention to defend in a human rights proceeding; request
for legal opinion re tenure of health teacher at Oyster Bay-East Norwich; question re legality
of public school teachers providing services to parochial schools; memos re rights under Fair
Dismissal Law of probationary teachers terminated early at East Rockaway and Rockville Centre
school districts; memo re teacher accused of using corporal punishment, Garden City school
district; memo re possible marital discrimination case of football assistant coaches who had
applied for head coach position and believed they were turned down because they were married;
memo re contract language re sick leave at Manhasset school district; question re deferred
sabbatical leave at Port Washington; memo re complaint by teacher at Baldwin school district
re violation of first and fourteenth amendment rights after accusing district of violations of
Toxic Substances Control Act; memo re teacher who pled guilty to grand larceny for mismanaging
funds for summer program at Locust Valley, potential 3020a charge
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| Box 18 | Folder 20 | 1985 | |
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Request for legal opinion re rights of art teacher at Jefferson-Lewis BOCES; memos re
teacher at Salmon River school district re free speech issue; materials re apparent illegality
of retirement plan at Malone school district; memos re Parishville bus driver; memos re tenure
for probationary teacher with poor initial performance evaluations, St. Regis Falls school
district, question of harassment for involvement in strike; legal briefs re Westport school
district requirement for medical report in sick leave absences, agreement between district and
teachers association; grievance and related materials re pay issue in St. Regis school
district
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| Box 18 | Folder 21 | 1985 | |
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NY Supreme Court decision, Langham et al. v. State of New York, dismissing dual enrollment
health insurance case based on statute of limitations; cover memo form NYSUT counsel noting
intent to appeal
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| Box 20 | Folder 1 | 1985 | |
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Materials re unemployment insurance case (Gail Muir) in Hilton; memos re grievance over sex
discrimination in salaries at Monroe Community College; legal brief by teacher (Linda Baker)
against West Irondequoit School District and West Irondequoit Teachers Association, seeking
damages from NYSUT, following resignation and failure of union to represent her in grievance;
memo re possible part-time job assignments for teacher coming off two-year unpaid maternity
leave, preservation of legal rights; memos re abolition of job in Rush-Henrietta school
district; NYSUT legal counsel review of Cayuga-Onondaga BOCES interpretation of Garcia case
under Fair Labor Standards Act, related materials; memo re permanent certification of teacher
who obtained master's degree but failed to apply, Spencerport, related memo re period of
amnesty, related briefing paper proposing change in state requirements; request for legal
interpretation of law re fringe benefit payments for school employees released to serve in
officer positions in bargaining unit (Webster school district); Improper Practice Charge for
Wayne-Finger Lakes BOCES threat that teacher requests for union representation at disciplinary
hearings would result in formal reprimand; PERB decision dismissing petition to decertify
Greece United Substitute Teachers Organization (GUSTO); memo re question of tenure at Hilton
school district; memo re decision not to pursue litigation over job assignment of art teacher
in Spencerport school district; material re layoff/recall rights in Webster school district;
3020a cases
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| Box 20 | Folder 2 | 1985 | |
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Memorandum re incidental teaching of health education by teachers not certified in health,
with attached NY Supreme Court ruling on the matter; materials re rights of teachers leaving
employment for service in the military, re-employment rights; 3020a cases; memo re
reassignment of math teacher to different school; seniority/tenure rights issue in Elmira,
with attached lists of staffing changes; memo re liability for $100 shortfall by tax collector
for Elmira City School District; 3020a charge against teacher in Bath Central School District,
for insubordination (taking unpaid leave to extend ski vacation); review of legality of
Workers' Compensation provision of contract between Spencer-Van Etten Teachers Association and
school district; PERB brief in the matter of Newark Valley Cardinal Bus Drivers, NYSUT Local
4360, charging party, and Newark Valley Central School District, respondent, Exception to
Administrative Law Judge's Decision and Recommended Order on Behalf of Newark Valley Cardinal
Bus Drivers, re health insurance coverage
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| Box 20 | Folder 3 | 1985 | |
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Material re arbitration in termination case by William Floyd United Teachers re Nancy
Barton; memo and earlier correspondence outlining areas of concern to be discussed at meeting
with NYSUT legal counsel by teachers from Elwood school district re forcing teacher to change
a grade to zero for student cheating on test, also questions of seniority and the excess list;
memo re EEOC complaint against United Teachers of Harborfields re age discrimination in
negotiated retirement incentive; notice of claim and related memo re seniority list, recall
rights at Kings Park school district; letter from field representative to legal staff re
Lindenhurst teacher in dispute over reimbursing shortfall of $117 to Honor Society because of
poor fundraising said to be his fault, previous record in personnel file of minor non-teaching
infractions; correspondence between Westhampton Beach Secretaries Association, the
Superintendent of Schools, and NYSUT field representative re ability and liability of
secretaries to care for sick children in absence of school nurses, written policy on
administration of medications; affidavit in NY Supreme Court in support of order to show cause
on motion for preliminary injunction with temporary restraining order in the matter of Port
Jefferson Station Teachers Association v. Board of Education, Brookhaven-Comsewogue Union Free
School District, re unilaterally altering collective bargaining agreement re terms and
conditions of employment; memo re Kings Park teacher denied disability retirement; memos re
complex seniority issue at Huntington re tenure-area appointments; 3020a case at BOCES
II-Suffolk involving 38 charges of incompetency and related problems; 3020a cases in East
Islip and West Babylon re absenteeism; letter to Patchogue-Medford Congress of Teachers
president re drug testing; material re Smithtown arbitration between BOCES 3 Faculty
Association and BOCES 3, denying grievance re preferred eligibility list, three excessed
teachers; correspondence re longstanding lawsuit over retirement credit in Amityville, request
for help in expediting resolution; memo re seniority, question of whether special appointments
count toward accrual, with attached case law citations (Bayport/Blue Point Teachers
Association); materials re 3020a case (inappropriate remarks and physical contact), including
handwritten answers by teacher, Bay Shore school district; memo re Selden Junior High School
teacher believed to be suicidal, confronted by team of psychologists for two hours in
principal's office, forcibly detained and escorted by police for involuntary admission to
hospital, then told not to return to teaching until he arranged ongoing treatment, question of
violation of rights; extensive materials re arbitration award re terminal leave pay, North
Babylon Teachers Organization, including timeline of events, memos re political and personal
issues with arbitrator, October 1984-February 1985; memo re case involving challenge to
policy, upheld by U.S. Supreme Court decisions, allowing school districts to compel teachers
to display Christmas trees in their classrooms, plans for involvement by American Civil
Liberties Union, January 7
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| Box 20 | Folder 4 | 1985 | |
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Memo re grievance over lost accumulated sick time after recall from preferred eligibility
list at Cheektowaga district; memo re inability to file a notice of claim of injury for
exposure to asbestos, absent actual disease, within statutory timeframe (Auburn High School);
memos re employee liability in student transport in teachers' personal vehicles (Oneida),
possible improper practice charge if transportation is required by district, need for
insurance reimbursement; question of whether certain data processing employees can be
considered exempt from the overtime provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (Onondaga
BOCES); memo from the Syracuse Teachers Association with list of "do's and don'ts" for
teachers accused of sexual misconduct, developed in consultation with law firm Blitman and
King, in response to increase in number of sex abuse charges against teachers; letter from
teacher at North Syracuse Teacher's Association re calculation of seniority for teachers who
hold administrative positions for a time; memos re possible settlement of 3020a case against a
teacher in the Liverpool Central School District; memos re Civil Service job classification in
Oneida Central School District; chronology of events re charge of unfair representation issued
against the Oswego County BOCES Supportive Association and NYSUT; Improper Practice
Charges
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| Box 20 | Folder 5 | 1985 | |
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Extensive materials re improper practice charge by school psychologist Don Brady against
Rome Teachers Association, including PERB decision
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| Box 20 | Folder 6 | 1985 | |
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3020a case involving teacher who wore a pro-union tee-shirt to school and refused to take it
off (misconduct and insubordination), also charged with inappropriate language in directing
two students to cease a public display of affection (North Tonawanda Senior High); memo re
payroll problems at Richford School District, including legal opinion that district was in
violation of Education Law for contracting with banks that were not disbursing monies
according to the wishes of the teachers; legal opinion that Niagara Falls school district
could legally require physical examinations of its employees, but should pay for them; memo re
teacher at Orchard Park, being required to teach outside his tenure area; material re
dismissal in complex 3020a case at Hamburg High School, involving past sexual harassment
charges against former principal; memos re retirement agreement in lieu of 3020a charges,
attempt by Hamburg teacher to apply for retirement incentive plan; memo re Hamburg teacher
removed from the preferred eligibility list after refusing an assignment because of pregnancy;
memos re layoff of teacher at West Seneca, question of seniority rights; material re letter of
admonishment to tenured Ellicottville teacher for taking military leave after being called up
to active duty; 3020a case involving cocaine use, dismissal (Depew school district); 3020a
case involving unprofessional behavior (outbursts of anger), Frewsburg district; PERB decision
in Hamburg district re alleged violation of Taylor Law by refusing to continue employment of
substitute teachers, memo from NYSUT attorney alleging subterfuge to prevent organizing;
materials re 3020a charge against East Aurora teacher (immoral character; inappropriate
physical contact); memos re 3020a charge against Batavia teachers (striking a student); memo
discussing letter of reprimand against Cassadaga Valley teacher for not following procedural
rules for corporal punishment, chance that challenge would result in 3020a charges and
dismissal; memo re class load for teacher at West Seneca district; memo re teacher at North
Tonawanda who wanted to come back from disability retirement, told it constituted resignation;
miscellaneous 3020a cases; extensive materials re unemployment insurance decision appeal of
regular substitute teacher Beth Abbott in Springville district
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| Box 21 | Folder 1 | 1979-1982 | |
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Legal brief (with handwritten note, "case re Kramer") on behalf of respondent-appellant in
Court of Appeals, CSEA v. Harold Newman et al., comprising the Public Employment Relations
Board of the State of New York, the Public Employees Federation, AFL-CIO, James Northrup, as
Acting Director of the Governor's Office of Employee Relations of the State of New York,
Arthur Levitt, as Comptroller of the State of New York; legal brief (with NYSUT cover memo),
on behalf of respondent-appellant-cross-respondent Public Employees Federation, AFL-CIO;
handwritten note, "11/30/80 convicted mail fraud," noting 2-year sentence, other charges, "(1)
defrauded state employee union, (2) rigged election, (3) channeled $ for election into slush
fund & used money for own use"; long handwritten note titled, "Proposal," re Public
Employee Federation's desire to resolve the John Kramer arbitration; Court of Appeals decision
reversing Appellate Division decision, with NYSUT cover memo, March 27, 1979
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| Box 21 | Folder 2 | 1982 | |
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Folder list of 24 items, including handwritten notes re dues promotion meetings,
confidential PEF projected 1981-82 annual budget, NYSUT budget 1981-82; PEF memo re estimated
expenditures, May 24, 1982; PEF 1982-83 Annual Budget with summaries of expenditures for each
regional office; PEF memo re implementation of dues increase; sheet calculating increase in
dues for years 1-3; narrative, "PEF Efforts to Avoid Layoffs"; annual PEF report reviewing
professional legal services rendered by firm Cunningham & Sweeney on behalf of PEF,
August 5, 1982; agreement by and between New York State Public Employees Federation, AFL-CIO
(PEF), the American Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO (AFT), and the Service Employees
International Union, AFL-CIO and CLC (SEIU), September 25, 1979; minutes of PEF special
Executive Board meeting, September 23, 1982; tentative agenda for PEF Executive Board meeting
to be held October 10, 1982; memo to Jim Conti from NYSUT general counsel James Sandner,
"Report on Status of PEF Cases Handled by NYSUT-OGC/NYC," October 4, 1982; memo to PRO MEMBER
(Professionals for Membership Representation and Service) Executive Board Members re special
Executive Board meeting, November 24, 1982; memo to PEF officers from PEF Budget Advisory
Committee (BAC) re proposed dues increase for 1982 convention, October 5, 1982; minutes of PEF
Legal Committee meeting, October 7., 1982; letter to delegates from PEF Secretary-Treasurer
James J. Sheedy outlining reasons for pro posed dues increase; Division Report; PEF 4th Annual
Convention Program, October 11-13, 1982; Memorandum of Understanding between the State of New
York and the Public Employees Federation, AFL-CIO (PEF); PEF Agency Totals (total employees
and total members, by agency); Negotiating Unit Profile II as of 11/81; UUP Projected Income
from Dues, January 1979; list of NYSUT Public School Locals with Dues at least $100
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| Box 21 | Folder 3 | 1982 | |
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PEF monthly report, November 1, 1982; list of grievances; November staff report to Jim Conti
from Joint Labor-Management Committee on Professional Development and Quality of Working Life
(PEF/PDQ), November 1, 1982; other monthly reports; folder list of 14 items, including letter
from PEF president to Deputy Labor Commissioner Virgil Hodges, strongly objecting to
"hard-sell" pressure, discovered and publicized in press, on members to purchase tickets to
testimonial dinner for Commissioner, August 24, 1982; typed note, apparently by field staffer,
objecting to required monthly reports by regional coordinators; Reaffirmation of Affirmative
Action Policy, by PEF president; Statement on PEF Women's Program, including purpose and
goals, by PEF president; memo to PEF Executive Board members from trustee Stan Byer,
commenting on trustee's meeting of June 25, 1982 ("first term report"); handwritten notes by
Jim Conti re PEF Officers' meeting, December 13, 1982; PEF financial statements as of July 31,
1982, and auditor's report; confidential material to Jim Conti from Jan Conti re ongoing
problems at Buffalo office, apparent effort by regional coordinator to sabotage service in
collusion with secretary, October 14, 1982; draft procedure for selection of impartial
chairperson for Joint Committee on Health Benefits; memo re layoff procedure, January 19,
1982; statement for press re PEF arbitration proceedings, December 28, 1982; outline of hiring
policies; handwritten notes by Jim Conti re status of finances and other issues
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| Box 21 | Folder 4 | 1982 | |
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Folder list of 13 items, including memo to Jim Conti re unit-wide
reclassification/reallocation study; series of handbooks, "PEF Steward Training," including
"Image Building for the Steward," with cover memo from Jim Conti, September 20, 1982;
booklets, "Steward's Manual," "Information for Employees Separated from State Employment,"
"Information for Temporary and Provisional Employees Separated from State Service by a
Reduction in Force," and "Quality of Work Life"; minutes of Special Executive Board meeting,
December 14, 1982, and proposed agenda for January 28-29, 1983, meeting; proposed agenda for
special Executive Board meeting on December 14, 1982; edited lists of roles of president and
other officers ("think like God," "loyalty to president," "make president look good," "eyes
and ears of president"); lists of Executive Board officers, trustees, and regional
coordinators, including addresses and other contact information; memo to Jim Conti complaining
of poor information flow from his office, September 21, 1982; handwritten notes re salary,
possible inaccuracy of weekly activity reports, grievances not being processed, phones not
being answered, other problems with office; typed narrative re understaffing, from perspective
of office secretary; administrative, decision making, and communications organizational
charts; handwritten Election Committee report; description of Ray Abernathy, Inc., Public
Relations
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| Box 21 | Folder 5 | 1983 | |
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Folder list of 21 items, including 1983-84 PEF budget; handwritten notes by Jim Conti re
meeting with caucus leaders of March 30, 1983, re AFT-PEF agreement; list of services to PEF
from NYSUT; memo from Layoff Task Force to PEF officers and staff re recommendations for
regional activities; agenda for Officers' and Staff Meeting on Layoffs, February 10, 1983; PEF
Executive Board minutes, January 28-29, 1983; materials for PEF/OMH Conference on Labor
Relations (list of participants, workshop assignments, closing remarks by Jim Conti);
newspaper clippings from Knickerbocker News, re court hearing on union fund, memo re layoff
kit for stewards; January 11, 1983; layoff packet; handwritten notes by Jim Conti re officers'
meeting, January 20, 1983; memo to Jim Conti re field representative position interviews;
handwritten notes by Jim Conti re each candidate; memo to PEF president re agreement with
NYSUT to stretch out per capita payment schedule, January 6, 1983; Personnel Reduction and
Redeployment Plan: Status Report, (from?) Director of the Budget, Director of the Civil
Service Commission, Director of Employee Relations, and Director of State Operations, March
27, 1983; memo to all participating agencies from NYS Department of Civil Service Employee
Insurance Section re differences between health insurance Statewide Plan and GHI New 1983
Option; memo re impact of layoff on leave accruals; staffing ratio chart by region (number of
dues-paying members to number of field representatives); letter from PEF president to Gov.
Mario Cuomo analyzing combined impact of normal separation rates and early retirement
incentive, March 21, 1983; letter from PEF president to Gov. Cuomo proposing alternative to
termination of employees (with document "Family, Partnership and Balance: A State Budget
without Layoffs"), March 15, 1983; Memorandum of Understanding between the State of New York
and the Public Employees Federation re modification of health insurance coverage, November 18,
1982; list of PEF agency totals (employees/ members); pamphlet, "The Law Is on Your Side" re
right to join union, by Service Employees International Union (SEIU)
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| Box 21 | Folder 6 | 1983 | |
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Folder list of 19 items, including memo re legislative services affecting PEF; memo from Jim
Conti to attorney, listing items sent re state investigation commission (not included); PEF
agency totals as of 3/24/83; Certificate of Incorporation of the Association for Union
Democracy, Inc.; by-laws; newsletter, Union Democracy Review; draft agreement between AFT and
PEF local 4053 re financial assistance to PEF, May 11, 1982, with cover letter from
Secretary-Treasurer of AFT to president of PEF; agreement between PEF, AFT, and SEIU, with
cover letter, October 3, 1979; list of PEF Executive Board officers and regional coordinators;
booklet, PEF constitution and bylaws as amended by the 1980 convention; confidential NYSUT
memo re legal dispute with PEF, request from departments for specific list of services
rendered to PEF, June 14, 1983; handwritten notes by Jim Conti re dues established, memo of
law; letter from PEF president to PS&T employees re challenge to affiliation agreement
with AFT and SEIU, June 9, 1983; plaintiff's memorandum of law in Supreme Court of the State
of New York, PEF vs Albert Shanker as president of AFT and NYSUT, NYSUT, and SEIU; order to
show cause
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| Box 21 | Folder 7 | 1978-1983 | |
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Notes from PEF Management Staff meeting, October 25, 1982; handwritten notes by Jim Conti;
memo re new directions for the Department of Research and Professional Development, September
17, 1982; employment agreement between PEF, SEIU, and Robert A. Payne to become Executive
Director of PEF, February 7, 1980; memo re unit-wide job title and position allocation survey,
September 7, 1982; affiliation agreement and related correspondence; folder list of 19 items,
including task objectives for president, PEF field reps, director of staff, documentation of
responsibilities for assistant staff director; monthly reports; hand-drawn organizational
chart; list of Executive Board and Trustees; PEF memos re important court decisions; memo
announcing PEF certified by PERB, September 28, 1978; memo to PEF leadership re withdrawal by
CSEA of Improper Practice Charge against State of NY, May 17, 1978; handwritten notes by Jim
Conti re 6-week campaign, January 26, 1978; folder list of 16 items, including Constitution
and Bylaws Committee Report; July research report; July monthly report; steward update; annual
report, August 2, 1982; PEF Executive Board agenda for meeting of August 8-9, 1982;
legislative voting record on bills of interest to PEF, August 1982; folder list of 31 items,
including outline of responsibilities of Divisions Department; PEF policy on local labor
councils, presented as resolution; budget narrative, Legislative Department, January 20, 1983;
activities report of the Safety and Health Committee, January 27, 1983; Budget Advisory
Committee Procedural Recommendations; Budget Advisory Committee Recommendations; memo re OMRDD
layoffs, January 24, 1983; letter to Assemblyman Joseph R. Lentol (chair, Committee on
Government Employees) from PEF president Elizabeth Hoke, January 11, 1983; memo to PEF
Executive Board re statewide Employee Assistance Program; suggestions to Executive Board from
Convention Delegate Apportionment Committee; draft financial statements; layoff information
sheet, asking for impact of potential layoff on individuals members; status reports re
performance advances; memo to PEF Executive Board from Committee on Ethics and Responsibility,
Report on Recommendations, January 28, 1983; PEF press release opposing calls for
renegotiation of contracts of public employee unions to solve state's budget problems, January
26, 1983; recommendations to Executive Board from Division Committee, January 19, 1983; letter
to the editor of Times-Union by Elizabeth Hoke, president of PEF, taking issue with Gov.
Cuomo's estimate that employee salaries account for 60% of total state budget, January 18,
1983; memorandum of interpretation between State of New York and Public Employees Federation
re Seasonal Employees; Amendment to the Agreement and Declaration of Trust of the Public
Employees Federation Group Benefits Program; newspaper clippings; folder list of 11 items,
including American Arbitration Association Certification of Results of PEF election, July 7,
1982; affidavit in opposition in the latter of the application of Service Employees
International Union, AFL-CIO, petitioners, for an order staying arbitration attempted to be
had by Robert Payne, respondent; letter to PEF president Elizabeth Hoke from attorney Robert
Proskin re PEF retainer for services, July 28, 1982; sheets listing roles of regional
coordinators, vice president, etc.; political and policy making organizational chart,
12/13/82; memo to Jim Conti re Kraemer arbitration award, August 4, 1982; office memos with
lease and rental agreement; handwritten notes by Jim Conti re organization, 5/18/82; agreement
between State of New York and Civil Service Employees Association, Professional, Scientific
and Technical Services Unit, 1977-79; PEF Constitution and Bylaws as amended by 1980
Convention; tentative agreement, rough draft for members; information re early retirement
incentive program
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| Box 21 | Folder 8 | 1975-1978 | |
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Folder list of 15 items, including Public Employees in Court, a synopsis of cases dealing
with public employees' rights under various laws; copy of PERB secret-ballot for affiliation
with CSEA, PEF, or neither; letter of resignation to president of CSEA from Jack Weisz,
president of CSEA New York Parole District Chapter, endorsing PEF as better serving interests
of public employees, March 15, 1978; list of Buffalo Steering Committee members; clippings
from Civil Service Leader; list of target areas; PEF job group breakout by title, showing
number of individuals; PERB Notice of Election to determine representative for collective
negotiations; memo from PEF Director of Organization re closure of municipal offices because
of snowstorm, criticizing requirement for employees to use personal leave or leave without
pay, calling on governor to rescind the policy; PEF telephone bank and code sheets; memo re
revisions to Employee Relations Manual re elections, May 19, 1975
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| Box 21 | Folder 9 | 1978-1982 | |
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Incomplete set of minutes with cover letter to Jim Conti, noting existence of untranscribed
tapes, need to find reference to Robert Payne, Regional Director of SEIU, December 22, 1982;
verbatim transcript of October 10, 1982, meeting
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| Box 21 | Folder 10 | 1978 | |
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List of Buffalo Steering Committee members; flyers urging affiliation; related
correspondence
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| Box 21 | Folder 11 | 1974-1982 | |
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Certificate of Appreciation by the National Education Association to Jim Conti for service
as member of Local Association Evaluation Team, with cover letter, July 24, 1974; newsletters
WTA Point, 1974; PEF memo re status of day care sites, December 10, 1982; New York Times
editorial "Mental Health Is Not a Jobs Program," with response by PEF president Hoke, December
13, 1982; other newspaper clippings; PEF Legislative Memorandum in opposition to impasse
resolution procedures in Civil Service law, December 7, 1982; legislative memo in opposition
to involuntary furlough, December 13, 1982; memo to PEF Executive Board from President Hoke re
communicating with the media, instructing that official statements be cleared with her office,
December 13, 1982; notice of special Executive Board meeting for December 14, 1982; minutes of
special Executive Board meeting of September 23, 1982; draft report, "Public Service Training
for Managers, Supervisors, and Professionals for the Professional, Scientific and Technical
Bargaining Unit," printed on behalf of the State University of New York by the State
University of New York at Albany, September 15, 1982; trustees' reports re budget and other
matters; outline of state employee workshop; brochure re the Clients' Security Fund, a
state-administered program to reimburse victims of attorney fraud; PEF bound 1982 Resolutions;
overview report for delegates, "PEF: Professionalism in New York," October 1982
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| Box 21 | Folder 12 | 1981 | |
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Opinion survey by Marttila & Kiley, Inc, " A Study of Attitudes and Preferences
among Members of the Public Employees Federation," August 1, 1981; memos to John Kraemer and
others from Ray Abernathy, Inc. (advertising and public relations): "Kraemer-Cabell Reversal
Campaign" and "Recommendations for Re-election Program," September 1981; August/September 1981
issue of PEF Communicator, announcing victory of Elizabeth Hoke over John Kraemer as new
president of PEF
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| Box 21 | Folder 13 | 1982 | |
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Document, New York Toxic Substances Act Outline of Procedures, Duties and Rights; full text
of act; subchapter H, Environmental Health and Toxic Substances Part 72, Registration of Trade
Secrets; document, Industrial Hygiene and Toxicology: A Short History; materials re Right to
Know Law, requiring employers to tell workers about the health effects of any toxic substances
in their workplace; handwritten memo re Department of Labor hearing
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| Box 22 | Folder 1 | 1985 | |
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Brochure, "Going, Going, Gone? A Report on the Teacher Shortage in America," by American
Federation of Teachers, with cover memo to coordinators, November 7, 1985; memo from
Commissioner of state Department of Motor Vehicles re new legislation requiring fingerprinting
and criminal background checks for all school bus drivers; revised Commissioner's Regulations
for bus drivers implementing new legislation, sent to all bus companies; memo re compromise
reached in compensation for overtime for public employees under Fair Labor Standards Act
(FLSA); memos re Empire Health Insurance Plan; New York Times clipping re arbitration
agreement giving higher starting salaries for new teachers and raises for the most
experienced; PERB decision on the duty of fair representation in CSEA case, with cover memo
noting need for field representatives to be aware of how to process an arbitration case,
September 16, 1985; Daily Labor Report article re ruling that libelous comments made during
grievance procedures are immune from lawsuits for damages; memo re Cayuga-Onondaga BOCES
interpretation of FLSA; memo re special seminar to be held in preparation for regional
conferences by Board of Regents, "Strengthening Teaching in New York State"; AFL-CIO article,
"Japanese Management: Myth or Magic," with cover memo from Jim Conti to coordinators, August
13, 1985; memo from NEA-NY re health insurance for retirees (Abenanty lawsuit), May 20, 1985,
with attached letter re disaffiliation, June 10; "Winning Practical, Fair and Effective Health
Care Cost Containment," A Handbook for AFT Negotiators and Local Leaders or State Employee
Negotiators, produced by the Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals AFT, AFL-CIO, or
Federation of State Employees AFT, AFL-CIO, with cover letter from Jim Conti to coordinators,
June 25, 1985; memo re proposed teacher load regulations, to be used in comments to Board of
Regents (member list attached); tentative PEF agreement re change to Empire Plan, June 13;
dismissal of age discrimination lawsuit by teachers in North Tonawanda School District in
retirement incentive case (Cipriano and Miller); report, "The Changing Situation of Workers
and Their Unions," by AFL-CIO Committee on the Evolution of Work, February 1985, with cover
letter from Jim Conti to coordinators recommending staff meeting to discuss, April 30, 1985;
newspaper clipping re teacher salary rankings by state, other statistics; memo re proposed
change in statewide health insurance plan, with attached Empire Plan overview, April 8, 1985;
memo advising opposition to tuition tax credit legislation (Marchi bill), March 29, 1985;
letter sent by NEA/NY to community colleges affiliated with NYSUT, with cover letter from Jim
Conti to coordinators, March 13, 1985; confidential memo from Jim Conti that grievance had
been filed over dress code, noting that one teacher was given a letter of reprimand for not
wearing a tie, urging compliance, March 1, 1985; memo re payroll deduction for political
action; discussion papers from NYSUT general counsel's office re Commissioner's Regulations,
Part 100, mandating Annual Professional Performance Reviews, and its impact on collective
bargaining, February 12 and 13, 1985; memo re insurance law amendments, requiring mental
health coverage for services provided by qualified social workers in addition to psychiatrists
and psychologists, February 6, 1985, with attached language of legislation; memo re NEA
efforts to organize at community colleges, November 15, 1984; memo re proper way to write an
improper practice charge, December 14, 1984
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| Box 22 | Folder 2 | 1985 | |
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Acrimonious exchange of open letters between Leon Lieberman, NYSUT regional coordinator, and
John Pennachio, president, Faculty Association of Adirondack Community College, re unanimous
decision by association to affiliate with NEA, September 1985; letter from Lieberman to Jim
Conti, explaining the situation; letter from Jim Conti to grievance chairman of East Greenbush
Teachers' Association discussing inability to pursue legal action to vacate arbitrator's award
in Gail Hill matter, July 19, 1985; memo re East Greenbush retirement incentive question;
information bulletin re health insurance coverage in retirement; internal correspondence re
dispute over military leave
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| Box 22 | Folder 3 | 1985 | |
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Letter from Ron Uba re urgent need for more office space in Western New York Regional
Office, July 23; letter re dress code for Western New York Summer Workshop, detailing specific
appropriate clothing requirements; memo re NEA organizing activities; list of Erie County
presidents, 1985-1986; minutes of Erie County Council of Teacher Union Presidents, September
24, 1985; letter from North Tonawanda Teachers Support Fund administrator to local presidents,
asking for contributions to assist teachers fined and facing possible jail time as a result of
the strike, May 31; related correspondence re strike; meeting notice and minutes of March 12,
1985, meeting of School Related Personnel Council of Western New York; request from Alfred-
Almond Teachers Association to change district representation from the Jamestown office to the
Elmira district, for geographical convenience, May 13; text of legislation to include 4201
(e.g., BOCES) employees in NYS Teachers' Retirement System, with memorandum in support and
cover memo from Jim Conti, May 29; confidential letter of reprimand from Ron Uba to field
representative for failure to notify locals of inability to attend negotiating sessions, May
14; other letters praising field representatives; confidential memo re local assessment of
NYSUT services, May 3; memo from Ron Uba to Jim Conti analyzing NYSUT's attempts to organize
retirees, noting disproportionate effort relative to results, February 28; memo re rights to
unemployment insurance by employees of religious institutions, March 21; memo re PERB case in
Hamburg Central School District; announcement of political action workshop
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| Box 22 | Folder 4 | 1985 | |
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Correspondence re grievance of music teacher over transfer because of declining enrollment
in South Orangetown district, JulySeptember; memo re Supreme Court decision re public
assistance to parochial schools, July 3; correspondence re meeting of AFL-CIO Safety and
Health Committee; Charging Party's Exceptions in Port Jervis Teachers' Association case,
asserting that PERB has jurisdiction, May 16, 1985; text of legislation to include 4201 (e.g.,
BOCES) employees in NYS Teachers' Retirement System, with memorandum in support and cover memo
from Jim Conti, May 29; materials re Empire Plan, including Empire Plan Memorandum from the
CSEA, Inc., overview of benefits; summary of arbitration cases re salary advancement for
teachers earning law degrees; Elmsford Regional Office Staff Assignments 1985-1986; letter
from Jim Conti to president of the Newburgh Teachers Association re NYSUT response to requests
for assistance with safety and health problems, possible affiliation with NYCOSH, March 21,
and related correspondence; memos re questionnaire re Port Jervis strike, March; memos re
Cornwall Secretaries Group, noting lack of interest by SEIU, intention by NYSUT to move to
affiliate them; memo from Jim Conti re Katz matter in East Ramapo re sick bank committee,
reluctance to file Freedom of Information request against district, January 11
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| Box 22 | Folder 5 | 1985 | |
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Blue Shield of Northeastern New York, Inc., "State Plus Proposal Given to Rhinebeck Central
School"; booklet by Department of Civil Service, "Health Insurance for Your Dependents: The
New York State Government Employees Health Insurance Plan"; NYSUT regional office newsletters,
Mid-Hudson School Bell; memo to Jim Conti expressing concern raised by president of Red Hook
Faculty Association over process for selecting local leaders (in this case, an individual who
was no longer a member of the bargaining unit) for special training programs, need to consult
the regional coordinator, September 3; letter to NYSUT president Tom Hobart from the Hudson
Teachers' Association dinner chairman, inviting him to attend community service dinner, with
attached memo from Jim Conti re proper channel of communication; brief report on Mid-Hudson
Regional Conference, to Jan Conti, regional coordinator, from Jim Conti, August 28;
correspondence re welfare trust funds by various locals, and text of fund agreement for
Wappingers Federation of Transit-Custodial and Maintenance Workers; draft recommendation of
the Sub-Committee on Crisis Support/Management; correspondence re Mid-Hudson Leadership
Conference; tentative agenda; court decision in Dutchess County BOCES v. Newman et al.,
annulling PERB decision, Jun 11, 1985; PERB decision of administrative law judge in the matter
of County of Putnam, respondent, and Putnam County Unit, Local 840, Civil Service Employees
Association, Inc., AFSCME, AFL-CIO, charging party, re dress code, May 3, 1985; letter to
NYSUT president Tom Hobart from president of Wappingers Congress of Teachers, authorizing
school monitors in the district to form a secondary local, the Wappingers Federation of
Educational Assistants, March 28; correspondence with Monticello Teachers Association re
settlement of 1983 grievance arbitration for teacher denied access to sick bank, March April,
1985; correspondence between Jim Conti and director of organizing for CSEA re lack of interest
by CSEA in organizing Pine Plains Central School, March April; arbitration seminar description
and registration form; "A Report on the Plight of the Collective Bargaining System," January
1984, New York State Assembly Standing Committee on Labor; letter from Jim Conti to Vito
DeLeonardis re two cases in which NYSUT took action on behalf of locals or teachers against
its better judgment, under threat of disaffiliation or losing a representation election, need
to make decisions based on merits January 10; Dutchess United Educators Handbook, 1984-1985;
Retirement Handbook, September 1984; memo re dual health insurance enrollment at Wappingers
Falls, September 10, 1984; work schedule statistics of MHRO (Mid-Hudson Regional Office) field
representatives, total hours; local bargaining units added since opening of MHRO; support
rationale for addition of field rep in MHRO; correspondence with Jim Conti re disability
retirement case, Wechinsky v. New York Teachers' Retirement System, August November 1985;
correspondence from actuaries with Jim Conti re State Plus health insurance plan for Rhinebeck
Central School District, related memo from NYS Department of Civil Service
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Memo to Vito DeLeonardis from regional office coordinator re dissatisfaction over comparable
worth by secretaries at Wantagh (with attached letter) as indicative of larger problem,
potential for other unions such as NEA and Teamsters to fill the gap if non-teaching
school-related personnel feel NYSUT is not representing them well, October 25, 1985; appeals
before the Commissioner of Education re work load by teachers in the Guilderland Central
School District; memos to local presidents and coordinators re new Empire health insurance
plan, replacing G.H.I. and other statewide health insurance plans, October 9 and 25; status
report re pilot program for collecting membership data, initial resistance, analysis of how to
proceed, March 18; memos re retiree health insurance legislation; flyer for health and safety
conference for Nassau and Suffolk locals, with cover memo by sponsor, New York Committee for
Occupational Safety and Health (NYCOSH), October 4; C. B. Bulletin, newsletters for Nassau
Regional Office, April, May, June, September, October, December 1985; Newsday newspaper
clipping re decertification filed by Nassau Community College Federation of Teachers,
representing full-time faculty members, against the Adjunct Faculty Association, with cover
memo from Jim Conti to Tom Hobart, September 30; longer memo from Conti to Hobart re Nassau
Community College situation, September 23; memo from Jim Conti re concerns about participating
in Long Island Health Care Coalition, Inc., August 27; bylaws and related correspondence; text
of legislation to include 4201 (e.g., BOCES) employees in NYS Teachers' Retirement System,
with memorandum in support and cover memo from Jim Conti, May 29; document by State Education
Department, "School District Reorganization: An Introduction," December 1984, with cover memo
by Jim Conti, May 21, 1985; correspondence re health and safety concerns at Nassau Community
College, January March 1985
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Flyer and memo for conference on the electromagnetic hazards of VDTs (video display
terminals: computer monitors), October 5, 1984; text of legislation to include 4201 (e.g.,
BOCES) employees in NYS Teachers' Retirement System, with memorandum in support and cover memo
from Jim Conti, May 29; memos noting support by many labor organizations for state OSHA
legislation, with attached summary of bill, March 1985; inquiry from teacher who had been a
part-time substitute for years and then a full-time substitute for years but was never
informed of her right to join the teachers retirement system, related memos, September
1985
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Request for continued secretarial help after PEF operation moved from Potsdam office to
Plattsburgh office, September 4, 1985; list of negative comments from local presidents,
September 3, 1985; memos re retirement incentives, deferred compensation
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Notes on a Meeting with Assembly Minority Leader Dan Walsh and Superintendents and Board
Representatives from School Districts within the 130th Assembly District, by Gananda school
board member Ruben Cirillo, discussing school aid, teachers' salaries, other issues, with
cover memo to Jim Conti, November 11, 1985; PERB decision of administrative law judge in the
matter of Caledonia Central School District, respondent, and Caledonia-Mumford Teachers'
Association, charging party, re alleged violation of Public Employees' Fair Employment Act by
transferring elementary school teachers inconsistent with prior practice, July 1, 1985; memos
re Wayne County survey of teachers, July; NYSUT legal counsel's opinion of Cayuga- Onondaga
BOCES interpretation of Garcia case, re coverage of public employees by Fair Labor Standards
Act; memo from Jim Conti outlining his concept for a support system for strikes, September 24;
memo re Rochester Women's Network, asking NYSUT vice president Toni Cortese to speak at
meeting, September 11; memo from Jim Conti to NYSUT legal counsel James Sandner re
unemployment eligibility question for teacher in the Rochester City School District, August
21, with attached materials from Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board; materials re workshop,
"Bargaining for Improved Health Care"; correspondence re Hilton Central School Teachers'
Association question of 2510 (tenure) rights for teacher who voluntarily transferred, May;
memo re possible organizing Wayne Central school district, April 23; NYSUT legal counsel's
opinion of layoff/recall rights (bumping back into former unit when there is no vacancy,
forcing a layoff) in case of teacher at Webster Central School District, March-April; briefing
paper for meeting with (deputy commissioner) Don Nolan re teacher certification disputes, with
attached memo from Charles Santelli to Jim Conti, April; letter to NYSUT president Tom Hobart
from Phelps-Clifton Springs Faculty Association requesting legal help in resolving asbestos
problem, March 5, and related memos; memo recommending new NYSUT panel members for 3020a
hearings, noting increase in those hearings, February 13; confidential memo from Jim Conti to
Vito Leonardis re field representative staff assignments, January 8
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| Box 22 | Folder 10 | 1985 | |
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Memo re growing dissatisfaction by non-teaching School-Related Personnel (SRPs) with NYSUT's
perceived lack of representation and focus on teachers, October 25; memo re new affiliate,
Islip Teacher Aides Association, November 14; memo re difficulties in obtaining a contract at
three locals, particularly BOCES 2, potential for strikes, November 4; letter from U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services to NYCOSH, asserting that higher-than-average
mortality rate from breast cancer among teachers at AFT local 1848 (Island Trees, Long Island)
was similar to that of a study conducted in Washington State, and could be explained by higher
rates among women meeting their demographic profile, concluding that an occupational study of
the group would not be warranted, July 26, 1985; letter from NYCOSH to National Cancer
Institute Environmental Epidemiology Branch, noting attached interim report indicating
higher-than-average cancer mortality rate among Island Trees (Long Island) teachers,
requesting study by NCI, May 14; announcement for negotiation workshop, November; letter to
Patchogue-Medford Congress of Teachers president from NYSUT general counsel re drug testing of
prospective employees, June 20; list of salary increases at various locals/school districts;
letter to NYSUT president Tom Hobart from Half Hollow Hills Paraprofessional Association,
complaining of lack of help in negotiating contract, short staffing at Suffolk office, low
value for high dues, with reply from Hobart, May-June; memo to Hobart from Jim Conti re Half
Hollow situation, June 19; memo from Jim Conti to regional office coordinator John DeGregorio
asking whether more staff service can be provided to the association, May 29; memo re
collective bargaining elections scheduled at Northport and St. John's, June 6; memo from Jim
Conti requesting estimate of how much it would cost for meals and housing to hold a conference
in New York City per day, May 3; related discussion re speakers, topics for discussion;
request to Public Employment Relations Board (PERB) to provide a mediator in dispute between
Suffolk BOCES II and BOCES II Teachers Association, reply that mediator would not be provided,
March 11, 1985; PERB decision in BOCES case re reporting accumulated sick time, November 14,
1984; handwritten notes re meeting with Suffolk staff, June 20, 1985; "Report from the Bay
Shore Classroom Teachers Association Committee to Survey NYSUT/AFT Services," with cover
letter to NYSUT president Tom Hobart from president of association, noting dissatisfaction
with services, May 24; confidential memo to Tom Hobart from regional office coordinator John
DeGregorio re interpretation of issues, assertion that rank-and- file do not favor
disaffiliation, June 7; letter to Hobart from Bay Shore association president re computer
system problems, January 15; reply from Hobart to association president, April 15; survey of
Bay Shore teachers re satisfaction with services; complaint by president of Patchogue Medford
Congress of Teachers over advice by NYSUT legal staff re urine drug testing, failure to obtain
restraining order, June 10; correspondence with Jim Conti including letter from Mount Sinai
Medical Center Environmental Sciences Laboratory noting detection of asbestos and chlordane in
half the locations tested at Cold Spring Harbor Elementary School, advising contacting the
EPA, April 29; letter from NYCOSH re low asbestos air sampling results at Lindenhurst Junior
High School library, May 2; arbitration decision finding against a termination grievance
brought for teacher Nancy Barton, in the matter of William Floyd United Teachers and William
Floyd United Free School District of the Mastics-Moriches-Shirley, and extensive related
correspondence, March-April; letter to Jim Conti from NYS Department of Labor Division of
Safety and Health re environmental tests at Cold Spring Harbor Elementary School, noting
inconclusive, pending, or negative results for water contamination or asbestos, small
quantities of chlordane, April 8; related correspondence and full test reports; memo re OSHA
problem in district office involving fumes from office equipment, need for exhaust fan, March
20; memos between Jim Conti and regional office coordinator John DeGregorio re staff training,
March; memo from Jim Conti to Chuck Santelli re state health insurance rules, March 28; memos
re need to investigate possible OSHA violations at various school districts, February-March;
memo that Amityville Committee of Educational Secretaries had voted to affiliate with NYSUT,
February 22; memo from Jim Conti to Arbitration Committee with attached list of items that
should be on forms re arbitrators and arbitrations, February 25; legal opinion by NYSUT
general counsel James Sandner to North Babylon Teachers Organization president re arbitration
award by Phillip Russo in Globerman & Evario case, February 22; memos between Jim
Conti, Tom Hobart, and John DeGregorio re survey by Bay Shore Classroom Teachers Association
re satisfaction with NYSUT services, possible disaffiliation vote, strategy, January; letter
to NYSUT president Tom Hobart from Brentwood Teachers Association president complaining of
poor communication with NYSUT state headquarters in Albany re state insurance plan, with
reply, January; summary report of Regional Finance Study of Public Education, County of
Suffolk, New York, March 1983, by Regional Planning Board
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| Box 22 | Folder 11 | 1985 | |
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Letters from regional coordinator Frank Squillace to locals engaged in contract
negotiations, notifying them that their field representative would be relieved by another
NYSUT staffer for those negotiations, November14; opinion by NYSUT general counsel re
Cayuga-Onondaga BOCES Garcia interpretation of Fair Labor Standards Act; correspondence re
Teacher Compensation Conference; correspondence re takeover by BOCES of summer school offered
by Auburn High School, legality of lower pay offered to non-BOCES teachers under contract with
high school, May-June; correspondence re liability insurance being offered to Federation of
Nurses and Health Professionals by Albert H. Wohlers Insurance Company, May; letter with
question re seniority status of teachers who take administrative positions for a time, then
return to full-time teaching, April; memo re West Genesee Substitute Teachers' Association
application for affiliation with NYSUT, April 1; letter from Frank Squillace re successful
incorporation of adjunct personnel in full-time faculty bargaining unit at Onondaga Community
College; April 1; report to file by Jim Conti re meeting he had with Syracuse Regional Office,
March 25
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| Box 22 | Folder 12 | 1985 | |
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Report, "School District Reorganization: An Introduction," State Education Department,
December 1984, with cover letter from Jim Conti, May 21, 1985, other memos requesting
information on school mergers, April; summary of notes from TV training program, May 16;
materials obtained re NEA legislative objectives, sent to NYSUT-affiliated community colleges,
March; request to Jim Conti for copy from the legal department of Commissioner's decision in
the Matter of Richardson, re letters of reprimand, and reason for NYSUT's not having received
it and potentially others, December 12, 1984
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| Box 22 | Folder 13 | 1985 | |
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Court of Appeals decision affirming dismissal of teachers' petition against Sewanhaka
Central High School district's reduction in health insurance contribution on behalf of
retirees, with cover memo, December 16; letter from job applicant for field rep position, June
6; copy of Public Employment Reporter, with cover memo to Jim Conti from regional coordinator
Charles Rogers suggesting possible subscription, October; decision of the Commissioner in
Marie Connor v. Board of Education, Massapequa Union Free School District, re appointment of
another individual to an administrative position, July 14; monthly report, June; NYSUT
Division of Field Service newsletter, Southern Tier Briefs, June; memos re Commissioner's
Regulations, Part 100.2(1), requiring school districts to adopt a School Conduct and
Discipline Procedure, with attached policy adopted by Charlotte Valley, October 31; brochure
explaining "just cause," with cover memo to Jim Conti, October 22; comparison of Empire Plan
with other health insurance plans; memo to Jim Conti requesting information on quality circles
and labor-management committees, July 22; memo re change in regional office serving the
Alfred-Almond Teachers Association, from Western New York Regional Office-Jamestown to
Southern Tier Regional Office, June 13; printout of open litigation files in NYSUT office of
general counsel for Vestal service center as of 5/16/85; list of NYSUT representatives to
tenure hearing panel, with recommended replacements, May 16; letters to field representatives
thanking them for good work, April 8; long memo from Jim Conti re PERB procedure for
accretion, March 21; related memos, March 1; memos re legality of deducting negotiated benefit
in lieu of salary (Sidney Teachers Association), March; memos re Broome-Tioga joint
administration of health insurance, with attached opinion of the state comptroller (most
important passages obscured by highlighter, appearing black on copy), February 15, relevant
text from General Municipal Law, and Trust Agreement, January 14; memo re staff meeting of
Southern Tier Regional Office, February 12; text of Section 25(4) of Workers' Compensation
Law; newspaper clipping from Cortland Standard re Tompkins-Cortland Community College
part-time faculty seeking union affiliation, November 16, 1984
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| Box 22 | Folder 14 | 1985 | |
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Inquiry re standard wording of contract agreement, need to modify, June
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| Box 22 | Folder 15 | 1983-1985 | |
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Organizing Correspondence 1983-1986 Memo re strategy for organizing Methodist Hospital,
October 11, 1985; debriefing memo re organizing campaign at Jefferson Rehabilitation Center,
October 11, 1985; copy of article in Heathcare Financial Management, "Unionization in the
hospital industry: How are wages affected?" August 1985; memo re attached flyer targeting
health care professionals, with suggestions for shorter slogan, October 11, 1985; organizing
bulletin re counterfeit promotions designed to exclude pro-union employees from voting in
affiliation elections, September 1985; other issues of newsletter; newspaper clipping from
Washington Post re unionization movement among physicians, to retain more control over medical
decisions in response to insurance company regulations, August 12, 1985; newspaper clipping re
nurse protest against layoffs at Lockport Memorial Hospital, October 1, 1985; long, detailed
memo to file from Jim Conti re organizing activities on July 15-16, 1985, including meetings
with several people from New York Cityarea hospitals, nurses association; confidential memo
from Jim Conti to Vito DeLeonardis re nurse organizing, strong conviction by contacts that
nurses do not want to belong to a teacher's union, need to establish a separate organizational
identity that nevertheless maintains legal tie to NYSUT, August 12, 1985; memo discussing PERB
decisions (Williamsville and Hamburg cases) that would make organizing substitutes in small
and medium sized school districts more difficult, June 14, 1985; resume of potential nurse
organizer, July 18, 1985; memo to Jim Conti reorganizing efforts at Wayne Central Education
Association (NEA), May 20, 1985, with cover memo from Jim Conti asking whether a survey might
be helpful, June 17; application for local charter with Federation of Nurses and Health
Professionals, with cover memo noting discontinuation of professional liability insurance as
option, April 26, 1985; memos re PERB procedure re accretion, FebruaryMarch 1985; summary of
survey of adjunct faculty at Nassau Community College re representation by full-time faculty
association, concern over preserving seniority rights, March 1, 1985; long memo from Jim Conti
(tracking attached handwritten memo to Jim Conti from organizing coordinator John O'Leary)
discussing staffing, January 8, 1985; article from Industrial and Labor Relations Review, "The
Influence of Management Consultants on the Outcome of Union Certification Elections," October
1984, with cover memo to organizers from John O'Leary, December 10, 1984; long, detailed memo
from John O'Leary to Jim Conti and John DeGregorio analyzing the nurses (RN) organizing
campaign at St. John's hospital in Smithtown, October 31, 1984; memo from John O'Leary re
survey for organizing college clerical employees, February 13, 1985; memo from Jim Conti re
meeting re possibility of enlisting UUP's (United University Professions) help in organizing
health care workers, need to establish health- care identity within NYSUT, July 19, 1983
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| Box 23 | Folder 1 | 1986 | |
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Memo from Jim Conti to regional staff directors re PERB decisions re subcontracting of
summer school teachers and programs to BOCES, with attached text of decisions, December 17,
1986; informational brochure re Workers' Compensation; publication by New York State Health
Maintenance Organization Council, "HMO: a good idea that keeps getting better all the time";
memo from Jim Conti re Excellence in Teaching (EIT) payments and retirement credits, December
4; salary schedule increases for 1985-86 and 1986-87; memo from Jim Conti asking for financial
help for the health care workers of the Benjamin-Rush Employees Union, ten of whom lost their
jobs after a 20-day strike, November 24, 1986; request from Jim Conti for bargaining load for
each field representative for the year, with attached form, November 11; list of arbitration
grievance issues for tracking; improper practice charge against the Rome school district,
filed by the Rome Teachers Association, over Excellence in Teaching (EIT) funds, with cover
letter noting that the Rome Board of Education had since applied for the funds, and the
teachers' association would likely be withdrawing the charge, September 22; memo from Jim
Conti to regional staff directors advising them that the State Education Department would
likely consider applications for Excellence in Teaching funds even if school districts applied
beyond the expired deadline, October 9; briefing paper, "Teacher Salaries and the Excellence
in Teaching Law," September 22; memo with sample Improper Practice Charge that locals might
use when school districts do not apply for Excellence in Teaching funds, September 18; text of
address by attorney for school boards, Melvin H. Osterman, Jr., "Alcohol and Drug Abuse in the
Schools," presented at the first annual School Conference of the Capital Area, School
Development Association, July 14, 1986, with cover memo from Jim Conti to regional staff
directors, September 19; request from Jim Conti to regional staff directors re status of
negotiations over EIT monies, August 26; text of Comments on Briffault Report on Agency Fee,
prepared for PERB Agency Fee Symposium, September 9, 1986, presented by Bernard F. Ashe, Esq.,
general counsel, NYSUT, with cover memo from Jim Conti to regional staff directors;
confidential memo from Robert Allen to regional staff directors re private meeting to be held
one day before the regular meeting to discuss how Field Services Department officers (Allen,
Jim Conti, Vito De Leonardis) could be of more help to the staff directors, August 18; State
of New York Workers' Compensation Board brochure, "Physicians' Guide to Workers' Compensation,
Disability Benefits, Volunteer Firefighter Benefits," with cover memo from Jim Conti to
regional staff directors, August 14; correspondence re additional fees charged to teaching
assistants (school-related personnel) who apply to the State Education Department for
continuing certification, including exchange of letters between Commissioner Gordon Ambach and
NYSUT vice president Antonia Cortese, June-July; salary schedule increases for 1985-86 and
1986-87, October 11; memo from Jim Conti to regional staff directors re phone banks for
Cuomo/Lundine campaign, need to keep records in order for filing purposes, July 16; program
for Summer Institute for Union Women; Information Bulletins re state funding for Teacher
Centers; detailed memo from Jim Conti with recommendations for implementing EIT legislation,
June 9; memos re reduction in employer contribution to New York State Teachers Retirement
System, May 22; memo from Jim Conti with attached legislative bulletin from the New York State
School Boards Association opposing certain Excellence in Teaching regulations, May 22;
information release by the New York State Social Security Agency re new federal law requiring
coverage under Medicare of new public employees not covered under Social Security; memo re
draft regulations for Excellence in Teaching legislation; question and answer sheet re
Excellence in Teaching program with respect to BOCES; memo to the counsel to the Governor re
Excellence in Teaching legislation, April 17; fact sheet re New Jersey's Right-to-Know law,
with attached negotiations checklist; strategy memo from Jim Conti to coordinators re
Excellence in Teaching apportionment, April 23; memo to coordinators from Vito DeLeonardis re
upcoming training session for field representatives to provide retirement consultation
services to School-Related Personnel, following complaints that NYSUT was not providing the
same services for SRPs as it was for teachers, April 23; memo re Excellence in Teaching
legislation, including description of major aspects of the teacher salary aid, and excerpt
from text of legislation, April 14; briefing paper on the status and progress at the Workers'
Compensation Board, March 14; memo to coordinators from Jim Conti re procedure for legal
representation by NYSUT in cases where teachers choose a disciplinary procedure other than a
3020a hearing, March 18; materials re AFT Local Leaders' Conference, March 12; Bureau of
National Affairs article on real value of minimum wage, at lowest level since 1955, with cover
memo to coordinators; Bureau of National Affairs article re supreme Court's setting of agency
fees by unions, with cover memo
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| Box 23 | Folder 2 | 1986 | |
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Request for assignment of NYSUT attorney in sex abuserelated 3020a case against teacher
(also charged criminally) in Johnstown school district, December 4; memos re pay grievance of
teacher at Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake district, recommendation for Article 78 proceeding
instead, November; memo re teacher at Ravena-Coeymans-Selkirk district refusing to pay agency
fee for religious reasons; October 31; memos with NYSUT legal counsel re Shenendehowa school
district direction to teachers that violation of copyright laws would not be covered under the
Save Harmless provisions of Education Law, October; memo re investigation of sexual abuse
reports against teacher at Whitehall school district, determined by both local school board
and Grand Jury to be unfounded, failure to communicate findings to State Education Department,
subsequent letter from SED that it was opening an investigation, August 27; request for legal
assistance to appeal case to Commissioner as violation of Commissioner's Regulations re
teaching assignment that brought subject-certified East Greenbush teacher to just under full
time, replaced .1 with teacher not certified in subject area, September; request for legal
assistance for Adirondack Cooperative Teachers' Association (Washington-Warren-Hamilton-Essex
BOCES) full-time teacher being laid off for a part-time teacher, in violation of 2510 rights,
July; request for legal assistance for teacher suspended and charged in 3020a case in
Johnstown school district, June; request for NYSUT attorney consultation to advise on layoff
consequences of annexation of Draper school district by Mohonasen district, May; request for
legal assistance for the Guilderland Teachers Association, charged, with the school district,
with sex discrimination by four school nurses, for whom the NYS Division of Human Rights found
probable cause, April; request for legal assistance for teacher charged with 3020a
(incompetency) violation in Mohonasen school district, with attached specifics, April;
requests for representation in other 3020a cases in Hadley-Luzerne and
Schenectady-Albany-Schoharie BOCES; request for legal opinion in East Greenbush case involving
2510 recall rights, January
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| Box 23 | Folder 3 | 1986 | |
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Correspondence re dispute over effective date of resignation of teacher at Valley Central
School District, impact on health insurance coverage, MarchMay
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| Box 23 | Folder 4 | 1986 | |
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Request for legal assistance for teacher in second 3020a case (conduct unbecoming a teacher,
for slapping a student), Poughkeepsie City School District, with attached specifics December
16; request for legal assistance for teacher in 3020a case (incompetence, for absenteeism),
Hyde Park school district, December; request for legal advice re rights of unmarried
40-year-old high school teacher considering becoming pregnant by artificial insemination,
following several unsuccessful adoption attempts, New Paltz Central School District, November;
PERB decision in matter of Greenville Central School District, respondent, and Greenville
Faculty Association, charging party, re unilaterally increasing number of teacher workdays for
1985-86 school year, October 15; request for legal assistance for teacher in 3020a case
(violation of policy against corporal punishment) at Ichabod Crane Central School, December;
request for legal assistance for teacher in 3020a case (incompetence, for failure to obtain
certification), related correspondence requesting extension, noting illness as extenuating
circumstance, Hudson City School District, September; request for legal assistance for teacher
in 3020a case (conduct unbecoming a teacher, for abusive language) at Highland Central School
District, June; request for legal assistance for teacher in 3020a case (conduct unbecoming a
teacher, for spanking), Poughkeepsie City School District, June; request for legal assistance
for teacher in 3020a case (conduct unbecoming a teacher, for several instances of physical
contact or speech considered inappropriate by the district), Hyde Park Central School, June;
memo re request by teacher for extension of probationary period, constituting waiver of tenure
by acquiescence, Livingston Manor, June; correspondence re 3020a charges against teacher at
Rhinebeck school district, June; correspondence re 3020a charges against teacher at Wappingers
Central School District (insubordination, for failure to submit to examination by
district-appointed psychiatrist; question of impartiality), May; request for legal assistance
for teacher in 3020a case (misconduct constituting a crime, conviction for aggravated
harassment), Catskill Central Schools, May; correspondence, including reports of classroom
observations by parent and by assistant superintendent for curriculum and instruction, re
level of instruction by teacher at New Paltz Central Schools, allegations of slapping,
description of resolution, September 1985-April 1, 1986; request for legal assistance for
teacher in 3020a case (misconduct, for attempting to fix speeding ticket), Poughkeepsie Public
School District, April; request for legal assistance for teacher in deciding whether to pursue
case against Ellenville district through 3020a proceedings (incompetence and conduct
unbecoming a teacher, for using racial slurs and physical violence against students), Article
78 (lawsuit), or other avenue, March; request for legal assistance for teacher in 3020a case
(conduct unbecoming a teacher, use of corporal punishment), Delaware Valley school district,
March; request for legal assistance in 3020a case (conduct unbecoming a teacher, for a variety
of infractions) at Hyde Park school district, January; request for legal opinion re filing an
Article 78 proceeding over a Freedom of Information request, Highland school district,
December, 1986; request for legal assistance in 3020a case (insubordination, for refusing to
follow directions of principal), Poughkeepsie City School District, December; request for
legal assistance in 3020a case (misconduct, for physical altercation with student), Millbrook
school district
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| Box 23 | Folder 5 | 1986 | |
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NYSUT legal opinion on interest due American Express on Mailgram expenses during 1985
strike, June 18; legal question to NSUT counsel re whether proper procedures were followed by
New Hyde Park-Garden City school district in principal's placing letter of reprimand in
teacher's file, whether 3020a proceeding should have determined action, March 18; related case
at Uniondale, re letter of reprimand for failure to verify illness, April 3; correspondence re
Hewlett-Woodmere probationary teacher who resigned at district's request to teach in other
subject area, question of tenure, March; correspondence re tenured Nassau BOCES teacher,
certified in ornamental horticulture, reduction in assignment, consolidation of his position
with non- tenure area, April 8; legal opinion that Rockville Centre School District was not
required to continue health insurance coverage to Title I teachers who retire, absent written
agreement, March 21; request for legal opinion re whether teacher aides on school buses can be
required to submit to fingerprinting with the Nassau County police, April 3; request for legal
opinion re decision of Plainedge Public Schools to teach Latin in junior high school,
assignment of certain teachers certified to teach Latin, two of whom were about to be
excessed, April 16; request for legal opinion re effect on tenure status of assignment of
classes outside tenure area for teacher in Syosset Public Schools, April 22; memo re possible
legal action re alleged slander of union negotiating team by member of the Wantagh Board of
Education, April 22; memo re Garden City teacher informed that she would not be recommended
for tenure, meeting to discuss legal options, April 24; memo re meeting with legal staff and
teacher at East Rockaway district re rights under 913 of Education Law re 3020a case, May 7;
materials re denial of tenure of Great Neck teacher after unsatisfactory classroom evaluation
despite previous good evaluations, meeting to discuss legal options, May 14; memo setting up
legal consultation re rights of Hempstead teacher who was notified that he would not be
reappointed because of poor evaluation, September 9; memo re case of possibly punitive
reassignment of duties of vice president of Uniondale Teachers Association, legally blind
diabetic/partial amputee, tenured classroom teacher now given physically demanding assignments
(hall patrol, playground duty, bus duty), October 1; memo re involuntary assignment of teacher
tenured in instruction of the deaf to class of hearing but special-needs students, Farmingdale
Federation of Teachers, September 24; question of assignments exceeding daily teaching load at
Locust Valley Public Schools, possible violation of Commissioner's Regulations section
100.2(i), September 24; legal opinion re pay for days worked by teacher at East Rockaway,
November 19
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| Box 23 | Folder 6 | 1986 | |
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Memo to Jim Conti thanking him for approving the filing of an Improper Practice charge,
which had the desired effect of inducing the Massena Board of Education to ratify the contract
with the teachers association, December 10; memo re possible Article 78 proceeding against
Salmon Run Central School District for attempting to hire uncertified, non-unit non-teacher
for hockey coaching position when two other certified Salmon River teachers applied for the
position, November 24; legal opinion re possibility of certification for teacher who was
convicted of possession of marijuana when the crime was a felony, August 26; legal opinion re
alleged employment discrimination at Wayne-Finger Lakes BOCES against recovering alcoholic, in
treatment for six years, July 9; legal opinion and lengthy related correspondence re temporary
restraining order against Salmon River for schedule change interpreted by teachers as a
lengthening of the school day, August 13; PERB interim decision in the matter of
Edwards-Russell Central School District, employer, and Edwards-Russell Teachers Association,
petitioner, and Edwards Teachers' Association, intervenor; memo to Jim Conti re possibility of
several 3020a cases arising out of child abuse allegations at Putnam Central School District,
with attached newspaper clipping, May-June
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| Box 23 | Folder 7 | 1986 | |
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Memo re layoff procedures in consolidation of two Rush-Henrietta School District high
schools, November 21; memo re inquiry from Webster Teachers Association as to whether
homosexuality in and of itself constitutes moral turpitude under 3020a and is grounds for
termination, and related questions, September 15; request for interpretation of provision in
Spencerport collective bargaining agreement re tuition reimbursement, May 21; memo re
professional misconduct charge against school nurse in Rush-Henrietta school district for one
instance of dispensing medication not in accordance with procedure when parents could not be
contacted, July 1; correspondence re updating of records at State Education Department,
resulting in Notice of Substantial Question as to Moral Character for teacher at Fairport
regarding apparent false statement re teaching certificate, possibility of clerical errors
involving incorrect Social Security number and other filing issues, June 24; question of
taxability of employee tuition reimbursement, May-June; memo re permanent key punch operator
and member of Greece Support Services Employees Association, denied getting her job back
following long-term disability leave for cancer, February-June; legal opinion advising that
NYSUT not attempt to appeal case of tenured physical education teacher granted 4-year leave of
absence at East Irondequoit and later excessed, related text of court decision, correspondence
from NEA, May; request for legal assistance for suspended teacher at Clyde school district,
question of whether to defend dismissal via 3020a procedure or binding arbitration, April;
memos re 3020a charges at Spencerport and Gates-Chili school districts, February;
correspondence re salary dispute by teacher who resigned mid-year from Romulus Central School
District, February 5
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| Box 23 | Folder 8 | 1986 | |
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Memo requesting legal opinion re authority of Superintendent of Otselic Valley schools to
fire a bus driver without authorization by the full Board of Education, March; memos re 3020a
cases in Elmira school district, March 17, 1987, and December 16, 1986; state Supreme Court
legal decision re Gary Stokotelny v. Elmira School District, December 1, 1986; arbitration
award re dismissal of teacher by Elmira school district, memo re non-compliance of school
district, need to compel enforcement, September 17; memo re human rights complaint by teacher
against the Newfield Central School District, February 25, with copy of complaint;
correspondence re denial of military service credit by the Teacher Retirement System to a
teacher retired from Acova school district, February-June; memos re prior service credit at
Endicott-Union School District, decision to pursue matter (citing competition with NEA) in
spite of remote likelihood of success, May; claim against Elmira City School District for
assigning guidance counselor outside his tenure area to an adult career counseling program,
with NYSUT memo noting that assignment was for less than 50% of regular duties, thus not
jeopardizing tenure rights, March; related correspondence, February; memos re teacher load at
Chenango Valley school district, February; materials re 3020a case (physical or mental
disability) for teacher at Watkins Glen, January; correspondence re qualifications for
certification in health education for teacher in Elmira school district, October 1985-January
1986
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| Box 23 | Folder 9 | 1986 | |
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Correspondence re teacher who had been laid off from Commack School District, then relocated
to Vermont, then was recalled six years later but had since retired, question of whether he
was still eligible for recall, August-September; letter re teacher who wanted to return to
work after a long period of sick leave/disability following an automobile accident, July 10;
state Supreme Court decision upholding PERB decision for Suffolk County Community College,
with cover memo to Jim Conti re appeal, February; memo from field representative to legal
staff re teacher at Elwood district whose appointment as probationary teacher was changed
retroactively to permanent substitute, question of rights, seniority accrual, March 6; memo
from field representative to legal staff re teachers at West Islip who had been serving as
long-term substitutes, now filing a grievance and complaint of age discrimination with Human
Rights Division, March 5; memos re policy at Brentwood district requiring teachers to use
their private vehicles to transport sick students to doctor or home, question of liability for
accidents, charges of molestation, need for written legal opinion, February; memo re failure
to be recalled to a vacancy for teacher at Kings Park district, February 5; question of
seniority for teacher at Cold Spring Harbor district, January 23; request for legal assistance
for teacher at Three Villages district, convicted of 25 felony counts of forgery and grand
larceny, January 22; memo re tenured Northport physical education teacher believed by district
to have forged education credentials, January 16; memo re teacher at Port Jefferson School
District facing possible lawsuit by parents of student whom she drove to her home upon finding
no one home at student's residence, March 20; memo re million-dollar civil suit being filed
against Central Islip school district and teacher who pled guilty to misdemeanor for striking
a student, March 19; memo re teacher who had not been working but drawing full salary and
benefits for nearly ten years following an injury from an assault by a parent, attempts by
Sayville school district to compel him to return to work, settlement offer re resignation,
taking disability retirement, March 26; memo re 3020a charges against teacher at Middle Island
district, April 14; memo re teacher at Elwood school district whose application for disability
leave was processed incorrectly as disability retirement, embarrassment at narrow
reappointment vote by school board, position that vote was unnecessary and inappropriate, May
1; memo re change in job title of certified social worker to peer counselor at Three Villages
district, appointment as temporary rather than probationary, April 30; memo re discovery by
Commack business teacher that his classes were being surreptitiously taped by a student,
question of legal recourse, May 23; question of whether teaching assignment in reading subject
area would jeopardize tenure of certified language arts teacher at Half Hollow Hills district,
May 14; memo re recurring problem at BOCES II district, excessing occupational education
teachers who are qualified to teach in related subject areas, June 18; memo re three teachers
who believed that they were not rehired by Port Jefferson district because of political
scapegoating or status as recovering alcoholic, possible contract violation, May 16; letter
from teacher at Smithtown High School with questions re tenure if assigned to teach junior
high, May 22; memo re teacher at Three Villages school district who should have been given a
probationary instead of a temporary appointment, May 16; memo re teacher from South Huntington
district who wanted to talk to a lawyer before getting a note from his doctor that he would
not be able to work for at least a semester because of a heart condition, June 6; memo re
recall rights of secondary school teacher also certified as an elementary school teacher,
facing layoff at Hauppauge district, June 19; memo re two teachers at South Huntington
district whose use of personal days off was being investigated by school district following
anonymous note, issue of violation of rights, June 6; request for legal opinion re special
education teacher at BOCES I Suffolk who had been granted a year's unpaid leave for
professional growth but wanted to rescind it or work elsewhere, question of whether district
could refuse to allow her to work while on unpaid leave, June 23; request for legal opinion re
policy at BOCES 2 (NYSUT Local 3037, Patchogue), not giving credit for authorship of any
academic publication or computer software developed by teachers in the course of employment,
claim that policy undermines creativity, motivation to excel, academic freedom, June 9; age
discrimination charge against NYSUT local with the Division of Human Rights by former teacher
at Dowling College, June 13, and related correspondence; memo re possible retaliatory change
in summer assignment of local union president by school superintendent after objection to
change in class size at Babylon district, July 16; memo re possible litigation on behalf of
United Aides of Huntington, who had not been informed of their right to join the State
Employees' Retirement System, need to reclassify them under Civil Service, July 16; memo re
seniority matter for teacher at Hauppauge High School, July 1; correspondence re complex
seniority issue re teacher at Lindenhurst district whose one-year leave had initially been
denied but later retroactively granted, with effects years later on teachers with less
seniority who would be excessed, union's position, June; memo re East Moriches district's use
of teacher assistants instead of teachers for reading, June 27; request for legal
representation for teacher at Three Villages district who had been convicted of grand larceny
and was facing possible revocation of teaching license through hearing re substantial question
as to moral character, June 27; memo requesting legal assistance for Elwood teacher aide
attempting to obtain earlier retirement credit for service, July 24; memo requesting meeting
with NYSUT attorney over letter of reprimand received by teacher who was turned down for
principal position and wrote a letter to the editor criticizing West Babylon Board of
Education, August 13; memo re appointment history of teacher at Cold Spring Harbor district,
question of seniority, August 13; appeal in Supreme Court Appellate Division in the matter of
Patchogue-Medford Congress of Teachers v. Board of Education of the Patchogue-Medford Union
Free School District, re mandatory drug testing of probationary teachers eligible for tenure,
August 11, 1986; memo re tenure process at Half Hollow Hills district, September 9; memo re
recall rights of teacher for job opening at computer center in BOCES 3 district, September 16;
memo re possible arbitration over discontinuation of a contract clause providing medical and
dental coverage for retired teachers at Three Villages school district, September 9; question
re seniority credit procedure for half-day kindergarten at Kings Park school district,
September 3; memo discussing coach who resigned after throwing a party for the team at which
alcohol was consumed by students, later recalled but subject to campaign to have her removed
by school board member with a personal interest in obtaining her job for her own daughter,
Commack district, September 19; newspaper clipping of Newsday article, "Drug Testing Ruled Out
for Tenure," August 12, 1986; question as to whether Laurel school district was obligated to
pay hospitalization for retired teachers, September 5; memo re contract language allowing
corporal punishment at Port Jefferson Station, September 10; question of whether a teacher who
takes sick time off and is docked pay also loses seniority, Hauppauge district, September 24;
questions re proposal to change the mission of Dowling College and expand its campus to Puerto
Rico, September 9; question re separate tenure accumulations of teacher at Smithtown High
School and Junior High, October 16; memo re stay of arbitration in coaching issue at Riverhead
school district, October 20; question of whether lay teachers can be paid to teach religious
instruction with public funds, Madonna Heights Services, October 17; meeting re legal
appointment with president of Suffolk Child Development Center Teachers Association re
center's use of pension funds for unrelated matters, October 21; memo re disability retirement
agreement (attached) between teacher and Sayville School District, dispute over option
offsetting lump-sum payment, October 17; memo re teacher at Center Moriches district who
indicated that he was totally disabled following a year leave of absence without pay, dispute
over requirement for medical exam, November 5; memo reviewing appointment history of teacher
at Three Villages district, question of tenure area, November 4; memo re ability of parochial
school principal in Sayville district to assign nurse-teachers, with attached letter from St.
Lawrence School, November 13; request for 3020a hearing by teacher at Port Jefferson school
district to defend charges of insubordination, neglect of duty, and conduct unbecoming a
teacher, with cover memo to NYSUT legal office, October 29; memo re teacher, also a coach, who
discovered that the West Islip school district had stopped paying into his retirement system,
claiming he was only a casual employee, December 10; question of planned retirement after ten
years of teaching by teacher at Tuckahoe school district, potential refusal by district to
consider him eligible for retirement benefits, December 9; memo and transcript of conversation
with teacher at Sayville High School re alleged improper relationship with one or more
students, December 9; memos re seniority issues for occupational education teachers at BOCES
II, facing declining enrollment, December 8; letter to NYSUT general counsel James Sandner re
teacher in North Babylon School District re arbitration over status as long-term substitute
vs. per diem substitute, December 19; memo re teacher in West Islip who was reassigned as a
permanent substitute following a medical leave, December 19; memo re grievance claiming
misplacement on the salary schedule, question of probationary or permanent status, Amityville,
December 18; memo re teacher suspended with pay following long leave of absence, allegations
by student, dismissal hearing, Middle Country Central School, November 21; memo re seniority
question involving mistake in appointment of teacher at Elwood school district, resulting in
slightly more seniority for teacher, now in dispute over excessing with another teacher,
November 29; memo re possible discharge of a tenured instructor at Suffolk Community College,
suspended with pay, grievance, November 20; memo re sudden dismissal of a professor at Dowling
College upon discovery that he submitted an incorrect transcript that indicated he had a
Ph.D., need for injunction to continue pay, block rescinding of contract, March 6, 1987; memo
suggesting consolidation of two part-time jobs into one full-time at BOCES involving job
development for students, March 17, 1987; memo re complaint by teacher at South Huntington
district that contract did not allow utilization of sick days left over from prior year,
giving less benefit than required under Education Law, March 18, 1987; question re teacher at
BOCES 3 whose full-time position had been reduced to half-time, three months after which, the
teacher resigned, later asked back as half-time teacher, returned and then later informed that
the position would be eliminated for full-time position, for which he would not be rehired,
June 16, 1987; tenure questions re occupational and special education teachers at Rocky Point
and BOCES 3, June 16, 1987
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| Box 23 | Folder 10 | 1986 | |
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Materials re seniority rights and reduced workload of foreign language teacher in East
SyracuseMinoa district, SeptemberDecember, 1986; memo re complaints by teacher aides in
Central Square district that they had been given teacher assistant responsibilities,
OctoberDecember; materials re confirmation proceedings for arbitration award in Oneida
district re transfer of teachers, JuneAugust; materials re recall rights of speech therapist
at Cayuga BOCES, JuneJuly; materials re 3020a case of teacher at Onondaga Central School
District, June; legal opinion re teacher liability questions, June; memos re petitions to stay
arbitration in matter of adopting new work schedule and posting and filling job vacancy
positions at East Syracuse-Minoa district, March; order to show cause for a judgment staying
the arbitration brought against Onondaga Community College, with attached legal advice,
January-February; memo re retirement rights of teacher at Liverpool district, January; memos
re possible 3020a case involving sexual abuse by a teacher at Onondaga Central School
District, noting choice by NYSUT field representative not to look at the specific charges
during initial process, January; materials re case of contracting out work of Cazenovia school
psychologist, with letter from Commissioner Gordon Ambach, July 1983-January 1986; memo re
possible arbitration for teacher in Syracuse district seeking to recover lost salary after
working in wrong step as a result of error by Marcellus district, January; inquiry re whether
a retired teacher can serve on the school board in North Syracuse, January; materials,
including review of appointment history, re special education teacher at Phoenix (NY) Central
Schools who accepted half-time appointment following maternity leave, question of whether she
was later entitled to full-time position when it became available, December 1985-January 1986;
memo re petition by Oneida City School District to vacate arbitration award, August
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| Box 23 | Folder 11 | 1986 | |
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Memo re refusal by Mohawk Valley Community College to honor subpoena issued by arbitrator re
denial of promotions, citing executive session privilege, need for documents to prosecute the
grievance, compromise of due process, November; memo re dues collection problem with
strike-breaker in Mt. Markham School District, September; memo re summons, complaint, and
order to show cause against the president of the Mohawk Valley Community College Professional
Association over the agency fee clause in the agreement with the college, filed by a faculty
members who vowed to quit if an agency fee was ever imposed, October; request for legal
representation for teacher served with 3020a charges in Little Falls School District,
September; memo re request to modify arbitration award at Mohawk Valley Community College,
based on alleged erroneous interpretation of contract clause by arbitrator re layoff, with
attached brief, April
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| Box 23 | Folder 12 | 1986 | |
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Materials re tenured teacher laid off by Lackawanna district, later recalled, but not after
less-senior teachers were assigned, December; memo re agency fee arbitration in Hamburg
district, November; material re City of Jamestown's refusal to comply with arbitration award
re nurse scheduling at Jamestown General Hospital, October; materials re 3020a charges against
a teacher by Franklinville district, alleging that she did not have the mental or emotional
capacity to teach because she had not continued to take medication for a diagnosed chronic
mood disorder and was exhibiting unusual behavior, insubordination, incompetence, and conduct
unbecoming a teacher, October; materials re librarian at North Tonawanda Senior High School re
employment rights at Hamburg school district, allegations of poor representation by NYSUT,
August 12, 1985-November 4, 1986; memos re seniority status of teacher at West Seneca
district, October; memo re teacher at Orchard Park, found partially guilty of 3020a charges,
reassigned to a non-teaching position thought not to be in his tenure area, October; memo re
teacher at West Seneca district, outlining appointment history, question of whether seniority
rights were violated, October; order to show cause for stay of arbitration at Pembroke Central
School District, September; memos and recommendation by NYSUT legal counsel that teacher in
Kenmore district file a complaint with the NYS Division of Human Rights and the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission re possible violation of Age Discrimination Employment Act
by provision in Education Law re borrowing and repayment against retirement annuity fund,
July; materials re maintenance mechanic at Genesee-Wyoming BOCES, denial of disability
retirement, July; materials re 3020a charges against teachers at Maryville and Niagara Falls
districts, June-July; memos re legal implication of Kenmore Teachers Association and Kenmore
School District peer performance review plan, with attached plan description, May-June;
materials re layoffs of physical education teachers at West Seneca school district, question
of whether commissioner's regulations were being violated, May-June; memo re seniority and
layoff questions for three teachers at Eden district, June; memos re question of immunity for
home school counselor who wanted to report suspected child abuse of one of his students,
May
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| Box 24 | Folder 1 | 1971-1976 | |
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Correspondence with Jim Conti noting his election as president of the Professional Staff
Association of the New York State Teachers Association, November 2, 1971; expressions of
sympathy at death of wife, January 1976; letter to Conti from NYS Teachers' Retirement System
re refundable contributions under Special Service Retirement Plan, June 24, 1974; PSA
membership reports, strike donations, expenses; letter of resignation from James B. Schmatz,
December 4, 1972; memo re NYSTA-NEO (NYSTA Employees Organization) agreement, recommending
ratification, with attached analysis, November 1, 1971; brochure and cover letter soliciting
membership in National Education Professional Staff Organization, October 8, 1971; memos and
related materials re salary freeze, 1971; handwritten notes of December 17, 1970, meeting of
NEO; text of agreement between NYSTA and NEO, 1971; letter to Jim Conti as president of the
NYSTA Professional Staff Association from Dale A. Robinson, president of the National
Education Association Staff Organization, noting that NEASO had reached an agreement with NEA,
thanking Conti for his support, June 24, 1971; memo to Conti re possible formal relationship
between PSA and regional representatives, threat by some representatives to quit if salary is
not raised, June 8, 1971; constitution of the PSA; negotiations updates (one-page
newsletters)
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| Box 24 | Folder 2 | 1970-1971 | |
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Constitution and bylaws of NYSTA Employees Organization, as adopted March 1968, amended
through September 1970; agreement between the New York State Teachers Association and the
NYSTA Employees Organization, 1969-1971; agenda of NEO meeting of November 10, 1970;
handwritten minutes of "Rep Council," November 10, 1970; proposed dues schedule, adopted at
November 10, 1970, meeting; extensive handwritten memos to Jim Conti from Ray (Calabrese?) re
meetings with PSA/NEO, petitions, 1970-1971; materials re grievances; correspondence between
Conti, Calabrese, and with Frank White, executive secretary of NYSTA, re salaries
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| Box 24 | Folder 3 | 1973 | |
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Transcript of PERB hearing, Susquehanna Valley Central School District, respondent, and
Susquehanna Valley Teachers Association, charging party; memorandum of law on behalf of
respondent
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| Box 24 | Folder 4 | 1973 | |
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New York Supreme Court Appellate Division record on appeal in the matter of the application
of Bobbie Lee Soda, petitioner-appellant, for a judgment pursuant to Article 78 of the Civil
Practice Law against Kenneth W. Christner, Superintendent of the Eden Central School District
#1, and the Board of Education of the Eden Central School District #1, respondents-appellees;
brief on behalf of petitioner-appellant
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| Box 24 | Folder 5 | 1973 | |
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New York Supreme Court memorandum of law on behalf of the respondent, in the matter of the
application of Board of Education of Central School District, Harrison, New York, petitioner,
against Harrison Association of Teachers, respondent for an order pursuant to Section 7511
Civil Practice Law and Rules Vacating an Arbitration
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| Box 24 | Folder 6 | 1975 | |
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Transcript of PERB hearing re Improper Practice charge
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| Box 24 | Folder 7 | 1975 | |
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PERB decision and order, Williamsville Central School District, respondent, and
Williamsville Teachers Association, charging party; PERB affidavit; subpoena; hearing
officer's decision; Improper Practice charge; transcript of I.P. hearing opening statement;
related correspondence
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| Box 24 | Folder 8 | 1975-1976 | |
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PERB transcript of hearing in the matter of the Board of Education of the Central School
District No. 3 of the Towns of Amherst, Clarence, and Cheektowaga, respondent, and
Williamsville Teachers Association, charging party; Exceptions to the Finding of the Hearing
Officers Memorandum of the Charging Party, June 24, 1975, and May 11, 1976; improper practice
charge; agreement between Williamsville Central School District # 3 and Williamsville Teachers
Association 1970-1973
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| Box 24 | Folder 9 | 1974-1975 | |
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Williamsville Central School District Annual School Budget 1974-1975 (April 23, 1974);
Williamsville Commitment to Excellence: Annual Report May 1974; Collective Negotiations
Agreement between the Superintendent of the Williamsville Central School District and the
Williamsville Teachers Association, July 1, 1973-June 30, 1975; materials re sabbatical leave;
related correspondence; legal brief answer; PERB decision of director
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| Box 24 | Folder 10 | 1978 | |
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Agreements between various hospitals and Massachusetts Nurses Association (Hillcrest;
Ludlow; Franklin County Public Hospital; Carney; Falmouth; Fairview)
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| Box 24 | Folder 11 | 1979 | |
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Improper Practice Charge filed against the Health & Hospitals Corporation of the
City of New York; UFT position papers and other flyers promoting affiliation with Nurses
Chapter
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| Box 24 | Folder 12 | 1979 | |
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Report on the Organizing Campaign at Arden Hill Hospital, Goshen, NY, December 18, 1979;
correspondence on election from National Labor Relations Board; campaign flyers; tally of
ballots; NLRB authorization for election
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| Box 24 | Folder 13 | 1980 | |
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Materials re case studies of organizing at several hospitals and General Dynamics; NLRB
booklet, "A Guide to Basic Law and Procedures under the National Labor Relations Act,"
1978
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| Box 24 | Folder 14 | 1980 | |
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Conference brochure, with program; resource papers re mainstreaming, state and local tax
reform, bilingual education, teacher centers, standardized testing, continuing education,
Supreme Court Yeshiva decision that college faculty are managerial and therefore exempt from
NLRA
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| Box 24 | Folder 15 | 1980 | |
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Policy papers, including Testimony of Thomas Y. Hobart, Jr., President, New York State
United Teachers, to the New York State Senate Standing Committee on Education on the
Classification and Standards Project Board of Regents/State Education Department Proposal,
March 17, 1980; NYSUT Policy Statement on Education for Children with Handicapping Conditions;
NYSUT Information Bulleting on Maximizing Teacher Impact on the Evaluation and Placement of
Children with Handicapping Conditions; Regents' Classification and Standards Project: A Status
Report; related papers; summary of attendees' evaluation of conference
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| Box 24 | Folder 16 | 1980 | |
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Labor-Management Relations Service. Brochure, "LMRS: Meeting the Challenge of Employee and
Labor Relations"; American Arbitration Association brochure, "Labor Arbitration: Procedures
and Techniques"; meeting floor diagram; LMRS newsletter; related brochures
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| Box 24 | Folder 17 | 1980 | |
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Conference announcement brochure, with program; attendance list; training materials/papers:
"Rights Issues in Academic Bargaining," "Interest Arbitration," outline, "Components of
Faculty Collective Bargaining Agreements"; bibliography of holdings, Elias Lieberman
Library
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| Box 24 | Folder 18 | 1980 | |
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Conference program; draft constitution; printed constitution and bylaws, November 1978;
commentary by the Committee for Correspondence for the United Caucus of UUP re "certain
notions of reform"
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| Box 25 | Folder 1 | 1980 | |
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Final Legislative Report, July 11, 1980; NYSUT tentative 1980 legislative program, January
11, 1980; voting records on key bills, committee assignments, incumbency status, party
affiliation, and NYSUT endorsement status of every state legislator (senators and
assemblymen), by district; Message to the Legislature by Governor Hugh L. Carey, January 9,
1980; VOTE/COPE contribution totals, 1974-1979; document, "How to Run for Delegate and
Alternate to the 1980 Democratic National Party Convention," printed by the New York State
Democratic Committee
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| Box 25 | Folder 2 | 1969-1971 | |
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Papers and articles distributed by National Education Association (NEA)
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| Box 25 | Folder 3 | 1983-1984 | |
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Activity reports
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| Box 25 | Folder 4 | 1983-1984 | |
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Activity reports
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| Box 25 | Folder 5 | 1982-1983 | |
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Activity reports
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| Box 25 | Folder 6 | 1983-1984 | |
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Activity reports
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| Box 25 | Folder 7 | 1983-1984 | |
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Activity reports
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| Box 25 | Folder 8 | 1982-1984 | |
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Activity reports
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| Box 25 | Folder 9 | 1983-1984 | |
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Activity reports
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| Box 25 | Folder 10 | 1983-1984 | |
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Activity reports
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| Box 25 | Folder 11 | 1982-1984 | |
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Activity reports
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| Box 25 | Folder 12 | 1979-1982 | |
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Correspondence
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| Box 25 | Folder 13 | 1983-1984 | |
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Activity reports
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| Box 25 | Folder 14 | 1983-1984 | |
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Activity reports
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| Box 25 | Folder 15 | 1983-1984 | |
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| Box 25 | Folder 16 | 1983-1984 | |
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Activity reports
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| Box 25 | Folder 17 | 1983-1984 | |
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| Box 25 | Folder 18 | 1983-1984 | |
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| Box 25 | Folder 19 | 1983-1984 | |
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| Box 25 | Folder 20 | 1983-1984 | |
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| Box 25 | Folder 21 | 1982-1984 | |
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| Box 25 | Folder 22 | 1984 | |
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Activity reports
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| Box 25 | Folder 23 | 1982-1984 | |
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| Box 25 | Folder 24 | 1983-1984 | |
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| Box 25 | Folder 25 | 1983-1984 | |
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| Box 25 | Folder 26 | 1982-1984 | |
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| Box 25 | Folder 27 | 1983-1984 | |
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| Box 25 | Folder 28 | 1983-1984 | |
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| Box 25 | Folder 29 | 1983-1984 | |
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Activity reports
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| Box 25 | Folder 30 | 1983-1984 | |
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| Box 26 | Folder 1 | 1983-1984 | |
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| Box 26 | Folder 2 | 1972-1978 | |
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Correspondence re extension of leave of absence, new assignment in New Mexico
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| Box 26 | Folder 13 | 1983-1984 | |
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| Box 27 | Folder 1 | 1987-1988 | |
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Regional Staff Directors meeting report, n.d., c. 1987; NYSUT 1987- 88 Membership Report,
service center summary showing number of locals and members as of January 31, 1988; memos
listing meeting dates at various regional offices; materials for fall regional conference,
1987
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| Box 27 | Folder 2 | 1988-1989 | |
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Flyer and cover memo from Jim Conti re pesticide hazard workshop, December 14, 1989;
material distributed at PERB workshop on unit fragmentation, with cover memo from Jim Conti,
September 27, 1989; letter from Jim Conti to the director of the NYS Department of Labor
Division of Health and Safety, requesting an investigation into letters of reprimand by the
superintendent of the Mechanicville School District against two teachers who brought evidence
of asbestos to his attention, December 5, 1989; correspondence re proposed smoking policy at
Guilderland school district, September-October 1989; correspondence between Jim Conti,
regional staff director John Sole, and the State Education Department re meeting to review
asbestos and other health and safety hazards in schools, May 1989; agenda for Germantown
Teachers Association meeting, with cover memo from Jim Conti noting that they had vote to
reaffiliate with NYSUT, May 1, 1989; NYSUT Information Bulletin, "Certification, Tenure and a
Middle School Teaching Assignment," with detailed commentary from John Sole to Charles
Santelli and attached copy of legal decision (Baer) and Part 30 Regulations, May 4, 1989;
correspondence re multi-employer funds for nurses, March-April 1989; correspondence re PERB
public sector labor relations conference, March 1989; request for legal opinion re disparity
in work rules between elementary and secondary schools in Mechanicville district, March 10,
1989; memos between John Sole and Jim Conti re asbestos removal in the schools, March 1989;
memos re Drug-Free Workplace Act of 1988, noting that school districts in Albany region had
attempted to impose additional conditions of employment in compliance with the act and that
such changes required negotiation, with attached text of legislation and one such policy,
March 1989; National Education Association document, "The Use of Recognized Teaching Models
for Teacher Evaluation," and memos between Jim Conti and other NYSUT officials discussing
NYSUT approach, March 1989; memos re endowment for the care of an active or retired teacher in
the Troy school district at Leonard Hospital, set up in a will in 1925; Southern Adirondack
League of Teachers spreadsheet of local stipends for officers; correspondence re
Schenectady-Albany-Schoharie BOCES Faculty Association request re feasibility of challenging
the composition of BOCES so that low-population rural counties do not have disproportionate
influence over policy making, with attached documentation dating to 1953; inquiry form La
Salle School re legislation to improve salaries at approved 201, 853, 4402, and Special Act
schools, January 15, 1989
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| Box 27 | Folder 3 | 1989 | |
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May 5, 1989, Albany Regional Office. Agenda and related materials re meeting with local
reaffiliating with NYSUT
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| Box 27 | Folder 4 | 1989 | |
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Albany Regional Office, January 10, 1989. Confidential memo re meeting with Grand Island
Teachers Association re unsuccessful "work-to-rule" action in which, as a negotiating tactic,
all teachers resigned from any extracurricular assignments, which was interpreted by the
school district as a strike; related correspondence
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| Box 27 | Folder 5 | 1989 | |
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Harvard University Energy and Environmental Policy Center report, "Summary of Symposium on
Health Aspects of Exposure to Asbestos in Buildings," August 1989; letter of recommendation
from Jim Conti to Cornell ILR Western District Director re potential hire as instructor for
labor studies course, December 14, 1989; list of Erie County local presidents; Board of
Regents discussion item, follow-up report on occupational education in the large five cities,
May 26, with cover memo from NYSUT Occupational Education Committee liaison Pat Flynn; flyer
for workshop, "Shared Decision Making: An Awareness Session," from Western New York
Educational Service Council, with cover memo to local presidents, September 11; memo re salary
comparison survey, with attached sheet correlating numerical step schedules to new
alphabetical ones and correcting for compression effects, September 27; list of Western NY
Regional Office staffing, indicating local responsibility of field service representatives,
July 6; letter from Mort Zuckerman, chairman and editor-in-chief of U.S. News & World
Report, to NYSUT president Tom Hobart, noting success of To Give & Learn project,
developed by U.S. News and IBM, praising Blasdell Elementary School teacher John Ebel for
leadership on selection committee, September 28; letter from Niagara Falls Teachers Grievance
Committee chair, thanking regional rep for assistance, July 25; memo from Tom Hobart to NYSUT
Board of Directors re waiver of two-week notification requirement for special election to fill
vacancies for election district directors, June 30; letter to Tom Hobart from Cheektowaga
Central Teachers Association, noting NYSUT's inability to provide accurate salary comparisons,
April 24; memo re critical storage space needs of Western Regional Office, May 30; memo from
Jim Conti to Chuck Santelli requesting a coordinator to meet with nurses formerly employed at
Jamestown General Hospital to address negative attitudes about NYSUT and the closure of the
hospital, May 10; memo from Jim Conti to NYSUT legal counsel Bernard Ashe re possible lawsuit
after endorsement of candidate by Lackawanna Teachers Federation in school board election,
April 24; correspondence re seniority issues for custodians at Alden Central School District
after school closure, April 4; memo re agenda for upcoming meetings of Erie County Council of
Teacher Union Presidents re shared decision making, February 23; correspondence from law firm
representing school bus driver in wrongful termination case against Sweet Home Central School
District, with cover memo noting NYSUT should not provide assistance, lack of legal grounds,
January 3
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| Box 27 | Folder 6 | 1989 | |
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List of unclaimed accounts of former Buffalo teachers; National Education Association (NEA)
materials, including Advocate (NEA-NY), September, and Provocator (Buffalo Teachers
Federation), April
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| Box 27 | Folder 7 | 1988-1989 | |
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Letters of application for field representative, resumes, and related correspondence
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| Box 27 | Folder 8 | 1987-1988 | |
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Memo, "Personnel Management," detailing more than 100% staff turnover at Mt.
Pleasant-Blythedale school district in one-year period, 1987-88 (49 out of 43 employees, at
least 10 terminated) under superintendent Mariann Berlinger, including profiles of teachers,
evaluation histories; correspondence from Berlinger and teachers, documenting minor
infractions as reasons for terminations, including chronologies; audit report of Mt.
Pleasant-Blthythedale school by State Comptroller, finding irregularities, disallowing
reimbursements, with cover memo, September 26, 1989; memo to Jim Conti noting that in the wake
of the audit, superintendent Berlinger was ordered to the leave the building without
collecting personal effects, and that teachers were informed that she was on "health" leave
and would not return, September 11, 1989, with attached newspaper clipping re successful legal
action by parents
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| Box 27 | Folder 9 | 1989 | |
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Map showing directions to NYSUT Elmsford Regional Office; letter to Jim Conti from
Westchester Federation of Visiting Nurses describing terms of successful contract negotiation,
December 1; decision and appeal in Rockland County BOCES unemployment case, with cover memo,
November 21; related memo, October 25; letter from president of Newburgh Teachers' Association
to NYSUT regional staff director, requesting that NYSUT secure the services of a professional
insurance advisor to conduct a study of alternative health insurance plans, September 8;
memorandum of understanding between the American Federation of Teachers (Western Operations
Headquarters) and the American Red Cross, with attached letter from the Westchester County
Chapter of the American Red Cross asking for a similar agreement with the Elmsford NYSUT
office, and memo from Jim Conti to Tom Hobart, pointing out that agreement appeared one-sided,
with AFT locals providing assistance to Red Cross, August 22; announcement by BOCES Staff
Association of Rockland that referendum would be conducted by the American Arbitration
Association to establish two separate bargaining units, one for teachers and the other for
teaching assistants, with attached details and sample ballot; memo from Jim Conti re
difficulty of fragmenting units as proposed by Rockland staff association, with attached PERB
decision in similar case (County Association of Patrol Officers, petitioner, and County of
Erie and Erie County Sheriff, joint employer, and Teamsters Local 264, intervenor); summary of
Byram Hills contract settlement, May 24; memo with attached list of demands by Ad Hoc
Committee on Special Acts and 4201 School Districts, June 27; memo re 3020a filing procedures,
June 1; press release from Yonkers Public Schools, "Yonkers Board of Education Breaks Off
Negotiations with Teachers' Union," with attached executive summary of report, "Impact of the
Wage Cap on the Supply of Teachers in Yonkers and the Implications for the School District and
the City of Yonkers," by Matthew Drennan, Professor of Economics, and George T. Fuller,
Adjunct Associate Professor, Graduate School of Public Administration, New York University,
April 26, 1989, and flyers protesting salary caps; correspondence re asbestos problem,
exacerbated by physical disturbance of area by reinspection process, at Irvington High School,
May 30; Rockland BOCES election debriefing opening remarks and outline, with cover memo from
Jim Conti, May 26; letter to president of Irvington Faculty Association in response to
comments to Representative Assembly survey, in which he indicated dissatisfaction with NYSUT
services and possible move to decertify, March 31, 1989; copy of reimbursement check to cover
docking of one day's pay by BOCES West Nyack for member to attend PERB hearing, March 27;
privileged and confidential supplemental report from attorney to Utica Mutual Insurance
Company re O'Neil v. NYSUT, noting positive development in postponement of the appeal, April
14; letter from NYSUT regional director re decision by NYSUT not to attempt an organizing
campaign at Leake and Watts Children's Home, citing small size of unit and other
considerations, March 29; personnel manual for Leake and Watts, newsletters, and related
correspondence; Section 89 Fact Sheet (Tax Reform Act of 1986), with cover memo from
secretary-treasurer of AFT, March 21; memos from Jim Conti re survey from New York
University's Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives' Harry Van Arsdale Labor History Project, asking
that a letter be sent to all local presidents, asking them to fill it out, February March 2,
with attached copy of questionnaire; correspondence re long-delayed arbitration to resolve
non-payment of salary increase for teacher who had since left the Florida Teachers'
Association, January-February; Regional Staff Director's Report, February 2; handwritten notes
of Elmsford staff meeting of 9/14/88
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| Box 27 | Folder 10 | 1989 | |
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Letter from Allegheny Council on Occupational Safety and Health (ALCOSH) to NYSUT
Southwestern Regional Office re CCINFOdisk, a compact CD-ROM developed by the Canadian Centre
for Occupational Health and Safety, with attached flyer; memo re results of Jamestown aides
election, June 13; memo from Jim Conti to Chuck Santelli requesting a coordinator to meet with
nurses formerly employed at Jamestown General Hospital to address negative attitudes about
NYSUT and the closure of the hospital, May 10; letter to Jim Conti from director of NYS
Department of Labor Division of Safety and Health re alleged retaliation, a violation of the
PESH Act, against two teachers (one of whom was pregnant) by Allegheny- Cattaraugus BOCES for
complaining about paint fumes, February 27, with attached relevant section of the law and
related correspondence with state Attorney General's office
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| Box 27 | Folder 11 | 1989 | |
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Newsletters from the Southwestern Regional Office
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| Box 27 | Folder 12 | 1989 | |
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Correspondence re dispute by teacher in Kingston re pay for jury duty during summer
vacation, with attached text of law, September-October; report of new officers of the Rondout
Valley Federation of Teachers and School Related Personnel re misappropriation of funds by
previous officers (e.g., purchase of liquor, Broadway theater tickets, cat food), particularly
monies from a special "Save Our Students" fund to pay medical bills, September; memo to Jim
Conti re pending matters, including impasse at eight locals, September 25; memo re pay equity
issues and gender discrimination for Endicott school-related personnel, October 24; legal memo
re Workers' Compensation issue at Hudson school district, October 31, and related
correspondence; memos re whether field representative could teach a course at the Mid-Hudson
Teacher Center, September; correspondence re seniority issue for Ellenville district school
bus drivers, with attached board minutes, July-September; questionnaire by the National
Committee on Pay Equity, with cover memo to AFT vice presidents and state federation
presidents from the AFT Human Rights and Community Relations Department, requesting that they
complete the survey, April; consultants Martin E. Segal Company comparison of Empire Plan with
proposed benefit plan submitted for Pine Plains School District, May June; memos re use of
BOCES districts by State Education Department to determine Special Act Schools trend factor,
May; memos re Monticello Teachers Association legal fee reimbursement, FebruaryJune; materials
re Delaware Valley Central School District's Hazard Communication Standards, May; memo to Jim
Conti re possible summer interns from Cornell ILR School, March 22; letter from Fallsburg
Teacher's Association that its members had unanimously voted to find an alternative to NYSUT
to represent them, January 23; related correspondence, expressing dissatisfaction with support
from NYSUT during contract negotiations
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| Box 27 | Folder 13 | 1989 | |
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Newsletters of the regional office
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| Box 27 | Folder 14 | 1989 | |
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Summary of PERB decision on retiree inclusion in health trust fund as a non- mandatory
subject of bargaining, 12/20/89; letter to regional staff director thanking him for help in
membership drive at Farmingdale and Old Westbury chapters of United University Professions,
November 30; letter from New York Committee for Occupational Safety and Health re New Hyde
Park School District Asbestos Abatement Reports, October 31; correspondence between Jim Conti
and teacher re curtailment of her outpatient mental health coverage under the Empire Plan,
September; Newsday opinion piece, "Bigger Classes Will Harm Education on LI," by
superintendent of North Shore school district, October 16; other clippings; letter from
teacher requesting help in enforcing smoking policy at Oyster Bay-East Norwich school
district, referral to local president, November; letter describing challenges to election
results at Wantagh Teachers Association, with handwritten notation that matter was an internal
affair, June; letter from president of Lynbrook Teachers Association to Antonia Cortese, chair
of NYSUT Legal Review Committee, asking her to reexamine the decision of the Office of General
Counsel in New York City not to continue the local's lawsuit appeal, June 26; letter to NYSUT
president Tom Hobart from president of Farmingdale Federation of Teachers requesting change in
NYSUT data processing policy against downloading lists onto disks and only providing hard
copies to locals, noting electronic version would help locals customize information, May 3;
text of decision in Supreme Court, Nassau County, fining United Teachers of Seaford for
criminal contempt, May 3, with cover memos from Jim Conti to NYSUT executive officers and
regional staff directors, May 5; memo re Farmingdale contract clause re payment of salary
during a 3020a suspension, creation of supplementary fund, April 19; memo re Oceanside PERB
hearing in which NYSUT was named in the charge on the ill-informed advice of the hearing
officer, March 20; materials re Empire Plan, including "Cost Containment Strategies for
Participating Agencies," contribution rate table, and cover memo to Jim Conti noting that
premiums were expected to rise 12-15%, March 13; correspondence re head football coach at
Schreiber High School (Port Washington district) whose position was in jeopardy, request for
legal help, January; letter from president of Levittown United Teachers to counsel &
deputy for legal affairs, State Education Department, re Excellence in Teaching (EIT) funds
being held in escrow by district because of a difference of opinion on the eligibility of
chairmen to receive a share of the funds, requesting interpretation, January 10;
correspondence re complex dual coverage issues for retirees at Long Beach district ,
January-February
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| Box 27 | Folder 15 | 1989 | |
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Newsletters
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| Box 27 | Folder 16 | 1989 | |
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Collective Bargaining Agreement between New York University and United Staff Association of
NYU, Local 3882, New York State United Teachers, AFT, AFL-CIO, 1987-1990; correspondence re
tax status of graduate and undergraduate students at NYU, November-December; memo re health
insurance aspects of settlement negotiated with Pratt Institute, status of negotiations with
Cooper Union and Taylor Business Institute, October 17; letters from teacher-attorneys at
Suffolk Community College, correcting information contained in fact sheet distributed in
advance of possible strike, September 29; correspondence re smoking law, November; letter to
Tom Hobart from president of United Staff Association of NYU, thanking him for the assistance
provided by NYSUT during the strike, March 14
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| Box 27 | Folder 17 | 1989 | |
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Handwritten notes of North Country staff meeting, November 4, 1988; letter to NYSUT counsel
Bernard Ashe from teacher involved in 3031 arbitration in Horseheads school district,
dissatisfied with services of field representative, requesting an attorney, January 14, 1989;
memo to Jim Conti re case, January 27; related correspondence between teacher and field rep,
January; Supreme Court (Jefferson County) decision in Board of Education of the Watertown
Central School District v. Watertown Education Association and related exhibits, re EIT funds,
with cover memo to Jim Conti, February 7; materials describing state participation in IRS
Pre-Tax Contribution Program, or health insurance "cafeteria plan"; materials re ventilation
problem at Malone High School, January-April; correspondence re school-related personnel (SRP)
workshop, March; request for legal opinion and reply from NYSUT counsel Bernard Ashe for
interpretation of Commissioner's Regulations re coaching qualifications for interscholastic
athletic teams, February; materials re 3020a case in Watertown City School District, including
details of charges with handwritten annotations, April; request for additional field rep,
April 19; materials re new structural problems at Harold T. Wiley School in Watertown school
district following repeated reports by custodial staff of hearing helicopters landing on roof,
vibrations, April-August 1989, including tape of meeting with Carr engineering firm, November
1988; materials re mentor/intern program at Franklin-St. Lawrence consortium, May 18; document
prepared for AFL-CIO Lawyers' Conference, "Summary of Court Decisions in Lawsuits Challenging
Termination or Modification of Retiree Insurance Benefits," by William T. Payne, assistant
general counsel, United Steelworkers of America, May 3-4, 1989; memos re use of review books
for biology Regents exam at Watertown High School, MayJune; correspondence with teacher
Beverly Provoncha re questionable procedure by Putnam Central School Board in investigating
charges of corporal punishment against herself and two other teachers, with arbitration
summary, May; materials re Regents School Improvement and Accountability Program (RSIAP),
June; memos re protection of retirees' health insurance benefits, October
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| Box 27 | Folder 18 | 1989 | |
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| Box 27 | Folder 19 | 1989 | |
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List of self-funded locals in the Rochester Area School Health Plan (RASH), April 21; memo
re completion of salary data report, November 16; anti-union letter sent by Kodak to
employees, December 1; fact sheet re number of uninsured New Yorkers as of November 1987; memo
to Jim Conti re participation by 13 school districts in a Municipal Cooperation Agreement for
a School Health Insurance Plan, developed without union involvement, with attached details of
plan, March 25, 1986; memos re drug-free workplace requirements, June-1989; memo re bill for
phone banks used in VOTE/COPE campaign urging NYSUT members to vote for school budget and
certain school board candidates, June 8, 1989; memo re health and safety violations in
Rochester City School District, with attached Department of Labor notice of violation at John
Marshall High School, May 15; contract analysis, Rochester Regional Office Area interim
report, November 1, 1989; report to Rochester Superintendent of Schools and Rochester Teachers
Association by the Careers in Teaching Joint Governing Panel, "Performance Appraisal Redesign
for Teachers: A Report on Initial Efforts," September 1, 1989; memo and related materials re
organizing challenge by NEA-NY to Greece Support Services Employees Association, including
constitution and rules of association, Teachers Association contract, solicitation letter from
NEA to transportation employee, October-November 1989
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| Box 28 | Folder 1 | 1989 | |
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Memos re records retention legislation; text of revised Commissioner's Regulations
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| Box 28 | Folder 2 | 1987-1988 | |
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National School Boards Association Council of School Attorneys annual seminar programs;
memos to Jim Conti reporting on seminar topics
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| Box 28 | Folder 3 | 1989 | |
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Binghamton/Elmira. Memo to Jim Conti from NYSUT legal counsel Bernard Ashe re proposed
alcohol and drug abuse policy at Elmira school district, noting that the policy did not
comport with the Drug Free Workplace Act of 1988, November 13; memos re gender pay equity
issue among Endicott school-related personnel, June-July; NYSUT Legislative Bulletin re new
law restricting disclosure of HIV status, with text of law; clippings re B19 childhood viral
infection ("fifth disease"); memos re Binghamton Teachers Association settlement with school
district, providing for a salary increase formula that denied prior service credit for some
teachers, with text of tentative agreement, May-June; NYSUT Legislative Memorandum supporting
bill to include substitute employees in school districts and BOCES as "public employees," May
30; legal memorandum to Jim Conti from NYSUT legal counsel Bernard Ashe re whether school bus
drivers who handled student trips to NYC via Pennsylvania and New Jersey were exempt from the
overtime provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act, May 17; State Education Department
bulletin re school nurse responsibilities for internal medication, with related memos, May;
memos re request for medical records of teacher, up for tenure, in Deposit school district,
following short absence for illness, May; correspondence re lack of legal protections for
employees under Workers' Compensation, case of bus driver in Newark Valley Central School
District injured on the job, denied position and health coverage after unsuccessful attempts
to return to work, possible legislative remedies, 1986-1987; memo re Stipulation Joint
Employer agreement between Vestal, Binghamton, and Union-Endicott school districts and
Substitutes United in Broome (SUB), February 7; memo from president of Windsor Teachers
Association to superintendent of Windsor Central School District, expressing concern over plan
for distance learning telecommunications network that could affect teacher staffing levels in
three districts, demanding that the decision be negotiated as per PERB requirement, January
31
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| Box 28 | Folder 4 | 1989 | |
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Binghamton/Elmira. New York Public Employment Reporter newsletters
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| Box 28 | Folder 5 | 1989 | |
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Legal complaint, Jeanette Clancy vs. Center Moriches Union Free School District Board of
Education, with cover letter from Clancy to president of NYSUT, requesting refund of two
years' dues, accusing union field representative of failure of duty of fair representation,
March 10, with exhibit, teachers contract, September 1, 1987 August 31, 1991; related
correspondence, May; memo to NYSUT counsel from field representative re nurse at Brookhaven
hospital, charged by State Education Department for two errors in patient medication during
one night shift at Southside, noting short staffing, November 15; regional reports, January 31
and October 27; document promoting value of public schools on Long Island; memo to local
presidents from regional staff director inviting them to a strategy conference with school
boards and administrators to counteract the "tax revolt" sentiment among citizen activist
groups defeating school budget proposals, September 25; memo to NYSUT legal counsel inquiring
whether there was any strong action the union could take against an anti-union (agency fee
payer) teacher in the Middle Country school district (Centereach High School) who had been
harassing the union for ten years, with attached letter from teacher to colleagues, July 7;
letter from Jim Conti to field representative granting permission to negotiate a contract for
a Jewish school as an independent activity, October 12, with earlier memo to file noting
denial of permission because of conflict of interest; confidential memo to Jim Conti re
negotiations with Suffolk County Community College and Brookhaven Hospital, June 2; memos re
3020a charges, filing problems, in Commack school district, May; letter from Jim Conti to
insurance consultant Martin E. Segal Company requesting consultation with Nassau and Suffolk
staff re self-insurance alternative to Empire Plan, February 13; confidential memo re letter
to the editor of New York Teacher from teacher in Smithtown objecting to local's attendance
incentive clause for distribution of Excellence In Teaching (EIT) funds, asserting that
formula penalized teachers who became ill or had family emergencies, February 8; memo from Jim
Conti re operational policy prohibiting attempts to organize locals already or recently
represented by an AFL-CIO union, February 10; report by New York Committee for Occupational
Safety and Health, "Industrial Hygiene Investigation of Darkrooms, Ammerman Campus and Techni
Center, Suffolk County Community College," December 19, 1988; letter from Central Islip
Teachers Association, with chronology of filing of complaint to force district to comply with
NYS Right to Know Law and federal OSHA Hazard Communication Standard, January 12
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| Box 28 | Folder 6 | 1989 | |
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Memo from NYSUT legal counsel Bernard Ashe commenting on the proposed policy for the
Liverpool Central School District, noting that this was the first he'd seen that appeared as
if the writer had actually read the text of the federal Drug Free Workplace Act, November 13;
letter outlining NYSUT's responsibilities for participation in CNYCOSH (Central New York
Council on Safety & Health) conference on health and safety in the schools, December
21; related memo, November 2; memos from Jim Conti re interest by the North Syracuse Education
Association about updating the Syracuse Teachers Association document, "Policy, Procedures and
Information regarding Members Accused of Misconduct (Primarily Child Abuse) as a Result of
Employment in the Syracuse City School District," December; copy of document; newsletter of
the North Syracuse Education Association, Union Bug, n.d., c. December; memos re unsuccessful
Briarcliff School-Related Personnel (SRP) organizing election, suggestion that NYSUT develop
brochures targeted specifically to non-teaching staff, November 27; flyers and other
materials; memo re newly organized East Syracuse-Minoa Teaching Assistants Association,
December 4; newspaper clipping re approval by teachers of contract at Onondaga Community
College, Syracuse Herald-Journal, November 1; letter to OCM BOCES from computer instructor
whose request had been denied, defending his expertise, October 1; correspondence from NAACP,
soliciting contributions for march on Washington, August 4, with cover memos forwarding it up
the administration at NYSUT, August; letter to U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety
& Health Administration from NYSUT Regional Staff Director, noting that the owner of
the NYSUT office property, Widewaters Group, had addressed the problem of sewer-gas odor to
NYSUT's satisfaction, June 12; earlier related correspondence with agency and Widewaters,
April; materials re NYSUT fall regional conference of September 22-24; list of locals that had
secured a new contract in the Syracuse region for 1989-1990; draft of letter from NYSUT to
president of FNHP, Syracuse chapter (Cecelia Nabinger), noting non-payment of dues, outlining
possible consequences, including disaffiliation and action to recover funds, June 2; finalized
letter as sent to Nabinger, November 10; related memos between NYSUT officials re "problem
local," May; reply from FNHP president Nabinger, December 1, denying anything improper, with
attached lists of dues-paying members; memo to Jim Conti re possible strikes and critical
impasses anticipated for September, with reply, June; plan documents, "The Chittenango Central
School Effective Schools Process," April 5, and "Team Process Guide for Developing and
Implementing Action Plans, Chittenango Central School," March 24, with cover memo to Chuck
Santelli and Toni Cortese, April 24; draft letter to CSEA regional director re NEA victory in
organizing 70 clerical personnel in the Liverpool school district, proposing arrangement
between CSEA and NYSUT to satisfy no-raid clause in AFL-CIO constitution in order to defeat
NEA in future representation elections, March 20, with reply from Jim Conti urging further
conversation with CSEA before sending proposal, possibility for statewide arrangement, March
17; related correspondence and flyers re election, January; list of teachers' starting
salaries in Syracuse area, 1988-89; proposed amendments to the Contractual Agreement between
the Syracuse Teachers Association, Inc. and Syracuse City School District, January 1, 1988
through December 31 1991
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| Box 28 | Folder 7 | 1989 | |
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Analysis by NYSUT legal counsel of Camden school district's new drug-free workplace policy,
noting that it went far beyond what was required by new federal law, November 3, with cover
letter from Jim Conti, November 7; text of policy as adopted by Camden Board of Education,
with attached text of Drug-Free Workplace Act of 1988; memo from Jim Conti to NYSUT legal
counsel re Elmira school district's new drug and alcohol abuse policy, asserting that it
violated constitutional rights, Education Law, and human dignity, October 6; memo from the
president of Herkimer County Community College to coach (?) re investigation of recruitment of
out-of-state basketball players, use of New York State addresses for Indiana students to avoid
paying out-of-state tuition and obtain financial aid, with handwritten note (by Jim Conti?) re
situation, September 7; correspondence between Jim Conti and president of the New Hartford
Teachers Association re cancer incidence at one school, June-July; correspondence re proposed
state legislation that would tax the pensions of public employees, newsletter from member of
Congress citing related Supreme Court ruling David v. Michigan Department of Treasury, May;
newspaper clippings and correspondence re investigation of student cancer cluster at West
Canada Valley school district, Herkimer County, relation to hazardous waste sites,
March-April; memos re calculation (or not) of upper Mohawk Valley and central region BOCES
salary medians for awarding of Excellence in Teaching funds, January-March
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Letter to research department of UUP, and attachments, re gender pay equity study being
conducted for the newly affiliated, 100%-female Office Personnel Association of the
Union-Endicott School District, other SRP units with similar gender predominance, basis for
wage proposal, November 2; letter from UUP director to Jim Conti, asking for vote to give UUP
a board seat on the National Committee on Pay Equity, October 12; list of upcoming staff
meetings and events, with attached memos re potential attendance by Tom Hobart, September
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| Box 28 | Folder 9 | 1989 | |
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Memo to Jim Conti and other NYSUT officials re affiliations since 9/1/87, discussing
difficulty of organizing larger units from a time resource perspective, need for organizing
teams instead of regional office field staff, with attached list of locals, membership counts,
and staff involvement, November 20, 1989; confidential notes of AFT advanced organizing
seminar for community colleges, December 21; seminar program and related materials, including
faculty questionnaire developed for California community college system and guide for
designing an attitude survey; letter from NYSUT director of organizing re contacts at Hudson
Valley Community College, October 30; memo to Jim Conti re dues rebate under union shop
clauses, with attached memorandum from the Office of General Counsel of the National Labor
Relations Board (NLRB), October 11; cover memo to organizers re attached text of district
court's permanent injunction barring NLRB from implementing its health bargaining unit rule re
American Hospital Association (AHA), August 7; related memo, May 25; mock- up of The Nurses
Reporter, with cover memo to Jim Conti, May 17; memo to Conti re proposal by retired newspaper
reporter and widower of a nurse with many contacts in the NYC municipal hospital system,
referred by Westchester ALF-CIO Council, to start a pro-union newspaper for nurses, request
for funding, May 9; list of colleges and universities with collective-bargaining agents in
1988, from the Chronicle of Higher Education, July 12; memo to Jim Conti re conversation with
a member of the National Strength and Conditioning Association who wanted NYSUT to form a
bargaining unit for strength and conditioning coaches, noting futility of the idea, July 6;
letter from director of organizing re contact at Winthrop Hospital, June 28; clippings from
Labor Relations Week; memo suggesting years' free dues as inducement for successful referral
of new members, May 31; letter from NLRB declining review of charge of violation re Regents
College Degrees and Examinations because it was determined that the entity was not an
employer, May 26; article reporting advice of consultant to hospital administrators re keeping
unions out (annual meeting of New England Health Care Assembly), with hand-written annotations
and cover note to Jim Conti, April 24; article form Union Labor Report re study of 187
organizers from eight unions, concluding that low self esteem, low trust of others are
characteristics of the most successful organizers; budget request for 1989-1990; newsletter of
the National Center for the Study of Collective Bargaining in Higher Education and the
Professions, published at Baruch College, re unionization among college faculty in 1989,
January/February 1989; publication by labor lawyer, "The Supervisor's Handbook on Maintaining
Non-Union Status," 1974; pro-union document by labor lawyer, "Government Intermedding
Undercutting Union Autonomy: The Labor Lawyer's Challenge," n.d.; text of proposed Assembly
bill providing higher reimbursement to hospitals for personnel costs, with cover memo from Jim
Conti asking whether NYSUT should support it, March 7; letter from dean of the School of
Public Health, New York State Department of Health, re first course in capital district on
AIDS transmission for health care workers and emergency responders, February 7; article from
Labor Relations Week noting fierce competition among three AFL-CIO unions to organize health
care workers, with cover memo from Jim Conti re potential self-defeating consequences,
February 17; memos requesting more information about the LaSalle School, for potential
organizing efforts, with attached letter of inquiry from director of curriculum development re
public school salaries, February; paper by Henry S. Farber, Department of Economics, MIT,
"Trends in Worker Demand for Union Representation," December 1988; memo re proposed policy on
organizing minimums for size of unit, December 7, 1988, with cover memo proposing meeting,
February 9, 1989; press release re training on AIDS for health care workers and first
responders, January 16, with seminar announcement; announcement for conference on union
representatives in the health-care industry, March 6-7; memo re federal modification in the
definition of "reasonable assurance" of continued employment for substitute teachers, need for
state legislation to assure coverage of substitutes as public employees under the Taylor Law,
impact on organizing potential, January 19; memo to organizers and regional staff directors
instructing them to discard all copies of leaflet "Why Pay More for Less" because of an error,
plans for reprinting a corrected version, January 12; memo re delivery of authorization cards
and other materials to nurses at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital, January 26; letter to
National Education Association (NEA) Board of Directors from NEA president Mary Hatwood
Futrell recommending moratorium on raiding AFSME, SEIU, and IUOE locals, December 1987; letter
to NYSUT president Tom Hobart from Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals asking for
contracts to review language for a resource file, related memos, October
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| Box 28 | Folder 10 | 1989 | |
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Newsletters of the Division of Field Services, Organizing Bulletin
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| Box 28 | Folder 11 | 1988 | |
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January-June, 1988. Memo from Jim Conti to regional staff directors asking for participation
in pay equity training session, June 14; Empire Plan Quarterly Experience Report, January
March, 1988, produced for participating agencies in the New York State Health Insurance Plan
by Division of Employee Benefits, New York State Department of Civil Service, with cover memo
from Jim Conti, June 13; memo requesting teacher participation in facilitator training to
assist locals in implementing shared decision making process, June 13; statewide listing of
dues paid by locals, ranked by size of local and by amount of dues paid, May 13; listing of
State Education Department's estimate of Excellence in Teaching funds for each of the state's
41 BOCES, May 13; memo re unofficial approval of safety and health grant request of $60,000
for 1988-89, plans for training, May 12; memo from NYSUT counsel James Sandner to NYSUT
officers summarizing U.S. Supreme Court decision in Regents of the University of California v.
Public Employment Relations Board, et al., re union use of employer internal mail system, May
12; explanation of IRS interpretation of Tax Reform Act of 1986, May 9; paper by PERB, "The
Taylor Law: Procedures for Labor & Management," re recent PERB and Administrative Law
Judge decisions and court cases, April 12; Tentative CSEA Agreement 1988-91; memo with
attached satirical article on the limitations of management training, summary of U.S. Supreme
Court decision on union use of employer internal mail system, May 2; teacher salary schedule
average increases, 1986-87 and 1987-88, April 20; State Education Department memo re planning
for grant applications for teacher mentor- internships and related materials, March-April;
letter from director of state Department of Labor Division of Safety and Health, requesting
identification of any hazardous work sites, March; memos re PERB mediation/arbitration
program, with attached guidelines for pilot project, February; emergency extension of
application deadline for Excellence in Teaching funds, from the State Education Department,
January 6; New York Times clipping re labor situation in England, with cover memo that the
U.K. might be setting the trend for the U.S., February 18; memo re rule for school districts
that did not make timely application for EIT money, February 17; press release from State
Education Department that Regents voted to require home-schooled students to take the same
Pupil Evaluation Program (PEP) tests and Regents Preliminary Competency tests that students in
school are required to take, extension of EIT application deadline, January 20; unemployment
insurance decision re refusal of employment without just cause, appealed based on
substantially lower salary offer, with cover memo, January 28; policies adopted by the Erie
County BOCES and sold to BOCES districts around the state, and policy adopted by the
Williamson Central School District; January 20 ; memo re AIDS operational policy, with
attached NYSUT Position Paper on Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS); chapter excerpt,
"Unionism and Licensing of Public School Teachers: Impact on Wages and Educational Output," by
Morris M. Kleiner and Daniel L. Petree, of book When Public Sector Workers Unionize, edited by
Richard B. Freeman and Casey Ichniowski (University of Chicago Press), 1988; several issues of
NEA-NY Advocate newsletter, April, June, and summer 1988, with cover note from Jim Conti to
NYSUT officers and regional staff directors; newsletter of the Buffalo Teachers Federation,
Provocator 6/88, volume 18, number 6; Commissioner's order staying the West Seneca school
district from proceeding on determining a 3020a case without a hearing because the teacher
filed just beyond the deadline to request such a hearing, June 14, 1988; CSEA/AFSME health
insurance handbook supplement, describing alternatives to Empire Plan, April 19; article from
Labor Studies Journal, "Union Membership Decline: Do the Goals of Unions Reflect the Changing
Values of Workers?" by Jeanette A. Davy and Frank Shipper, Winter 1987-88; paper presented on
April 12 and April 30, "The Taylor Law: Procedures Update for Labor & Management," re
recent PERB and ALJ decisions and court cases; list of private schools educating children with
handicapping conditions in New York, with cover letter, March 30; PERB administrative law
judge decision in three cases against Rush-Henrietta Central School district, brought by
Rush-Henrietta Employees' Association Buildings and Grounds, Bus Mechanics Chapter, Teachers
Chapter, and Aides Chapter, over smoking ban, February 9; New York Times magazine clipping re
end of seven-year AFL-CIO boycott of Coors beer; Bureau of National Affairs Daily Labor Report
clippings; clippings re Empire Plan rate hikes; guidelines for eligibility for NYSUT Legal
Defense Fund
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| Box 28 | Folder 12 | 1988 | |
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July-December, 1988. NYS Court of Appeals ruling affirming the judgment of the Appellate
Division in CSEA v PERB and Luis Diaz, December 1; memo from Robert Diaz announcing that
Excellence in Teaching (EIT) funds were available for distribution, December 14; NYSUT
Executive Committee resolutions on public higher education in New York State, and on New
York's fiscal crisis, December 2; survey of BOCES bargaining units to determine whether any
employees are not represented by unit, December 8; materials re NYSUT support for creation of
a NYS School Construction Authority, temporary exemption from Wicks Law, including legislative
memorandum, New York Times clipping re political history of Wicks Law, list of state senators,
December 7; state Supreme Court decision in Schneider v. Sobol, with cover memo re EIT funds,
December 6; related memo, October 14; letter from NYS AFC-CIO re new Social Security rules
that would make it more difficult for elderly and disabled claimants to file successful
appeals after denial of benefits, with cover memo from Jim Conti and attached New York Times
clipping, September-November; memo from Jim Conti re AFT education reform initiative, with
list of prospective locals, November 11; letter from NYSUT president Tom Hobart to local
presidents re anticipated changes in premiums to Empire Plan, with cover letter from Jim
Conti, October 19; documents, cost-containment strategies available to participating agencies;
letter from Tom Hobart re extension of Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act (AHERA),
requiring asbestos management plans for public and private elementary and secondary schools,
October 14; NYSUT Information Bulletin re NYS Mentor-Teacher Internship Program, revised
August 1988; audit by the State Comptroller of the Empire Plan, with cover press release,
September 28; memo re new Empire Plan benefit options, September 26; memo re annual salaries
or stipends paid to NYSUT local presidents, school year 1987-88, September 12; median
classroom teacher salaries, 1987-88; memo noting decrease in school district contribution to
the New York State Teachers Retirement System, with attached NYSTRS administrative memo
detailing reduction, August 9; Empire Plan contribution rates for participating agencies,
August 9; results of Brookhaven Hospital election, showing win by NYSUT, August 8; Department
of Civil Service Empire Plan quarterly experience report, August 5; materials re new PERB
grievance resolution plan combining mediation and arbitration; analysis by NYSUT legal counsel
re U.S. Supreme Court decision in CWA v Beck re agency fees, with text of brief, July 1
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Survey with list of 27 possible training topics, request for selection of top 7, May 1;
handwritten notes on education reform
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| Box 29 | Folder 1 | 1986 | |
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Proposal for EIT fund distribution, November 19; memo re need for legislative change in
Taylor Law re per diem substitute employees, December 1; PERB administrative law judge
decision in Wayne-Finger Lakes BOCES and Wayne-Finder Lakes BOCES Teachers' Association, with
cover memo recommending case for use in workshop, October 29; memo re case at Ravena Coeymans
Selkirk Teachers Association in which a teacher refused to join the union based on religious
objection and requested a review of the agency fee policy, with clipping from Adventist Review
and text of Equal Employment Opportunity Act of 1972, September 30; memo re staff training for
investigatory interviews, September 23; new required form, Written Verified Claim, replacing
Notice of Claim, and cover memos between Jim Conti and NYSUT legal counsel, July; North
Colonie Teachers Association newsletter, NCTA Newsline, praising NYSUT staff, with cover memo
to Jim Conti and others, June 10; memo requesting staff assistance to organize a regional
substitutes' union for the southern Adirondack region, May 19; request for NYSUT staff support
at rally for Waterford-Halfmoon contract settlement, April 16; memo to Jim Conti re substitute
teacher organizing campaign for Washington, Warren, and Northern Saratoga counties, April 14;
request for attorney to participate on panel discussion re 3020a cases for Guilderland
Supervisors Unit, March 3; draft letter re voluntary services, proposed in response to
controversy at Guilderland district in which work-to-rule action led to charges of illegal
strike, with response from Jim Conti, advising against it, February
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| Box 29 | Folder 2 | 1986 | |
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Monthly regional staff director's and coordinator's reports
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| Box 29 | Folder 3 | 1986 | |
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December 10th, 1986. Letter from president of Dutchess United Educators re difficulty in
obtaining access to research and legal assistance from NYSUT, December 2; letter from regional
coordinator to NYSUT officials re upcoming meeting with Dutchess United Educators to discuss
reconsideration of affiliation, with attached October 31 letter from DUE president outlining
concerns, December 2; correspondence re abrupt dismissal of adjunct lecturer at Dutchess
County Community College, attached employment agreement, February
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| Box 29 | Folder 4 | 1986 | |
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Correspondence with member John McAndrew of Port Jervis Teachers Association, re NYSUT
involvement during discussion over contractual matters, PERB conclusion that union was not
responsible for "sick out," October-December; agreement between Orange-Ulster BOCES and BOCES
Teachers Association re distribution of Excellence in Teaching funds, November 7; evaluations
re mediation conference, letter from presenter Eric W. Lawson Dispute Settlement Services,
December 16; report by filed representative on Rockland Community College Federation of
Teachers elections, political and personality difficulties, charges of financial malfeasance,
agency fee issues, request to be removed from assignment, December 15; memo to Jim Conti re
Orange County Community College organizing, October 28; summary of case in New York Law
Journal re libel complaint in Peekskill public school district, October; text of Assembly bill
to allow faculty representation on community college boards of trustees, with NYSUT memo of
opposition and related correspondence, October; constitution of the Westchester Visiting
Nurses Association; American Arbitration Association opinion and award re Croton-Harmon Union
Free School District and Croton-Harmon Teachers Association (NYSUT) re association dues; memo
re regional office situation re inadequate electrical wiring and ventilation, plan to obtain
cost estimates to alleviate problems, October 6; list of local presidents, 1986-87, August 22;
memo re Insurance Department regulation of self-funded health insurance plans and union
welfare funds, September-December; memo from Jim Conti re new position of teacher associate at
North Salem School District, with nearly identical duties as full teachers, concern that
district might reduce regular teaching staff and rehire them as associates, April 23; case in
Supreme Court of Suffolk County, Faculty Association of Suffolk Community College v. Public
Employment Relations Board, re salary increment, found moot, with cover memo from Jim Conti
noting intention to appeal, March 4; letter from a teacher who lost health insurance coverage
during the summer as a result of changing school districts, February 26; flyer for national
AFL-CIO conference on PCB hazards for public employees; correspondence with Farmingdale
Federation of Teachers re lack of participation by NYSUT in negotiations for Empire Plan,
February; letter to NYSUT executive vice president Dan Sanders re situation at Byram Hills
Teachers Association re impact of billing procedures by the state Insurance Department on the
local's welfare funds, January 3; list of local presidents, 1984-85
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| Box 29 | Folder 5 | 1986 | |
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Regional staff director's and coordinator's report
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| Box 29 | Folder 6 | 1986 | |
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Letter to NYSUT president Tom Hobart from president of Fredonia Teachers' Association,
objecting to policy that non-members cannot attend presentations by NYSUT lawyers, October 10;
earlier correspondence, September; letter to Hobart from president of Cassadaga Valley Faculty
Association, objecting to lack of service from new Jamestown office, October 7; reply from
Hobart, October 22; correspondence re unemployment insurance appeal in case of teacher at
Silver Creek district, October
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| Box 29 | Folder 7 | 1986 | |
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Press statement by NYSUT president Hobart re need for legislation addressing aid to small
school districts, December 10; correspondence re dissatisfaction with NYSUT at Dutchess County
Community College (Dutchess United Educators), October; text of address delivered to the first
annual school conference of the Capital Area School Development Association, "Alcohol and Drug
Abuse in the Schools," by Melvin H. Osterman, Jr., July 24, with cover letter from Jim Conti
to regional staff directors; memos re training sessions, summer leadership conference, and
speaking engagements; memo re proposed reassignment of Greene/Columbia locals from Mid-Hudson
to Albany Regional Office, May 2; letter from Hobart to president of the Ichabod Crane
Teachers Association, congratulating local for success in electing three candidates for school
board by wide margins, June 23; memos re Rhinebeck Lodge for Successful Living, a drug
detoxification / rehabilitation facility seeking union representation, January-February 1985;
Mid-Hudson Regional Office 1986-87 membership projections, May 12; collective bargaining
agreement by and between Board of Education of the Wappingers Central School District and
Wappingers Federation of Transit, Custodial, and Maintenance Workers, July 1, 1983, to June
30, 1986; unemployment insurance decision by administrative law judge re teacher at Cairo
Durham Central School, issue of reasonable assurance of employment, with cover memo, April 16;
regional office request for staff, January 24; summary of AFT assignment to Houston, Texas,
February 3; letter from Jim Conti to Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, administrator of the
Empire Plan, re concerns about lack of participation by physicians due to low reimbursement
rates, with attached letters from Arlington Teachers' Association and Fishkill Obstetrics and
Gynecology, detailing far-below customary market reimbursement rates provided by plan for
various procedures, March; request for legal consultation for teacher at Ellenville district
re whether he should request a 3020a hearing or pursue his case under procedure outlined in
the collective bargaining agreement, March 18; resume of applicant for field services
representative, February; letter from consultant Martin E. Segal Company re reviewing local
benefit plans and trust funds, November 7; memo re staff training needs re negotiation,
improper practice filing, February 4; Mid-Hudson School Bell newsletters
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| Box 29 | Folder 8 | 1986 | |
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Monthly reports re negotiations, training, and other activities; list of retirees and health
insurance as of February 21
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| Box 29 | Folder 9 | 1986 | |
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December 22, 1986. Letters inviting applicants for interviews
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| Box 29 | Folder 10 | 1985-1986 | |
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Letter offering job as field representative to applicant, December 23, 1986; C.B. Bulletin,
newsletter of Nassau regional office, with article summarizing report of the Joint Economic
Committee, which defined "rich" in America as households with an average wealth of $419,600,
"very rich" as averaging $1.7 million, and "super rich" as $8.6 million, October 1986; C.B
Bulletin showing identical retail prices to consumers for shirts made in U.S., Taiwan, Guyana,
and Columbia, the differences in labor costs affecting profit margins of retailers; other C.B.
newsletters; clipping from NEA Today, about an industrial arts teacher who fought for years
against environmental hazards in his Baldwin school, developed malignant melanoma, was turned
down by NYSUT for representation, then was represented by NEA, December 1986; memo to NYSUT
counsel advising that BOCES II Teachers Association had requested that NYSUT withdraw its
appeal of the Teacher Aides in Occupational Education Classes case, following resolution of
outstanding issues, October 27, 1986; request for legal consultation for teacher at Lynbrook
school district facing complaint from parent over final grade and student's behavior on school
trip, September 2, 1986; memo re breach of contract case following rejection of an advisory
arbitration award in Hempstead, applicability to other locals, August 15, 1985; memo from Jim
Conti re provisions of the Empire Plan re mental health coverage, three-month prescription
purchase, definition of medical necessity, need to obtain booklets re benefits for members,
feasibility of NYSUT's setting up a private plan for members, May 6, 1986; correspondence re
possible NYSUT assistance in litigation by teacher in Great Neck who was pursuing a
sex-discrimination case against the New York State Teachers Retirement System at her own
expense, implications for retiree organizing, NEA competition, October 1985; memo re Nassau
staff meeting and concern over resolution re 3020a proceedings, April 21, 1986; memos re
teacher laid off in Farmingdale district, returned to teach part-time outside tenure area,
resigned, determination that no rights were violated, April 1986; request for upgrade for
secretaries in Nassau office, consistent with increased workload and skill requirements,
November 13, 1985
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| Box 29 | Folder 11 | 1986 | |
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Monthly reports
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| Box 29 | Folder 12 | 1986 | |
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Memo re contract settlement at Taylor Business Institute, Pratt Institute, and Lexington,
July 8; memo to Jim Conti requesting full-time health and safety expert on staff, May 2, with
reply denying request, May 5; handwritten letter from professor of public administration who
could not return to Medgar Evers College, with attached timeline re racial harassment, "Key
Points in MEC Discrimination," April 7; report by field representative for Federation of
Nurses and Health Professionals re NYSNA convention of October 18-21, 1985, acknowledgement
from Jim Conti, April 17; memo that United Staff Association of NYU had set a strike date,
with handwritten note that settlement had been reached, January 7; U.S. Supreme Court Brief
for the Cooper Union Federation of College Teachers, AFT, NYSUT, AFL-CIO, in Opposition, The
Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art v. National Labor Relations Board and
Cooper Union Federation of College Teachers, AFT, NYSUT, AFL-CIO
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| Box 29 | Folder 13 | 1986 | |
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Opinion of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, National Labor Relations Board
v. Parsons School of Design, denying petition to enforce order requiring bargaining with
part-time faculty, with cover report, June 24; other monthly reports re contract negotiations,
organizing efforts
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| Box 29 | Folder 14 | 1986 | |
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Memo to Jim Conti re problems with PERB-assigned mediator/fact- finders at Chenango Valley
and Haverling school districts, bias toward management, November 26; list of changes to
contract agreement re layoffs, with cover memo to Jim Conti noting violations of seniority,
preferred eligibility rules, in Massena, November 20; order and determination of Commissioner
of Labor in the matter of the application of North Franklin Education Center for a permanent
variance from safety regulation, approved with conditions, November 24; memo from Jim Conti to
NYSUT counsel asking that NYSUT challenge decision by NYS Department of Motor Vehicles
requiring fingerprinting of all school bus drivers, with background correspondence, October;
memo from regional staff director to NYSUT general counsel re planned conference at Alexandria
Bay in November, alternative meeting in the spring in Potsdam, October 21; memo re proposed
office in Watertown, October 6; memos re difficulties in doing phone banks at centralized
locations for political election campaigns, alternatives, October; memo to Jim Conti
complaining of quality of PERB-appointed mediator/fact finder in Lowville district, with
attached materials including report and recommendation of fact-finder, September; memo to Jim
Conti re problems with PERB-assigned mediator/fact-finders from Utica and Albany, need for
PERB to provide competent staff to North Country assignments, with attached "terrible" reports
and recommendations of fact-finders for the St. Regis and Chateaugay districts, June 3;
correspondence between NYSUT president Tom Hobart and the president of the Schroon Lake
Teachers Association re good work of field representative in arbitration case and over the
years, May-June; open house invitation to new Potsdam Regional Office, May 16; list of CSEA
units in Essex and Clinton counties, April 23; letter demanding that agency fee charges no
longer be taken from non-union teachers in the Watertown school district until certain
conditions are met, March 15, with cover memo; request for legal advice re liability of Beaver
River Teachers Association for functions at which alcohol is served, March 12, with related
memos; memo to Jim Conti re serious situation developing in Massena Central School following
the suicide of one suspended student, controversy over discipline policies, February 23, with
newspaper clippings; correspondence re Eunice Jantzi, special education teacher at
Jefferson-Lewis BOCES, suspended for failure to supervise and prevent sexual activity between
students, January-May
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| Box 29 | Folder 15 | 1986 | |
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Monthly reports re negotiations, other issues
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| Box 29 | Folder 16 | 1986 | |
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Debriefing memo analyzing the unsuccessful UHS (United Health Services hospitals) campaign,
December 19; leaflets and radio scripts for AFT clerical campaign, December 19; organizing
bulletins; memo suggesting special services for organizing committees, inducements for
potential members, December 10; letter to NYSUT president Tom Hobart from assistant director
of organizing for Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals, asking him to identify locals
with members in health-related occupations not currently in FNHP, November 21; letter to Jim
Conti from managing editor of FNHP Healthwire, asking to be put on NYSUT newsletter mailing
list, October 29; draft article by NYSUT organizing coordinator John O'Leary re differences
between union certification and recognition, with cover memo seeking comments from organizers,
October 31; memo re employer tactics, emphasizing threat of strikes, in lead-up to
representation election at United Health Services, November 11; outline for Local Presidents'
Handbook, with request from Jim Conti to John O'Leary that he write section on organizing,
November 10; letters from Jim Conti to organizers and field representatives, congratulating
them on win or encouraging them on defeats, September-October; memo from John O'Leary re the
best use of organizing dollars, July 15; memo re actions of PERB administrative law judge,
called unprofessional and prejudicial by John O'Leary, at certification petition conference by
NEANY for Edwards Russell Central School District, June 23; memo listing representation
election results at various schools, June 27; NYSUT Statement of Intent for Organizing
Registered Nurses; summary of remarks of ILGWU presentation on use of polling in organizing
campaigns at 1986 Midwest healthcare organizers conference, noting extreme aversion to
prospect of strikes among nurses; articles from Scientific American, re tendency of voters to
vote for challenger in presidential elections if they perceive their economic status as having
deteriorated, and New York Times, re deterioration of real income among Americans, with cover
memo to organizers re implications for receptivity to unionizing among middle class workers,
July 14; brochure prepared for Benedictine organizing campaign, "What's In It for You?
Straight Answers to Common Questions about FNHP/NYSUT"; four-page memo to Jim Conti from John
O'Leary re organizing budget, October 2, 1985; six-page memo from O'Leary, "Organizing
Effectiveness, Preliminary Report," June 23, 1986; memo from Tom Hobart to NYSUT Board of
Directors re results of elections involving AFT in Broward County, Florida, June 12; memo re
contingency plans to remain open during previously scheduled vacation shutdown to accommodate
organizing campaigns in Binghamton and Kingston, May 23; memo urging support for legislation
in Assembly that would prohibit health-care agencies from being reimbursed for representation
election expenses, making it less likely that facilities would pay for anti-union consultants,
June; memo updating on feasibility of organizing Visiting Nurse Service ancillary staff for
the UFT, May 12; memo from O'Leary detailing the organizing operation, noting long-term nature
of cultivating leads, need for flexibility, May 12; memo re budget appropriation for special
organizing projects, calling dramatic reduction a penalty for prudent management the year
before and a disincentive to spending restraint, May 2; memo, "Why the Organizing Staff Should
Not Be Reduced," April 21; notice to NYSUT from the National Labor Relations Board that a
petition for certification of representation election at the Champlain Valley Physicians
Hospital had been filed by the Teamsters, April 28, with attached documents; memo re Entry
into Practice bill, held up in committee, which would require a BA degree for Registered
Nurses and an AAS degree for associate nurses and eliminate the designation Licensed Practical
Nurse (LPN), with committee bill memorandum, listing groups in support and opposition, points
of argument in support and opposition, May 30; memo from Jim Conti requesting any information
about pending legislation in the health-care area, speaker for meeting of Federation of Nurses
& Health-Related Professionals (FNHP), April 25; memo from O'Leary recommending
changes to PERB rules for certification of representation election, submitted in response to
request for comments by PERB, April; memo to organizers from O'Leary re Supreme Court decision
overturning NLRB rule requiring all employees in a bargaining unit to vote on affiliation of
an independent union with a national or international union, cautioning that other rules must
be followed carefully, April 14; inquiry from O'Leary as to whether there was any pending
legislation to amend law dealing with patients' rights or reporting patient abuse, April 8;
copy of NEA-NY Advocate, with cover memo to O'Leary from Jim Conti suggesting he read it
before attending their convention, March; memo to organizers re generating computerized
contact cards, March 4; memo to O'Leary re computerized filing system, January 14; memo from
O'Leary re college organizing, recommending that National Labor Relations Act be amended to
give NLRB jurisdiction over college faculty, with cover memo from Jim Conti asking whether AFT
was planning to propose amendments, March; memo from O'Leary suggesting proposing legislation
clarifying process for mergers, consolidations, and annexations of school districts,
especially BOCES districts, November 25, 1985, with reply from Jim Conti, March 27, 1986;
Schenectady Gazette newspaper clipping re deputy executive director of President's Commission
on Organized Crime, which was recommending random drug tests for federal employees, who
refused the request of the chair of a House Civil Service subcommittee to give a sample of his
own urine before testifying, March 19, 1986; Report by AFL-CIO Committee on the Evolution of
Work on the Changing Situation of Workers and Their Unions, February 27, 1985, with cover memo
to organizers and discussion guide for local unions; memo from O'Leary recommending NYSUT
associate membership, March 3; State Education Department Public School Professional Personnel
Report, 1984-1985; letter to NYSUT president Tom Hobart from president of United Professional
Nurses Association (UPNA), expressing regret that they were unable to achieve a working
relationship, February 25; letter from O'Leary to president of UPNA, informing her that
Federation of Nurses and Health-Related Professionals would likely become NYSUT's Division of
Nursing, February 5; list of organizing successes since November 1985 through January 3, 1986;
list of new units organized in 1985, November 14; memo outlining procedures for returning
calls that come in to the 800 number for organizing, November 17, 1985; memo to O'Leary from
NYSUT public relations director re organizing marking campaign for nurses, with attached
materials, January 6, 1985
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| Box 29 | Folder 17 | 1986 | |
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Monthly reports
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| Box 29 | Folder 18 | 1986 | |
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Memo to New York State Teachers' Retirement System from the Rush- Henrietta Employee
Association Teachers' Chapter Executive Council, objecting to non-inclusion of Excellence In
Teaching (EIT) funds in calculation of salary toward retirement, December 17; memo re EIT
settlements at Spencerport and Marion districts, November 26; survey sent to school-related
personnel (SRP) locals to determine gender distribution, full- and part-time status, and other
characteristics of work force, with cover memo noting complexity of questions, other issues,
October; memos re PERB administrative law judge decisions re subcontracting of summer school
teachers and programs to BOCES, with attached decisions re Monroe County school districts
(Webster, East Irondequoit, and West Irondequoit), December; memos re legality of public
employees' contributing to a self-funded health plan, October-November; East Irondequoit
Excellence In Teaching agreement, with cover memo, October 24; memo from Jim Conti re
consideration of sexual preference in 3020a cases, noting absence of state law prohibiting
discrimination, lack of clarity as to whether homosexuality per se constitutes "moral
turpitude," concluding that in a school setting "they are going to be held to a much higher
standard of moral conduct," October 1; list of school districts that had not yet applied for
Excellence In Teaching funds, September 17; PERB decision in Williamson Central School
District and Williamson Faculty Association re salary schedule, July 29; memo from NYS
Teachers Retirement System re employer contribution rates to be paid during the 1987-88 school
year, with cover memo from Jim Conti to regional staff directors, May 22; letter from NYS
Department of Motor Vehicles re payment of fee for fingerprinting of school bus drivers,
October 24; letter from Jim Conti to Tom Hobart recalling defection of Rochester and Vestal
Regional Offices to NEA in 1976, actions Conti took to maintain continuity of service to
locals, April 24; memo re computer certification questions at Webster school district, April
2; memo re selection of arbitration as alternative to 3020a proceeding, March 21; revised
draft, Rochester Teachers Association Peer Assistance and Review Program, with attached
newspaper clippings; flyer Rochester Regional Report, "State Budget Includes $95 million for
Excellence In Teaching Program!"
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Monthly activity reports; Cooperative Organization for Public Education (COPE) report,
Monroe County "Save Harmless" School Districts 1986 Yearbook, presented at Legislators'
Breakfast, December 6, 1986; program for 1987 Collective Bargaining Conference, January
23-24
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| Box 29 | Folder 20 | 1986 | |
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Volume 1, number 1
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| Box 29 | Folder 21 | 1986 | |
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Inquiry by Jim Conti as to whether NYSUT was proposing legislation to address worker's
compensation, citing the case of a Newark Valley Central School District bus driver who was
out on disability on a work-related injury and could legally lose her job and health
insurance, December; memo to Jim Conti recommending breach of contract suit on behalf of the
Chenango Forks Teachers Association for violating settlement agreement, negotiated in lieu of
an Improper Practice Charge, for assigning too much work to a teacher, December 9; materials
re legality of self-funded health plans, including case of Rockland Community College, April;
letter congratulating field representative on successful contract for Watkins Glen Faculty
Association, noting benefits and protections not often found in the Southern Tier, November 3;
memos requesting legal opinion of certain wording on taxable income deferments form required
of teachers to sign at Endicott school district, September-November; letter from state senator
and deputy majority leader William T. Smith to president of Elmira Teachers Association,
explaining why he opposed Excellence In Teaching program, September 18; handwritten drafts,
"You Are Being Cheated," for mailing to teachers in Oneonta, September 11; letter to president
of Corning Teachers Association from NYSUT staff in Division of Research and Educational
Services, advising on design of a questionnaire evaluating teacher satisfaction with building
administrators, September 5; application for affiliation with NYSUT from George Junior
Republic Teachers Organization, August; questionnaire by Corning Teachers Association to
evaluate building administrators, July 2; memo to Jim Conti re miscellaneous concerns re PERB,
including decision in Charlotte Valley Teachers Association case, difficulties with improper
practice conferences and hearings, February 21; recommendation for a 3020a hearing panel
member, June 30; five-page memo from regional office coordinator Chuck Rogers, analyzing the
disaffiliation of the Greene Teachers Association, May 29; six-page memo from field rep to
Chuck Rogers, analyzing the disaffiliation of the Greene Teachers Association, May 29; list of
school districts where increases in state aid were used to lower local taxes, versus where aid
resulted in increases for teachers, September 13; memo to Jim Conti discussing the results of
increase in state on school district taxes, budgets, and salaries, concluding that not much
had changed for contract negotiations, August 23; several related memos to Jim Conti, with
specific examples of impact on districts; memo re inadequacy of PERB procedures for adding
long-term substitutes or part-time teachers, February 22; related memo re accretion, March 21;
confidential memo from Jim Conti re scheduling PERB prehearing conference for Charlotte Valley
case, May 13; letter to Jim Conti re inconvenience and expense of PERB's increasing tendency
to schedule hearings and meetings in Albany instead of Binghamton, April 29; related material;
repeat request to NYSUT president Hobart by Corning Teachers Association that NYSUT Executive
Board assign the local to the district (E.D. 11) with which it had regular contact and was
closer to geographically, April 18; memo from Jim Conti re "Neanderthal" goals of Owego
Apalachin Central School District, suggesting that State Education Department be informed,
April 25; chart comparing provisions of the tiers of the NYS Employee Retirement System; memo
to Jim Conti criticizing PERB mediator/fact-finder, dissatisfaction by both parties, urging
that PERB be advised and requested not to assign the mediator again to any NYSUT case in the
Southern Tier, February 3; memo to Jim Conti re inordinate number of respiratory and cancer
cases at Rushford school, need for asbestos removal, January 21; confidential memo and related
documents re teacher at Greene Central School, February 28; request from Jim Conti to NYSUT
legal counsel to have a staff attorney address Chenango Valley Teachers Association re teacher
liability in the classroom and school-related situations, February 20; copy of General
Municipal Law section 92 re vacations, sick leaves and leaves of absence of officers and
employees, including opinions of the state comptroller
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| Box 29 | Folder 22 | 1986 | |
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Monthly reports, with newsletters, Southern Tier Briefs
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| Box 29 | Folder 23 | 1986 | |
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Memo from field representative to NYSUT legal counsel requesting action to regain two days'
salary docked from teachers at Cold Spring Harbor after the district superintendent declared
that a strike had taken place, November 13; letters from locals thanking NYSUT staff for their
help in averting strikes, other assistance; special order resolution by Representative
Assembly recommending that AFT give financial assistance to Patchogue-Medford Congress of
Teachers to offset costs associated with challenging drug testing, n.d.; memo to Jim Conti re
Patchogue drug testing case, appealed to state Court of Appeals, possible federal involvement,
August 28; letter to NYSUT official Ray Calabrese from Amityville Teachers Association
president, thanking him for selecting the school's Talented and Gifted Program for Cablevision
show, noting bad press for low reading and math scores, May 23; text of governor's proposed
legislation re salary supplement, March 19
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| Box 29 | Folder 24 | 1986 | |
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Regional reports; papers, "AIDS: A Question of Human Rights vs the Duty to Provide a Safe
Work Place," by Marco L. Colosi, vice president, human resources, and Fred Silverman,
president, Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center, "Selected Current Developments under the National
Labor Relations Act," by Irving Perlman, Immerman & Perlman, presented to the 6th
Annual Winter Training Conference on Labor Management Relations, February 13-20, and "The
Effect of the National Labor Relations Board on the Health Care Industry," by Marco L.
Colosi
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| Box 29 | Folder 25 | 1986 | |
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Syracuse Teachers Association Policy, Procedures and Information Regarding Members Accused
of Misconduct (Primarily Child Abuse) as a Result of Employment in the Syracuse City School
District; 20-page memo from Jim Conti debriefing Benjamin-Rush Center (psychiatric hospital
facility) strike, November 17; United Liverpool Faculty Association newsletter, December; NLRB
Charge against Employer against Benjamin Rush Center; appeal for holiday support for 12
employees fired during strike; agenda for meeting re strike, November 3; flyers re strike;
memo from regional director to president of Benjamin Rush Employees United re crisis
reimbursement plan related to strike, September 26; memos re eligibility of school nurses for
Excellence In Teaching funds, September-October; list of teachers' starting salaries in
Syracuse regional area, 1986-87; memos requesting legal assistance for unemployment insurance
case at Port Byron School District, with attached decisions from NYS Unemployment Insurance
Division, related correspondence re provisional teaching certificate, July-September; document
by NYSUT regional staff director Frank Squillace, "Teacher Salaries and the Excellence in
Teaching Law," August 1986; memo re absorption of Cortland-Madison BOCES school-related
personnel (SRP) unit into new Cortland-Onondaga-Madison BOCES Organization (COMBO), July 15;
memo re AFT liability insurance programs, May 13; related brochures and legal citations; NYS
Department of Labor Notice of Variance Hearing on July 11 for Cazenovia Central School
District, copied to Jim Conti and others; "raiding" letter from NEA-NY to teacher at Oswego
County BOCES, with cover memo to Jim Conti noting that letter was being sent to CSEA locals,
May 23; letter re field representative assignments to certain BOCES locals, April 29; memo to
Jim Conti re inquiry from Onondaga-Madison BOCES Federation of Teachers re Public Health Law
and related issues in which a school nurse might send students and teachers home because of a
contagious illness at school, with attached excerpt from state Education Law, March 31; memos
from Jim Conti to legal staff inquiring as to whether authorization forms allowing release of
any confidential legal (including attorney-client privileged), medical (including
psychiatric), financial, or other information, which prospective employees must sign, violated
any federal or state civil rights regulations, with attached copy of release form used by
Auburn Enlarged City School District, March-April; list of organization and representation
status of school-related personnel in Syracuse regional area districts, January 10; memos re
field representative assignment to Madison Central School Non-Instructional Employees
Association (MCSNEIA), February
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| Box 29 | Folder 26 | 1986 | |
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Activity reports re negotiations, other issues
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| Box 29 | Folder 27 | 1986 | |
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Clipping, "PEF Saves Retirement Benefits"
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| Box 29 | Folder 28 | 1986 | |
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Regional staff director and coordinator's reports
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| Box 29 | Folder 29 | 1986 | |
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Invitation to Jim Conti to come to United University Professions Field Staff dinner, with
affirmative reply, December
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| Box 29 | Folder 30 | 1986 | |
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Activity reports
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| Box 29 | Folder 31 | 1984-1986 | |
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Report on Retirement Convention, with cover letter from Jim Conti to NYSUT president Tom
Hobart, December 17; memos re Mt. Markham dues problem, with attached excerpts from
association's constitution, September-October; New York State School Boards Association
legislative bulletin re Regents meeting, July 28, 1986; correspondence re proposed legislation
to limit funding for health and welfare benefits, including Metropolitan Life Insurance
Company legislative alert bulletin, MarchMay
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| Box 30 | Folder 1 | 1986 | |
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Regional Staff Director's and Coordinator's reports
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| Box 30 | Folder 2 | 1986 | |
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Outline of field services section for annual report for the Representative Assembly, with
cover letter from Jim Conti re writing section for local presidents' handbook, November 10;
newsletter of BOCES II Education Association, Cross Ventilation, October; briefs, award, and
related correspondence in arbitration case, Matter of Erie County No. 1 Co-operative Teachers
Association and BOCES First Supervisory District, Erie County, July-October; memo to local
presidents re NYSUT reorganization of Western NY Region, creation of new Southwestern New York
Region, September 4; flyer announcing arbitration seminars; memos from staff of Physical
Education Department to U.C.PA. management, Children's Center, and NYSUT local 3721, asking
for raise, April-June; letter to governor re Erie Community College Board of Trustees vacancy,
June 26; agreement between the Board of Education of Attica Central School District and the
Attica Central School Non-teaching Employees Association, July 1, 1986 June 30, 1989; memo re
Kenmore Teachers Association peer performance review plan, with attached text of the plan, May
5; memo re mergers, consolidations, and annexations of school districts, with reply from Jim
Conti; memos re requests from locals for guidance re teacher liability, February, with
hand-written note
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| Box 30 | Folder 3 | 1986 | |
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Regional monthly reports; coordinator's reports; list of agency fee locals, November 3; list
of locals with open contracts for 1987; list of locals with VOTE-COPE payroll deductions,
November 5; list of locals with benefit trust payroll deductions, November 5; notice of PERB
conference and hearing in the matter of Erie Chautauqua Cattaraugus BOCES and BOCES Support
Personnel Association, petitioner, and BOCES II Education Association, respondent, for
November 25; letter from NEA-NY Rochester Service Center to members re PERB case
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| Box 30 | Folder 4 | 1986 | |
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June 11, 1986. Letters to job applicants confirming interview appointments
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| Box 30 | Folder 5 | 1986 | |
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Memo re political climate at Rockland Community College, agency fee collection, poor working
relationship, request for change in assignment, December 15; memos re re-election of president
of Rockland CC, November; memo re payment of 1986-87 dues, September 16; memo re 1986-87
budget approvals, objecting to changing rules of procedure, August 12; memo re Field Services'
support for PEF, May 8; confidential memo re additional staff and budget considerations, April
15
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| Box 30 | Folder 6 | 1986 | |
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Data Processing Coordinator's / Manager's Update, April 11; list of NYSUT recommended
microcomputer systems for locals (prices as of April 7, 1986); microcomputer training
schedule, revised April 8; memo re training, June 12
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| Box 30 | Folder 7 | 1986 | |
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NYSUT Division of Research and Educational Services Contract Analysis: BOCES Contract
Clauses, October 1986; Information Bulletins, "Selected Financial Data for School Districts
1981-82 to 1983-84" and "1986-87 Executive Budget Proposal State Aid to Public Schools,"
January 1986, "Community College Status Report," March 31, 1986, "Excellence in Teaching Aid
Impact on Fringe Benefits," June, results of survey of elementary and secondary teacher
locals, June, list of districts and BOCES applying for Excellence in Teaching Aid, September
15, "Alternatives to Special Education," November 1986; confidential Regents' Report Cards,
January, February and May 22, 1986; monthly reports; brochure, New York State Educational
Conference Board State Aid Proposal, 1986-87; memos re teacher salary increases, teacher
salary aid; draft Testimony of the New York State United Teachers Regarding the Regents
Hearings on Proposed Amendments to the Certification Requirements for Elementary and Secondary
Academic Areas; memo to regional staff directors re teacher membership on Committee on Special
Education (CSE), with attached Information Bulletin giving details, October 27; letter from
NYSUT vice president Antonia Cortese to Education Commissioner Gordon Ambach, requesting that
teaching assistants pay only once for a temporary teaching license, with attached memos,
June-July; letter from director of organization of CSEA, expressing concern about raiding of
AFL locals by Teamsters, June 26, with memo from Jim Conti sharing concern, July 17; newspaper
clipping summarizing Carnegie Forum recommendations that teacher pay be increased
substantially, with cover memo from Jim Conti, June 27; year-end report, Participation of
Locals and Members in Selected Activities, prepared for NYSUT Board of Directors, June 1986;
memo from Jim Conti re "Neanderthal" goals of Owego Apalachin Central School District,
suggesting that State Education Department be informed, April 25, with attached text of goals,
including "absolutely no new programs or services or expansion of existing programs or
services" and "Year of the Taxpayer: apply any and all unanticipated state aid to tax
containment"; memo to coordinators re 1986-87 Hurd Aid to small city school districts, May 9;
New York State School Boards Association Legislative Bulletin re anticipated Excellence in
Teaching regulations, April; memo to regional office coordinators re basic school district
information, with attached sample and definition of terms, March 20; draft staff report to the
Board of Regents, "Teacher Compensation in New York State 1974-75 and 1984-85 School Years,"
February 1986
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| Box 30 | Folder 8 | 1986 | |
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Agenda for AFT conference, "The State Federation as Employer," with memo from Jim Conti
requesting approval to attend, December 19; request for information pamphlets from Workers'
Compensation Board re on-the-job injury and off-the-job disability, October 29; letter from
director of field services Robert Allen to Superior Officers Association, Police Department,
Nassau County, explaining agency fees, October 9; memos to regional staff directors re
telephone calls to other members on behalf of endorsed candidates for public office,
September-October; memo re increased likelihood that representation elections will be more
successful on the second or third attempt, September; legislative memorandum in support of
bill that would allow collective negotiation re transfer of teachers within a school district,
September, with text of bill; memos re leave by staff member for adoption and child care,
comment that long notice requirement for specific leave dates isn't practicable for adoption,
July; model by-laws to provide for inclusion of retirees, with document, "How Local Leaders
Can Provide Continuation of Membership in Local/NYSUT AFT"; memo recommending against
relocation of a combined Elmira/Jamestown regional office to Hornell, logistical difficulties,
driving distances, alternative options, October 29; memo re Broward County (Florida)
representation election, won by AFT, making AFT majority organization in Florida, June 10;
memo from Ray Ratte to Vito DeLeonardis urging retention of Survive and Thrive Program, noting
success of program in boosting staff morale, May 23; memo re membership increase projections,
shortfall in New York City staff because of retirements, inability to recruit qualified
candidates, May 23; resolution adopted by the NYSUT Representative Assembly to provide an
attorney when a teacher chooses to use an alternative procedure to a 3020a hearing, with cover
memo outlining process, March 18; Buffalo News clipping, "Stakes, Salaries High in Failed Bid
to Gain Control of Union Local," April 13
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| Box 30 | Folder 9 | 1986 | |
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American Arbitration Association Rules for Determination of Union Fees, effective June 1,
1986; related material re agency fees; request from Jim Conti to legal staff to write section
on NYSUT legal services for Local Presidents' Handbook, November 21; memos re proposed
workshop on union's role in investigatory interview (public sector), October, with attached
case for use in workshop, PERB administrative law judge decision in the matter of Wayne-Finger
Lakes BOCES, respondent, and Wayne-Finger Lakes BOCES Teachers' Association; memo requesting
legal staff member to address training meeting for North Country staff, September; similar
request from Fredonia Teachers Association, September; similar request for Mid-Hudson Summer
Leadership Conference, May 29; legal opinion from NYSUT counsel re overtime provisions under
FLSA for employee performing two jobs for same employer, June 11; publication by U.S.
Department of Labor, "State and Local Government Employees under the Fair Labor Standards
Act," May 1985; list of open litigation cases, with cover memo noting that they were for Utica
Regional Office, April 17; memos requesting legal opinion re teacher liability, initiated by
Chittenango Teachers Association, January-March; similar request for Chenango Valley Teachers
Association, February 20; request for legal opinion, initiated by Beaver River Teachers
Association, re liability for accidents resulting from association-sponsored functions
involving alcohol, March 12; memo to Jim Conti re serious situation developing in Massena
Central School following the suicide of one suspended student, controversy over discipline
policies, February 23, with newspaper clippings; request for legal consultation for Ellenville
teacher, deciding whether to opt for 3020a hearing or alternative procedure, March 18; request
for meeting with North Country locals re merger of Edwards school district, affiliated with
NYSUT, and Knox district, affiliated with NEA, March 12
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| Box 30 | Folder 10 | 1986 | |
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Letter from Jim Conti noting that U.S. Supreme Court had ruled that an employer may not
offer life insurance that pays lower benefits to women because of longer life expectancy, with
attached case, Arizona Governing Committee for Tax Deferred Annuity and Deferred Compensation
Plans, et al. v. Nathalie Norris, etc., March 19; memo from NYSUT counsel re intention to
appeal to the state Court of Appeals a decision that NYSUT complaint failed to comply with
statute of limitations, with attached decision, Peter Langham et al. v. State of New York,
November 24; letter re seminar on brief writing, sent to field representatives, with cover
memo from NYSUT general counsel to Jim Conti, October 29; agency fee materials, with cover
memo, November 17; opinion of state Supreme Court Appellate Division, Patchogue-Medford
Congress of Teachers v. Board of Education of the Patchogue-Medford Union Free School
District, holding drug urine tests to be unconstitutional, with cover memo from Jim Conti to
NYSUT general counsel, September 25; memo to NYSUT legal counsel from Jim Conti re approaching
the Commissioner of Education about a school district that set preconditions to enforcing the
Commissioner's Regulations on Excellence In Teaching that violated the intent of the
legislation, also anticipated improper practice charges over failure by districts to negotiate
the apportionment of E.I.T funds, September 18; text of local law in Suffolk County
legislature to prohibit mandatory drug testing, March 25, with attached Statement on Substance
Abuse Programs from the Faculty Association (AFT Local 3038) of Suffolk County Community
College, opposing random drug testing; letter from Jim Conti to NYSUT general counsels
praising their presentation at the PERB hearing on agency fees, September 10; correspondence
re agency fee inquiries from teachers at Middletown school district, June-July; issue of
Insurance Litigation Reporter; decision and order in state Supreme Court Special Term, Board
of Education, Yonkers City School District v. Yonkers Federation of Teachers, with cover memo
from Jim Conti asking NYSUT counsel whether decision was being appealed, March 31; memos
requesting legal opinion re teacher liability, initiated by Chittenango Teachers Association,
January-February
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| Box 30 | Folder 11 | 1986 | |
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State Education Department document, "State-Aided Programs for Elementary and Secondary
Education in New York State," July 1986; summary of pending federal and state legislation in
the health area, from Donna Gwynne, program director, Employee Benefits Program, City of New
York Office of Municipal Labor Relations, November 12; minutes of the Public Sector Coalition
on Health Benefits Legislative Committee meeting of October 6; Update newsletter from the AFT
Department of Organization, FNHP Division (nurses and health professionals), October; letter
form Wappingers Federation of Teachers to VOTE/COPE director, advising him of lack of
cooperation by local state legislator, endorsed by NYSUT, in helping distribute Excellence in
Teaching funds with school district, October; fact sheet by Democratic Study Group in House of
Representatives re pending Tax Reform Act of 1986, October 1; letter sent to local presidents
asking for help in making phone calls on behalf of endorsed candidates for public office, with
cover memo to regional staff directors noting poor response, requesting follow-up calls to
locals, October 21; letter from NYSUT executive vice president Dan Sanders re legislative
successes, August 14, with attached Final Report: 1986 Legislative Session: NYSUT Legislative
Program and Major Support Bills Signed into Law; preliminary report re bills signed by
governor or awaiting action, with cover letter from Sanders, July 11; NYS School Boards
Association Legislative Bulletin re Regents meeting, July 1986; one-page document, Health
Insurance Coverage Extended by State and Federal Regulations, August 25; memorandum from the
Governor's Office of Employee Relations, recommending approval of a bill (S.9556) that would
clarify that procedural aspects of teacher transfers are negotiable, July 29; memorandum to
the governor by NYSUT director of legislation Ray Skuse strongly urging support for the
legislation, July 17; summary of Sweet Home case, re teacher transfers; text of bill in
Assembly requiring strict standards of proof in civil service tenure hearings; memorandum in
support from City of New York Office of the Mayor; memos re phone banks for calling on behalf
of the NYSUT-endorsed Cuomo/Lundine ticket, July; memo to Retiree Organizing Committee
requesting that they contact other retired members to urge them to call their state
legislators in support of pension supplementation legislation, with script of phone message,
June 27; text of state Senate bill to amend insurance law re self-funded health benefit
programs; NYS School Boards Association Legislative Bulletin re record increase in school aid,
April; legal memo re legislation regarding the expansion of Insurance Department jurisdiction
over public employee fringe benefit funds, November 17, 1980, with cover letter from Jim Conti
re new similar proposed legislation, March 27, 1986; memos re organizing college faculty
post-Yeshiva decision, possible attempt to amend NLRA, February-March; memos re salary
supplement legislation, including minutes of committee meeting and document, "Strategy If
Supplement Legislation Is Passed," March; report from the Senate Education Committee, "TIP:
Teacher Improvement Plan: The Third Year," December 1985, with cover letter to NYSUT president
Tom Hobart from committee chair Sen. James Donovan
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| Box 30 | Folder 12 | 1986 | |
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Print deadlines for publications New York Teacher and Bottom Line
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| Box 30 | Folder 13 | 1986 | |
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Memo from Jim Conti to NYSUT president Tom Hobart re planned letter to local presidents re
posting of Right-to-Know law poster, December 17, 1986; letter from Jim Conti responding to
inquiry from Harvard staff member re access to arbitration cases on file with NYSUT not
otherwise available through published sources, December; request for information from New
Hampshire Federation of Teachers about NYSUT rebate assistance program for large locals, with
reply from director of field services Robert Allen that rebate is given to NYS locals
(Metro-rebate program) because they employ their own staffs and do not use NYSUT field
services, with attached formula for rebate, January 5, 1987; letter from Jim Conti to Tom
Hobart with attached report on Retirement Convention, December 17, 1986; press release by Tom
Hobart re small city school districts, December 10; memo from Conti to Hobart listing
organizations in which Hobart participated on NYSUT's behalf, December 16; memo from Conti to
Hobart re endorsed appointment to the State Mediation Board, December 10; memo for meeting of
group putting together Local Presidents' Handbook, October 27; text of proposed local law for
Suffolk County banning mandatory drug testing, with cover memo, September 19; letter from
Physical Therapists of U.C.P.A. re raising salaries, with cover memo from Jim Conti to Tom
Hobart that reply was no longer necessary, September 8; letter from Hobart congratulating
Ichabod Crane Teachers Association for good work in electing endorsed candidates to school
board, June 23; memos re new teacher and EAP orientation programs, May; memo from Conti to
Hobart recalling how Conti maintained control after defection of Rochester Regional Office
staff to NEA in 1976, April 24; memo from Conti to Hobart discussing why organizing Empire
State Day Care Centers would not be a worthwhile project, April 25; memo from Conti to Hobart
initially exploring possibility of organizing day care centers, March 27; list of
school-related personnel (SRP) locals that left CSEA for NEA, and CSEA units that asked to
become affiliated with NYSUT, with attached memo from Conti to Hobart noting that NYSUT had
advised CSEA locals that they could not affiliate with NYSUT, possible cooperative efforts
with CSEA in raiding NEA-affiliated locals, April 8; memo requesting Hobart's attendance at
rally for Waterford-Halfmoon Teachers Association contract settlement, with attached newspaper
clipping, April; correspondence with Hobart re excessed teacher in Farmingdale who believed he
was not properly recalled according to seniority list, March-April; memo from Hobart to staff
re additional toll-free phone line, request that it not be used for personal calls, April 11;
memo from Conti to Hobart re need for unions to coordinate boycott of Albany Marriott Hotel on
behalf of Hotel & Restaurant Workers Union, April 8; NYSUT 1986 Annual Report: "Beyond
Collective Bargaining," with cover memo from Hobart thanking colleagues
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| Box 30 | Folder 14 | 1986 | |
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Memo from Herb Magidson to coordinators re per capita payments (dues) for per diem
substitutes, January 16; memo form Jim Conti asking whether an insurance company had been
identified willing to provide liability coverage for locals and individual teachers, noting
continued demand from locals, April 8
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| Box 30 | Folder 15 | 1986 | |
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"Inside Your Schools" program catalog for monthly television show, with cover letter; memo
inquiring re costs for producing and airing radio ads, lead time, and whether statistically
meaningful measurements could be made for testing effectiveness, February 27; press release,
"Teacher Centers in Vanguard of Education Improvement, Professionalism of Teaching," May 2;
clipping from Advertising Age, "Chavez, UFW pack up their pickets, go 'high-tech': Union uses
mail, phone campaign," June 16, with cover memo to Jim Conti; memo from Jim Conti critiquing
AFT leaflet for clerical workers, noting "not punchy enough," overstating health and safety
protections, December 19; clippings from CSEA newsletter, The Public Sector, re Region 4 and
6, comparable worth implementation, October 20
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| Box 30 | Folder 16 | 1986 | |
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NYSUT Resource Packet: Helping Children at Risk; New York State Office of Mental Health 1987
Update and Progress Report for the Five Year Comprehensive Plan: Mental Health Services,
1985-1990, with cover letter
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| Box 30 | Folder 17 | 1983-1986 | |
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A Nation at Risk: The Imperative for Educational Reform, National Commission on Excellence
in Education, April 1983; New York State Board of Regents Proposed Action Plan to Improve
Elementary and Secondary Education Results in New York, revised February 1984; 1986087
Educational Conference Board State Aid Proposal background information; Coalition for Public
Education report, "The State of New York and Nonpublic Schools: An examination of their
historical, legal and fiscal relationships," December 1985
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| Box 30 | Folder 18 | 1986 | |
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Reports prepared by NYSUT's Division of Research and Educational Services: selected
financial data for school districts 1981-82 to 1983-84; "Reimbursable Cost Manual for Private
Schools Receiving Funding Under Article 89 and Article 81 of Education Law to Educate
Handicapped Children," September 1985 edition, superseding September 1984 issue; Information
Bulletin re Consumer Price Index; reprint of State Education Department publication,
"State-Aided Programs for Elementary and Secondary Education in New York State," July 1986
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| Box 30 | Folder 19 | 1990 | |
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Appeal of the Board of Education of the Goshen Central School District before the
Commissioner re 3020a decision finding tenured teacher not guilty of six of eight charges
(dismissed), November 30; memo re rally in support of Daily News strikers, December 3; memo
denying approval for travel to New York Institute of Technology annual conference because of
severe budget constraints, November 21; two appeals by South Country Central School District
re mixed decision in 3020a hearing against tenured special education teacher (dismissed),
October 11, with cover memo from Jim Conti; suggestions to Jim Conti by Nassau regional staff
director re solutions to problems encountered by staff in scheduling arbitration hearings,
August 21; memo to Jim Conti summarizing Commissioner's decisions on two 3020a cases, Board of
Education of Johnstown Central School District v. Spencer, re charges of molestation, and
Central School District of Elmira v. McCloud, re charges of corporal punishment, October 29,
with attached case decisions; State Education Department panel decisions in 3020a cases,
Gates-Chili school district v. Keith Harvey, and Marcus Whitman Central v. Sherrill Maurer,
with cover memo, October 15; state Supreme Court decision in Victor Meister v. Thomas Sobol,
as Commissioner of Education and the Board of the South Colonie Central School District, June
15, with cover memo from Jim Conti asking that the case be summarized, June 28; comparison of
the Orange-Ulster BOCES self-insurance plans with Empire Plan, June 21; similar comparison for
Plainedge, June 12; memo re consideration of self-funded health insurance plan for Rockville
Centre, January 18; agenda for meeting of Coalition to Advance Women of Color in Education, at
Hofstra School of Education, May 10; memo to Jim Conti re expert witness in arbitration of pay
discrimination case at C. W. Post College, May 14; memo to Jim Conti summarizing Court of
Appeals decisions of bargaining financial disclosure Board of Education of NYC v. PERB,
Subcontracting Summer School (Webster Central School District v. PERB Court of Appeals), and
Nassau County Supreme Court decision on the Freedom of Information Law and Materials Used in
the Classroom (Russo v. Nassau Community College), May 15; summary of Commissioner's Decision
in Keesler v. Northeast Central School District, January 23; State Education Department panel
decision and state Supreme Court decision in 3020a case, Batavia City School District v. H.
David Cargill, with cover memos, February 3 and April 5; appeal before the Commissioner of
Education of a refusal by the Harborfields Board of Education to conduct a hearing over a
student's grade, brought by the parents, and appeal before the Commissioner of a decision by
the North Tonawanda City School District re involuntary transfer of a teacher, with cover memo
from Jim Conti, March 16; memo re Port Washington retirement incentive plan, March 2
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| Box 30 | Folder 20 | 1990 | |
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Revised Proposal from the Rochester Teachers Association to the Rochester City School
District, November 29; Rochester Democrat & Chronicle clipping re efforts to reach
contract settlement, December 21; Rochester Teachers Association newsletter, The Rochester
Teacher, re task force on shared accountability, August 27; U.S. News & World Report
article re Rochester contract negotiations, "Blackboard Juggle: Teachers in this urban school
system are trying to redefine unionism in an age of reform," December 24; 1990-91 contract
analysis items for districts in the NYSUT Rochester Regional Office area, focusing on
Excellence In Teaching funds distribution; compilation of case law, "What Constitutes a
Strike," by NYSUT counsel Ray Samson, with memo from Jim Conti complimenting his research,
December 18; memos re letter from school nurse in the Geneva area, November; draft policy for
workplace hazard notification and patient confidentiality, to board of Finger Lakes Regional
Occupational Health Program, October 1; memo to Jim Conti from Ray Samson, cautioning re
meaning of consultation clauses, October 18; letter to Gov. Mario Cuomo from New York State
School Boards Association, New York State Council of School Superintendents, and Association
of School Business Officials, with suggestions for addressing the state fiscal crises,
including eliminating Excellence In Teaching funding as doing nothing to improve classroom
teaching, repealing the Wicks Law, and other measures, with cover memo from Jim Conti to NYSUT
president Tom Hobart, December 3; memos re hiring by Newark Central School District of teacher
aide for teaching assistant vacancy after teaching assistant applied for the job, September;
memo re (third) petition filed by NEA challenging Greece Support Services Employees'
Association, November 21; letter to AFT president Al Shanker from Rochester Teachers
Association re contract negotiation, with cover letter from Shanker to AFT Executive Council,
November 5; memo from president of Rochester Teachers Association (RTA) re Franklin High
School receivership, June 11, and related memos and newspaper clippings debating failure of
school-based planning, inability to agree on plan to improve dropout rate, academic
performance; list of school budgets defeated in district, June 21; tentative agreement, with
notice to all RTA teachers to attend ratification meeting on September 24; memo re Greece
Support Services Employees Association election challenge by NEA, January 8; memo re
entitlement of Newark Paraprofessionals Association to Excellence In Teaching funds, November
12; proposal by WROC-TV (CBS) for jointly funded series highlighting education issues, "Great
Expectations," with cover memo from Ray Samson re funding, November 1; Rochester Business
Journal list of top 25 highest-paid public officials, almost all school officials;
confidential memo re average salary increases in RTA, September 19; memo quoting Blue
Cross/Blue Shield rates in Rochester area, July 2; memo from Jim Conti re Eastern New York
Occupational Health Program clinic notification protocol, October 15; memo from Jim Conti re
Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act amendments of 1989, and implications for NYSUT approach
to the Drug-Free Workplace Act, August 14; memo to Jim Conti from Ray Samson re certification
of drug and alcohol abuse prevention programs, impact for Dundee Teachers Association, August
9, and related materials; text of law succeeding Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act of
1986, Strengthening and Improvement of Elementary and Secondary Schools (1990); Finance and
Legislative News Notes opposing teacher union involvement in negotiating BOCES services, June
5; memo re drug-free workplace policy requirements, July 19; memo to Jim Conti reporting on
lackluster annual conference of New York State Public Sector Coalition on Health Benefits,
June 27; letter to Ray Samson from teacher at Livingston Stuben Wyoming BOCES, asking for
reimbursement from NYSUT for legal fees and review of 3020a case for due process violations,
involving interviews with psychiatrists, attached complaint filed with PERB, June 12; letter
from president of the Rochester Teachers Association re issue of accountability as part of
negotiations, April 6; related newspaper clippings; newspaper clippings re Kodak work force to
teach math and science in city schools; newspaper clipping in Rochester Times Union re Kodak,
AFT, and others joining coalition advocating for national health insurance, with attached
letter to the editor of Washington Post objecting to its mischaracterization of AFT position
as supporting a purely market-based approach to health reform, March 14; agenda for 1990
Annual Regional SRP Conference on March 30-31; position statement by New York State School
Boards Association on school-based management, with cover memo to Jim Conti, February 20; memo
from New York State School Boards Association executive director to school attorneys,
announcing that legal services would no longer be provided free of charge, December 18, 1989;
memo to Jim Conti informing him that pro-NYSUT incumbent president of Greece Support Services
Employees Association won election by large margin, with rest of pro-NYSUT slate winning as
well, January 2; Rochester City School District joint statement of intent and agreement with
Rochester Teachers Association, "Career in Teaching Plan," c. 1988, and "Guidelines for
School-Based Planning 1988-1989"
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| Box 31 | Folder 1 | 1990 | |
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List of pending legal cases, March 29; memos re Niskayuna Middle School tenure areas,
October-December; memos re air quality at Cohoes Middle School, June-October, including
microbiology sampling report; request for review of North Colonie Cafeteria Plan, June 14,
with text of plan benefits; draft grant application to IBM by Saratoga-Warren BOCES Technology
Planning Consortium for distance leaning program, April 30, with attached minutes and memos;
two letters to NYSUT president Tom Hobart from a school bus driver in Duansburgh re field
representative Ron Peretti in handling negotiations, with cover note asking how NYSUT should
respond, June 26; health and safety materials, including flyers and checklist re how to set up
a health and safety committee, by the New York Committee for Occupational Safety and Health,
with cover memo from Jim Conti, May 8; report to Jim Conti on themes of speakers at
Partnership in Health Care Conference, with comments by Conti re the need for universal health
care coverage, April 5; memo between Jim Conti and NYSUT counsel re interpretation of section
3014b of state Education Law in case of Schalmont school district, BOCES skills development
course, March; memos re request for budget analysis by Schoharie Teachers Association, March;
National Center for Education Statistics survey report, "Time Allocation Patterns of Teachers
in Public and Private Schools: 1984-86," July 1989; memo from Jim Conti requesting that NYSUT
staff member attend and report on state AFL-CIO and NYS Conference of Blue Cross and Blue
Shield Plans, February 9; letter to Hobart from teacher at Glenmont Elementary School,
interested in switching from NEA-affiliated Bethlehem Central Teachers Association to NYSUT,
January 5
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| Box 31 | Folder 2 | 1989 | |
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Newspaper clippings re asbestos problem in Mechanicville
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| Box 31 | Folder 3 | 1990 | |
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Memo to NYSUT Board of Directors re proposal to build new Western NY Regional Office, with
attached packet from Ciminelli Development Company, August 14; letter to regional staff
director Ron Uba from president of North Tonawanda United Teachers, alleging continued
inappropriate language, innuendo, by NYSUT rep, with confidential reply assuring monitoring of
situation, August-September; correspondence between Uba and Lancaster School District
transportation supervisor re negotiations, May; memo re union's role in negotiating 3020a
cases, with attached PERB case re Binghamton Firefighters, March 8; chain letter from Ron Uba
in support of ending apartheid in South Africa, initiated by member of the University of South
Africa, December 11; letter to employees of Resource Center from Resource Center United
Employees urging that they sign card authorizing representation election for NYSUT, and
related flyers comparing wages and benefits of unionized vs. non-unionized workers; memo to
Jim Conti re retirement problem for employee of Gowanda school district who was never properly
informed of his right to enroll in the NYS retirement system, September; Improper Practice
Charge by Buffalo Teachers Federation NEA against Buffalo Board of Education, with cover memo
to Ron Uba, October 22; memo from Jim Conti to NYSUT legal counsel asking whether certain
questions on a physical examination questionnaire for new hires and tenure candidates at
Barker Central School were legal, related to smoking status, birth control status, number of
pregnancies, number of living children, October; letter to NYSUT President Hobart from
Assemblyman William Hoyt on behalf of teacher at Lake Shore Central Schools who was denied
tenure, JulySeptember, with related correspondence; request for legal opinion re librarian at
Springville Elementary School, who was asked by principal (believed to suspect librarian of
stealing) to turn over usage records for a number of books, question of whether names of
borrowers could be masked out, with copy of federal rules of evidence re library records, May;
letter from Lancaster Association of Service Personnel thanking Jim Conti for use of video
produced by Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, October 4; reminder to local presidents
to send representatives to Labor Day parade, with attached list of participating organizations
and lineup, August 27; memos re controversy over Orchard Park dues for support staff (SRPs),
with attached salary schedule, old and new dues rates, May-June; Redbook article on sick
building syndrome, April; memo to Jim Conti re salary problem at Niagara Association for
Retarded Citizen's Union, February 15, and related correspondence and documents, including
memorandum from the state Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities, July
14, 1988; memo re erosion of retiree health benefits, arbitration case and Improper Practice
Charge in Amherst district, February 14, 1990, with attached decision of PERB administrative
law judge, 1984, collateral incentive service agreement, April 1980; memo to Jim Conti re
requirement by Niagara Falls School District that all physical education teachers pass
rigorous American Red Cross Lifeguard Review Training Course, assertion by teachers that they
should not be required to become lifeguards, question of whether refusal would constitute
insubordination, January 25; memo and flyer re NYSUT Instructional Leadership Conference,
January 12
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| Box 31 | Folder 4 | 1990 | |
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Newsletters of Western Regional Office, Taking the Lead, n.d., c. March 1990; memos re
Summer Leadership Conference
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| Box 31 | Folder 5 | 1990 | |
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Memo to Jim Conti re fee dispute with arbitrator over postponement of hearing for Mt.
Pleasant case, November 20; notice and meeting agenda to local presidents in the Putnam/
Northern Westchester Health Consortium, with attachments; newspaper clipping about a business
teacher at Sleepy Hollow High School who had been suspended without pay for three months after
admitting to disclosing questions on final exam to students, in return for other unspecified
charges being dropped, November 28; memo from Jim Conti asking whether anyone at the State
Education Department would be sympathetic to raising low salaries at Special Act and 4201
Schools, noting latest appeal (attached) re Hallen Center for funding assistance with health
insurance program, February-March; related memos, April; letter to corporate vice president of
Blue Cross/Blue Shield from NYSUT regional director Robert Klein, accepting invitation to
serve as member of the Westchester/ Rockland Regional Subscriber Advisory Council, November
30; memo re plans for Rockland County Teachers Association workshop, November 20; materials re
Westchester Education Coalition, Inc., with memos to and from Jim Conti discussing
questionable suggestions for school reform in teacher education programs, list of Board of
Directors showing predominantly business representation, December 14; confidential letter to
Jim Wood, executive director of NYSUT, from Robert Klein, regional staff director, expressing
concern over expansion of time devoted by a field representative to welfare funds, November
19; materials re state aid and retirement contributions in Nanuet, September; NewsLetter from
Martin E. Segal Company, Consultants and Actuaries, "Managing Postretirement Health Benefits
for Multiemployer Plans," May; extensive correspondence re Rockland Community College
Federation of Teachers, including letter from Eugene Cameron, president of federation, with
attached letter from members acting on their own on behalf of the union, assertion by Cameron
of need to correct the situation, July 24; request from AFT secretary-treasurer to Cameron,
president of Rockland Community College Federation of Teachers, to provide written answers to
charges brought against him for possible investigation, July 20, with attached list of
allegations, including illegal election procedures, attempts to expel paraprofessionals from
bargaining unit, refusal to process new member applications, and more; meeting notices and
related correspondence, February 5, February 7, February 14, May 3, May 11, 1990, and
November-December 1989; monograph by Westchester teacher Robert Liftig, How to Win against
Harassment, with cover letter from NYSUT regional Field Director Robert Klein to Jim Wood,
director of Field Services, noting that Klein did not give Liftig names or addresses of any
local presidents but did supply names of school districts, noting inflammatory content, March
12; Yonkers Public Schools Teachers' Contract Analysis: 1988-89 Teachers' Salary Schedule;
letter from North Rockland Teachers Association president, praising field representative Ed
Corcoran for help in negotiations, May 21; correspondence re Nanuet teacher Terry McFadden,
suspended without pay, which was then reduced, question of back pay owed, April-May; memo re
Excellence In Teaching agreement at Port Jervis school district, March-April; federal
confidentiality regulations re substance abuse counseling programs, with cover memo
referencing Pine Bush counselor, March 15; formal request by regional staff director Robert
Klein to NYSUT secretary-treasurer for the Board of Directors to bring the Organization of
Pius XII Employees, a group of ten school-related personnel, into conformance with dues
requirements, noting poor administrative management of local, March 14; list of
NYSUT-affiliated Special Act schools, March 15; materials re long-term teacher at Goshen
school district, removed as chief grader and then fined $10,000 for speaking publicly about
grade inflation, accusing administration of more concern about bad publicity than identifying
students who need remedial help, letter of support from parents, newspaper clippings,
March
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| Box 31 | Folder 6 | 1990 | |
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Correspondence sent to Jim Conti re Putnam Valley School District's plans to build its own
high school, implications for teachers, curriculum, new section of Education Law
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| Box 31 | Folder 7 | 1990 | |
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Brochure, "Clearing the Air: Applying New York's Clean Indoor Air Act at the Worksite,"
published by NYS Department of Health, October 1989; outline for Right-to-Know and Public
Employee Safety and Health Act training, March 15; 1990 training registration and evaluation
forms; Chemical Hazard Communication for Public Employers: NYS "Right-to-Know" Law and NY
PESHA Hazard Communication Standard Summary Sheet; chronology of federal and NYS safety and
health legislation, 1970-1989; OSHA Hazard Communication Standard Legislative Intent; related
materials; newsletter, Fact Finder, published by Jamestown Area Labor Management Committee and
Jamestown Community College Business and Industry Center, with cover memo from Jim Conti,
March 2; memo to Jim Conti re the Jamestown Area Labor-Management Committee, with attached
report calling the committee a cosmetic approach to a poor labor relations climate in the
Jamestown area, orientation more management than labor, co-opted labor leaders, recommending
graceful demise, December 20, 1989; memo from Jim Conti re contractual disciplinary hearing
replacing 3020a hearing as a mandatory subject of bargaining, with attached case, Antinore v
State of New York, March 2; related memo to NYSUT executive director James Wood, March 9; memo
re proposed construction and purchase of a southwestern New York regional office building,
with cost projections and floor plan, May 17; report by State Education Department Bureau of
Facilities Planning re asbestos inspection of Prospect Elementary School, Salamanca School
District, with cover memo to Jim Conti, January 29
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| Box 31 | Folder 8 | 1990 | |
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Newsletters of NYSUT Southwestern Regional Office, News; newsletters, Fact Finder, published
by Jamestown Area Labor Management Committee and Jamestown Community College Business and
Industry Center (see above)
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| Box 31 | Folder 9 | 1990 | |
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Description of Medicare coverage changes following 1990 Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act;
correspondence re abrupt resignation of teacher from half-time position as chair of Committee
on Special Education at Windham-Ashland-Jewett Central School, likely Part 83 charge against
her, November-December; request from president of Wappingers Federation of Workers for review
of alleged election irregularities, November-December; materials re Roundout Valley Federation
of Teachers claim with CIGNA Insurance against former local president, including letter from
attorney threatening legal action for defamation, November; memo re AFL-CIO arbitration case
report form, noting that it had been unused since it was developed, November 19; list of
possible local presidents and others who might be called upon to assist with training around
the state re education reform/restructuring, November 19; outline of topics re Workers'
Compensation and occupational health clinics at the Mid-Hudson Regional Office Summer
Leadership Conference, August 24, 1990; tentative agenda; memos re request from the Wappingers
Federation of Workers for dispute resolution assistance from AFT to address disunity on the
executive committee, distrust between custodians and drivers, October-November; memo re health
and safety training for locals, November 8; letter to NYSUT president Tom Hobart from
president of Roscoe Teachers' Association, calling letter from Jim Conti insulting,
misleading, October 23; letter to Roscoe president from Jim Conti, October 12; letter from
Roscoe president to Jim Conti, protesting change in field representative without prior
consultation, September 25; minutes of Eastern New York Occupational Health Program Advisory
Committee, August 15; correspondence with NYSUT member who received nuisance sales calls from
United Community Insurance Company, underwriter of NYSUT's professional liability program,
September-October; memo to Jim Conti re staff discussion re difficulties (logistical and
otherwise) in scheduling arbitration cases, August 29; memo re remaining assignments for a
departing field representative, August 24; status report from field representative re cases,
August 13; drug testing agreement with Wappingers school district; memo requesting assistance
in preparing a video of the year's activities for presentation at the Summer Leadership
Conference, April 26; letter from Jim Conti to consultant Martin E. Segal Company, requesting
a comparison of health plans, March 27; correspondence re Livingston Manor Faculty
Association, complaint of lack of support by recently resigned probationary music teacher,
Jill Lerner, who was no longer willing to perform uncompensated extracurricular activities,
March-May; letter from consultant Martin E. Segal Company, comparing dental plans for Rondout
Valley school district, May 4; handwritten spreadsheet of expenses incurred by Mid-Hudson
staff, including questionable expenditures, 1983-89; request for AFT investigation of Highland
Teachers Association president, related correspondence, March-April; memos, flyer, and list of
topics for Right-to-Know training for science teachers in Ulster County (Onteora Junior-Senior
High School), May 16; correspondence re Livingston Manor teacher Jill Lerner, who had received
a letter of reprimand for insensitive response to complaints by Jewish parents about
"Christmas Program," January; correspondence with Sullivan County BOCES Teachers Association
Executive Board re complaint of insufficient time and support for local from field services
staff, February-March; correspondence with Public Employment Relations Board re Red Hook
Faculty Association mediation, fee charged by mediator, February; tentative agenda, workshop
descriptions, and registration form for regional SRP conference, with cover memo to local
presidents, February 7
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| Box 31 | Folder 10 | 1990 | |
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April 19, 1990. Regional office information; memo to NYSUT officers re discussions with
Chatham Teachers Association re reaffiliation with NYSUT; letter to president of Chatham
Teachers Association inviting her and members of the local to attend events by NYSUT
Mid-Hudson Regional Office, March 29
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| Box 31 | Folder 11 | 1990 | |
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Mid-Hudson Regional Office newsletters, Mid-Hudson School Bell
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| Box 31 | Folder 12 | 1990 | |
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Monthly newsletters of the Nassau Regional Office, CB Bulletin
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| Box 31 | Folder 13 | 1990 | |
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Memos re indoor air quality meeting, December; letter to Jim Conti re next meeting of the
Mount Sinai-Irving J. Selikoff Occupational Health Clinical Center Advisory Board, October 29;
summary of NYSUT health and safety survey, printed in New York Teacher, with cover memo form
Jim Conti to member of Health & Safety Committee at Harry S. Truman High School, July
18; memo re proposed staff training session re the purpose and function of the AFL-CIO and its
role in international labor movements such as Poland's, February 2; 15-page memo re tax
implications of NYU tuition benefits for USA (United Staff Association) employees, January
31
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| Box 31 | Folder 14 | 1989-1990 | |
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Draft report, Harold T. Wiley School Investigation for the Watertown City School District,
prepared by Bernier, Carr & Associate, P.C., consulting engineers, August 1989, with
cover handwritten list of questions; letter from engineer to president of Wiley Education
Association re vibration phenomenon at school, November 3, 1989, with cover memo to Jim Conti,
February 9, 1990; request for legal opinion re fringe benefit costs associated with Excellence
in Teaching funds, dispute with Watertown school district, September; letter from NEA-NY to
NYSUT local presidents in the Plattsburgh region re Clinton-Essex BOCES election, highly
critical of NYSUT, concluding with an open pitch for defection to NEA, June 7; materials
related to affiliation election for BOCES Clinton, Essex, Warren and Washington Counties
(CEWW), including newspaper clippings, meeting agendas, memos from NYSUT and NEA,
February-October; letter from PERB re CEWW, with cover memo, November 12; NYSUT complaint with
NYS Department of Labor re alleged safety or health hazard at South Lewis Central School
District (Glenfield Elementary School, Port Leyden Elementary School, Junior-Senior High
School) caused by school buses idling for 20 minutes at direction of transportation
supervisor, noting complaint also filed with state DEC, October 23; memo from president of the
Beaver River Teachers Association re contract mediation, request for NYSUT officer to come to
speak to local to keep spirits up, with cover memo from Jim Conti, November 29; requests for
additional secretarial help to keep up with new work generated by Don (Mesibov)'s Shared
Decision Making program, April 3 and October 15; letter to the editor by superintendent of
Madrid-Waddington district re Excellence In Teaching agreement, with cover memo to Jim Conti,
October 16; newspaper clippings re implementation of Shared Decision Making in St. Lawrence
County, with cover memo to Jim Conti, August 30; flyer re seminar on Taylor Law at LeMoyne
College, with cover memo from Jim Conti suggesting that interested locals should be advised,
September 5; memos re Teachers' Retirement System and state aid, June; letter from president
of Plattsburgh Teachers Association to NYSUT North Country regional staff director Robert
Allen, suggesting that his district was a model of positive labor-management relations, with
cover memo from Allen to NYSUT Executive Director Jim Wood, suggesting in turn that the
district should be offered as a model of effective Shared Decision Making, March 12; memo from
regional staff director requesting use of Teacher Defense Fund to reimburse the legal fees for
a Potsdam teacher who had successfully defended himself against criminal and 3020a charges of
inappropriate conduct with an underage student, February 26; memos and newspaper clippings re
old bomb shelters from the 1950s and '60s, discovered in schools, stocked with medical kits
containing canisters of ether that could explode, removal by State Emergency Management,
March; constitutions of United Staff Association (Monroe County BOCES) and BOCES United
Employees (Yorktown Heights), with cover memo from Jim Conti, February 21; report and
recommendations of State Education Department panel in 3020a case, Saranac Lake Central School
District v. George Tolhurst, for conduct unbecoming a teacher (use of public address system to
denigrate females on International Women's Day), with cover memo from Jim Conti, February
12
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| Box 31 | Folder 15 | 1990 | |
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Unity Agreement, SFFT and SFCTA, n.d., c. 1989; Unity Agreement, San Francisco Federation of
Teachers and San Francisco C.T.A. (by Unity Committees of SF/AFT and SFCTA September 22,
1989); memo to NYSUT organizers, "The Truth about NEA Liability Insurance," asserting that NEA
liability insurance program is of no value to teachers in New York State, with attached copies
of NEA insurance documents, December 4, 1990; compilation of teacher liability cases and
indemnification for attorney's fees, July; memo, "Intern Training. It's not just organizing,"
December 19; memo to all VNA staff with instructions on how to revoke membership in Federation
of Nurses and Professionals (sic), December 19; memo from Jim Conti suggesting attached
arbitration case might be reviewed, Arlington Central School District v. Arlington Teachers
Association, December 14; memo to organizers, NYSUT Nurse Advisory Committee, and selected
regional staff directors re salary and benefit factors used by the federal government for
determining hospital reimbursement rates, under the Prospective Payment System, November 8,
1989; appeal before the Commissioner of Education of a 3020a decision in Goshen Central School
District against teacher Sidney Marshall, with memo from Jim Conti requesting review, December
14; memo assigning organizers to future staff meetings at locals where no organizers were
housed, October 31; memo to Jim Conti re BOCES survey about protecting the integrity of the
bargaining units, eligible professionals not represented, concerns about spurious
classifications, February 6, 1989; memo to organizers and Jim Conti, "Clever Membership
Gimmick," re authorization form for union membership dues attached to contract ballot, October
17; article from Bureau of National Affairs re AFT and NEA affiliates in Connecticut
discussing possible merger, May 28, 1990; BNA article re conflicting policies by NEA and AFT
making merger in Wisconsin unlikely, June 11, 1990; memo reporting number of authorization
cards signed at three schools in Lafayette, November 6; two 3020a appeals before the
Commissioner of Education re South Country Central School District against teacher Susan
Hirsch, with cover memo from Jim Conti, November 8; PERB cases re Niagara County Community
College, with cover memo from Jim Conti re implications for fragmentation of bargaining
members and exploitation by NEA to gain more units, possible impact on Rockland County
Community College, November 9; PERB decision re New York State Nurses Association v. County of
Oswego (Oswego County Local 838, Civil Service Employees Association, AFSCME, intervenor),
November 8; memo re child abuse detection training, September 11; organizing campaign
materials by Communication Workers of America (CWA) at Mercy Hospital in Buffalo, with cover
memo from Jim Conti, October 24; appeals before the Commissioner of Education by the Greater
Johnstown City School District from a decision in a 3020a case against Gary Spencer and by the
Elmira City School District in a 3020a case against Lucy McCloud, with request by Jim Conti
for review, September 12; request from Jim Conti to NYSUT legal counsel for staff to make
presentation to Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals re liability and other issues,
September 5; article from Bureau of National Affairs Labor Relations Week re competition for
American Nursing Association to organize nurses, June 20; (Albany) Sunday Times Union
clipping, "SUNYA [SUNY Albany] climbs to find a place among nation's top 100 research
universities," August 5; New York State ASPA Council and Jackson, Lewis, Schnitzler &
Krupman present How to Combat the AFL-CIO's "Union, Yes" Campaign and Other New Union
Organizing Techniques, 1989; paper, "Nonunion Grievance Procedures: Union Avoidance Technique
or Union Organizing Opportunity?" by Mark J. Keppler, associate professor, School of Business,
California State University-Fresno, n.d., c. 1990; materials for communications training in
employee/labor relations at Benjamin Rush Center, June 28; state Supreme Court decision in
Victor Meister v. Thomas Sobol, Commissioner, with cover memo from Jim Conti, requesting
summary, June 28; memos re Improper Practice charge in Regents degree program harassment case,
May 1 and April 9; AFL-CIO Organizing Survey 1986-87 NLRB elections, February 1989, with cover
memo to labor relations specialists and organizers recommending the report, May 22, 1990;
clipping from American Journal of Nursing re industrial and other labor unions targeting
nursing as new membership source, May; text of U.S. Court of Appeals case, American Hospital
Association v. NLRB and American Nurses Association et al., April 11; article re AFSCME
efforts to organize nurses, with cover memo from Jim Conti, April 20; letter to Jim Conti from
director of AFT Leadership Institute apologizing for error in focus of organizing seminar,
suggesting seminar on community college organizing, March 28, with cover letter from Jim Conti
to John O'Leary, April 19; paper by John Lawler, associate professor, University of Illinois,
"Artificial Intelligence Techniques and the Formulation of Union Organizing Strategy," n.d.;
article on the reliability of drug and HIV testing, "Misleading Reliability," by Robert S.
Root-Bernstein, in The Sciences, New York Academy of Science, March/April; Commissioner's
decision in Keesler v. Northeast Central School District, January 23, with cover memo from Jim
Conti noting that NYSUT legal counsel thought Commissioner was wrong, March 16; Commissioner's
decisions in Harborfields (parents' appeal of grade decision) and Reynolds (North Tonawanda,
involuntary transfer of teacher) appeals, with cover memo, March 16; article in Labor
Relations Week re organizing techniques, February 28; paper, "The Organising Process:
Contemporary Challenges and Union Responses in Britain," by Phillip B. Beaumont, University of
Glasgow, and Richard Harris, University of Waikato, prepared for the IRRA National Meeting,
December 23-30, 1989; memo from Federation of Nursing and Health Professionals public
relations department re new nurse image campaign kickoff, sponsored by the National Commission
on Nursing Implementation Project and the Advertising Council, February 16; Seven Month Report
of the NEA-NY Organizing Project, January 18, with attached commentary from Jim Conti,
February 2; notice of Labor Advisory Committee meeting at Cornell University ILR Capital
District office, "Collective Bargaining in the Health Care Industry: Local 1199 and the League
of Volontary (sic) Hospitals and Homes," January 9; memo re development of school-related
personnel (SRP) organizing brochure, January 3; clipping from NEA newsletter re NEA-NY
organizing campaign fund shortfall, January 22; newsletters of the NYSUT Division of Field
Service, Organizing Bulletin
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| Box 31 | Folder 16 | 1990 | |
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September 24-26, 1990. Handwritten notes; confidential memo from Jim Conti re nurse
organizing, August 12, 1985; memo to organizers re retreat topics, January 31, 1990; memo from
Jim Conti re organizing retreat questions re health care organizing, turning down losing
campaigns, staffing size, October 17, 1990
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| Box 31 | Folder 17 | 1990 | |
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Newspaper clipping re cost of health care
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| Box 31 | Folder 18 | 1990 | |
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History of Excellence In Teaching funds in Horseheads Central School District as it related
to Horseheads School Services Association, May 9; memo to Jim Conti requesting speaker from
PERB for Southern Tier Spring Conference of March 17; memo to Jim Conti re lack of usefulness
to staff of monthly computer printouts re arbitrations, potential for great savings in
discontinuing practice, November 14; policy statement adopted by NYSUT Board of Directors in
1974 re NYSUT locals and Landrum-Griffin Act; agenda for Southern Tier Regional Office (STRO)
staff retreat of September 20-21; newspaper clippings re impact of teacher suspension for
hitting students with ruler, questions of interpretation of rules on physical force and
physical contact; memo form Jim Conti asking about stop/loss insurance, June 21; notes from
negotiations session between Horseheads School Services Association and school district, June
4; memo to Jim Conti re Mt. Upton/Gilbertsville merger, June 6; memos re Webster Central
School District case in Court of Appeals, re sub- contracting, May; memo from Corning-Painted
Post school district re required training re recognizing and reporting child abuse, September
24; memo from Jim Conti re ineligibility for Social Security refund for teachers who had tax
withheld while on sick leave, change in rules, statute of limitations, May 23; memo from Jim
Conti noting that flexible spending accounts do not continue into retirement, May 22; memo to
Jim Conti estimating an increase of 40 members, plus 40 new school-related personnel members
with the addition of the Harpursville SRP local, in the Southern Tier Regional Office for
1990-91; memo re Horseheads Excellence In Teaching situation, May 10; 33-page document, "Union
Organizing Update: The Employers Legal Response," January, with cover note to Jim Conti, "used
by hospital management in Southern Tier," March 19; citation of court case, Rush-Henrietta
Central School District v. Newman as chair of PERB, et al., re smoking regulations, with cover
memo to Jim Conti, April 16; findings and recommendation of State Education Department hearing
panel in 3020a charge against teacher in Charlotte Valley Central School District, February;
citation of appeal of Lippman, et al. v. Board of Education of Sewanhaka Central High School
District, et al., February; correspondence between Jim Conti and NYSUT field representative
John Callahan discussing recent health care conference, reasons for rising health care costs,
misguided cost containment proposals, February 2; question re ability to represent Cortland
Nurses Association (registered nurses who had been released from the Cortland City School
District CSEA bargaining unit and requested affiliation with NYSUT), January 11; memos re fee
question for attorney presentation at Endicott Superintendent's Conference Day workshop,
potential issue for NEA to exploit, January
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| Box 31 | Folder 19 | 1990 | |
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September 7th, 1990. Presentation by consulting actuaries Milliman & Robertson,
Inc., A Self-Insured Employee Medical Benefit Program: Cost Projection and Comments, June 8;
draft of East End Health Plan Trust Agreement (BOCES Suffolk County), with cover memo, October
2; list of steering committee members; Steering Committee Recommendations to School Boards and
Participating Unions in Regard to the East End Health Insurance Consortium: Overall Purpose of
Moving Is to Reduce the Tax Rate and Improve the Plan, revised August 24, with cover memo from
Shelter Island Union Free School District re revisions, August 30; opinion letters from
consultants and actuaries Martin E. Segal Company, July; related correspondence
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| Box 31 | Folder 20 | 1989 | |
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School District Consolidation Report Findings and Recommendations; Objections and Answers,
Next Steps, with cover memo summarizing report, December 20, 1989
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| Box 32 | Folder 1 | 1990 | |
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Report by NYS Department of Labor of industrial hygiene investigation at Reed Jr. High
School and Senior High School, Central Islip High School, July 19, 1988; follow-up letter to
Department of Labor General Counsel from Central Islip Teachers Association, expressing
frustration and disappointment at lack of compliance, May 24, 1989; request from regional
office for additional secretarial help, August 28, 1990, with negative reply; correspondence
between superintendent and attorney re conditions of retirement buyout of teachers at
Bridgehampton school district, July; handwritten notes re East End (Health) Consortium,
September 7; material data sheet re glue used for wallpaper at Suffolk Regional Office, with
cover memo inquiring as to whether contents were hazardous, January 5; memo from Regional
Director re possible retirement problem concerning Tier I and maternity, December 18; December
regional report re negotiations and other activities; letter from Regional Director to
factfinder protesting recommendation re Bayport-Blue point Union Free School District and
Bayport-Blue Point Teachers Association health insurance negotiations, November 30; memo re
Long Island Symposium on the Economy, July 3; letters re abolishing teacher and other staff
positions at Port Jefferson school district, whether layoff of a teacher aide followed Civil
Service rules, November-December; materials re East End Self-Insurance; Newsday clippings and
editorial re rising administrative costs at Long Island schools, smaller student population,
with cover memo re clouds on the horizon, July 18; list of school districts involved in
self-funded health insurance discussions, July 9; memo re negotiations for successor agreement
to 1989-90 Excellence In Teaching agreement at Middle County district, June 26; letter to
State Insurance Commission re difficulty by employees of Montauk school district in finding
chiropractors acceptable to Metropolitan Life Insurance (Empire Plan), need to drive 40 miles,
May 15; memo re Long Island People for Learning training on PR techniques, May 15; memo re
East Moriches smoking policy, possible ground for Improper Practice charge, May 9; memo re
agency fee, Beck decision, March 28; letter to AFT president Al Shanker, wishing Jack Nugent,
president of the International Association of Machinists, good luck in organizing St. John's
Episcopal Hospital in Smithtown, whose technical employees had been represented by NYSUT/AFT,
March 9; memo from Jim Conti re health and safety violations at Central Islip School District,
March 6, related press release from Attorney General's office, newspaper clippings; request
from Sayville Teachers Association for budget analysis of Sayville school district because of
anticipation of layoffs, February; material safety data sheet from Pitney Bowes re print
powder used in copy machine, request to NYSUT staff for analysis, January 16; memo referring
to Suffolk County consolidation report (see previous folder), January 10
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| Box 32 | Folder 2 | 1990 | |
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Report by Nassau-Suffolk School Boards Association, "Issues Facing Public Education on Long
Island," March 1990
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| Box 32 | Folder 3 | 1990 | |
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Meeting notice for Industrial Relations Research Association, Central New York Chapter, re
health and safety in the workplace, for November 29; In-Service Plan for Presentation by the
Teacher Evaluation Committee of the Model for Teacher Evaluation; memos from Jim Conti re
Auburn Teachers Association request for NYSUT legal intervention challenging recently passed
policy disallowing voting on labor contract matters by School Board members with relatives
employed by the district, related materials, including petition to the Commissioner of
Education, September-November; materials from state Attorney General's office re compliance
with "Right-to-Know" Law by Onondaga-Cortland-Madison BOCES, April; memo to Jim Conti
reporting on dissolution of FNHP (Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals) Syracuse
Chapter, decline in membership since 1986 strike, legal and public relations implications,
July 10; memo informing Jim Conti that the FNHP Syracuse chapter had officially gone out of
business, October 3, with attached notice and remaining dues check; memo to NYSUT legal
counsel re seniority/tenure/layoff matter in Oswego BOCES district, October 22; letter from
state Department of Labor inviting application for funding for establishment of
labor-management committees, September 28; contractual agreement between the Board of
Education of the Syracuse City School District and the Syracuse Teachers Association, Inc.,
representing Unit 1, Teachers and Ancillary Services, effective January 1, 1988, to December
31, 1991; Commissioner of Education decision in application of a child with a handicapping
condition, question of whether Committee on Special Education must provide skilled nursing to
allow student to attend public school (appeal dismissed), June 11; review of document for
teachers accused of misconduct, with suggested changes from Jim Conti, June 25; memo from Jim
Conti re Benjamin-Rush contract remaining in force despite filing for decertification by
employer, July 19; memo re "epidemic" of school budget defeats in central New York, with
attached newspaper clippings, June 26; newspaper clipping re comparable worth efforts, June 3;
request for legal opinion on various matters re Onondaga Community College Federation of
Teachers, May- June; letter from NYSUT Regional Staff Director to state Department of Labor
Hazard Abatement Board requesting full funding of the CNYCOSH Training and Education Program
for 1990-91, February 13; materials re health and safety conditions at
Onondaga-Cortland-Madison BOCES, March 7; letters from president of the North Syracuse
Education Association, complaining about "discourteous arrogant and snide" manner in which her
request for a legal consultation with NYSUT attorneys was refused, demanding refund of legal
expenses for private law firm, January 5 and 9; reply from NYSUT executive director Jim Wood,
January 26; memo to Jim Conti re approval to teach a course on contract bargaining at Cornell
University's ILR School, December 21, 1989
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| Box 32 | Folder 4 | 1990 | |
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Memos re arbitration and cross-examination training; NYSUT Workshop Cataloging data sheets;
list of meetings and conferences; memo re train-the-trainer program in education reform/school
restructuring, August 13; confidential memo offering position of NYSUT training director to
Charles Caputo, March 5
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| Box 32 | Folder 5 | 1990 | |
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Report and recommendations of a State Education Department 3020a hearing panel in Rome City
School District v. James Angelo, with cover memo from Jim Conti, February 12; letter from
president of Mohawk Teachers Association complaining of lack of support from NYSUT Public
Relations Department in helping with campaign for new building, January 19; reply from
Regional Staff Director, urging working with field representative, February 14; materials,
including medical report, of industrial arts teacher at New Hartford school district in
pending OSHA case, October
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| Box 32 | Folder 6 | 1990 | |
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Improper Practice charge with PERB against SUNY Health Science Center by CSEA, notice of
conference for June 27; memo re PERB decision re Regents degree program, April 9; memo from
NYSUT counsel Bernard Ashe re physicians' request for legal counsel, particular vulnerability
to complaints to licensing authorities, June 22, with attached letter from chairman of the
governing board of Clinical Practice Management Plan, Downstate Medical Center, April 20;
letter from State Education Department to pharmacist at State University Hospital at
Stonybrook, informing him that he was being investigated for professional misconduct and
directing him to appear for an interview, February 14
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| Box 32 | Folder 7 | 1988-1989 | |
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List of locals in each regional office, with field representatives and potential; list of
release time and compensation for local leaders, with cover memo advising that the process of
gathering the information was tedious, suggesting better alternatives, January 24, 1989;
related memos; Putnam/Westchester Counties Privileges of Bargaining Representatives 1987-88;
booklet for young people, "What Is a Union?" by Althea, Rourke Enterprises, 1981; poster
describing NYSUT leadership and regional offices, "Unparallel membership services in a times
of change"; memo re decision of Administrative Law Judge re Ithaca Teachers Association
distribution of Excellence In Teaching monies, November 30, 1989; text of keynote address of
AFL-CIO President Lane Kirkland, 1989 AFL-CIO Convention, November 13, 1989; Bureau of
National Affairs articles re agency shop fees limited in California, drug testing, collective
bargaining for smoking policies; description of AFT training programs for Paraprofessional and
School-Related Personnel (PSRP) staff, October 16, 1989; "Performance Appraisal Redesign for
Teachers: A Report on Initial Efforts," recommended to the Superintendent of Schools and the
Rochester Teachers Association President by the Career in Teaching Joint Governing Panel,
September 1, 1989; memo re information bulleting, Excellence and Accountability Program,
October 3; lists of districts that had not yet filed 1989-90 EIT applications as of 9/27 and
9/28/89; memos from Jim Conti to Regional Staff Directors re decisions: Jamesville-DeWitt
Faculty Association v. Central School District (Denise England v. Board of Education et al.),
Baylis et al. v. Board of Education of Seaford Union Free School District, Schneider et al. v.
Sobol (Excellence In Teaching funds), Seaford; memo re Empire Plan Experience report for
January June 1989; memo re state employee health plan costs, with attached summary report
noting rise of 20 percent; memo to NYSUT local presidents of Special Act schools, August 25,
1989; administrative bulletin from New York State Teachers' Retirement System re employer
contribution rate for 1990-91 school year; brochure for conference by New York State Public
Sector Labor-Management Consortium, "Employee Participation in Decision Making," October 17,
1989; memos from Jim Conti re jury duty, September-October; text of legislation in the
Assembly re smoking regulations, with cover memo noting that NYSUT had not taken an official
position, September 8, 1989
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| Box 32 | Folder 8 | 1988-1989 | |
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Newspaper clippings, Bureau of National Affairs articles, and U.S. Supreme Court cases, with
cover memo from Jim Conti to Regional Staff Directors, re Drug-Free Workplace Act; articles re
school consolidations, HMOs, taxing of health-insurance benefits; legal memo to NYSUT general
counsel Bernard Ashe re U.S. Supreme Court decision re disparate-impact claim in Wards Cove
Packing Company v. Atonio, with text of opinions, June 20; article from ILR Labor Relations
Review, Cornell University, "Organizing the Organizers: Professional Staff Unionism in the
American Labor Movement," July 1989, text of legal suit in U.S. Court of Appeals by Ad Hoc
Committee of Concerned Teachers on Behalf of Minor and Under-Age Students Attending Greenburgh
Eleven Union Free School District and on its own behalf, with cover memo noting allegation of
racially discriminatory employment practices, July 17; memo re EPA radon alert, May 2; memos
re jury duty, September-October; analysis in Wall St. Journal of impact of Beck decision re
union dues, July 13; summary of recent decisions re random drug testing, July 10; memo asking
for names of districts claiming fiscal crisis situations, July 10; copy of Provocator 4/89,
official publication of the Buffalo Teachers Federation (NEA), with cover memo from Jim Conti
to regional staff directors, June 29; decision by Illinois Appellate Court in Decatur Board of
Education et al. v. Illinois E.L.R.B. and Decatur E.A., re class size, June 26; booklets,
Voluntary Labor Arbitration Rules as amended and in effect January 1, 1988, by American
Arbitration Association, and Code of Professional Responsibility for Arbitrators of
Labor-Management Disputes of the National Academy of Arbitrators, American Arbitration
Association, and Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, as amended and in effect May 29,
1985, with cover memo, June 21; summary highlights of the anti-smoking bills passed by the
state Assembly and Senate, with cover memo, June 21; Pocket Advisor: Drug Testing on the Job:
Know Your Rights, with cover memo from Jim Conti, for distribution to field representatives,
June 19; memos re middle-level education, with attached material from State Education
Department announcing Regents Challenge for Excellence in Middle-Level Education Program,
May-June; memo re rate-setting methodology for Special Act Schools and 863 Schools for 1989-90
tuition, with attached document from State Education Department, May-June; memo re Commercial
Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1986, with attached overview of law and Model Driver's Manual for
Commercial Vehicle Driver licensing, January 15, 1989; legal memo from NYSUT general counsel
James Sander re UFT, PERB, et al. advs. NYC BOE, June 5; PERB decision CSEA et al. v. City of
Auburn, April 3; memo re smoking regulations at Rush-Henrietta school district, noting that
Appellate Court ruled that Commissioner's regulation supercedes PERB determination re
collective bargaining, June 7; State Education Department regulations re records retention and
disposition, with cover memo from Jim Conti, June 6; text of case re seniority, Christine
Szumigala v. Hicksville USFD BOE, June 5; memo re Employees' Retirement System savings to
local school districts, June 1; memo re availability of video, "Working in America: Hazardous
Duty," shown on ABC television, May 31; confidential memos re operational policy to follow
when 3020a charges are brought against a member, May 11 and 31; lists of school budget
defeats, May 15 and 30; memo re interim final rules for Drug-Free Workplace requirements, May
26; related memo, May 11; memos re new local presidents' conference, May; document by Civil
Service Department re cost containment strategies for public employers for health insurance
programs, with cover memo, May 10; decision in state Supreme Court in Seaford, May 3; memos re
Excellence in Teaching legal motions affecting distribution of monies, May 4 and March 17;
letter from chairman of PERB to NYSUT president Tom Hobart re location of administrative law
judge hearings under budget constraints, with cover letter from Jim Conti, May 3; NYSUT
Information Bulletins re certification, tenure, and a middle school teaching assignment, and
consultant teacher services, with cover memo, April 20
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| Box 32 | Folder 9 | 1989 | |
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See above
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| Box 32 | Folder 10 | 1989 | |
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See above
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| Box 32 | Folder 11 | 1971-1972 | |
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Letter from chair of the 5A Coordinating Council and UNISERV liaison from Wappingers Central
School Faculty Association to NYSTA headquarters, urging that a sub-office of the mid-Hudson
region of unified locals be established for Poughkeepsie, June 21, 1972; 5A Council minutes of
January 8 and March 4, 1972, with attached activity reports; letter from 5A chair to president
of Scarsdale Teachers Association, congratulating him on unification vote, inviting him to
meeting, February 28, 1972, with attached activity reports; letter from East Greenbush
Teachers Association re decision to participate in formation of UNISERV 5A council, March 1,
1972; memo to UNISERV Coordinating Council noting "significant and important victory" by
NYSTA-NEA over AFT/UFT in Wappingers representation election, February 4, 1972; memo to
Elmsford Regional Office re Montrose contract, November 19, 1971; letters reminding locals of
Coordinating Council meetings; letter urging relocation of Fishkill meeting with Al Shanker,
to avoid lending credibility to visit, November 18, 1971; memo, Wappingers status report,
November 18, 1971; related correspondence re Wappingers organizing efforts, October
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| Box 32 | Folder 12 | 1971-1972 | |
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Memo reporting meeting with local state legislators, April 7, 1972; memo re unification
efforts, December 8, 1971; memos re administrative matters
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| Box 32 | Folder 13 | 1972 | |
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Staff placement form
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| Box 32 | Folder 14 | 1972 | |
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Memo re staff assignment
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| Box 32 | Folder 15 | 1972 | |
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Memos from Buffalo Regional Office re membership potential of unified locals
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| Box 32 | Folder 16 | 1972 | |
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Memo re Olean grievance; administrative memos
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| Box 32 | Folder 17 | 1971-1972 | |
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UNISERV Newspapers
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| Box 32 | Folder 18 | 1971-1972 | |
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Letter from Shamel to NYSTA executive secretary asking whether he could have two weeks
vacation to run against Bill "Cadillac" Smith, and work part-time if elected to the state
Senate, March 29, 1972; memos to Shamel critiquing regional newsletter; memos re status of
Elmira Heights unification, December 1971; memo re structure, operation, and proposed budget
of Corning, Elmira, Horseheads UNISERV unit, April 7, 1971
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| Box 32 | Folder 19 | 1971-1972 | |
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Correspondence re hiring of a non-certified teacher to fill a kindergarten position over the
application of several certified teachers in the Owen D. Young Central School District, August
1972; memo to members of Coordinating Council summarizing June 15 meeting; memo from Mahoney
re "rotten" settlements and fact-finding reports in Oneida County, June 1, 1972, with attached
PERB fact-finder's report and recommendations for Clinton and New Hartford school districts;
correspondence re arbitration hearing for retroactive pay for teachers, April-May 1972; memo
to Mahoney pointing out high number of long-distance calls, directing him to limit calls to
Albany office to no more than once per day, May 9, 1972; request from Mahoney for funding of
$39/yr for Utica office subscription to daily newspaper to keep fully informed of local
events, May 10, 1972; memo to Mahoney, suggesting that he continue to purchase Utica Daily
Press on a weekly or monthly basis, May 22, 1972; memo to Mahoney directing him to curtail
high clerical overtime despite need to catch up, February 28, 1972; memo to Mahoney refusing
request for bookcase, citing budget constraints, May 5, 1972; repeat request from Mahoney,
discussing negative effect on work of lack of basic furnishings, May 9, 1972; memo from
Mahoney to Albany office, copied to Syracuse Regional Office, asking who could be contacted to
obtain paper clips, noting several-week wait after request for basic office supplies, February
23, 1972; memo to Albany office re Utica office needs, noting use of cardboard boxes and
orange crates as makeshift furniture, October 5, 1971; request for lease-purchase of
typewriter for Utica office, December 20, 1971; list of furniture items requested by Utica
office, annotated as to urgency, January 20, 1972; related correspondence
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| Box 32 | Folder 20 | 1972-1973 | |
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Memo re request for NEA salary reimbursement for various field representatives performing
work on unification campaign, November 19, 1973; memo to regional coordinators re unification
contracts, guaranteed dues, March 16. 1972
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| Box 32 | Folder 21 | 1973-1975 | |
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List of 1975-76 UniServ service centers July 22, 1975; updated list, July 22, 1975; Urban
Executive Directors Association Special Task Force on "Collective Bargaining of Uniserv
Agreements" Report of Recommendations, with cover letter to UniServ state contacts, noting
that the Advisory Committee totally rejected it, n.d.; request from NYSUT regional services
director to National Education Association in Washington for allocation of 158 UniServ units
in New York State, based on probability of 190,000 members post-unification, and one
representative to serve every 1200 members, with attached plan for administrative support,
April 11, 1973
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| Box 32 | Folder 22 | 1972-1975 | |
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List of UniServ clusters for NYSUT 1972-73; memo re personnel assignments,
supervisory/coordinator duties of some representatives, January 18, 1974
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| Box 32 | Folder 23 | 1974-1976 | |
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Document distributed to all state UniServ coordinators, "UniServ Staff Utilization Program
1975-1976"; list of UniServ staff member on-call for New York State, June 12, 1975; monthly
list of staff assigned, June 16, 1975; related memos, including note about reimbursement
problems, August 11 and 15; memo announcing 20-day-per-year time obligation to NEA by UniServ
reps, system for month of on-call duty, August 19, 1974
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| Box 32 | Folder 24 | 1975-1976 | |
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Booklet, UNISERV Training Schedule Overview and Guidelines 1975-1976, Leadership Development
Program, National Education Association
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| Box 32 | Folder 25 | 1973-1974 | |
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Agreements between NEA and NYSUT for Unified Staff Service Program, October 1, 1974, and
September 14, 1973
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| Box 32 | Folder 26 | 1971-1974 | |
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Guidelines for UniServ training, March 14, 1974; NYSUT memo, "The Future of UNISERV,"
outlining questions for discussion re future staffing patterns and the positive and negative
aspects of staying with the UniServ program, January 3, 1973, with attached letter
anticipating that NYSUT/NYCT would not be implementing a UniServ program in the next year,
November 6, 1972; list of staffing pattern, September 1, 1973; related staffing projections
for 1972-73; tentative working draft, UniServ Policy Implementation; Unified Staff Service
Program to Local Associations, UNISERV Policy Guidelines adopted by the NEA Board of
Directors, February 1971; Unified Staff Service Program to Local Associations, "UNISERV" Local
Unit Operational Standards
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| Box 32 | Folder 27 | 1973-1975 | |
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Materials re Survive and Thrive training session, Models for Management, Crisis Management,
Consultant Training, Speaking for Teachers (including media relations and community advocacy,
e.g., "issue conversion" and "tactical redirect": how to change the subject to a more
favorable position for the NEA), Political Action and Lobbying, related training
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| Box 32 | Folder 28 | 1974 | |
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Memo from national NEA office warning strict adherence to expense voucher procedures; memo
re difficulty in getting vouchers approved, February 27, 1974
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| Box 32 | Folder 29 | 1974-1976 | |
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Lists of units, locals, and member totals served by individual staff and service centers;
description of service centers, under heading, "Justification for Sparsity Uniserv Units,"
with attached Sparsity and/or Hardship Application for UniServ
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| Box 32 | Folder 30 | 1972-1975 | |
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Invoices, requests for reimbursement from NEA for training
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| Box 33 | Folder 1 | 1971-1972 | |
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Detailed document outlining stages of unification campaign for NYSTA and NEA; status reports
for various locals/clusters; study by Watertown Education Association on the pro's and con's
of unification, "The Unification Question," with recommendation to unify with NEA; letters
assigning staff to various regional offices for campaign; booklet, "Facts about Unification,"
by National Education Association; brochure, "NEA Serves Teachers"; related correspondence
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| Box 33 | Folder 2 | 1971-1973 | |
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UNISERV Organizational Chart; local association membership agreements with NYSTA;
correspondence bundled under "trouble associations," re financial problems, anti-unification
votes at certain locals; spiral-bound volume, NYSUT Affiliated Local Units, November 1973;
correspondence re dues status of locals
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| Box 33 | Folder 3 | 1971-1973 | |
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Lists of three-way unified locals; correspondence notifying NYSUT officials that various
locals had voted for three-way unification
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| Box 33 | Folder 4 | 1973-1974 | |
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Application for reimbursement from the NEA for Hewlett-Woodmere Faculty Association,
December 3, 1974; related requests; letter re administrative difficulties in obtaining
reimbursement for loss of dues from NEA following unification, partly because of poor record
keeping by locals, partly because of NEA's changing the rules, December 3, 1973; memo to
regional coordinators outlining eight-step procedures for dues reimbursement, with attached
January 3 memo and relevant section of agreement with NEA, August 24, 1973; printout of NYSUT
1972-73 membership report (adds, deletes) by local as of May 31, 1973; memo to field
representative re dues reimbursement, June 8, 1973; memos to local presidents re dues
reimbursement
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| Box 33 | Folder 5 | 1972 | |
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Reports of votes for unification from each local, with effective dates and number of
potential members
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| Box 33 | Folder 6 | 1972 | |
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Reports of votes for unification from each local, with effective dates and number of
potential members; list of three-way unified locals in the Buffalo Regional Office
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| Box 33 | Folder 7 | 1972 | |
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Reports of votes for unification from each local, with effective dates and number of
potential members
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| Box 33 | Folder 8 | 1972 | |
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Reports of votes for unification from each local, with effective dates and number of
potential members
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| Box 33 | Folder 9 | 1972 | |
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Reports of votes for unification from each local, with effective dates and number of
potential members
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| Box 33 | Folder 10 | 1972 | |
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Reports of votes for unification from each local, with effective dates and number of
potential members
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| Box 33 | Folder 11 | 1972-1973 | |
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Reports of votes for unification from each local, with effective dates and number of
potential members
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| Box 33 | Folder 12 | 1972 | |
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Reports of votes for unification from each local, with effective dates and number of
potential members
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| Box 33 | Folder 13 | 1972 | |
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Notarized local unit membership agreement forms; also application for reimbursement of dues
income from Averill Park Teachers' Association
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| Box 33 | Folder 14 | 1972-1973 | |
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Notarized local unit membership agreement forms
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| Box 33 | Folder 15 | 1972-1973 | |
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Notarized local unit membership agreement forms
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| Box 33 | Folder 16 | 1972-1973 | |
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Notarized local unit membership agreement forms
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| Box 33 | Folder 17 | 1972 | |
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Notarized local unit membership agreement forms
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| Box 33 | Folder 18 | 1972-1973 | |
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Notarized local unit membership agreement forms
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| Box 33 | Folder 19 | 1972-1973 | |
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Notarized local unit membership agreement forms
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| Box 33 | Folder 20 | 1972-1973 | |
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Notarized local unit membership agreement forms
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| Box 33 | Folder 21 | 1972-1973 | |
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Notarized local unit membership agreement forms
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| Box 33 | Folder 22 | 1972 | |
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Notarized local unit membership agreement forms
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| Box 33 | Folder 23 | 1972-1973 | |
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Notarized local unit membership agreement forms
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| Box 33 | Folder 24 | 1972-1973 | |
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Notarized local unit membership agreement forms
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| Box 33 | Folder 25 | 1972 | |
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Notarized local unit membership agreement forms
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| Box 33 | Folder 26 | 1972-1973 | |
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Notarized local unit membership agreement forms
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| Box 33 | Folder 27 | 1972-1973 | |
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Notarized local unit membership agreement forms
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| Box 33 | Folder 28 | 1972-1973 | |
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Notarized local unit membership agreement forms
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| Box 33 | Folder 29 | 1972-1973 | |
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Preliminary data re status of regional centers, description of July 3, 1972
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| Box 33 | Folder 30 | 1972 | |
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Letter criticizing NEA Washington-based training and trainers as unaware of and unresponsive
to the needs of New York locals, September 25, 1972; response, outlining corrective measures,
September 29; excerpt from leadership training materials; letters approving use of UniServ
funds for individual participation in training sessions; document, "Criteria for Approval of
Use of UniServ Funds for Institutes Sponsored by the City University of New York: The Teacher
Leadership Program," with attached memo denying application
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| Box 33 | Folder 31 | 1972 | |
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Satisfaction survey re various aspects of UniServ staff performance
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| Box 33 | Folder 32 | 1973-1975 | |
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Filled-out program evaluation surveys
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| Box 33 | Folder 33 | 1974 | |
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Report to NEA Board of Directors
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| Box 33 | Folder 34 | 1972 | |
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Administrative memos
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| Box 33 | Folder 35 | 1971-1975 | |
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Document, "Policy & Administrative Guidelines," including Unified Staff Service
Program to Local Associations, "UNISERV," Policy Guidelines, adopted by the NEA Board of
Directors, February 1971 and amended October 1, 1971, and UniServ Employment Practices
Guidelines, with attached cover memo re Board of Directors Actions re Sparsity Grants,
November 5, 1971; Appendix A, re staff assignments; draft outline of program aspects of state
UniServ units; 1975-76 UniServ Agreement (Memorandum of Understanding) for the 151 UniServ
units in New York State, September 17, 1975; Unified Service Program "UniServ" Agreement New
York State, October 1, 1974, with cover memos re UniServ contract, September 24 and September
30, 1974
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| Box 33 | Folder 36 | 1971-1975 | |
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Memorandum of understanding between NEA and NYSUT; agreement between NEA, NYSTA, and CUNY
(City University of New York), June 1971
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| Box 33 | Folder 37 | 1974-1976 | |
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1974-75 and 1975-76 Memorandum of Understanding between NEA and NYSUT
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| Box 33 | Folder 38 | 1972-1973 | |
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Proposed UniServ clusters for 1972-73; related memos
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| Box 33 | Folder 39 | 1972 | |
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Schedule of job interviews for various locations
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| Box 33 | Folder 41 | 1973 | |
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Newsletters from NEA national headquarters
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| Box 33 | Folder 42 | 1971-1974 | |
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Flyer, NEA Leadership Development Academy Summer Training Memo; list of participants and
individualized expenses
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| Box 33 | Folder 43 | 1972-1973 | |
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Description of NEA goal, academy objectives, rationale, definitions, characteristics, and
sessions of the training program; list of UniServ representatives designated to attend
training
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| Box 33 | Folder 44 | 1971-1972 | |
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Directory of Uniserv Units and Uniserv Personnel
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| Box 33 | Folder 45 | 1972 | |
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Uniserv Employment Practices Guidelines; memo re publication re NEA guidelines on staff
recruitment and employment of minority persons and women, July 20, 1972; training expense
voucher policy guidelines; memo re basic summer training program for new Uniserv staff,
February 24
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| Box 33 | Folder 46 | ||
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Booklet presented at a meeting of the National Council of State Education Associations, by
Ralph Joy, executive director of the Des Moines Education Association
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| Box 33 | Folder 47 | 1971-1975 | |
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Statistical data sheets: "Status of Teachers and NEA Members," by race, gender, marital
status, political affiliation, income, level of education of NEA members vs. all U.S.
classroom teachers, 1972-1975; "Implications of 1974 Teacher Supply and Demand Conditions for
Association Services," May 1975; "Status of Uniserv Units and Uniserv Personnel, 1970-71,"
December 1971; "Status of the American Public School Teacher, 1970-71: Preliminary Report of
Highlights," November 1971; "Recent Negotiation Settlements Update," November 1971
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| Box 33 | Folder 48 | 1964-1973 | |
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NYSTA "Proposals for an Expanded Program to Strengthen Local Teachers Associations:
Preliminary staff report dealing with recommendations for a specific program of action to
strengthen local teachers associations," August 1964; "Policy Guidelines for 'UNISERV'"
(Final) April 22, 1970; UNISERV Concept frequently asked questions; "A Proposal for a Unified
Staff Service Program (UNISERV) to the Board of Directors of the New York State Teachers
Association," May 1971; letter to NEA re action by the Board of Directors of the New York
State Teachers Association approving a master state-wide plan for implementation of UniServ,
with details and attached agreement for approval, May 27, 1971; related correspondence
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| Box 33 | Folder 49 | 1972 | |
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Memos re UniServ service planning, including instructions to refer to staff as UniServ
representatives, not UniServ Directors, related long-range implementation issues
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| Box 33 | Folder 50 | 1970-1973 | |
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Proposed NCUEA Recommendations for UNISERV to NEA Executive Committee and Board of
Directors, March 23, 1973, asserting that national system had become disconnected to needs of
locals and teachers; first draft, "UniServ Information System," re building comprehensive data
file on UniServ personnel; "Guidelines for Completing Dues Guarantee Membership Agreement
Form"; memos re training and staffing
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| Box 33 | Folder 51 | 1972 | |
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Memo re NEA Leadership Development Academy for new UniServ staff
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| Box 33 | Folder 52 | 1972 | |
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Chart showing office assignments of UniServ representatives
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| Box 33 | Folder 53 | ||
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Questionnaire re service priorities, apparently sent to locals
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| Box 33 | Folder 54 | 1972-1974 | |
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Memos re refusal to answer survey by UniServ directors, lack of racial data, coordinator
responsibilities, training for new staff
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| Box 33 | Folder 55 | 1971-1972 | |
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Materials re Great Neck Teachers Association, including letter informing NEA of decision by
GNTA Executive Board to withhold dues because of lack of service provided since unification,
March 9, 1972; letter from the director of the national UniServ Office to the New York State
Teachers Association expressing thorough dismay over the draft agreement with the Great Neck
Teachers Association in that it provided no NEA involvement in decisions, especially related
to hiring, and provided too much service to the local, October 19, 1971, with attached draft
agreement; other drafts; correspondence re hiring UniServ staff; Great Neck Teachers
Association proposed budget for two-year period ending June 30, 1972; letter indicating
inclination to unify, April 23, 1971
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| Box 34 | Folder 1 | 1973-1975 | |
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Computer printouts of training days by NYSUT staff
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| Box 34 | Folder 2 | 1974-1975 | |
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Computer printouts of training days by NYSUT staff, including balances on accounts
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| Box 34 | Folder 3 | 1974-1976 | |
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Invoices for training and other Uniserv-related expenses
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| Box 34 | Folder 4 | 1980 | |
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Printed constitution and bylaws as amended at the 1980 Convention; legal analysis of PEF
constitution and by-laws as they related to agreement between PEF, SEIU, and AFT, with cover
letter from attorneys to AFT president Al Shanker, January 23, 1980; second draft of proposed
by-laws; constitution and bylaws; material from Statewide Coalition for a Democratic Union,
alleging deficiencies in PEF constitution and by-laws, with attached SCDU proposed version of
constitution and bylaws
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| Box 34 | Folder 5 | 1980-1981 | |
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Confidential Projected 1980-1981 Annual Budget, New York State Employees Federation
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| Box 34 | Folder 6 | 1979-1980 | |
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Determination of Impartial Umpire under the AFL-CIO Internal Disputes Plan, in the matter
between Public Employees Federation (American Federation of Teachers / Service Employees
International Union) and American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, January
7, 1980 (Article XX case), with cover letter from AFL-CIO president Lane Kirkland to SEIU
president George Hardy; Court of Appeals opinion in the matter of the Civil Service Employees
Association, Inc., respondent-appellant, vs. PERB and PEF, March 27, 1979; summons in NYS
Supreme Court by John Kraemer and PEF against William L. McGowan, Civil Service Employees
Association; related legal briefs and correspondence; newspaper clippings; press release from
governor's office, March 12, 1979; PERB decision in Westbury Union Free School District and
Westbury Teachers' Association, respondents, and Albert Hardy, et al., November 8, 1979;
briefs and memoranda in PEF escrow case, January February 1980
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| Box 34 | Folder 7 | 1979 | |
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Contract Study and Proposals, SEIU Research Department; State Proposals for Negotiations,
Professional, Scientific and Technical Services Unit, May 17, 1979; State Proposal, State/PEF
Negotiations, Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services Unit, May 31, 1979, NYS Public
Service Employees Federation Contract Demands; Professional, Scientific, and Technical
Services Unit Agreement, May 31, 1979
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| Box 34 | Folder 8 | 1979 | |
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Memorandum on PEF Wage Package from SEIU Greater New York Joint Council Number 11, January
24, 1979; text of legislation in Extraordinary Session of Senate-Assembly showing schedule of
Civil Service salary increases by job title, November 1, 1979; Positions Filled in New York
under Direct Jurisdiction of Department of Civil Service; exhibits, showing salaries for job
titles, 1978; differences in mean annual average salaries for selected professional and
technical occupations: March 1972- March 1978; press release from State Investigation
Commission, "SIC Reports on Protection of No-Show Employee by Department of Labor" (re PEF
president John Kraemer) July 30, 1979; articles of agreement; handwritten notes on PEF
negotiations
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| Box 34 | Folder 9 | 1981 | |
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Memo to PEF Executive Board and staff re contract negotiations, with attached summary of
contract demands, December 4, 1981; survey questionnaire for contract, September 24, 1981;
proposed structure for contract negotiations, February 19; New York State Public Employees
Federation AFL-CIO 1982 Contract Demands; memos re dental coverage under Public Employees
Benefit Fund, April; memo from director of staff Ron Peretti re out-of-title grievance
procedure, February 20; memo from Peretti re lack of communication over doctors' forty-hour
grievance; other memos from Peretti; memos from secretary-treasurer Constance Cabell re
austerity budget, September 24, dues structure, February 24; letter from Cabell to Jim Conti
asking if PEF could obtain research services from NYSUT free of charge, January 8; balance
sheet for April 1 August 31, 1981; memo from the state Office of Mental Health re absenteeism
control, with cover memo to all PEF field staff and regional coordinators, July 6; memo from
the Office of the State Comptroller to all state departments and agencies re payment of
performance advances, with PEF cover memo, August 31; memo re Civil Service attendance rules
re Martin Luther King holiday as option in lieu of Election Day, August 31; memo re vacancies
in Research Division, with job descriptions and salaries, February 18; memo to PEF filed staff
and officers explaining position classifications under Civil Service, January 13; flyers for
PS&T United campaign and related newspaper clippings; newsletters and correspondence
of Coalition of Nurses in State Service (CONISS), paper, "RN's Unionization is Necessary for
Survival but?? Is Survival Enough?" July 1981; memo re special election for PEF vice
president, December 23, 1980; memo to negations chairman from chair of subcommittee on wages,
September 1, 1981
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| Box 34 | Folder 10 | 1981 | |
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Steward News, Contract Countdown, News Release
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| Box 34 | Folder 11 | 1981 | |
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October 11-13, Kiamesha Lake, NY. Proposed Amendments to the Constitution of the New York
State Public Employees Federation, AFL-CIO, prepared for the Third Annual Convention, October
12-14, 1981; Executive Board Proposed Agenda, October 11, 1981; letter to PEF president
Kraemer from PS&T United chair accusing him of McCarthyism in attacking the group's
challenge for representation, September 14, 1981, related newspaper clipping; reactions to PEF
field services staff workshop, June 25
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| Box 34 | Folder 12 | 1980-1981 | |
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Steward Manual and cover letter, November 2, 1981; memo re PEF support for PATCO
(Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization) strike, August 13, 1981; brief summary of
purpose and goals of Women's Program; newspaper clippings; letter from individual in Buffalo
objecting with "disgust and repugnance" to standard labor salutation, "Dear Brothers and
Sisters," in a letter from PEF president Kraemer, September 15; newsletter of Statewide
Coalition for a Democratic Union (SCDU), calling for impeachment of PEF president Kraemer,
July 1, 1981
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| Box 34 | Folder 13 | 1980 | |
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PEF Steward News, Newsletter of Statewide Coalition for a Democratic Union (SCDU), PEF press
releases
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| Box 34 | Folder 14 | 1980 | |
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Correspondence re teacher at West Seneca Developmental Center on extended probation, later
fired for using office copier for union activity, attempts to have him reinstated, dispute
with PEF and NYSUT over legal representation of case
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| Box 34 | Folder 15 | 1979-1981 | |
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Minutes of December 3, 1980, Review Committee meeting; confidential memo from Jim Conti,
director of NYSUT Field Service Operations, to chair of the PEF Review Committee, to discuss
services by NYSUT available to PEF, January 15, 1981; proposed PEF organization charts,
January 7 and 20, 1981; memo to PEF Review Committee from Elizabeth Hoke, regional
coordinator, Region 9, re her perspective of duties, with handwritten, highly negative
comments in the margins, November 11, 1980; agenda for Review Committee meeting of March 11,
1981; agreement between PEF, AFT and SEIU, August 30, 1979, revised September 5, 1979;
description of Public Employee Benefit Fund Direct Payment Plan, effective November 1, 1981;
memo from PEF president John Kraemer to Executive Board members, regional coordinators, and
officers, re performance advance grievance settlement, November 12, 1981; memos re contract
negotiations; memo from Kraemer re status of proposed layoffs by the state Labor Department,
July 6, 1981; materials re petition for representation election filed by Professional,
Scientific and Technical Services Negotiating Unit (PS&T United), letter from Kraemer
warning of possible fraudulent anti-union affiliation, August 1981, letter from state
negotiating team refusing to begin work on next contract as long as potential challenge
existed from PS&T, May 1981; letter from Kramer urging that no one sign representation
cards from PS&T, noting that state determined that public employees' names and
addresses be furnished to PS&T, April 30, 1981; PEF press release re PS&T
challenge, link with NEA, March
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| Box 34 | Folder 16 | 1979-1980 | |
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Minutes of Executive Board meetings of February 20, October 12, and November 5, 1980,
November 7, 1979; proposed model constitution for divisions, guidelines, application forms;
PEF affirmative action policy; Resolution on the Italian Earthquake, relief efforts; materials
re membership benefits program; newspaper clippings re PEF president John Kraemer as target of
no-show probe, union criticism of Gov. Carey's Labor Department commissioner appointment as
"absolutely unfit," other issues; Region One Steering Committee report on (second) PEF state
convention, 1980; convention resolutions; Resolutions Committee reports; memo re spending
freeze at PEF, November 5, 1980; Ethics and Responsibility Committee report, November 5;
letters from the chair of the Ethics and Responsibility Committee to members who brought
grievances, October 23; An Education/Action Program for a Safe Energy/Full Employment Society
submitted by the Sponsors of the First National Labor Conference for Safe Energy and Full
Employment, against nuclear power, Octob | |||